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The following is a list of notable deaths in November 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.

November 1988

1

• Broda Otto Barnes, 82, American physician and professor of medicine.
• Ken Booth, 62, Australian politician, Treasurer of New South Wales, myocardial infarction.
• George Folsey, 90, American cinematographer. ^[1]
• Louis Johnson, 64, New Zealand poet.

2

• Lukas Heller, 58, German-British screenwriter.
• Stewart Parker, 47, Northern Irish poet and playwright, stomach cancer. ^[2]
• Menachem Savidor, 71, Israeli civil servant and politician, Speaker of the Knesset.

3

• William Adam, 79, Dutch–Belgian malacologist.
• Rachel Andresen, 81, American social worker and founder of Youth For Understanding.
• Sidney Carroll, 75, American film and television screenwriter.
• Shay Deering, 40, Irish international rugby union player.
• Bob Johnson, 81, Australian rules footballer.
• George Mitchell, 87, American water polo player and Olympic medalist.
• Ian Shevill, 71, Australian Anglican bishop.

4

• Saul Goldsmith, 77, New Zealand politician, foundation member of the National Party.
• Hermann Graf, 76, German World War II fighter ace ^[3]
• Ki. Va. Jagannathan, 82, Indian journalist, poet and writer.
• Michael Pomazansky, 99, Russian theologian.
• Kleanthis Vikelidis, 73, Greek international footballer.
• Grigor Yeghiazaryan, 79, Armenian composer.

5

• Jean-Pierre Stirbois, 43, French far-right politician, member of the National Assembly, car crash.

6

• John Hubbard, 74, American television and film actor.
• Daniel Knox, 74, British Army officer and farmer, Governor of the Bahamas.
• Donald Wade, 84, British solicitor and politician, Member of Parliament.
• Tan Zheng, 82, Chinese general and Communist Party leader. ^[4]

7

• Abram Belskie, 81, British-sculptor.
• Douglas Carter, 80, New Zealand politician.
• Bill Hoest, 62, American cartoonist, lymphoma. ^[5]
• Morris Janowitz, 69, American sociologist and professor, Parkinson's disease. ^[6]
• Ruth Lyons, 83, American radio and television broadcaster.
• Zhou Xihan, 75, Chinese People's Liberation Army lieutenant general.

8

• Kingman Brewster Jr., 69, American academic and diplomat, president of Yale University, U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. ^[7]
• Warren Casey, 53, American theatre composer, lyricist, writer and actor, complications of AIDS. ^[8]
• Norm Nelson, 65, American racing driver.
• Oskar Rohr, 76, German international footballer.

9

• David Bauer, 64, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, pancreatic cancer. ^[9]
• Billy Curtis, 79, American film and television actor, heart attack.
• Clarke Hinkle, 79, American NFL footballer. ^[10]
• John N. Mitchell, 75, U.S. Attorney General, convicted for his role in the Watergate scandal, heart attack.
• Bob Weiland, 82, American Major league baseballer, stroke.
• Richard S. Yeoman, 84, American commercial artist and coin collector, stroke.

10

• Otto Haupt, 101, German mathematician. ^[11]

11

• Charles Groves Wright Anderson, 91, South African-Australian soldier, farmer, and politician.
• Frank Curcio, 75, Australian rules footballer.
• Jean Mistler, 91, French writer, diplomat and politician, member of the National Council of Vichy France.

12

• Vincent Buckley, 63, Australian poet, teacher, editor, essayist and critic, heart attack.
• István Klimek, 75, Romanian international footballer.
• Lyman Lemnitzer, 89, American General in the U.S. Army, Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO.
• Patricia Charlotte Perrin, 67, New Zealand potter.

13

• Antal Doráti, 82, Hungarian-American conductor. ^[12]
• Vlad Georgescu, 51, Romanian historian, academic and political dissident, brain tumour. ^[13]

14

• Julia Caba Alba, 86, Spanish actress.
• Olie Cordill, 72, American NFL footballer.
• Giacomo Gaioni, 83, Italian cyclist and Olympic gold medalist.
• Haywood S. Hansell, 85, American member of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, heart failure.
• Takeo Miki, 81, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan. ^[14]

15

• Bill Fulton, 79, Australian politician, member of the Australian Parliament.
• Mirko Kokotović, 75, Austro-Hungarian–born Yugoslavian international footballer.
• Mona Washbourne, 84, English stage, film and television actress. ^[15]

16

• Wera Engels, 83, German actress.
• Jennie Lee, 84, Scottish politician, Member of Parliament.

17

• Sheilah Graham, 84, English-American gossip columnist, congestive heart failure. ^[16]
• Ángel Reyes, 69, Cuban-American violinist.

18

• Anantrai Raval, 76, Indian writer, journalist, and critic.

19

• Mirza Hameedullah Beg, 75, Indian politician, Chief Justice of India.
• Veljko Mandić, 64, Montenegrin actor.
• Christina Onassis, 37, American shipping magnate and heiress, heart attack. ^[17]
• Peggy Parish, 61, American writer. ^[18]
• Hamidur Rahman, 59–60, Bangladeshi artist and sculptor.

20

• Jim Devitt, 67, Irish hurler.
• Jenő Vincze, 80, Hungarian international footballer and manager.
• Felix Ziegel, 68, Soviet astronomer, stroke.

21

• Tom Fraser, 77, Scottish coal miner and trade unionist, Member of Parliament.
• Carl Hubbell, 85, American Major League baseballer, car crash due to stroke. ^[19]

22

• Luis Barragán, 86, Mexican architect and engineer. ^[20]
• Raymond Dart, 95, Australian anatomist and anthropologist. ^[21]
• Erich Fried, 67, Austrian-British poet, writer and translator, intestinal cancer. ^[22]
• Ray Kelly, 74, American sportswriter.
• John R. Ragazzini, 76, American electrical engineer.

23

• Gamal Abdel-Rahim, 63, Egyptian-German classical music composer.
• F. D. Amr Bey, 79, Egyptian diplomat and squash player, multiple British Open winner, Egypt Ambassador to the U.K.
• Wieland Herzfelde, 92, German publisher and writer.
• Richard Lonsdale, 74, British Army officer in World War II.
• Kenzō Masaoka, 90, Japanese anime creator.
• Albert Raby, 54–55, American civil rights activist, heart attack. ^[23]
• Kazem Sami, 52–53, Iranian politician, Minister of Health, murdered.
• Jack White, 68, American stock car racing driver.

24

• Walter W. Bankhead, 91, American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• John William Corrington, 56, American film and television writer, novelist, poet and lawyer.
• Bernard Leene, 85, Dutch track cyclist and Olympic gold medalist.
• Harris McDowell, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Andreas Ostler, 67, German bobsledder and dual Olympic gold medalist.
• Irmgard Seefried, 69, German soprano. ^[24]
• Jenő Szűcs, 60, Hungarian historian.

25

• Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 78, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
• Alphaeus Philemon Cole, 112, American artist, engraver, etcher and super-centenarian. ^[25]
• Jack Leslie, 87, English footballer.
• Bernhard Winkelheide, 80, German politician, member of the German Bundestag.

26

• Baron Michele Leone, 79, Italian-professional wrestler, struck by car.
• Bent Peder Rasch, 54, Danish sprint canoeist and Olympic gold medalist.

27

• John Carradine, 82, American actor, heart and kidney failure. ^[26]
• Jan Hein Donner, 61, Dutch chess grandmaster and writer, gastric hemorrhage.
• Takieddin el-Solh, 79-80, Lebanese politician, Prime Minister of Lebanon. ^[27]
• Max Fox, 76, Australian politician, member of Australian House of Representatives.
• Wilfred "Chicken" Smallhorn, 77, Australian rules footballer.
• Air-Marshall Sir Victor Tait, 96, Canadian-British airman, ice hockey player and Olympian. ^[28]

28

• Gus Bailey, 37, American NBA basketballer, stabbed.
• Robert E. Cook, 68, American attorney, politician and judge, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• Robert Stewart, 82, New Zealand yachtsman and Olympian.

29

• Nils Bejerot, 67, Swedish psychiatrist and criminologist. ^[29]
• Donald Keyhoe, 91, American Marine Corps naval aviator.
• Princess Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover, 26, Austrian model and socialite, suspected cocaine overdose.
• Yevsey Moiseyenko, 72, Soviet painter.
• Ted Rosequist, 80, American NFL footballer and coach.
• Mabel Strickland, 89, Maltese journalist, newspaper proprietor and politician.

30

• Wally Berger, 83, American Major League baseballer, stroke. ^[30]
• Tom Dahms, 61, American NFL footballer and coach.
• Aleksandar Deroko, 94, Serbian-architect, artist and author.
• Pannonica de Koenigswarter, 74, British-American jazz patron, Free French fighter and writer, heart failure.
• Erwin Lindner, 100, German entomologist.
• Margaret Mee, 79, British botanical artist, car crash.
• Charlie Rouse, 64, American tenor saxophonist and flautist, lung cancer. ^[31]

Unknown date

• Aper Aku, 49–50, Nigerian governor of Benue State.
• Terry Leahy, 71, Irish hurler.

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