Deaths in August 1988

The following is a list of notable deaths in August 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.

August 1988

1 Zoltán Bitskey, 84, Hungarian Olympic swimmer (1924). Orville Carlisle, 71, American inventor of the model rocket motor.Fame shone on Norfolk model rocket pioneer and fireworks builder. Norfolk Daily News (year of death only). Retrieved 26 Oct 2024. Red Coffey, 65, American voice actor and comedian (Tom and Jerry). John Dearden, 80, American Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Detroit, pancreatic cancer. Emanoil Dumitrescu, 81, Romanian footballer. Florence Eldridge, 86, American actress (Long Day's Journey into Night).Florence Eldridge, 86, Actress on Stage and Screen. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Jul 2024. Yoshimoto Ishin, 72, Japanese businessman and Jodo Shinshu Buddhist priest.Naikan: A Meditation Method and Psychotherapy. Oxford Research Encyclopedias (year of death only). Retrieved 26 Oct 2024. Kim Yong-ki, 79, South Korean agrarian movement leader. Sheldon Kinser, 45, American race car driver, cancer.Sheldon Kinser, a six-time participant in the.... L.A. Times. Retrieved 17 Jun 2024. John F. Laboon, 67, American officer in the U.S. Navy and Roman Catholic chaplain.Obituary John F Laboon Jr, 1988. Newspapers.com (The Baltimore Sun). Retrieved 19 Jun 2024. Steve Mills, 34, English footballer (Southampton), leukemia.Stephen John Mills. saintsplayers.co.uk. Retrieved 25 Jun 2024. Georges Wambst, 86, French Olympic cyclist (1924).Georges Wambst Gertrude Welcker, 92, German stage and silent-screen actress (Chronicles of the Gray House, Dr. Mabuse the Gambler).Gertrude Welcker

2 Steve Anderson, 82, American Olympic hurdler (1928). Bob Berman, 89, American MLB player (Washington Senators). Jack Breslin, 68, American university administrator (Michigan State University).Obit Jacweir Breslin. Newspapers.com (Battle Creek Enquirer). Retrieved 30 May 2024. Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate, the "Green Grocer", intestinal cancer.Joe Carcione, TV's 'Green Grocer,' 73. New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2024. Raymond Carver, 50, American short-story writer (What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Cathedral), lung cancer.Raymond Carver, Writer and Poet Of the Working Poor, Dies at 50. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Jul 2024. Karl Ebb, 91, Finnish racing driver and Olympic athlete (1924). Nityanand Kanungo, 88, Indian politician, governor of Bihar and Gujarat, member of Lok Sabha.Obituary References. Lok Sabha Debates (p. 7 of PDF). Retrieved 26 Oct 2024. Nada Klaić, 68, Croatian historian.Nada Klaić. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024. Gustav Kristiansen, 84, Norwegian Olympic cyclist (1928). José Magriñá, 70, Cuban footballer (national team). Valle Resko, 78, Finnish Olympic boxer (1928, 1948).

3 Lillian Bilocca, 59, British fisheries worker, known for improving safety in the fishing industry, peritoneal cancer.Quest for change penned in memoir. The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 29 May 2024. Campbell Copelin, 87, English-born Australian actor. Tucker McGuire, 75, American-born British film and television actress.Tucker McGuire. Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 30 Jun 2024. Krishnaswami Ramiah, 96, Indian agricultural scientist and geneticist, director of National Rice Research Institute.Krishnasamy Ramiah. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Retrieved 26 Oct 2024. Vic Watson, 90, English international footballer (West Ham United, England).Vic Watson Victor Martin Watson (Player). National Football Teams. Retrieved 15 Jul 2024. Harlan Wilson, 74, American basketball player.

4 Sir Allan Adair, 90, British army general.Major-General Sir Allan Shafto Adair Bt KCVO CB DSO MC. British Empire website. Retrieved 20 Jun 2024. Brian Brake, 61, New Zealand photographer, heart attack.Brian Brake: MAORI ART: The Photography of Brian Brake. The New Zealand Herald (year of death only). Retrieved 20 Jun 2024. Charles B. Brownson, 74, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1951–1959). Leonard Kuypers, 89, Dutch Olympic fencer (1928). Richard Leppla, 74, Nazi German fighter ace.Leppla, Richard. Traces of War. Retrieved 20 Jun 2024. Peter Lowe, 53, English cricketer. George Commey Mills-Odoi, 72, Ghanaian judge and Attorney General.Meet Past Ministers. Ministry of Justice and Attorney General. Retrieved 25 Jun 2024. Ofelia Uribe de Acosta, 87, Colombian author, editor and suffragist. Joe Vandeleur, 84, Indian-born Anglo-Irish British Army officer.Vandeleur, John Ormsby Evelyn. Generals.dk. Retrieved 14 Jul 2024. Harry Lee Waterfield, 77, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.Waterfield, Harry Lee, 1911-1988. Western Kentucky University (year of death only). Retrieved 15 Jul 2024.

5 Red Davis, 80, American NFL player (Portsmouth Spartans, Philadelphia Eagles). James Devereux, 85, American general in the U.S. Marine Corps, member of U.S. House of Representatives (1951–1959), pneumonia.James Devereux Is Dead At 85; War Hero And A Congressman. New York Times. Retrieved 26 Oct 2024. Colin Higgins, 47, French-Australian-American screenwriter, actor and director (Harold and Maude, 9 to 5), AIDS. Arif Hussain Hussaini, 41, Indian-Pakistani revolutionary leader, assassinated.Shia Muslim Leader Is Gunned Down in Pakistan. L.A. Times. Retrieved 14 Jun 2024. James M. Masters Sr., 77, American general in the U.S. Marine Corps, cancer.James Masters, Marine General, Dies at Age 77. Washington Post. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024. Ralph Meeker, 67, American actor (Kiss Me Deadly, Paths of Glory), heart attack. Ralph Michaels, 86, American MLB player (Chicago Cubs). Gil North, 72, British author of detective stories (Cluff).Gil North. WorldCat (year of death only). Retrieved 27 Oct 2024. Henry George Templar, 83, American district judge (United States District Court for the District of Kansas).

6 John Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris, 79, English thriller, detective and spy novelist (My Name Is Michael Sibley), MI5 spy.John Bingham (1908-1988). Dictionary of Ulster Biography (year of death only). Retrieved 26 Oct 2024. Hec Farrell, 65, Australian rugby league footballer. Gord Garvie, 43, Canadian Olympic wrestler (1968). James Hervey Johnson, 87, American atheist, writer and editor of The Truth Seeker, white supremacist, heart attack. Anatoly Levchenko, 47, Soviet cosmonaut, brain tumour.Anatoly Levchenko, 47, Is Dead; Test Pilot for Soviet Space Shuttle. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Jul 2024. Illa Martin, 88, German dendrologist, botanist, conservationist and dentist. Francis Ponge, 89, French poet. J. Skelly Wright, 77, American circuit judge, prostate cancer.

7 Juraj Amšel, 63, Croatian Olympic water polo player (1948, 1952, 1956). George Chalmers, 79, American football player. David L. Hoggan, 65, American author, neo-Nazi, anti-Semite and Holocaust denier, heart attack.David L. Hoggan, 1923-1988. revisionists.com. Retrieved 13 Jun 2024. Wilfred Jackson, 82, American animator (Mickey Mouse, Silly Symphony).Obituaries : Wilfred Jackson; Animator at Disney. L.A. Times. Retrieved 14 Jun 2024. Lucio Manzin, 74, Italian Olympic equestrian (1952). Gajo Raffanelli, 75, Croatian footballer. David E. Skinner II, 67–68, American shipping heir, owner of the Space Needle and Seattle Seahawks, cancer.Skinner, Ned (1920-1988) and Kayla (1919-2004). History Link. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024.

8 Alan Ameche, 55, American NFL player (Baltimore Colts), heart attack. Kid Chocolate, 78, Cuban boxer, World Junior Lightweight Champion.Sports of the Times; The Riddle of Kid Chocolate. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Jun 2024. George Estregan, 49, Filipino film actor. Henri Frenay, 82, French military officer and member of the French Resistance.Henri Frenay, Resistance Fighter, 82. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Jun 2024. Violet Hackbarth, 68, American AAGPBL player. William Kininmonth, 83, Scottish architect.Sir William Hardie Kininmonth P.R.S.A. (1904 - 1988). Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 17 Jun 2024. Félix Leclerc, 82, Canadian singer-songwriter, heart attack.Felix Leclerc, the dean of French-Canadian singers, poets and.... UPI. Retrieved 20 Jun 2024. Ragnar Lennartsson, 78, Swedish footballer. Liu Liangmo, 78, Chinese musician and Christian leader. Alan Napier, 85, English actor (Batman), pneumonia. Dominic Serventy, 84, Australian ornithologist, president of Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union.Dominic Louis Serventy (1904–1988). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024.

9 Woodrow Adams, 71, American blues guitarist and harmonica player.Woodrow Adams. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024. Joe Bruce, 83, Australian rules footballer. Jimmie Fidler, 89, American columnist, journalist and radio and television personality. M. Carl Holman, 69, American civil rights advocate (Civil Rights Commission), cancer.Carl Holman, 69, A Major Figure in Civil Rights Movement, is Dead. New York Times. Retrieved 13 Jun 2024. Giacinto Scelsi, 83, Italian composer, cerebral hemorrhage. Ramón Valdés, 63, Mexican actor and comedian (El Chavo del Ocho), stomach cancer.

10 Arnulfo Arias, 86, Panamanian politician, President of Panama, heart attack.Arnulfo Arias, 87, Panamanian who was President 3 Times. New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2024. Antoine Blanchard, 77, French painter (Cafe de la Paix).Biography - Antoine Blanchard (1910 - 1988). Rehs Galleries. Retrieved 29 May 2024. Jean Brachet, 79, Belgian biochemist (RNA).Jean Brachet. 19 March 1909-10 August 1988. Jstor (Royal Society). Retrieved 29 May 2024. Gerd Grieg, 93, Norwegian actress.Gerd Grieg Gerd Egede-Nissen. European Literary Bibliography. Retrieved 10 Jun 2024. Benny Johnson, 40, American NFL football player (Houston Oilers), heart attack.Former NFL, Jones High Star Johnson Dies at 40. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 15 Jun 2024. Guido Mannari, 43, Italian actor (The Driver's Seat), heart attack.Guido Mannari. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024. Aleksander Margiste, 80, Estonian Olympic basketball player (1936). Havzi Nela, 54, Albanian poet, executed.Havzi Nela, 35 years since the hanging of the poet by the communist regime. Euronews Albania. Retrieved 28 Jun 2024. Adela Rogers St. Johns, 94, American journalist, novelist and screenwriter, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.Adela R. St. Johns, 94, Journalist, Novelist, Teacher and Scriptwriter. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Jul 2024. Paul Thek, 54, American painter and sculptor, AIDS.

11 Roland Allard, 77, French Olympic alpine skier (1936). Nellikode Bhaskaran, 64, Indian Malayalam actor (Sarapancharam). John Byer, 84, Barbadian cricketer. Alfred Kelbassa, 63, German international footballer (STV Horst-Emscher, Borussia Dortmund, West Germany).Kelbassa, Alfred. National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 Jun 2024. Pauline Lafont, 25, French actress, hiking accident.Novembre 1988. Pauline Lafont, l’espoir perdu de Bernadette (November 1988. Pauline Lafont, Bernadette's lost hope). Paris Match (in French). Retrieved 19 Jun 2024. James Alexander McBain, 78, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1954–1965). K. Avukader Kutty Naha, 68, Indian politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Kerala. K. Avukkaderkutty Naha. Kerala Legislative Assembly (via Wayback Machine). Retrieved 27 Jun 2024. Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, 56, French opera director, pulmonary embolism following a fall.Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, 56, is Dead; Was Opera Director and Designer. New York Times. Retrieved 2 Jul 2024. Anne Ramsey, 59, American actress (The Goonies, Throw Momma from the Train), cancer. Jack Regan, 75, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood).Jack Regan. Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 3 Jul 2024.

12