Deaths in September 1988
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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 (Alvarez hypothesis), esophageal cancer.[1]
- Kenichi Furuya, 75, Japanese Olympic ice hockey player (1936).[2]
- Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad, 58, Indian politician and cricketer, Maharaja of Baroda, member of Lok Sabha.[3]
- Hugh Hunt, 86, American set decorator (Ben-Hur, Julius Caesar).[4]
- Gerald Mast, 48, American author and film historian, AIDS.[5]
- Robert Menaker, 84, American exporter, allegedly worked for Soviet intelligence during World War II.[6]
- Esmeralda Ruspoli, 60, Italian actress (Seven Seas to Calais, Romeo and Juliet).
- Leonor Sullivan, 86, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–1977), heart failure.[7]
2
- Alexander Aigner, 79, Austrian mathematician (Cipher Department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht).
- Dorothy Crawford, 77, Australian actress, co-founded Crawford Productions with her brother Hector Crawford.[8]
- Jim Bagby Jr., 71, American Major League baseball player (Cleveland Indians).[9]
- Heinz Förstendorf, 80, German Olympic field hockey player (1928).[10]
- Erik Frey, 80, Austrian film actor.[11]
- Bill Northam, 82, Australian businessman and Olympic sailor (1964).[12]
- Marshall Riddle, 70, American Negro Leagues baseball player.[13]
- Gibril Sesay, 79, Sierra Leonean diplomat, ambassador to Egypt.[14]
- Robert Watts, 65, American artist, lung cancer.[15]
- Bert White, 81, Australian rules footballer.[16]
3
- Bob Bonte, 59, Dutch Olympic swimmer (1948).[17]
- John Goodison, 44–45, English rock musician, songwriter and record producer ("Give a Little Love"), heart attack.[18]
- Ferit Melen, 81, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey, heart condition.[19]
- Ewing Mitchell, 77, American actor (Sky King, The Adventures of Champion), stroke.[20]
- Ferenc Sas, 73, Hungarian international footballer (Hungária MTK, Hungary).[21]
- Bibi Torriani, 76, Swiss ice hockey player and Olympic medalist (1928, 1936, 1948).[22]
4
- Joseph Ceravolo, 54, American poet, bile duct cancer.[23]
- Dick Clark, 44, American ABA player (Minnesota Muskies, Houston Mavericks).[24]
- Carlos García, 86, Chilean footballer.[25]
- Leonard Huxley, 86, English-born Australian physicist, Rhodes Scholar.[26]
5
- Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare, 72, Indian politician, Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
- Lawrence Brown, 81, American jazz trombonist (Duke Ellington orchestra), stroke.[27]
- Gert Fröbe, 75, German actor (Goldfinger, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines), heart attack.[28]
- Boris Smyslovsky, 90, Russian-Finnish general.[29]
6
- Leroy Brown, 37, American professional wrestler, stroke.
- Frank Burke, 69, American officer in the U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient.[30]
- Rudolf Falk, 90, Swedish Olympic long-distance runner (1920).[31]
- Autry Inman, 59, American country and rockabilly musician.[32]
- Lew Krausse Sr., 76, American MLB player (Philadelphia Athletics) and scout.[33]
- Myrtle Byram McGraw, 89, American psychologist and neurobiologist, pneumonia.[34]
- Harold Rosson, 93, American cinematographer (The Wizard of Oz, Singin' in the Rain).[35]
- Karni Singh, 64, Indian Maharaja of Bikaner, member of Lok Sabha.[36]
- Dan Spring, 77, Irish Labour Party politician (Teachta Dála) and Gaelic footballer (Kerry).[37]
- Stefan Themerson, 78, Polish-English writer of children's literature, poet and novelist.[38]
- Vojtěch Věchet, 76, Czech footballer.[39]
- Julie Ward, 28, British murder victim.
7
- Abdul Haq Akorwi, 76, Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician (National Assembly).
- Gaja Alaga, 64, Croatian theoretical physicist (nuclear physics).
- Raymond Dubly, 94, French Olympic footballer (1920, 1924).[40]
- Sedad Hakkı Eldem, 80, Turkish architect (Istanbul Justice Palace).[41]
- Vivi Janiss, 77, American actress (The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, Man on the Prowl, First, You Cry).[42]
- Bill Lumsden, 63, Australian rules footballer.[43]
- Thelma Payne, 92, American Olympic diver (1920).[44]
8
- Janine Balding, 20, Australian murder victim.[45]
- G. M. Durrani, 68–69, Indian radio drama artist, playback singer and actor.
- Fred Hawking, 78, Australian rules footballer.[46]
- Rats Henderson, 91, American Negro League baseball player.[47]
- Danny Livingstone, 54, Antiguan cricketer.[48]
9
- Mona Best, 64, Indian-born British owner of the Casbah Coffee Club, mother of Pete Best, heart attack.[49]
- Leroy McGuirk, 77, American professional wrestler and promoter.
- Albert Taylor, 77, Canadian Olympic rower (1932).[50]
10
- Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, 56, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (Macunaíma).
- Jaclyn Dowaliby, 7, American murder victim.[51]
- Russ Elliott, 70, Australian rules footballer.[52]
- Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan, 68, Pakistani Chief Minister of Balochistan, heart failure.[53]
- Virginia Satir, 72, American author and psychotherapist, pancreatic cancer.[54]
11
- Vincas Bartuška, 87, Lithuanian Olympic footballer (1924).[55]
- Wilhelm Batz, 72, Nazi German Luftwaffe fighter ace.[56]
- Roger Hargreaves, 53, British cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books (Mr. Men Little Miss, Timbuctoo), stroke.[57]
- Julius Mackerle, 79, Czech inventor and automobile engineer.
- Fiqrete Shehu, 68, Albanian politician, wife of Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu.
- John Sylvester White, 68, American actor (Welcome Back, Kotter).[58]
12
- Alan Bible, 78, American lawyer and politician, Nevada Attorney General, United States Senator (1954–1974), respiratory illness.[59]
- Hans Frei, 66, American biblical scholar, stroke.[60]
- Stephen B. Grimes, 61, English production designer and art director (Out of Africa).
- Ferd Hayward, 77, Canadian Olympic athlete (1952).[61]
- Margaret McFarland, 83, American child psychologist, consultant to TV show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, myelofibrosis.[62]
- Bill Mitchell, 76, American automobile designer (General Motors), heart failure.[63]
- John D. J. Moore, 77, American lawyer and business executive, ambassador to Ireland, bone cancer.[64]
- Lauris Norstad, 81, American general in the US Army and Air Force, cardiac arrest.[65]
- Charlie Palmieri, 60, Puerto Rican bandleader, heart attack.[66]
- Mars Ravelo, 71, Filipino comic book cartoonist and graphic novelist, heart attack.
13
- Julian Banzon, 80, Filipino biochemist (alternative fuels).[67]
- Gerd Hornberger, 78. German sprinter and Olympic medalist (1936).[68]
- Christian Kampmann, 49, Danish writer and journalist, murdered.
- Peter Young, 73, British Army officer and military historian, founded The Sealed Knot.[69]
14
- Donald Albery, 74, English theatre impresario, director and administrator of the London Festival Ballet.[70]
- Maurice Allard, 66, Canadian politician, member of the Canada House of Commons (1958–1962, 1965–1968).[71]
- William Edward Cousins, 86, American Roman Catholic bishop, Archbishop of Milwaukee.[72]
- Roy Dutton, 71, British Royal Air Force officer and flying ace.[73]
- Louis Quinn, 73, American television and film actor (77 Sunset Strip).[74]
15
- Samuel E. Beetley, 74, American film editor (The Longest Day, Doctor Dolittle).
- George Hendricks Beverley, 91, American Air Force officer.
- Billy Bischoff, 75, Australian rugby league footballer.
- Frank Francis, 86, English academic librarian and curator (British Museum).[75]
- Ludovic Franck, 80, Belgian Olympic sailor (1928, 1948).[76]
- Henry Wallich, 74, German-born American economist, columnist for Newsweek magazine, member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.[77]
16
- Axel von Ambesser, 78, German playwright, actor and film director.[78]
- Becky Bell, 17, American teenage girl, septic abortion.[79]
- Hans Höfner, 75, Austrian Olympic cyclist (1936).[80]
- Max Loehr, 84, German art historian and professor of Chinese art, Parkinson's disease.[81]
- Richard Paul Lohse, 86, Swiss painter and graphic artist.[82]
- Artur Nielsen, 93, Danish Olympic long-distance runner (1920).[83]
- Dick Pym, 95, English international footballer (Bolton Wanderers, England).[84]
- Ramon S. Subejano, 82–83, Filipino-American soldier.[85]
- Bob Trice, 62, American Major League baseball player (Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics).[86]
17
- Nellie Beer, 88, British politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester.[87]
- Sir John Biggs-Davison, 70, British politician, Member of Parliament.[88]
- Walter P. Chrysler Jr., 79, American art collector and theatre and film producer (Chrysler Museum of Art), cancer.[89]
- Roman Davydov, 75, Soviet animator and artist (Adventures of Mowgli).[90]
- Beulah Mae Donald, 67, American woman who successfully sued the Ku Klux Klan.[91]
- Hilde Güden, 71, Austrian soprano (Vienna State Opera).[92]
- Nat Jackley, 79, English comic actor, cancer.
- Emment Kapengwe, 45, Zambian footballer (Aston Villa, Zambia), stroke.
- Rowena Reed Kostellow, 88, American industrial designer and professor (Pratt Institute), heart attack.[93]
- Red Weiner, 77, American NFL player (Philadelphia Eagles).[94]
- Helena Kalokuokamaile Wilcox, 71, aspirant head of the royal family of the Kingdom of Hawaii.[95]
18
- Ho Chong, 92, South Korean politician, President of South Korea.[96]
- Kathleen Collins, 46, American poet, filmmaker and civil rights activist (Losing Ground), breast cancer.[97]
- David Dodd, 93, American financial analyst and author (Security Analysis), respiratory failure.[98]
- John Elliot, 90, British transport and railway manager (Southern Railway, British Railways).[99]
- Albert E. Jenner Jr., 81, American lawyer, assistant counsel to Warren Commission, Watergate counsel, neurological disease.[100]
- David McFall, 68, Scottish sculptor.[101]
- Svend Møllnitz, 91, Danish footballer.[102]
- Michel Ravarino, 82, Monegasque architect and Olympic sports shooter (1936, 1948, 1960).a[103]
- Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, 82, Iranian poet (Heydar Babaya Salam).
- Alan Watt, 87, Australian diplomat, secretary of the Department of External Affairs.[104]
19
- P. Shilu Ao, 71, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Nagaland.
- Michael Fessier, 82, American screenwriter and film producer.[105]
- P. A. P. Moran, 71, Australian statistician (probability theory, population and evolutionary genetics), stroke.[106]
- Eduard Pestel, 74, German industrial designer, economist and politician.[107]
- Win Maw Oo, 16, Burmese student activist, killed during the 8888 uprising.[108]
20
- Harold Britt, 77, Australian cricketer.[109]
- Tim Davis, 44, American drummer, singer and songwriter, co-founded the Steve Miller Band, diabetes.
- Herbert Francis, 48, American Olympic cyclist (1960).[110]
- Roy Kinnear, 54, English actor and comedian (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory), heart attack following horse fall.[111]
- Eileen O'Faolain, 88, Irish writer of children's books, stroke.[112]
- Walter Reckless, 89, American criminologist (containment theory).[113]
- Doris Wells, 44, Venezuelan actress, writer and producer.
- Sam Woodyard, 63, American jazz drummer, cancer.[114]
21
- Rudi Alvađ, 59, Serbian half of comedy duo Momo and Uzeir.
- Harold Balfour, 90, British politician, Member of Parliament, Under-Secretary of State for Air.[115]
- Ned Brennan, 68, Irish politician, member of the Dáil Éireann (1982).
- Glenn Robert Davis, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1957, 1965–1974).[116]
- Robert Gwathmey, 85, American painter, Parkinson's disease.[117]
- Henry Koster, 83, German-American film director, liver cancer.[118]
- Christine Norden, 63, British actress (An Ideal Husband, Mine Own Executioner), pneumonia.[119]
- George Peters, 76, Australian rules footballer.[120]
- S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao, 76, Indian politician, member of Lok Sabha.
- Zubeida, 76–77, Indian actress (Alam Ara, Devdas).
22
- Rais Amrohvi, 74, Pakistani scholar, poet and psychoanalyst, assassinated.[121]
- Bert Corley, 68, American football player (Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Colts).[122]
- Maximilian von Fürstenberg, 83, Dutch-Belgian Roman Catholic cardinal, cerebral hemorrhage.[123]
- Kenneth Higson, 54, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1972–1974, 1979).[124]
23
- Mary Colvin, 80, English director of the Women's Royal Army Corps.[125]
- Tom Hawkins, 61, American writer, probable author of the Wanda Tinasky letters, murder-suicide.[126]
- Arwel Hughes, 79, Welsh orchestral conductor and composer.[127]
- Trilok Kapoor, 76, Indian actor.
- Phil Leslie, 79, American comedy writer, cancer.[128]
- Lyell McEwin, 91, Australian politician, president of the South Australian Legislative Council.[129]
- Tibor Sekelj, 76, Hungarian-born Yugoslav polyglot and world-traveller.[130]
24
- Aziz Suryal Atiya, 90, Egyptian Coptic historian, founder of the Institute of Coptic Studies.[131]
- Basil de Ferranti, 58, British businessman and politician, member of the House of Commons, cancer.[132]
- Nancy Hale, 80, American novelist (The Prodigal Women), stroke.[133]
- Joe Don Looney, 45, American NFL footballer (Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins), motorcycle accident.[134]
- Arthur McCashin, 79, American Olympic equestrian (1952).[135]
- Shamsul Huda Panchbagi, 90–91, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician, member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly.
- Osvaldo Toriani, 51, Argentine footballer.[136]
25
- bpNichol, 43, Canadian poet and writer.[137]
- James L. Buie, 68, American scientist and inventor (transistor–transistor logic), emphysema.[138]
- Billy Carter, 51, American farmer, businessman and politician, brother of Jimmy Carter, pancreatic cancer.[139]
- Paul Collins, 80, American NFL player (Boston Braves/Redskins).[140]
- Nipper Pat Daly, 75, British boxer.
- Francis DeSales, 76, American actor (Two Faces West, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), cancer.[141]
- Antonino Saetta, 65, Italian magistrate, assassinated.[142]
- Arthur Võõbus, 79, Estonian theologian.[143]
26
- Guillermo Battaglia, 88, Argentine film actor (La Historia Oficial), heart attack.
- Alister Clarke, 71, Australian rugby league player (St. George, Canterbury).[144]
- Paul Cowan, 48, American journalist (The Village Voice), leukemia.[145]
- Bruce Haack, 57, Canadian musician and composer, heart failure.[146]
- Frank Holden, 75, Australian rules footballer.[147]
- Lincoln Hudson, 72, U.S. Army Air Force officer in World War II.[148]
- Lord Melody, 62, Trinidadian singer ("Shame and Scandal"), cancer.[149]
- Sergey Shcherbakov, 26–27, Soviet serial killer, executed.
- Branko Zebec, 59, Croatian international footballer (Partizan Belgrade, Yugoslavia), alcohol-related illness.[150]
27
- Teofilo Camomot, 74, Filipino Roman Catholic Archbishop, car accident.[151]
- Demetrius Comino, 85, Australian engineer and inventor (Slotted angle), founded the Comino Foundation, heart attack.[152]
- Willis Edwards, 85, English international footballer (Leeds United, England).[153]
- George Grant, 69, Canadian philosopher and professor.[154]
- J. C. Heard, 71, American swing, bop and blues drummer, heart attack.[155]
- Ken McIver, 59, Australian politician, member of the Parliament of Western Australia.[156]
- Paul Reinman, 78, American comic book artist (The Incredible Hulk, X-Men).[157]
- William V. Shannon, 61, American journalist and author, ambassador to Ireland, lymphoma.[158]
28
- Fernie Blade, 78, Australian cricketer.
- Margerie Bonner, 83, American actress, scriptwriter and novelist, wife of Malcolm Lowry.[159]
- Frank Caplan, 77, English-born American toy collector and manufacturer, pneumonia.[160]
- Ethel Grandin, 94, American silent-screen actress.[161]
- Mervyn Hutton, 77, Australian cricketer.
- Charles R. Jonas, 83, American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–1973), heart failure.[162]
- Beldon Katleman, 74, American businessman (El Rancho Vegas).
- Vicko Krstulović, 83, Yugoslav communist politician, President of the Presidium of the Croatian Parliament.
- John Robinson, 79, English cricketer.
29
- Charles Addams, 76, American cartoonist (The Addams Family), heart attack.[163]
- Barney Josephson, 86, American founder of Café Society in New York, hemorrhage.[164]
- Raúl Landini, 79, Argentine Olympic boxer (1928).[165]
- Tony Ordeñana, 69, Cuban MLB player (Pittsburgh Pirates).[166]
- Vernon Smith, 80, American college football player (Georgia Bulldogs).[167]
30
- Chick Chandler, 83, American film actor (Soldiers of Fortune), heart attack.[168]
- Al Holbert, 41, American car racing driver, aeroplane crash.[169]
- Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale, 78, Indian freedom fighter.
- Louis Power, 82, Australian cricketer.
- Joachim Prinz, 86, German-American rabbi, heart attack.[170]
- Chino Roces, 75, Filipino businessman and newspaper owner and publisher (The Manila Times), cancer.[171]
- David E. Satterfield III, 67, American lawyer and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1965–1981), heart failure.[172]
- Eddie Shimwell, 68, English international footballer (Blackpool).[173]
- Muriel S. Snowden, 72, American founder and director of Freedom House, cancer.[174]
- Joseph Albert Sullivan, 87, Canadian Olympic ice hockey player (1928), and Senator (1957–1985).[175]
- Sivert Todal, 86, Norwegian politician.
- Trường Chinh, 81, Vietnamese communist political leader, President of Vietnam, fall.[176]
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- Harry Jeffra, 73, American boxer, world bantamweight and featherweight champion.
- Prentice Moreland, 63, American R&B singer.