# Deaths in July 1988
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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.
* Lex van Delden, 68, Dutch composer.
* Guido Fibbia, 70, Italian World War II fighter pilot.
* Anton Leader, 74, American radio and television director, liver ailment.
* Alice Nunn, 60, American actress (Pee-wee's Big Adventure), heart attack.
* Hermann Volk, 84, German Roman Catholic cardinal, Bishop of Mainz.

### 2

* Arnold Burmeister, 89, Nazi German general in the Wehrmacht.
* Vibert Douglas, 93, Canadian astronomer and astrophysicist.
* Johann Baptist Gradl, 84, German politician, member of the Bundestag.
* Mahmoud Mirza, 82, Iranian prince of the Qajar dynasty.
* Aldo Tonti, 78, Italian cinematographer (The Savage Innocents).
* Eddie Vinson, 70, American alto saxophonist, heart attack.

### 3

* Ed Birchall, 64, Ho-Ho the Clown, heart attack.
* Gabriel Dell, 68, American actor, leukemia.
* Richard Schulze-Kossens, 73, Nazi German Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS, lung cancer.
* Steve Walsh, 29, British disc jockey, heart failure.
* Fritz Wiessner, 88, German-American pioneer of free climbing, stroke.

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* Adrian Adonis, 34, American professional wrestler (American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Federation), traffic accident.
* Ralph Dennis, 56, American crime fiction author, kidney failure.
* Shivkumar Joshi, 71, Indian Gujarati author.
* Ferial Karim, 50, Lebanese-Indian actress and singer, Femina Miss India 1962, heart failure.
* Donald MacLaren, 95, Canadian World War I flying ace, helped found the Royal Canadian Air Force.
* Tom Manley, 75, English footballer (Manchester United, Brentford).
* 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 (National League), heart attack.

### 6

* Hoang Van Chi, 74, Vietnamese political writer.
* John Drury Clark, 80, American rocket fuel developer, chemist and science fiction writer.
* Víctor Junco, 71, Mexican actor (La Otra, Misterio).
* William Smythe, 95, American physicist at Caltech.
* David T. Wilentz, 93, American attorney (Lindbergh kidnapping trial).

### 7

* William R. Cox, 87, American writer, heart failure.
* Jimmy Edwards, 68, English comedy writer and actor (Take It from Here, Whack-O!), pneumonia.
* Helen Gandy, 91, American secretary to F.B.I. director J. Edgar Hoover, heart attack.
* David Atlee Phillips, 65, American Central Intelligence Agency officer, cancer.

### 8

* Ray Barbuti, 83, American sprinter and Olympic dual gold medalist.
* Antony Fisher, 73, British businessman and think tank founder (Institute of Economic Affairs, Atlas Network), heart disorder.
* Ranjit Khanwilkar, 27, Indian cricketer (Karnataka), train accident.
* Freddie West, 92, British Royal Air Force officer, Victoria Cross recipient.

### 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.
* Jackie Presser, 61, American labour leader, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, cardiac arrest.
* Barbara Woodhouse, 78, Irish-British dog trainer, author and TV personality (Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way), stroke.

### 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).
* Enrique Lihn, 58, Chilean poet, cancer.
* 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.
* Milton Krims, 84, American screenwriter and novelist, pneumonia.
* Jarava Lal Mehta, 75–76, Indian philosopher, heart attack.
* Lída Merlínová, 82, Czechoslovakian writer.
* James Gordon Shanklin, 78, American FBI agent, known for the investigation of the J.F.K. assassination, cancer.
* Barbara Wootton, 91, British sociologist and criminologist, member of the House of Lords.

### 12

* Al Bedner, 90, American NFL footballer (New York Giants).
* Josephine Douglas, 61, British actress and producer (Six-Five Special, Emergency Ward 10), cancer.
* Raymond W. Goldsmith, 83, Belgian-born American economist, heart failure.
* Michael Jary, 81, German composer.
* Joshua Logan, 79, American director, playwright and screenwriter (South Pacific), supranuclear palsy.
* John Massis, 48, Belgian strongman and teeth-acrobat, suicide.
* 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.
* Phil Monroe, 71, American animator and director (Warner Bros. Cartoons), pancreatic cancer.
* Richard Vogt, 75, German boxer and Olympic medalist.

### 14

* William Ofori Atta, 77, Ghanaian politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
* Peter Raw, 66, Australian R.A.A.F. pilot and senior officer, lymphoma.
* Georg Stetter, 92, Austrian-German nuclear physicist.
* Whitey Witt, 92, American Major League baseballer (Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees).

### 15

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

### 16

* Herbert L. Anderson, 74, American nuclear physicist (University of Chicago), contributed to the Manhattan Project, lung failure due to poisoning.
* Whitfield Connor, 71, American actor, director and producer, complications of stomach surgery.
* Samuel Ruben, 88, American inventor, founder of Duracell.
* Joseph Szydlowski, 91, Polish-born French-Israeli aircraft engine designer, founded Turbomeca.

### 17

* Bruiser Brody, 42, American professional wrestler, stabbed.
* Milton Krasner, 84, American cinematographer (Three Coins in the Fountain, Beneath the Planet of the Apes), heart failure.

### 18

* Valery Burati, 80, American Union organiser, acting chief of the Labor Division of Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers.
* Elsa Gress, 69, Danish essayist and novelist.
* Birger Kaipiainen, 73, Finnish ceramist and designer.
* Emil T. Kaiser, 50, Hungarian-born American biochemist (enzyme modification), complications following kidney transplant.
* Jake W. Lindsey, 67, American soldier in the U.S. Army, Medal of Honor recipient, heart attack.
* Nico, 49, German singer and actress (Chelsea Girls), cerebral hemorrhage resulting from fall.
* 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), heart failure.

### 20

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

### 21

* Jack Clark, 62, American television personality, game show host and announcer (The Cross-Wits), bone cancer.
* Raphael Soriano, 83, Greek-born 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.
* Larry Clemmons, 81, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor (Walt Disney Company).
* Duane Jones, 51, American actor (Night of the Living Dead), cardiopulmonary arrest.
* Luigi Lucioni, 87, Italian American painter.
* Patrick Newell, 56, British actor (The Avengers), heart attack.

### 23

* Jahangir Khan, 78, Indian test cricketer and Pakistani cricket administrator.
* Stuart Legg, 77, English documentary filmmaker (Churchill's Island, Warclouds in the Pacific).
* 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.
* Ilona Elek, 81, Hungarian fencer and dual Olympic gold medalist.
* John Harris, 71, Scottish footballer (Chelsea) and manager (Sheffield United).
* Robert McClory, 80, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, heart attack.
* G. Tyler Miller, 85, American president of Madison College.
* Mira Schendel, 69, Brazilian artist, lung cancer.
* Michel Villey, 74, French legal philosopher and historian.

### 25

* Judith Barsi, 10, American child actress (Jaws: The Revenge), murder-suicide by father.
* 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.
* Douglas Hickox, 59, English director (The Hound of the Baskervilles, Brannigan), complications from heart surgery.
* Glenn Killinger, 89, American NFL footballer (New York Giants).
* James Silver, 81, American history professor and author, fought for racial equality, emphysema .
* Giuliana Stramigioli, 73, Italian business woman and Japanologist.

### 26

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

### 27

* Jack Drees, 71, American sportscaster, cancer.
* Brigitte Horney, 77, German actress (Münchhausen).
* M. Kalyanasundaram, 78, Indian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.
* Mary Simms Oliphant, 97, American historian.
* Frank Zamboni, 87, American businessman and inventor (ice resurfacer), heart attack.

### 28

* Caleb Gattegno, 76, Egyptian educator, psychologist and mathematician, complications of cancer surgery.
* Harold R. Harris, 92, American test pilot and U.S. Army Air Force officer, pneumonia.
* Syed Modi, 25, Indian badminton player, murdered.
* Charles Nicks, 47, American gospel musician, heart failure.
* John Wheatley, 80, Scottish politician and judge, Solicitor General for Scotland.

### 29

* Ellin Berlin, 85, American author, wife of Irving Berlin, stroke.
* Pete Drake, 55, American record producer and pedal steel guitar player ("Stand by Your Man", "Lay Lady Lay"), emphysema.
* Günther Radusch, 75, Nazi German Luftwaffe pilot and fighter ace.

### 30

* William de Silva, 79, Sri Lankan politician, member of the Ceylon Parliament.
* Bob Woytowich, 46, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings), car crash after heart attack.

### 31

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

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