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The following is a list of notable deaths in September 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.

September 1988

1

• Luis Walter Alvarez, 77, American physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics, complications from esophageal cancer. ^[1]
• Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad, 58, Indian politician and cricketer.
• Hugh Hunt, 86, American set decorator.
• Leonor Sullivan, 86, American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

2

• Alexander Aigner, 79, Austrian mathematician (Cipher Department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht).
• Jim Bagby Jr., 71, American Major League baseballer.
• Jack Cooper, 80, British politician and trade union leader.
• Heinz Förstendorf, 80, German hockey player and Olympic medalist.
• Erik Frey, 80, Austrian film actor.
• Sir William Northam, 82, Australian yachtsman and Olympic gold medalist.
• Marshall Riddle, 70, American Negro League baseballer.
• Robert Watts, 65, American artist, lung cancer.

3

• John Goodison, 44–45, English rock musician, songwriter and record producer, heart attack.
• Frederic McGrand, 93, Canadian physician and politician. ^[2]
• Ferit Melen, 81, Turkish civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey. ^[3]
• Ferenc Sas, 73, Hungarian international footballer.
• Bibi Torriani, 76, Swiss ice hockey player and Olympic medalist.
• Miao Yuntai, 94, Chinese politician.

4

• Joseph Ceravolo, 54, American poet. ^[4]
• Oda Schaefer, 87, German writer and journalist. ^[5]

5

• Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare, 72, Indian politician, Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
• Lawrence Brown, 81, American jazz trombonist (Duke Ellington orchestra). ^[6]
• Gert Fröbe, 75, German actor, heart attack. ^[7]
• Boris Smyslovsky, 90, Russian-Finnish general.

6

• Axel von Ambesser, 78, German playwright, actor and film director.
• Leroy Brown, 37, American professional wrestler, stroke.
• Frank Burke, 69, American officer in the U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient. ^[8]
• Autry Inman, 59, American country and rockabilly musician.
• Lew Krausse Sr., 76, American Major League baseballer.
• Harold Rosson, 93, American cinematographer. ^[9]
• Karni Singh, 64, Indian Maharaja of Bikaner.
• Stefan Themerson, 78, Polish-writer of children's literature, poet and novelist.

7

• Abdul Haq Akorwi, 76, Pakistani Islamic scholar.
• Gaja Alaga, 64, Croatian theoretical physicist, specialising in nuclear physics.
• Raymond Dubly, 94, French international footballer and Olympian.
• Vivi Janiss, 77, American actress.

8

• Janine Balding, Australian murder victim. ^[10]
• G. M. Durrani, 68–69, Indian radio drama artist, playback singer, actor and music director.
• Fred Hawking, 78, Australian rules footballer.
• Mel Rosser, 87, Welsh international rugby union and rugby league player.

9

• Mona Best, 64, British owner of the Casbah Coffee Club, mother of Pete Best, heart attack.
• Leroy McGuirk, 77, American professional wrestler and promoter.

10

• Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, 56, Brazilian film director and screenwriter ( Macunaíma ).
• Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan, 67–68, Pakistani Chief Minister of Balochistan.
• Virginia Satir, 72, American author and psychotherapist. ^[11]
• William H. Shaw, 79, American economist, businessman and government official, cancer. ^[12]

11

• Wilhelm Batz, 72, Nazi German Luftwaffe fighter ace.
• Roger Hargreaves, 53, British cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, stroke. ^[13]

12

• Alan Bible, 78, American lawyer and politician, Nevada Attorney General, United States Senator. ^[14]
• Stephen B. Grimes, 61, English production designer and art director.
• Margaret McFarland, 83, American child psychologist.
• Bill Mitchell, 76, American automobile designer, heart failure.
• John D. J. Moore, 77, American lawyer and business executive, United States Ambassador to Ireland, bone cancer. ^[15]
• Lauris Norstad, 81, American General in the United States Army and Air Force. ^[16]
• Charlie Palmieri, 60, Puerto Rican bandleader, heart attack. ^[17]
• Mars Ravelo, 71, Filipino comic book cartoonist and graphic novelist.
• John Ryan, 77, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly.

13

• Julian Banzon, 80, Filipino biochemist (alternative fuels). ^[18]
• Gerd Hornberger, 78. German sprinter and Olympic medalist.
• Peter Young, 73, British Army officer and military historian.

14

• Donald Albery, 74, English theatre impresario, director and administrator of the London Festival Ballet. ^[19]
• William Edward Cousins, 86, American Roman Catholic bishop.
• Roy Dutton, 71, British Royal Air Force officer and flying ace.

15

• Samuel E. Beetley, 74, American film editor ( The Longest Day , Doctor Dolittle ).
• Frank Francis, 86, English academic librarian and curator.
• Henry Wallich, 74, German-American economist.

16

• Becky Bell, 17, American teenage girl, septic abortion. ^[20]
• Richard Paul Lohse, 86, Swiss painter and graphic artist.
• Dick Pym, 95, English footballer.
• Bob Trice, 62, American Major League baseballer.

17

• John Biggs-Davison, 70, British politician, Member of Parliament. ^[21]
• Walter P. Chrysler Jr., 79, American art collector and theatre and film producer, cancer. ^[22]
• Hilde Güden, 71, Austrian soprano.
• Nat Jackley, 79, English comic actor, cancer.
• Robert Hall, 87, Australian-economist.

18

• Ho Chong, 92, South Korean politician, President of South Korea. ^[23]
• Kathleen Collins, 46, American poet, playwright, filmmaker, director and civil rights activist, breast cancer. ^[24]
• David Dodd, 93, American financial analyst, author and economist, respiratory failure.
• John Elliot, 90, British transport and railway manager.
• Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, 82, Iranian poet.
• Alan Watt, 87, Australian diplomat. ^[25]

19

• P. Shilu Ao, 71, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Nagaland.
• Enrico Cerulli, 90, Italian scholar of Somali and Ethiopian studies, Governor of Scioa and Harar.
• Michael Fessier, 82, American screenwriter and film producer. ^[26]
• Dorothy Stimson, 97, American academic, dean of Goucher College. ^[27]
• Harry Turner, 93, Australian politician, member of Australian House of Representatives.

20

• Tim Davis, 44, American drummer, singer and songwriter, co-founded the Steve Miller Band, complications from diabetes.
• Roy Kinnear, 54, English character actor and comedian, heart attack following horse fall. ^[28]
• Sam Woodyard, 63, American jazz drummer, cancer. ^[29]

21

• Harold Balfour, 90, British politician, Member of Parliament, Under-Secretary of State for Air.
• Ned Brennan, 68, Irish politician.
• Glenn Robert Davis, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Robert Gwathmey, 85, American painter. ^[30]
• Henry Koster, 83, German-American film director, liver cancer. ^[31]
• Christine Norden, 63, British actress, pneumonia. ^[32]
• S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao, 76, Indian politician.
• Zubeida, 76–77, Indian actress.

22

• Rais Amrohvi, 74, Pakistani scholar, poet and psychoanalyst, assassinated. ^[33]

23

• Arwel Hughes, 79, Welsh orchestral conductor and composer.
• Trilok Kapoor, 76, Indian actor.
• Lyell McEwin, 91, Australian politician, president of the South Australian Legislative Council.
• Ken McIver, 59, Australian politician, member of the parliament of Western Australia

24

• Aziz Suryal Atiya, 90, Egyptian Coptic historian, founder of the Institute of Coptic Studies. ^[34]
• Basil de Ferranti, 58, British businessman and politician, member of the House of Commons.
• Herbert Kirchhoff, 77, German art director.
• Joe Don Looney, 45, American NFL footballer, motorcycle accident. ^[35]
• Irwin McIntosh, 62, Canadian Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.
• Shamsul Huda Panchbagi, 90–91, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician.
• Herbert Witzenmann, 83, German philosopher and anthroposophist.

25

• bpNichol, 43, Canadian poet and writer. ^[36]
• James L. Buie, 68, American scientist and inventor (Transistor–transistor logic), emphysema. ^[37]
• Billy Carter, 51, American farmer, businessman and politician, brother of Jimmy Carter, pancreatic cancer. ^[38]
• Paul Collins, 80, American NFL footballer.

26

• Guillermo Battaglia, 88, Argentine film actor ( La Historia Oficial ), heart attack.
• Bruce Haack, 57, Canadian musician and composer, heart failure.
• Lincoln Hudson, 72, U.S. Army Air Force officer in World War II. ^[39]
• Lord Melody, 62, Trinidadian singer, cancer.
• Branko Zebec, 59, Yugoslav international footballer.

27

• Teofilo Camomot, 74, Filipino Roman Catholic Archbishop, car accident. ^[40]
• Willis Edwards, 85, English international footballer.
• George Grant, 69, Canadian philosopher and professor.
• J. C. Heard, 71, American swing, bop and blues drummer, heart attack.
• Paul Reinman, 78, American comic book artist.
• William V. Shannon, 61, American journalist and author, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, lymphoma. ^[41]

28

• Margerie Bonner, 83, American actress, scriptwriter and novelist, wife of Malcolm Lowry. ^[42]
• Frank Caplan, 77, English-born American toy collector and manufacturer. ^[43]
• Charles R. Jonas, 83, American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Vicko Krstulović, 83, Yugoslav communist politician, President of the Presidium of the Croatian Parliament.
• Louis R. Rowan, 77, American thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.
• Frank Sargent, 86, Canadian ice hockey and curling administrator.

29

• Charles Addams, 76, American cartoonist ( The Addams Family ), heart attack. ^[44]
• Barney Josephson, 86, American founder of Café Society in Greenwich Village, New York, hemorrhage. ^[45]

30

• Chick Chandler, 83, American film actor (Soldiers of Fortune), heart attack. ^[46]
• Trường Chinh, 81, Vietnamese communist political leader, President of Vietnam, fall. ^[47]
• Al Holbert, 41, American car racing driver, aeroplane crash.
• María Teresa Laparra, 86, Guatemalan activist, First Lady of Guatemala.
• Joachim Prinz, 86, German-American rabbi, heart attack. ^[48]
• Chino Roces, 75, Filipino businessman and newspaper publisher, cancer.
• David E. Satterfield III, 67, American lawyer and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Joseph Albert Sullivan, 87, Canadian senator, ice hockey player and Olympic gold medalist.

Unknown date

• Alan Angus, 76, Australian racing cyclist.
• Lionel Jayatilleke, 64, Sri Lankan politician, member of parliament, assassinated.
• Mary Littlejohn, 85, Canadian figure skater and Olympian.
• Raymond Price, 64, Welsh rugby union and international rugby league footballer.

References

1. Sullivan, Walter (September 2, 1988). "Luis W. Alvarez, Nobel Physicist Who Explored Atom, Dies at 77". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 23, 2016.
2. Hon. Frederic Addison McGrand Served : 1940-1944
3. Wolfgang Saxon (September 4, 1988). "Ferit Melen, Ex-Turkish Premier And Defense Minister, Dies at 82" . The New York Times . p. 1 44. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
4. Joseph Ceravolo, 54, A Prize-Winning Poet. New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
5. "Oda Schaefer - filmportal.de". filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2024.
6. C. Gerald Fraser (September 9, 1988). "Lawrence Brown Is Dead at 81; Was Trombonist With Ellington" . The New York Times . p. D 18. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
7. "Gert Frobe, an Actor, Dies at 75". The New York Times . Associated Press. September 6, 1988. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
8. Medal of Honor Monday: Army 1st Lt. Francis Burke. U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
9. "Harold G. Rosson, 93, 'Oz' Cinematographer" . The New York Times . September 9, 1988. p. D 18. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
10. Nine words that stunned Australia: The brutal murder of Janine Balding. NZ Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
11. "Virginia M. Satir, 72, Therapist for Families" . The New York Times . September 12, 1988. p. B 4. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
12. "William Shaw, 79, Ex-Du Pont Economist" . The New York Times . September 24, 1988. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
13. John Malam (2004). "Hargreaves, (Charles) Roger" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/76335. ISBN   978-0-19-861412-8 . Retrieved May 9, 2011.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
14. Alfonso A. Narvaez (September 14, 1988). "Former Senator Alan Bible, 78; Nevadan Was Advocate of Parks" . The New York Times . p. B 7. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
15. Glenn Fowler (September 13, 1988). "John D. J. Moore, an Executive And a Former Envoy, Dies at 77" . The New York Times . p. D 26. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
16. Eric Pace (September 14, 1988). "Lauris Norstad Dies at 81; Former NATO Commander" . The New York Times . p. B 7. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
17. Jon Pareles (September 13, 1988). "Charlie Palmieri, 60, Salsa Pianist And Leader in Jazz-Latin Fusion" . The New York Times . p. D 26. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
18. Julian Banzon. Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
19. "Sir Donald Albery Is Dead at 74; Influential British Stage Director" . The New York Times . September 17, 1988. p. 1 34. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
20. ABORTION LAW BLAMED IN DEATH. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
21. Sir John Biggs-Davison. UK Parliament. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
22. Craig Wolff (September 19, 1988). "Walter P. Chrysler Jr., a Collector Of Modern Art and Artifacts, 79" . The New York Times . p. B 10. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
23. "Ho Chong, Korean Politician, 92" . The New York Times . September 20, 1988. p. D 29. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
24. "Kathleen Collins, a Film Maker, Dies at 46" . The New York Times . September 24, 1988. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
25. "Obituary: Diplomat, author and athlete: Sir Alan Stewart Watt". The Canberra Times . September 20, 1988. p. 8. Archived from the original on February 16, 2014.
26. "Michael Fessier, Writer, 82" . The New York Times . September 25, 1988. p. 1 44. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
27. "Dorothy Stimson, 97, Former Goucher Dean" . The New York Times . September 24, 1988. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
28. Susan Heller Anderson (September 23, 1988). "Roy Kinnear Is Dead At 54 After Falling From Horse in Film" . The New York Times . p. B 6. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
29. "Sam Woodyard Dies; Jazz Drummer Was 63" . The New York Times . September 23, 1988. p. B 6. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
30. Douglas C. McGill (September 22, 1988). "Robert Gwathmey, 85, an Artist Of Social Passions and Style, Dies" . The New York Times . p. B 11. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
31. Andrew L. Yarrow (September 27, 1988). "Henry Koster, 83, Director of 'Harvey' And 'Bishop's Wife'" . The New York Times . p. B 12. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
32. "Christine Norden, 63, Stage and Film Actress" . The New York Times . September 22, 1988. p. B 11. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
33. Death anniversary of Urdu poet Rais Amrohvi observed. Radio Pakistan. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
34. AZIZ SURYAL ATIYA, FOUNDER OF MIDDLE EAST CENTER, DIES. Deseret News. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
35. "Joe Don Looney, 45, Former Football Star" . The New York Times . September 26, 1988. p. B 8. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
36. bpNichol. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
37. James L. Buie, 68; Scientist, Inventor. L.A. Times. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
38. Robert D. Hershey Jr. (September 26, 1988). "Billy Carter Dies of Cancer at 51; Troubled Brother of a President" . The New York Times . p. B 8. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
39. "Lincoln Hudson, 72, Advertising Executive" . The New York Times . October 1, 1988. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
40. Biography of Arch. Teofilo B. Camomot, D.D.. Daughters of Saint Teresa. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
41. "William V. Shannon, 61, Envoy Under Carter and a Times Writer" . The New York Times . September 28, 1988. p. D 35. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
42. Margerie Lowry, 83, Actress and a Writer. New York Times. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
43. Frank Caplan, 77, Toy Developer. New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
44. Eric Pace (September 30, 1988). "Charles Addams Dead at 76; Found Humor in the Macabre" . The New York Times . p. A 1. Retrieved October 11, 2009.
45. John S. Wilson (September 30, 1988). "Barney Josephson, Owner of Cafe Society Jazz Club, Is Dead at 86" . The New York Times . p. B 9. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
46. Movie Tough Guy, Comedian Chick Chandler. L.A. Times. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
47. Thông tấn xã Việt Nam (2007). Đồng chí Trường Chinh. Nhà xuất bản Thông tấn xã. p. 9.
48. Glenn Fowler (October 1, 1988). "Joachim Prinz, Leader in Protests For Civil-Rights Causes, Dies at 86" . The New York Times . p. 1 33. Retrieved April 3, 2024.