The following is a list of notable deaths in January 1988.
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.
January 1988
1 Peter Brown, 81, Australian rules footballer. Margot Bryant, 90, English actress (Coronation Street). Albert Decaris, 86, French artist and Olympic gold medalist.Albert Decaris. olympedia.org. Retrieved 4 Jun 2024. Marcel Hillaire, 79, German-born American actor (Sabrina, Take the Money and Run).Marcel Hillaire. WorldCat. Retrieved 2 Nov 2024. Clementine Hunter, 101, American folk artist.Obituaries : C. Hunter; Artist Born to Slave Parents. L.A. Times. Retrieved 13 Jun 2024. Anwar Hussain, 62, Indian actor and producer. John S. Millis, 84, American president of Western Reserve College, cancer. Hiroaki Sato, 55, Japanese Olympic footballer (1956).
2 Dada Bhagwan, 79, Indian spiritual leader, founded the Akram Vignan movement. Bill Crawford-Compton, 72, New Zealand flying ace of the Royal Air Force during the World War II.William Vernon Crawford-Compton. Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 2 Jun 2024. E. B. Ford, 86, British ecological geneticist.Edmund Brisco Ford, 23 April 1901 - 21 January 1988. The Royal Society. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024. Jesse Gray, 64, American civil rights leader and politician, member of the New York State Assembly. Fritz Heider, 91, Austrian psychologist.Fritz Heider (1896–1988). ResearchGate. Retrieved 11 Jun 2024. Yukio Kasahara, 98, Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army.Kasahara, Yukio. Generals.dk. Retrieved 16 Jun 2024. Varadarajan Mudaliar, 61, Indian crime boss, heart attack. Ernie Roche, 57, Canadian NHL player (Montreal Canadiens). Lia Zoppelli, 67, Italian actress.
3 Rose Ausländer, 86, Austro-Hungarian–born German-American poet. William Cagney, 82, American actor (Lost in the Stratosphere, Flirting with Danger), brother of James Cagney, heart attack.W. J. Cagney, Producer For His Brother James. New York Times. Retrieved 30 May 2024. Joie Chitwood, 75, American racecar driver and businessman.Legends: Joie Chitwood. L.A. Times. Retrieved 1 June 2024. Sady Courville, 82, American Cajun fiddler. John Dopyera, 94, Slovak-born American inventor (resonator guitar).John Dopyera, 94, a Czech immigrant whose…. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 5 Jun 2024. Gaston Eyskens, 82, Belgian politician and Prime Minister of Belgium.Gaston Eyskens Dies at Age 82; Led Six Governments in Belgium. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024. Stanley Fuller, 80, British Olympic sprinter (1932). Bill Gibb, 44, Scottish fashion designer, bowel cancer.Remembering Bill Gibb: from farmer's son to a life of high fantasy fashion. The Scotsman (year of death only). Retrieved 9 Jun 2024. Nando González, 66, Spanish footballer and manager. Patrick McGeehan, 80, American actor (Aunt Mary, The Red Skelton Show), cerebral hemorrhage.Obituaries : P. McGeehan; Radio Performer. L.A. Times. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024. Franz Muxeneder, 67, Austrian actor (The White Horses).Franz Muxeneder. WorldCat. Retrieved 2 Nov 2024. A. Ross Webster, 84, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1958–1962).
4 Ruth Bleier, 64, American neurophysiologist, cancer.A Decade of Feminist Critiques in the Natural Sciences: An Address by Ruth Bleier. Jstor (Signs). Retrieved 29 May 2024. Leo de Block, 83, Dutch politician. Mary Jane Carr, 92, American author (Young Mac of Fort Vancouver).Mary Jane Carr, 92, a writer whose…. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 31 May 2024. Ed Cooke, 77, Australian rules footballer. Alice Duncan-Kemp, 86, Australian writer and indigenous rights activist.Alice Monkton Duncan-Kemp (1901–1988). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 6 Jun 2024. Henfil, 43, Brazilian cartoonist, journalist and writer, AIDS from blood transfusion.Henrique de Souza, 43, A Brazilian Cartoonist. New York Times. Retrieved 11 Jun 2024. Charles Phibbs Jones, 81, Irish-born general in the British Army.Charles Phibbs Jones. European Literary Bibliography. Retrieved 15 Jun 2024. Lily Laskine, 94, French harpist. Carl Shipp Marvel, 93, American chemist (Polybenzimidazole).Obituaries : Pioneering Chemist Carl Shipp Marvel. L.A. Times. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024. Charles Quinby, 88, American Olympic swimmer (1920). Jos Roller, 58, Luxembourgian football and Olympian (1952). Jane Seitz, 45, German film editor, suicide. Chin Sophonpanich, 77, Thai entrepreneur, founded Bangkok Bank and Bangkok Insurance.Chin Sophonpanich. WorldCat. Retrieved 2 Nov 2024.
5 Joe Keohane, 69, Irish Gaelic football manager and player (John Mitchels, Kerry).Keohane, Joseph Nicholas (‘Joe’). Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 16 Jun 2024. "Pistol" Pete Maravich, 40, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans Jazz), heart failure.Pete Maravich, a Hall of Famer Who Set Basketball Marks, Dies. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024. Harold Matson, 89, American literary agent, founder of Harold Matson Company.Harold Matson, Literary Agent for Major Authors. New York Times. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024. Go Mishima, 63–64, Japanese homoerotic fetish artist, founder of magazine Sabu, complications from cirrhosis. Herbert Waddell, 85, Scottish international rugby union player.Herbert Waddell. Barbarian FC. Retrieved 14 Jul 2024.
6 Ralph Buxton, 76, Canadian MLB player (Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees). Brent Collins, 46, American actor (As the World Turns, Another World), heart attack. L. P. Davies, 73, British novelist.L. P. Davies. WorldCat. Retrieved 2 Nov 2024. Arturo De Vecchi, 89, Italian Olympic fencer (1928, 1932). Bern Dibner, 90, Ukrainian-born American electrical engineer, industrialist and historian of science and technology.
7 Michel Auclair, 65, German-born French actor (Funny Face, The Day of the Jackal).Mort du comédien Michel Auclair. Le Monde. Retrieved 26 May 2024. Zara Cisco Brough, 69, American chief of the Nipmuc Nation, Parkinson's disease.Deaths Elsewhere. Washington Post. Retrieved 29 May 2024. Roy Dennis, 82, American college football coach (Occidental College).Roy Dennis, 82, who was either coach.... L.A. Times. Retrieved 4 Jun 2024. Frieda Fordham, 84, British psychiatric social worker.Obituary Notices: Frieda Fordham, M.D. Hon F.B.Ps.S. Co-editor of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung. Author of numerous books and articles on analytical psychology. Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing. Retrieved 8 Jun 2024. Fred Haefliger, 95, American WW1 US Marines veteran. Carlo Hintermann, 64, Italian actor, traffic accident.Muore Hinterman attore per tutte le stagioni. l'Unità - Archivio storico (in Italian). Retrieved 13 Jun 2024. Trevor Howard, 74, English actor (Brief Encounter, The Third Man, Sons and Lovers), cirrhosis of the liver.Trevor Howard, Actor in Over 70 Films, Dies at 71. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024. Arthur R. M. Lower, 98, Canadian historian.Arthur Reginald Marsden Lower. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 Jun 2024. Venko Markovski, 72, Bulgarian and Macedonian writer, poet and Communist politician.Venko Markovski. WorldCat. Retrieved 2 Nov 2024. Liao Mengxing, 83, Chinese political activist, secretary of the Soong Ching-ling. La Meri, 88, American dancer and choreographer.La Meri. Oxford Reference. Retrieved 24 Jun 2024. Michael Mills, 68, English television producer and director (Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em).Michael Mills. WorldCat. Retrieved 2 Nov 2024. Marilyn Schreffler, 42, American voice actress (Olive Oyl), liver cancer.Kansan gave voice to Olive Oyl, others. Wichita Eagle (year of death only). Retrieved 6 Jul 2024.
8 James Adams, 83, Australian cricketer. Vyacheslav Aleksandrov, 20, Soviet Guards Junior Sergeant and squad commander in the Afghanistan war, Mujahideen attack. Ray Bauduc, 81, American jazz drummer. Gérard Buhr, 59, French film and television actor.Gérard Buhr. WorldCat. Retrieved 2 Nov 2024. Jared French, 82, American painter. Einar Gjerstad, 90, Swedish archaeologist (Lund University).Finding aid for the Einar Gjerstad research papers, 1806-1984. Online Archive of California. Retrieved 9 Jun 2024. Boyd "Red" Morgan, 72, American NFL footballer (Washington Redskins) and actor (The Amazing Transparent Man). Frank Pace, 75, American politician, Secretary of the Army, heart attack.Frank Pace Jr., Former Secretary Of the Army and Executive, Dies. New York Times. Retrieved 30 Jun 2024. Oscar Soetewey, 62, Belgian Olympic middle-distance runner (1952). Frank J. Zappala, 89, American politician and lawyer, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, heart failure.Frank Zappala obit p.1. Newspapers.com (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). Retrieved 17 Jul 2024.
9 Gregory Ain, 79, American architect.Ain’s Contributions Remembered. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 25 May 2024. Marion Speed Boyd, 87, American district judge (United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee). Florence Eiseman, 88, American fashion designer, emphysema.Florence Eiseman, 88, a Designer And Leader in Children's Fashion. New York Times. Retrieved 6 Jun 2024. Gombloh, 39, Indonesian singer and songwriter, lung disease.Gombloh. WorldCat. Retrieved 2 Nov 2024. Juraj Krnjević, 92, Croatian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia. Thierry Maulnier, 78, French journalist and dramatist.Dialogue inattendu / Thierry Maulnier, Jean Elleinstein. UCLA Library (year of death only). Retrieved 22 Jun 2024. Jukichi Uno, 73, Japanese actor.Jūkichi Uno. WorldCat. Retrieved 2 Nov 2024.
10 Edward Matthew Curran, 84, American district judge (United States District Court for the District of Columbia). Ronald King, 78, New Zealand rugby union player (West Coast, New Zealand All Blacks).Ron King #404. stats.allblacks.com. Retrieved 17 Jun 2024. Bai T. Moore, 71, Liberian poet and novelist (Murder in the Cassava Patch), heart attack.Bai T. Moore Papers, 1919-2004. Indiana University. Retrieved 25 Jun 2024. Ed Mullen, 74, American basketball player. Hugh A. Robertson, 55, American film director and editor (Midnight Cowboy), cancer.
11 Pappy Boyington, 75, American combat pilot and U.S. Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II, lung cancer.'Pappy' Boyington Is Dead at 75; Hero of the Black Sheep Squadron. New York Times. Retrieved 29 May 2024. George Ewart Evans, 78, British writer and folklorist.Evans, George Ewart (1909-1988), writer and oral historian. Dictionary of Welsh Biography. Retrieved 7 Jun 2024. David Gaines, 40, American environmentalist, founder of the Mono Lake Committee, car accident.Obituaries : Crash on Sierra Highway Kills Mono Lake Activist. L.A. Times. Retrieved 8 Jun 2024. N. M. Jorgensen, 78, American college football coach and administrator. Robert F. Kennon, 85, American politician and judge, Governor of Louisiana. René Leray, 86, French Olympic middle-distance runner (1920). Con O'Neill, 75, British diplomat, ambassador to China and Finland.Con O'Neill, Diplomat, 75. New York Times. Retrieved 29 Jun 2024. Endre Palócz, 76, Hungarian Olympic fencer (1948, 1952). Jack Pratt, 81, British-born Canadian NHL player (Boston Bruins). Isidor Isaac Rabi, 89, Austro-Hungarian–born American physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics, cancer.Isidor Isaac Rabi, a Pioneer In Atomic Physics, Dies at 89. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024. John J. Williams, 83, American businessman and politician, U.S. Senator (1947–1970), heart and respiratory failure.John Williams, Ex-Senator, Dies; Represented Delaware for 4 Terms. New York Times. Retrieved 16 Jul 2024.
12 Joe Albany, 63, American modern jazz pianist, respiratory failure and cardiac arrest. Hiram Bingham IV, 84, American diplomat (U.S. Foreign Service). Martin Cecil, 78, Anglo-Canadian peer, Marquess of Exeter (Emissaries of Divine Light).Mr William Cecil. UK Parliament (Hansard). Retrieved 2 Nov 2024.