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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 1990.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
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August 1990
1
- Michel Arnaud, 74, French general, heart attack.
- Roar Berthelsen, 55, Norwegian Olympic long jumper (1960).[1]
- Carl Ekern, 36, American football player (Los Angeles Rams), traffic collision.[2]
- Norbert Elias, 93, German sociologist.[3]
- Michael Glenny, 62, British academic and translator, heart attack.[4]
- Lotta Hitschmanova, 80, Czech-Canadian humanitarian, cancer.
- Robert Krieps, 67, Luxembourgish politician.[5]
- Bárbara Mujica, 46, Argentine actress, heart attack.
- Tiger Joginder Singh, 71, Indian professional wrestler.
- Graham Young, 42, English convicted serial killer, heart attack.
2
- Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, 44, Kuwaiti royal and sports administrator, killed in battle.
- André De Wulf, 67, Belgian Olympic bobsledder (1952).[6]
- Adonias Filho, 74, Brazilian writer.[7]
- Al Guokas, 64, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors).[8]
- Norman Maclean, 87, American novelist.[9]
- François Perrier, 68, French psychoanalyst.[10]
- Edwin Richfield, 68, English actor.[11]
- Nikolaus Riehl, 89, German nuclear physicist.
- Al Rosen, 80, American actor, cancer.[12]
3
- Betty Amann, 85, German-American film actress.[13]
- Nella Maria Bonora, 86, Italian actress.
- Bob Brown, 79, American baseball player (Boston Braves/Bees).[14]
- Thomas Dunne, 64, Irish politician.
- Jeff Modesitt, 26, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).[15]
- M. Ranga Rao, 58, Indian composer, cancer.
- Wilbur Schwartz, 72, American musician.
- George Stavrinos, 42, Greek-American illustrator, complications of pneumonia.[16]
- Mariano Trigo, 89, Spanish Olympic water polo player (1928).[17]
- Paul Watkins, 40, American cult member (Manson Family), leukemia.
4
- Ian Allison, 81, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1936).[18]
- As'ad Syamsul Arifin, 92-93, Indonesian ulama.
- Mathias Goeritz, 75, German-Mexican artist.[19]
- Chua Phung Kim, 51, Singaporean weightlifter and Olympian (1964).[20]
- Norman Malcolm, 79, American philosopher.
- Ettore Maserati, 95-96, Italian automotive engineer (Maserati).[21]
- Wajahat Mirza, 82, Indian filmmaker.
- Pierre Nguyễn Huy Mai, 77, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ban Mê Thuột (1967–1990).[22]
- Lajos Somló, 77, Hungarian Olympic triple jumper (1936).[23]
- John T. Wilson, 76, American academic.[24]
5
- Ivan Blatný, 70, Czech-British poet.[25]
- Aldo Grimaldi, 47-48, Italian filmmaker, cancer.[26]
- Jacob J. Hecht, 66, American rabbi, writer and radio commentator, heart attack.[27]
- Jack Hubbert, 74, Australian rules footballer.[28]
- Ellis T. Johnson, 79, American multi-sport athlete and coach.
- Kazimierz Kaszuba, 60, Polish Olympic football player (1952).[29]
- Zhou Keqin, 53, Chinese writer.
- George Quin, 76, Irish Anglican prelate.
6
- Charles Arnt, 83, American actor, cancer.[30]
- Taylor G. Belcher, 70, American diplomat, cancer.[31]
- Leo Bird, 81, Australian rules footballer.[32]
- Gordon Bunshaft, 81, American architect.[33]
- George Dixon, 56, Canadian football player.[34]
- Luis Lucchetti, 87, Argentine Olympic fencer (1924, 1928, 1936).[35]
- Magnús Pálsson, 77, Icelandic Olympic water polo player (1936).[36]
- Lemuel Cornick Shepherd, Jr., 94, American general, bone cancer.[37]
- Jacques Soustelle, 78, French politician.[38]
- Antoon van Schendel, 80, Dutch road bicycle racer.[39]
- Pat Wall, 57, English politician.
7
- Diego Carpitella, 66, Italian professor of ethnomusicology.[40]
- Tamara Deutscher, 77, Polish-British writer.[41]
- Phiny Dick, 77, Dutch illustrator and children's writer.[42]
- Gebhard Müller, 90, German politician.
- Chepudira Muthana Poonacha, 79, Indian politician.
8
- Harry Bulpit, 95, Australian rules footballer.[43]
- Andrzej Dobrowolski, 68, Polish composer.[44]
- Wallace Douglas, 78, Canadian producer, director and actor.
- Joseph H. Harper, 89, United States Army officer.[45]
- Laurier Régnier, 86, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1958–1962).[46]
- Gopal Singh, 72, Indian Governor and politician.
- Urho Teräs, 75, Finnish football player.
9
- Dorothy Appleby, 84, American actress.
- William Bosworth Castle, 92, American physician.[47]
- Joe Mercer, 76, English football player.[48]
- Władysław Orlicz, 87, Polish mathematician.
- Max Starcevich, 78, American football player.[49]
- Art Van Tone, 71, American gridiron football player (Detroit Lions).[50]
10
- Jacobo Arenas, 66, Colombian guerrilla leader, cancer.
- Harold Boyd, 89, Australian football player.
- Martha Dodd, 81, American writer.[51]
- Cookie Lavagetto, 77, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers).[52]
- Helmut Lipfert, 74, German flying ace during World War II.
- David Martin, 57, Australian politician, lung cancer.
- Eugenia Ravasio, 82, Italian Roman Catholic nun.[53]
- Joško Vidošević, 55, Yugoslav football player.
11
- Bonnie Baker, 73, American singer.
- Gonzalo Gaviria, 43, Colombian drug lord, shot.
- Asa S. Knowles, 81, American academic.[54]
- Charles Marquis Warren, 77, American filmmaker, ventricular aneurysm.[55]
- Florio Martel, 67, French Olympic field hockey player (1952).[56]
- Guy le Mouroux, 72, French Olympic sailor (1952).[57]
12
- Paul Cuba, 82, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles).[58]
- Ethyl Eichelberger, 45, American drag queen, suicide by exsanguination.[59]
- Les Harvey, 81, Australian rules footballer.[60]
- Christa Jungnickel, 55, German-American science historian.[61]
- B. Kliban, 55, American cartoonist, pulmonary embolism.[62]
- Dorothy Mackaill, 87, British-American actress, liver failure.[63]
- Piotr Perkowski, 89, Polish composer.[64]
- Sara Seegar, 76, American actress, cerebral hemorrhage.[65]
- James Stewart, 80, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1936).[66]
- Fay Thomas, 86, American baseball player, suicide by gunshot.[67]
- Roy Williamson, 54, Scottish songwriter, brain cancer.
13
- Caridad Bravo Adams, 82, Mexican screenwriter.[68]
- Dallas Bixler, 80, American Olympic gymnast (1932).[69]
- Hedley Donovan, 76, American magazine editor.[70]
- Inés Mendoza, 82, Puerto Rican writer, first lady (1949–1965).
- Alejandro Otero, 69, Venezuelan painter and sculptor.[71]
- Jimmy Starr, 86, American screenwriter.[72]
- Henry Swoboda, 92, Czech-American conductor.[73]
14
- Henry Crown, 94, American industrialist.[74]
- John Fox, 38, American writer, AIDS.[75]
- Lafayette Leake, 71, American jazz musician, diabetes.[76]
- Sun Lianzhong, 97, Taiwanese general.
- Thomas Matthewman, 87, British Olympic sprinter (1924).[77]
- Liu Xingyuan, 81, Chinese politician and general.
15
- Nina Bara, 70, American actress.[78]
- Jimmy Carruthers, 61, Australian boxer and Olympian (1948), lung cancer.[79]
- Lew DeWitt, 52, American musician, kidney failure.
- Bob Garbark, 80, American baseball player.[80]
- Billy Hume, 54, Scottish football player.[81]
- Inger Koppernæs, 62, Norwegian politician.
- Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair, 76, Indian dancer.
- Arthur McMahon, 69, Irish Olympic sports shooter (1968, 1972).[82]
- Zdenko Švigelj, 87, Yugoslavian Olympic cross-country skier (1924).[83]
- Viktor Tsoi, 28, Soviet singer, traffic collision.[84]
- Louis Vola, 88, French bassist.[85]
16
- Frank Asling, 78, Australian rules footballer.[86]
- Pierre Bonnet, 92, French arachnologist.[87]
- Bobby Gordon, 54, American football player (Chicago Cardinals, Houston Oilers).[88]
- Louis Kozma, 52, Belgian Olympic swimmer (1956).[89]
- Pat O'Connor, 65, New Zealand wrestler, cancer.
- Ernest Pogosyants, 55, Soviet chess player.
- Ricardo Saprissa, 89, Salvadoran-Costa Rican football player and tennis Olympian (1924).[90]
17
- Pearl Bailey, 72, American actress (Hello, Dolly!) and singer ("Takes Two to Tango"), cardiovascular disease.[91]
- David A. Burchinal, 75, American general, cancer.[92]
- Roderick Cook, 58, English actor and playwright, heart attack.[93]
- James Thomas Foley, 80, American district judge (United States District Court for the Northern District of New York).[94]
- Ian Handysides, 27, English footballer, brain cancer.[95]
- Gordon Parsons, 63, Australian country music singer-songwriter.
- Maria Paudler, 87, German actress.
- Larry Weldon, 75, American football player (Washington Redskins).[96]
- Graham Williams, 45, English television producer, shot.
18
- Edmund Edwards, 80, Australian cricketer.[97]
- Grethe Ingmann, 52, Danish singer, cancer.
- József Kovács, 79, Hungarian Olympic hurdler (1936).[98]
- D. Scott Rogo, 40, American writer, murdered.
- Mary Shaw Shorb, 83, American biochemist.[99]
- B. F. Skinner, 86, American social philosopher, leukemia.[100]
19
- Olavi Alakulppi, 75, Finnish military officer and cross-country skier.
- Ilham Aliyev, 29, Soviet Azerbaijani soldier, killed in battle.
- Jim Cavanagh, 77, Australian politician.
- Ercole Gallegati, 78, Italian Olympic wrestler (1932, 1936, 1948, 1952).[101]
- Tony Mancini, 77, Canadian Olympic boxer (1932).[102]
- Sandy Paris, 81, Scottish cricketer.[103]
- Anna Rutgers van der Loeff, 80, Dutch writer of children's novels.[104]
- Stephen Edward Smith, 62, American political consultant, lung cancer.[105]
- Richard Strout, 92, American journalist, complications from a fall.[106]
20
- Tim Barrett, 61, English actor.[107]
- Larry Buhler, 73, American NFL player (Green Bay Packers).[108]
- Howard Clifton, 51, American Olympic bobsledder (1968).[109]
- Bill Curry, 54, English football player.[110]
- Wiley Feagin, 52, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Washington Redskins).[111]
- Rudolf Gellesch, 76, German football player and Olympian (1936).[112]
- Maurice Gendron, 69, French cellist.[113]
- Ray Johnson, 75, American gridiron football player (Cleveland Rams, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cardinals).[114]
- John La Nauze, 79, Australian historian.[115]
- Ike Sewell, 86, American businessman (Uno Pizzeria & Grill), leukemia.
21
- Antonio Argilés, 58, Spanish footballer.
- Larry Buhler, 73, American football player.[116]
- Ed Glancy, 73, American basketball player.[117]
- Bill Lasley, 88, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns).[118]
- Bob Uhl, 76, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers).[119]
22
- Luigi Dadaglio, 75, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.[120]
- Patrick McAlinney, 76, Irish actor.[121]
- Edward W. Pattison, 58, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1979), liver cancer.[122]
- Boris Shcherbina, 70, Soviet politician.
23
- Samuel J. Brown, 72, American fighter pilot during World War II.
- Ron Clegg, 62, Australian rules footballer.[123]
- Yutaka Kanai, 30, Japanese Olympic runner (1984), accident.[124]
- Billy King, 70, Australian rules footballer.[125]
- Karl Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, 86, German noble, head of the house of Löwenstein-Wertheim (since 1952).
- Parviz Natel-Khanlari, 76, Iranian politician.
- David Rose, 80, American songwriter ("The Stripper"), heart attack.[126]
- Omero Tognon, 66, Italian football player.[127]
24
- Victor Civita, 83, Italian-Brazilian journalist and publisher.
- Sergei Dovlatov, 48, Soviet writer, heart failure.[128]
- Francis Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon, 89, British politician and artist.
- Harold Masursky, 67, American geologist.[129]
- Nick Metz, 76, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).[130]
- Jack Sanders, 86, Australian rules footballer.[131]
- Mickey Witek, 74, American baseball player (New York Giants, New York Yankees).[132]
25
- Talbert Abrams, 95, American photographer and aviator.[133]
- Willard Leon Beaulac, 91, American diplomat, Alzheimer's disease.[134]
- Morley Callaghan, 87, Canadian writer.[135]
- David Hampshire, 72, British racing driver.
26
- Mehdi Akhavan-Sales, 61, Iranian poet.
- Sir Peter Agnew, 1st Baronet, 90, British politician.
- Mário Pinto de Andrade, 62, Angolan poet and politician.[136]
- Sture Ericson, 61, Swedish Olympic modern pentathlete (1960).[137]
- Stuart Hamilton, 71, Australian rules footballer.[138]
- Minoru Honda, 77, Japanese astronomer.
- Roh Ogura, 74, Japanese composer.
- Paul Potts, 79, British-Canadian poet.[139]
- Retta Scott, 74, American animator.
- Tom Toner, 40, American football player (Green Bay Packers), cancer.[140]
27
- Avdy Andresson, 90, Estonian Minister of War in exile[141]
- Ed Balatti, 66, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[142]
- Kathleen Fitzpatrick, 84, Australian historian.
- Raymond St. Jacques, 60, American actor and filmmaker, lymphoma.[143]
- Ramón Piñeiro López, 75, Spanish writer and politician.[144]
- Armin Scheurer, 72, Swiss Olympic athlete (1948), and football coach.[145]
- Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35, American blues musician and guitarist, helicopter crash.[146]
28
- Sumitra Devi, 67, Indian actress.
- Larry Jackson, 59, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies), cancer.[147]
- Gedeon Ladányi, 76, Hungarian Olympic speed skater (1948).[148]
- Richard Lauffen, 83, German actor.[149]
- Edmund H. North, 79, American screenwriter.[150]
- Rosely Roth, 31, Brazilian LGBT activist, suicide.
- Paul Rowe, 73, Canadian football player.
- Victorio Spinetto, 79, Argentine footballer.[151]
- Eva Stiberg, 69, Swedish actress.[152]
- Willy Vandersteen, 77, Belgian cartoonist (Spike and Suzy).[153]
- Earl Ernest Veron, 68, American district judge (United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana).[154]
29
- Luigi Beccali, 82, Italian Olympic runner (1928, 1932, 1936).[155]
- Manly Palmer Hall, 89, Canadian philosopher.[156]
- Chin Fung Kee, 70, Malaysian civil engineer.
- Solomon Mikhlin, 82, Soviet mathematician, stroke.
- Sayyid Shahab al-DIn Mar'ashi Najafi, 93, Iraqi Marja'.
- Juozas Vinča, 84, Lithuanian-American boxer and Olympian (1928).[157]
30
- Rhett Baynes, 26, Australian rules footballer.[158]
- Lou Garland, 85, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox).[159]
- Edmund G. Love, 78, American author, heart attack.[160]
- Ch'ien Mu, 95, Chinese-Taiwanese historian and philosopher.
- Bernard D. H. Tellegen, 90, Dutch electrical engineer.[161]
31
- Bert Assirati, 82, English professional wrestler, bladder cancer.
- Nathaniel Clifton, 67, American Hall of Fame basketball player (New York Knicks, Detroit Pistons).[162]
- James H. Donovan, 66, American politician, colon cancer.[163]
- André Dufau, 85, French Olympic sprinter (1928).[164]
- Henry From, 64, Danish footballer and Olympian (1952, 1960).[165]
- Frank Hindman Golay, 75, American economist.[166]
- Johnny Lindsay, 81, South African cricket player.[167]
- Jack Marshall, 82, American baseball player.[168]
- Jack C. Rowan, 79, American football coach.
- Sergey Volkov, 41, Soviet figure skater and Olympian (1968, 1976), stomach cancer.[169]
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