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The following is a list of notable deaths in July 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.

July 1988

1

• James Edgar Broyhill, 96, American founder of Broyhill Furniture Industries. ^[1]
• Lex van Delden, 68, Dutch composer. ^[2]
• Guido Fibbia, 70, Italian World War II fighter pilot.
• Anton Leader, 74, American radio and television director. ^[3]
• Alice Nunn, 60, American actress ( Pee-wee's Big Adventure ), heart attack.
• Hermann Volk, 84, German Roman Catholic cardinal.

2

• Arnold Burmeister, 89, Nazi German general in the Wehrmacht.
• Vibert Douglas, 93, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist. ^[4]
• Johann Baptist Gradl, 84, German politician. ^[5]
• Mahmoud Mirza, 82, Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty.
• Aldo Tonti, 78, Italian cinematographer.
• Eddie Vinson, 70, American alto saxophonist, heart attack. ^[6]

3

• Ed Birchall, 64, Ho-Ho the Clown, heart attack. ^[7]
• Gabriel Dell, 68, American actor, leukemia. ^[8]
• Richard Schulze-Kossens, 73, Nazi German Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS, lung cancer. ^[9]
• Fritz Wiessner, 88, German-American pioneer of free climbing, strokes. ^[10]

4

• Adrian Adonis, 34, American professional wrestler (American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation), traffic accident.
• Ralph Dennis, 56, American crime fiction author, kidney failure. ^[11]
• Shivkumar Joshi, 71, Indian author.
• Ferial Karim, 50, Lebanese-Indian actress and singer, Femina Miss India 1962, heart failure.
• Donald MacLaren, 95, Canadian World War I flying ace. ^[12]
• Tom Manley, 75, English footballer (Manchester United, Brentford). ^[13]
• Dave McKigney, 56, Canadian professional wrestler, traffic accident. ^[14]
• William Thetford, 65, American psychologist and professor, heart attack.
• Lee Weyer, 51, American Major League baseball umpire, heart attack.

6

• Hoang Van Chi, 74, Vietnamese political writer.
• John Drury Clark, 80, American rocket fuel developer, chemist and science fiction writer. ^[15]
• Víctor Junco, 71, Mexican actor (La Otra, Misterio ). ^[16]
• William Smythe, 95, American physicist at Caltech.

7

• William R. Cox, 87, American writer. ^[17]
• Jimmy Edwards, 68, English comedy writer and actor ( Take It from Here , Whack-O! ), pneumonia.
• Helen Gandy, 91, American secretary to Federal Bureau of Investigation director J. Edgar Hoover, heart attack. ^[18]
• David Atlee Phillips, 65, American Central Intelligence Agency officer, cancer. ^[19]

8

• Ray Barbuti, 83, American sprinter and Olympic dual gold medalist. ^[20]
• Antony Fisher, 73, British businessman and think tank founder (Institute of Economic Affairs, Atlas Network), heart disorder. ^[21]
• Ranjit Khanwilkar, 27, Indian cricketer (Karnataka), train accident. ^[22]

9

• Ian Allan, 70, Scottish Royal Air Force officer and World War II flying ace.
• Alexandru Graur, 88, Romanian linguist.
• Anthony Holland, 60, American actor, suicide. ^[23]
• Jackie Presser, 61, American labour leader, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, cardiac arrest. ^[24]
• Barbara Woodhouse, 78, Irish-British dog trainer, author and TV personality, stroke. ^[25]

10

• Alf Ackerman, 59, South African footballer and manager (Carlisle United).
• Noel Barber, 78, British novelist and journalist.
• Errol John, 63, Trinidad and Tobago–born English actor and playwright ( Moon on a Rainbow Shawl ). ^[26]
• Enrique Lihn, 58, Chilean poet, cancer. ^[27]
• 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. ^[28]
• Milton Krims, 84, American screenwriter and novelist, pneumonia. ^[29]
• Jarava Lal Mehta, 75–76, Indian philosopher. ^[30]
• Lída Merlínová, 82, Czech writer.
• James Gordon Shanklin, 78, American FBI agent, known for the investigation of the J.F.K. assassination. ^[31]
• Barbara Wootton, 91, British sociologist and criminologist.

12

• Al Bedner, 90, American football player. ^[32]
• Josephine Douglas, 61, British actress and producer ( Six-Five Special , Emergency Ward 10 ), cancer. ^[33]
• Raymond W. Goldsmith, 83, Belgian-born American economist. ^[34]
• Michael Jary, 81, German composer. ^[35]
• Joshua Logan, 79, American stage & film director and screenwriter (South Pacific), supranuclear palsy. ^[36]
• John Massis, 48, Belgian strongman and teeth-acrobat, suicide. ^[37]
• Mitsuo Nakamura, 77, Japanese writer of biographies and stage-plays.
• Katta Subba Rao, 48, Indian film director.
• Julian Trevelyan, 78, English artist and poet.

13

• 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.
• Christine Mohrmann, 84, Dutch linguist. ^[38]
• Phil Monroe, 71, American animator and director (Warner Bros. Cartoons), pancreatic cancer. ^[39]

14

• William Ofori Atta, 77, Ghanaian politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
• Peter Raw, 66, Australian R.A.A.F. pilot and senior officer, lymphoma. ^[40]
• Whitey Witt, 92, American Major League baseballer.

15

• Eleanor Estes, 82, American children's writer ( Ginger Pye , The Moffats ). ^[41]
• Tore Keller, 83, Swedish international footballer and Olympic medalist (IK Sleipner, Sweden). ^[42]
• Nozomu Matsumoto, 83, Japanese businessman and inventor, founded Pioneer Corporation.
• Armand Mouyal, 62, French world champion fencer and Olympic medalist. ^[43]

16

• Herbert L. Anderson, 74, American nuclear physicist (University of Chicago), lung failure due to poisoning. ^[44]
• Whitfield Connor, 71, American actor, director and producer, respiratory complications. ^[45]
• Samuel Ruben, 88, American inventor, founder of Duracell. ^[46]

17

• Bruiser Brody, 42, American professional wrestler, stabbed. ^[47]
• Milton Krasner, 84, American cinematographer (Three Coins in the Fountain, Beneath the Planet of the Apes ). ^[48]

18

• Valery Burati, 80, American Union organiser, acting chief of the Labor Division of Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers. ^[49]
• Elsa Gress, 69, Danish essayist and novelist. ^[50]
• Birger Kaipiainen, 73, Finnish ceramist and designer. ^[51]
• Emil T. Kaiser, 50, Hungarian-born American biochemist (enzyme modification). ^[52]
• Jake W. Lindsey, 67, American soldier in the U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient. ^[53]
• Nico, 49, German singer and actress (Chelsea Girls), cerebral hemorrhage resulting from fall. ^[54]
• Joly Braga Santos, 64, Portuguese composer and conductor, stroke.
• John W. Schaum, 83, American pianist and composer.
• Miklós Szentkuthy, 80, Hungarian writer.

19

• Vilhelm Aubert, 66, Norwegian sociologist, co-founded the Norwegian Institute for Social Research.
• Geoffrey H. Bourne, 78, Australian-American anatomist and primatologist (histochemistry). ^[55]

20

• Mark Boxer, 57, British magazine editor, brain tumour. ^[56]
• John W. Galbreath, 90, American building contractor and sportsman, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. ^[57]

21

• Jack Clark, 62, American television personality, game show host and announcer ( The Cross-Wits ), bone cancer. ^[58]
• Raphael Soriano, 83, Greek-American architect and educator.
• K. Vijayan, 48, Indian film director.

22

• Avtar Singh Brahma, 36–37, Indian revolutionary and founder of the Khalistan Liberation Force. ^[59]
• Larry Clemmons, 81, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor (Walt Disney Company). ^[60]
• Duane Jones, 51, American actor ( Night of the Living Dead ), cardiopulmonary arrest. ^[61]
• Luigi Lucioni, 87, Italian American painter. ^[62]
• Patrick Newell, 56, British actor (The Avengers), heart attack.

23

• Jahangir Khan, 78, Indian test cricketer and Pakistani cricket administrator. ^[63]
• Stuart Legg, 77, English documentary filmmaker ( Churchill's Island , Warclouds in the Pacific ). ^[64]
• Heinz Pagels, 49, American physicist, mountaineering accident.
• Bandu Patil, 52, Indian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist, cardiac arrest. ^[65]

24

• Priscilla Bowman, 60, American jazz and rhythm and blues singer ( Hands Off ), lung cancer. ^[66]
• Ilona Elek, 81, Hungarian fencer and dual Olympic gold medalist. ^[67]
• John Harris, 71, Scottish footballer (Chelsea) and manager (Sheffield United). ^[68]
• Robert McClory, 80, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives. ^[69]
• G. Tyler Miller, 85, American president of Madison College. ^[70]
• Mira Schendel, 69, Brazilian artist, lung cancer. ^[71]

25

• Judith Barsi, 10, American child actress ( Jaws: The Revenge ), murder-suicide by father. ^[72]
• 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. ^[73]
• Douglas Hickox, 59, English director (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Brannigan), complications from heart surgery. ^[74]
• Glenn Killinger, 89, American NFL footballer (New York Giants). ^[75]
• James Silver, 81, American history professor and author, fought for racial equality. ^[76]

26

• Murari Mohan Mukherjee, 73, Indian plastic surgeon. ^[77]
• Max Raison, 86, English cricketer (Essex) and publisher (Picture Post, New Scientist). ^[78]
• Tetsuji Takechi, 75, Japanese theatre and film director, critic and author, pancreatic cancer.

27

• Jack Drees, 71, American sportscaster, cancer. ^[79]
• Brigitte Horney, 77, German actress (Münchhausen). ^[80]
• M. Kalyanasundaram, 78, Indian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.
• Mary Simms Oliphant, 97, American historian. ^[81]

28

• Caleb Gattegno, 76, Egyptian educator, psychologist and mathematician. ^[82]
• Harold R. Harris, 92, American test pilot and U.S. Army Air Force officer. ^[83]
• Syed Modi, 25, Indian badminton player, murdered. ^[84]
• Charles Nicks, 47, American gospel musician, heart failure. ^[85]
• John Wheatley, 80, Scottish politician and judge.

29

• Ellin Berlin, 85, American author, wife of Irving Berlin. ^[86]
• Pete Drake, 55, American record producer and pedal steel guitar player ( Stand by Your Man , Lay Lady Lay ), emphysema. ^[87]
• Günther Radusch, 75, Nazi German Luftwaffe pilot and fighter ace. ^[88]

30

• William de Silva, 79, Sri Lankan politician, member of the Ceylon Parliament. ^[89]
• Bob Woytowich, 46, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, heart attack.

31

• Stephen Murray-Smith, 65, Australian writer and editor, heart attack. ^[90]
• André Navarra, 76, French cellist. ^[91]
• Fanny Rowe, 75, English stage, film and television actress ( Fresh Fields , After Henry). ^[92]
• Trinidad Silva, 38, American comedian and actor, car crash. ^[93]
• Raymond Stross, 72, British-film producer. ^[94]

Unknown date

• William Rolls, 73, British flying ace in World War II. ^[95]

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