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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.
• Aleksey Grinin, 68, Russian footballer and coach.
• Anton Leader, 74, American radio and television director.
• Alice Nunn, 60, American film and theatre actress, heart attack.
• Robert Riefling, 76, Norwegian classical pianist.
• Ed Sauer, 69, American Major League baseballer.
• Hermann Volk, 84, German Roman Catholic cardinal.

2

• Arnold Burmeister, 89, Nazi German general in the Wehrmacht.
• Vibert Douglas, 93, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist.
• Johann Baptist Gradl, 84, German politician. ^[3]
• Mahmoud Mirza, 82, Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty.
• Aldo Tonti, 78, Italian cinematographer.
• Eddie Vinson, 70, American alto saxophonist, heart attack. ^[4]
• Arno Wolle, 85, Danish naturopath and mathematician.

3

• Ed Birchall, 64, Ho-Ho the Clown, heart attack. ^[5]
• Gabriel Dell, 68, American actor, leukemia. ^[6]
• Fritz Wiessner, 88, German-American pioneer of free climbing, strokes. ^[7]

4

• Adrian Adonis, 34, American professional wrestler (American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation), traffic accident.
• Ralph Dennis, 56, American crime fiction author, kidney failure. ^[8]
• Tom Manley, 75, English footballer.
• Dave McKigney, 56, Canadian professional wrestler, traffic accident.
• William Thetford, 65, American psychologist and professor, heart attack.
• Lee Weyer, 51, American Major League baseball umpire, heart attack.

5

• Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu, 67, Japanese judo champion.

6

• John Drury Clark, 80, American rocket fuel developer, chemist and science fiction writer. ^[9]
• Víctor Junco, 71, Mexican actor.

7

• William R. Cox, 87, American writer. ^[10]
• 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.
• David Atlee Phillips, 65, American Central Intelligence Agency officer, cancer. ^[11]

8

• Ray Barbuti, 83, American sprinter and Olympic dual gold medalist. ^[12]
• Antony Fisher, 73, British businessman and think tank founder.
• Ranjit Khanwilkar, 27, Indian cricketer, train accident.
• Mount Etna Morris, 87, American politician, State Treasurer of Missouri.

9

• Ian Allan, 70, Scottish Royal Air Force officer and World War II flying ace.
• Richard Spink Bowles, 75, Canadian lawyer, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba.
• Alexandru Graur, 88, Romanian linguist.
• Anthony Holland, 60, American actor, suicide. ^[13]
• Jackie Presser, 61, American labour leader, cardiac arrest. ^[14]
• Barbara Woodhouse, 78, Irish-British dog trainer, author and TV personality, stroke. ^[15]

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.
• N. Krishna Pillai, 71, Indian dramatist, literary critic, translator and historian of Malayalam language.
• Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin, 85, American anthropologist, cardiac arrest.

11

• Mike Bamber, 57, British businessman and football executive (Brighton & Hove Albion).
• Robert Ferro, 46, American novelist, AIDS. ^[16]
• Milton Krims, 84, American screenwriter, journalist, short-story writer and novelist, pneumonia. ^[17]
• Barbara Wootton, 91, British sociologist and criminologist.

12

• Josephine Douglas, 61, British actress and producer ( Six-Five Special , Emergency Ward 10 ), cancer. ^[18]
• Bob Flanigan, 74, Australian rules footballer.
• Nevin William Hayes, 66, American Roman Catholic bishop.
• Michael Jary, 81, German composer.
• Joshua Logan, 79, American stage and film director, progressive supranuclear palsy. ^[19]
• Pelagia Majewska, 55, Polish aeroplane and glider pilot and instructor, aircraft accident.
• Boyd Crumrine Patterson, 86, American mathematician, stroke. ^[20]
• Enzo Sacchi, 62, Italian road and track cyclist and Olympic gold medalist.
• 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.
• Phil Monroe, 71, American animator and director, pancreatic cancer.

14

• William Ofori Atta, 77, Ghanaian politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
• Peter Raw, 66, Australian R.A.A.F. pilot and senior officer, lymphoma.
• Oronzo Reale, 85, Italian politician, Minister of Justice.
• Whitey Witt, 92, American Major League baseballer.

15

• Eleanor Estes, 82, American children's writer ( Ginger Pye , The Moffats ). ^[21]
• Jean-Pierre Hoscheid, 76, Luxembourgian international footballer and manager, Olympian.
• Michael Illingworth, 55, New Zealand painter and farmer.
• Tore Keller, 83, Swedish international footballer and Olympic medalist.
• José Rafael Meza, 68, Costa Rican international footballer and manager.
• Sheldon T. Mills, 83, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Jordan, Afghanistan and Ecuador.
• Armand Mouyal, 62, French world champion fencer and Olympic medalist.

16

• Herbert L. Anderson, 74, American nuclear physicist (University of Chicago), lung failure due to poisoning. ^[22]
• Whitfield Connor, 71, American actor, director and producer, respiratory complications. ^[23]
• Ole Myrvoll, 77, Norwegian economist, professor and politician.

17

• Bruiser Brody, 42, American professional wrestler, stabbed. ^[24]
• Frank Carter, 77, Irish politician.
• Milton Krasner, 84, American cinematographer. ^[25]

18

• Valery Burati, 80, American Union organiser, acting chief of the Labor Division of Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers. ^[26]
• K. M. Daniel, 68, Indian literary critic.
• Elsa Gress, 69, Danish essayist, novelist and dramatist.
• Nico, (Christa Päffgen), 49, German singer, songwriter, actress and model, cerebral hemorrhage resulting from fall. ^[27]
• Joly Braga Santos, 64, Portuguese composer and conductor, stroke.
• 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). ^[28]

20

• Mark Boxer, 57, British magazine editor, brain tumour. ^[29]
• John W. Galbreath, 90, American building contractor and sportsman. ^[30]
• Iven Manning, 70, Australian politician, member of Legislative Assembly of Western Australia.

21

• Jack Clark, 62, American television personality, game show host and announcer ( The Cross-Wits ), bone cancer. ^[31]
• Carroll William Dodge, 93, American mycologist and lichenologist.
• 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. ^[32]
• Larry Clemmons, 81, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor (Walt Disney Company). ^[33]
• Leonard Coulshaw, 92, British Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy.
• Duane Jones, 51, American actor, cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Patrick Newell, 56, British actor, heart attack.
• Andreina Sacco, 84, Italian field athlete.
• Guy Sanderson, 82, English Anglican Bishop of Plymouth.
• Alexey von Schlippe, 72, Russian-American painter.

23

• Jahangir Khan, 78, Indian test cricketer and Pakistani cricket administrator.
• Stuart Legg, 77, English documentary filmmaker.
• Heinz Pagels, 49, American physicist, mountaineering accident.
• Bandu Patil, 52, Indian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist, cardiac arrest.

24

• Priscilla Bowman, 60, American jazz and rhythm and blues singer ( Hands Off ), lung cancer. ^[34]
• Ilona Elek, 81, Hungarian fencer and dual Olympic gold medalist. ^[35]
• Manuel González, 70, Spanish footballer.
• John Harris, 71, Scottish footballer and manager.
• Trevor Harvey, 71, Canadian footballer.
• Robert McClory, 80, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives.
• Mira Schendel, 69, Brazilian artist, lung cancer.
• May Smith, 82, Indian-New Zealand artist.

25

• Judith Barsi, 10, American child actress ( Jaws: The Revenge ), murder-suicide by father. ^[36]
• Bob Currie, 70, English motorcycling writer and road tester ( The Motor Cycle , The Classic Motor Cycle ), heart failure.
• Douglas Hickox, 59, English film and television director, complications from heart surgery.
• Glenn Killinger, 89, American NFL footballer.
• Anton Krásnohorský, 62, Czechoslovakian international footballer.
• Dave Tobey, 90, American basketball referee.

26

• Grigori Pinaichev, 75, Soviet footballer and manager.
• Tetsuji Takechi, 75, Japanese theatre and film director, critic and author, pancreatic cancer.
• Lai Shiu Wing, 70–71, Chinese international footballer.

27

• Jack Drees, 71, American sportscaster, cancer. ^[37]
• Ann Mari Falk, 71, Swedish writer and translator.
• Brigitte Horney, 77, German theatre and film actress. ^[38]
• Frank Zamboni, 87, American inventor and businessman. ^[39]

28

• Caleb Gattegno, 76, Egyptian educator, psychologist and mathematician. ^[40]
• Ray Martin, 78, Australian rules footballer.
• Syed Modi, 25, Indian badminton player, murdered.
• Tullio Pizzorno, 67, Italian sailor and Olympian.
• John Wheatley, 80, Scottish politician and judge.

29

• Ellin Berlin, 85, American author, wife of Irving Berlin. ^[41]
• Pete Drake, 55, American record producer and pedal steel guitar player ( Stand by Your Man , Lay Lady Lay ), emphysema. ^[42]
• Günther Radusch, 75, German Luftwaffe pilot.
• Paul Reardon, 78, American justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, heart failure.
• Georges Vuilleumier, 43, Swiss international footballer.

30

• William de Silva, 79, Sri Lankan politician, member of the Ceylon Parliament. ^[43]
• Arthur Mooney, 63, Australian rules footballer.
• Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson, 69, Icelandic novelist, short story writer and poet.
• Bob Woytowich, 46, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, heart attack.

31

• Li Fenglou, 76, Chinese footballer and manager.
• Stephen Murray-Smith, 65, Australian writer, editor and educator, heart attack.
• André Navarra, 76, French cellist.
• Trinidad Silva, 38, American comedian and actor, car crash. ^[44]
• Raymond Stross, 72, British-film producer. ^[45]
• Jinadasa Weerasinghe, 61, Sri Lankan politician, assassinated.

Unknown date

• William Rolls, 73, British flying ace in World War II.

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