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The following is a list of notable deaths in July 1988.
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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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July 1988
1
- Jan de Boer, 89, Dutch Olympic footballer (1924, 1928).
- James Edgar Broyhill, 96, American founder of Broyhill Furniture Industries.[1]
- Costante Degan, 58, Italian politician.
- Lex van Delden, 68, Dutch composer.[2]
- Guido Fibbia, 70, Italian World War II fighter pilot.
- Gethyn Hewan, 71, English cricketer.
- Anton Leader, 74, American radio and television director, liver ailment.[3]
- Alice Nunn, 60, American actress (Pee-wee's Big Adventure), heart attack.[4]
- Ed Sauer, 69, American MLB player (Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Braves).
- Hermann Volk, 84, German Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Mainz.[5]
2
- Jimmy Ball, 85, Canadian Olympic sprint runner (1928, 1932).
- Arnold Burmeister, 89, Nazi German general in the Wehrmacht.[6]
- Roy Deller, 75, Australian rules footballer.
- Vibert Douglas, 93, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist.[7]
- Tom Drake, 75, American MLB player (Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers).
- Johann Baptist Gradl, 84, German politician, member of the Bundestag.[8]
- Mahmoud Mirza, 82, Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty.
- Aldo Tonti, 78, Italian cinematographer (The Savage Innocents).[9]
- Eddie Vinson, 70, American alto saxophonist, heart attack.[10]
3
- Ed Birchall, 64, Ho-Ho the Clown, heart attack.[11]
- Gabriel Dell, 68, American actor, leukemia.[12]
- Toshirō Ide, 78, Japanese screenwriter.
- Thales McReynolds, 45, American NBA player (Baltimore Bullets).
- Bob Ross, 79, Australian rules footballer.
- Richard Schulze-Kossens, 73, Nazi German Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS, lung cancer.[13]
- Steve Walsh, 29, British disc jockey, heart failure.[14]
- Fritz Wiessner, 88, German-American pioneer of free climbing, stroke.[15]
4
- Adrian Adonis, 34, American professional wrestler (American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation), traffic accident.
- Ralph Dennis, 56, American crime fiction author, kidney failure.[16]
- Ian Fleming, 79, English cricketer.
- Shivkumar Joshi, 71, Indian Gujarati author.[17]
- Ferial Karim, 50, Lebanese-Indian actress and singer, Femina Miss India 1962, heart failure.
- Donald MacLaren, 95, Canadian World War I flying ace, helped found the Royal Canadian Air Force.[18]
- Tom Manley, 75, English footballer (Manchester United, Brentford).[19]
- Dave McKigney, 56, Canadian professional wrestler, traffic accident.[20]
- William Thetford, 65, American psychologist and professor, heart attack.
- Lee Weyer, 51, American Major League baseball umpire (National League), heart attack.[21]
5
- Pentti Niinivuori, 56, Finnish Olympic boxer (1952, 1956).
- Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu, 67, Japanese judoka.
6
- Hoang Van Chi, 74, Vietnamese political writer.[22]
- John Drury Clark, 80, American rocket fuel developer, chemist and science fiction writer.[23]
- Víctor Junco, 71, Mexican actor (La Otra, Misterio).[24]
- William Smythe, 95, American physicist at Caltech.
- Helga Thomas, 96, Swedish film actress.
- David T. Wilentz, 93, American attorney (Lindbergh kidnapping trial).[25]
- Rolf Wollner, 82, German Olympic field hockey player (1928).
7
- William R. Cox, 87, American writer, heart failure.[26]
- Jimmy Edwards, 68, English comedy writer and actor (Take It from Here, Whack-O!), pneumonia.
- Helen Gandy, 91, American secretary to F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover, heart attack.[27]
- Elmer Johnson, 78, American basketball player.
- Paul Mesnier, 83, French film director.
- Paula Mollenhauer, 79, German Olympic discus thrower (1928, 1936).
- David Atlee Phillips, 65, American Central Intelligence Agency officer, cancer.[28]
8
- Ray Barbuti, 83, American sprinter and Olympic dual gold medalist (1928).[29]
- Antony Fisher, 73, British businessman and think tank founder (Institute of Economic Affairs, Atlas Network), heart disorder.[30]
- Ranjit Khanwilkar, 27, Indian cricketer (Karnataka), train accident.[31]
- Freddie West, 92, British Royal Air Force officer, Victoria Cross recipient.[32]
9
- Ian Allan, 70, Scottish Royal Air Force officer and World War II flying ace.[33]
- Mitchell Clarke, 87, Barbadian cricketer.
- Frank Ellerbe, 92, American MLB player (Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns).
- Alexandru Graur, 88, Romanian linguist.[34]
- Anthony Holland, 60, American actor, suicide.[35]
- Jackie Presser, 61, American labour leader, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, cardiac arrest.[36]
- Barbara Woodhouse, 78, Irish-British dog trainer, author and TV personality (Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way), stroke.[37]
10
- Alf Ackerman, 59, South African footballer and manager (Carlisle United).
- Noel Barber, 78, British novelist and journalist.[38]
- Erik Husted, 88, Danish Olympic field hockey player (1920, 1928).
- Errol John, 63, Trinidad and Tobago–born English actor and playwright (Moon on a Rainbow Shawl).[39]
- Baruch Kamin, 74, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1953-1955).
- Enrique Lihn, 58, Chilean poet, cancer.[40]
- James Mardall, 88, English cricketer and British Army officer.
- Ernie Nevel, 68, American MLB player (New York Yankees, Cincinnati Redlegs).
- N. Krishna Pillai, 71, Indian dramatist, translator and historian of Malayalam language.
- Vicente Saadi, 74, Argentinian politician, Governor of Catamarca.
11
- Mike Bamber, 57, British businessman and football executive (Brighton & Hove Albion).
- Robert Ferro, 46, American novelist, AIDS.[41]
- Milton Krims, 84, American screenwriter and novelist, pneumonia.[42]
- Jarava Lal Mehta, 75–76, Indian philosopher, heart attack.[43]
- Lída Merlínová, 82, Czechoslovakian writer.
- George Nemchik, 73, American Olympic soccer player (1936).
- James Gordon Shanklin, 78, American FBI agent, known for the investigation of the J.F.K. assassination, cancer.[44]
- Ingegärd Töpel, 82, Swedish Olympic diver (1928).
- Barbara Wootton, 91, British sociologist and criminologist, member of the House of Lords.[45]
12
- Al Bedner, 90, American NFL footballer (New York Giants).[46]
- Mick Boon, 85, New Zealand cricketer.
- Josephine Douglas, 61, British actress and producer (Six-Five Special, Emergency Ward 10), cancer.[47]
- Raymond W. Goldsmith, 83, Belgian-born American economist, heart failure.[48]
- Michael Jary, 81, German composer.[49]
- Joshua Logan, 79, American director, playwright and screenwriter (South Pacific), supranuclear palsy.[50]
- Pelagia Majewska, 55, Polish glider pilot, aviation accident.[51]
- John Massis, 48, Belgian strongman and teeth-acrobat, suicide.[52]
- Robert Monteith, 50, New Zealand cricket umpire.
- Mitsuo Nakamura, 77, Japanese writer of biographies and stage-plays.[53]
- Katta Subba Rao, 48, Indian film director.
- Enzo Sacchi, 62, Italian Olympic cyclist (1952).
- Julian Trevelyan, 78, English artist and poet.[54]
13
- Gillis Andersson, 76, Swedish Olympic footballer (1936).
- Huub Bals, 51, Dutch creator and director of International Film Festival Rotterdam, heart attack.
- Ji Dengkui, 65, Chinese political figure, Vice Premier of People's Republic of China.
- Hilda Gobbi, 75, Hungarian actress.[55]
- Christine Mohrmann, 84, Dutch linguist.[56]
- Phil Monroe, 71, American animator and director (Warner Bros. Cartoons), pancreatic cancer.[57]
- Peter Philpott, 73, British RAF officer.
- Monte Rawlins, 81, American film actor.
- Ivo Šuprina, 66, Yugoslavian footballer.
- Richard Vogt, 75, German boxer and Olympic medalist (1936).[58]
14
- Erik Braadland, 77, Norwegian politician.
- Jerzy Kaczkowski, 50, Polish Olympic weightlifter (1964).
- Brian McDonald, 60, Australian rules footballer.
- William Ofori Atta, 77, Ghanaian politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
- Peter Raw, 66, Australian R.A.A.F. pilot and senior officer, lymphoma.[59]
- Georg Stetter, 92, Austrian-German nuclear physicist.
- Whitey Witt, 92, American Major League baseballer (Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees).[60]
15
- Clyde Beck, 88, American MLB player (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds).
- Jan Brzák-Felix, 76, Czechoslovakian Olympic canoeist (1936, 1948, 1952).
- Nils Christiansen, 75, Filipino-American Olympic swimmer (1936).
- Eleanor Estes, 82, American children's writer (Ginger Pye, The Moffats), stroke.[61]
- Edward Grange, 96, Canadian WWI flying ace.
- Jean-Pierre Hoscheid, 76, Luxembourgian Olympic footballer (1936).
- Tore Keller, 83, Swedish international footballer and Olympic medalist (IK Sleipner, Sweden).[62]
- Nozomu Matsumoto, 83, Japanese businessman and inventor, founded Pioneer Corporation.
- Armand Mouyal, 62, French world champion fencer and Olympic medalist (1952, 1956, 1960).[63]
16
- Herbert L. Anderson, 74, American nuclear physicist (University of Chicago), contributed to the Manhattan Project, lung failure due to poisoning.[64]
- Whitfield Connor, 71, American actor, director and producer, complications of stomach surgery.[65]
- Obs Heximer, 78, Canadian NHL player (New York Rangers, Boston Bruins, New York Americans).
- Ole Myrvoll, 77, Norwegian professor and politician.
- Samuel Ruben, 88, American inventor, founder of Duracell.[66]
- Joseph Szydlowski, 91, Polish-born French-Israeli aircraft engine designer, founded Turbomeca.[67]
17
- Bruiser Brody, 42, American professional wrestler, stabbed.[68]
- Frank Carter, 77, Irish politician, member of the Dáil Éireann (1951-1957, 1961-1977).
- Milton Krasner, 84, American cinematographer (Three Coins in the Fountain, Beneath the Planet of the Apes), heart failure.[69]
- Fyodor Nikitin, 88, Soviet film and theater actor.
18
- Valery Burati, 80, American Union organiser, acting chief of the Labor Division of Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers.[70]
- Elsa Gress, 69, Danish essayist and novelist.[71]
- Birger Kaipiainen, 73, Finnish ceramist and designer.[72]
- Emil T. Kaiser, 50, Hungarian-born American biochemist (enzyme modification), complications following kidney transplant.[73]
- Walter Kitchen, 75, Canadian Olympic ice hockey player (1936).
- Jake W. Lindsey, 67, American soldier in the U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient, heart attack.[74]
- Nico, 49, German singer and actress (Chelsea Girls), cerebral hemorrhage resulting from fall.[75]
- Joly Braga Santos, 64, Portuguese composer and conductor, stroke.[76]
- John W. Schaum, 83, American pianist and composer.[77]
- Miklós Szentkuthy, 80, Hungarian writer.[78]
19
- Erland Asdahl, 67, Norwegian politician.
- Vilhelm Aubert, 66, Norwegian sociologist, co-founded the Norwegian Institute for Social Research.[79]
- Geoffrey H. Bourne, 78, Australian-American anatomist and primatologist (histochemistry), heart failure.[80]
- Jacques De Wykerslooth De Rooyesteyn, 92, Belgian Olympic modern pentathlete (1924).
- Laurence Impey, 65, South African cricketer.
20
- Hap Allen, 87, American Negro League baseball player.
- Mark Boxer, 57, British magazine editor, brain tumour.[81]
- John W. Galbreath, 90, American building contractor and sportsman, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates.[82]
21
- Frank Brett, 89, English footballer.
- Øivind Christensen, 88, Norwegian Olympic sailor (1936, 1948, 1960).
- Jack Clark, 62, American television personality, game show host and announcer (The Cross-Wits), bone cancer.[83]
- Dawson Harron, 66, English cricketer.
- Raphael Soriano, 83, Greek-born American architect and educator.[84]
- K. Vijayan, 48, Indian film director.[85]
- Mikhail Volpin, 85, Soviet screenwriter.
22
- Andres Allan, 22, Estonian poet.
- Avtar Singh Brahma, 36–37, Indian revolutionary and founder of the Khalistan Liberation Force.[86]
- Tom Brooker, 80, Australian rules footballer.
- Larry Clemmons, 81, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor (Walt Disney Company).[87]
- Duane Jones, 51, American actor (Night of the Living Dead), cardiopulmonary arrest.[88]
- Luigi Lucioni, 87, Italian American painter.[89]
- Eugeniusz Michalak, 79, Polish Olympic cyclist (1928).
- Patrick Newell, 56, British actor (The Avengers), heart attack.
23
- Camillo Arduino, 92, Italian Olympic cyclist (1920).
- Jahangir Khan, 78, Indian test cricketer and Pakistani cricket administrator.[90]
- Stuart Legg, 77, English documentary filmmaker (Churchill's Island, Warclouds in the Pacific).[91]
- Heinz Pagels, 49, American physicist, mountaineering accident.[92]
- Bandu Patil, 52, Indian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist, cardiac arrest.[93]
- Ken Polivka, 67, American MLB player (Cincinnati Reds).
- Shmuel Rechtman, 63-64, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1977-1979).
24
- Priscilla Bowman, 60, American jazz and rhythm and blues singer ("Hands Off"), lung cancer.[94]
- Frank Collins, 85, English cricketer.
- Ilona Elek, 81, Hungarian fencer and dual Olympic gold medalist (1936, 1948, 1952).[95]
- Manuel González, 70, Spanish footballer (Granada).
- John Harris, 71, Scottish footballer (Chelsea) and manager (Sheffield United).[96]
- Trevor Harvey, 71, Canadian soccer player.
- Jerry Lane, 62, American MLB player (Washington Senators, Cincinnati Redlegs).
- Robert McClory, 80, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives (1963-1983), heart attack.[97]
- G. Tyler Miller, 85, American president of Madison College.[98]
- Joe Orengo, 73, American MLB player (St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers).
- Bandu Patil, 52, Indian Olympic field hockey player (1964).
- Mira Schendel, 69, Brazilian artist, lung cancer.[99]
- Helmut Schubert, 72, German footballer.
- Michel Villey, 74, French legal philosopher and historian.[100]
25
- Judith Barsi, 10, American child actress (Jaws: The Revenge), murder-suicide by father.[101]
- Bob Currie, 70, English motorcycling writer and road tester (The Motor Cycle, The Classic Motor Cycle), heart failure.
- Memphis Tennessee Garrison, 98, activist for African Americans.[102]
- Douglas Hickox, 59, English director (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Brannigan), complications from heart surgery.[103]
- Glenn Killinger, 89, American NFL footballer (New York Giants).[104]
- Anton Krásnohorský, 62, Czechoslovakian footballer.
- Émile Pouvroux, 87, French Olympic wrestler (1924).
- James Silver, 81, American history professor and author, fought for racial equality, emphysema .[105]
- Giuliana Stramigioli, 73, Italian business woman and Japanologist.[106]
- Dave Tobey, 90, American basketball referee, enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
26
- Frank Christian, 77, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1957-1958).
- Al Flair, 72, American MLB player (Boston Red Sox).
- Lai Shiu Wing, 70-71, Chinese Olympic footballer (1948).
- Murari Mohan Mukherjee, 73, Indian plastic surgeon.[107]
- Max Raison, 86, English cricketer (Essex) and publisher (Picture Post, New Scientist).[108]
- Kurt Schneider, 88, German Olympic long-distance runner (1928).
- Tetsuji Takechi, 75, Japanese theatre and film director, critic and author, pancreatic cancer.
27
- James Connerty, 84, South African cricketer.
- Jack Drees, 71, American sportscaster, cancer.[109]
- Christian Gollong, 87, German stage and film actor.
- Brigitte Horney, 77, German actress (Münchhausen).[110]
- M. Kalyanasundaram, 78, Indian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.
- Mary Simms Oliphant, 97, American historian.[111]
- Antonio Tantay, 68, Filipino Olympic basketball player (1952).
- Alan Tait, 80, Australian cricketer.
- Frank Zamboni, 87, American businessman and inventor (ice resurfacer), heart attack.[112]
28
- Caleb Gattegno, 76, Egyptian educator, psychologist and mathematician, complications of cancer surgery.[113]
- Harold R. Harris, 92, American test pilot and U.S. Army Air Force officer, pneumonia.[114]
- Ray Martin, 78, Australian rules footballer.
- Syed Modi, 25, Indian badminton player, murdered.[115]
- Charles Nicks, 47, American gospel musician, heart failure.[116]
- Tullio Pizzorno, 67, Italian Olympic sailor (1960).
- John Wheatley, 80, Scottish politician and judge, Solicitor General for Scotland.[117]
29
- Ellin Berlin, 85, American author, wife of Irving Berlin, stroke.[118]
- Pablo Cagnasso, 80, Argentine Olympic sports shooter (1948, 1952).
- Czesław Ciupa, 52, Polish footballer.
- Pete Drake, 55, American record producer and pedal steel guitar player ("Stand by Your Man", "Lay Lady Lay"), emphysema.[119]
- Umberto Menegalli, 63, Swiss Olympic fencer (1952).
- Günther Radusch, 75, Nazi German Luftwaffe pilot and fighter ace.[120]
- Georges Vuilleumier, 43, Swiss footballer.
30
- William de Silva, 79, Sri Lankan politician, member of the Ceylon Parliament.[121]
- Arthur Mooney, 63, Australian rules footballer.
- Curtis Shears, 87, American Olympic fencer (1932).
- Bob Woytowich, 46, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings), car crash after heart attack.[122]
31
- Stephen Murray-Smith, 65, Australian writer and editor, heart attack.[123]
- André Navarra, 76, French cellist, heart attack.[124]
- Fanny Rowe, 75, English stage, film and television actress (Fresh Fields, After Henry).[125]
- Trinidad Silva, 38, American comedian and actor, car crash.[126]
- Raymond Stross, 72, British-film producer, heart disease.[127]
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- William Rolls, 73, British flying ace in World War II.[128]
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