# Deaths in August 1992
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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 1992.
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.

## August 1992
### 1

* Margarita Aliger, 76, Russian writer.
* Alfred "Chico" Alvarez, 72, Canadian trumpeter.
* Bob Peak, 65, American illustrator.
* Aleksey Konstantinovich Ryazanov, 72, Soviet flying ace and war hero during world War II.

### 2

* Michel Berger, 44, French singer-songwriter, heart attack.
* Tom W. Blackburn, 79, American author, screenwriter and lyricist.
* Alf Cleverley, 84, New Zealand boxer and Olympian.
* Oscar Hagberg, 83, American football player and coach.
* Ephraim Katz, 60, Israeli-American filmmaker and writer, emphysema.
* Igor Vladimirovich Makeyev, 20, Azerbaijani soldier, killed in battle.
* Thomas Brennan Nolan, 91, American geologist.
* John Simerson, 57, American gridiron football player.
* Jim Weatherall, 62, American football player.

### 3

* Ebbe Carlsson, 44, Swedish journalist and publisher, AIDS-related complications.
* Fereydoun Farrokhzad, 53, Iranian entertainer, humanitarian, and dissident, murdered.
* Wang Hongwen, 56, Chinese politician, liver cancer.
* Don Lang, 67, English trombonist and singer, cancer.
* E. Hansford McCourt, 83, American politician.
* Nicanor Costa Méndez, 69, Argentine diplomat.
* Tetsu Nakamura, 83, Japanese film actor and opera singer.
* Eddie Riska, 72, American basketball player.

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* Ralph Cooper, 84, American actor and screenwriter, cancer.
* Norm King, 73, Australian politician.
* Seichō Matsumoto, 82, Japanese author.
* František Tomášek, 93, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal.

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* Juan David García Bacca, 91, Spanish-Venezuelan philosopher.
* Tante Leen, 80, Dutch levenslied singer.
* Robert Muldoon, 70, New Zealand politician, prime minister (1975–1984).
* Achyut Patwardhan, 87, Indian independence activist and politician.
* Jeff Porcaro, 38, American drummer (Toto), heart attack.
* Bhagat Puran Singh, 88, Indian writer, environmentalist, and philanthropist.
* Lefty Wilkie, 77, Canadian-American baseball player.

### 6

* Beyler Agayev, 23, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.
* Heinrich Eckstein, 85, German politician.
* Frank Jerwa, 83, Polish-Canadian ice hockey left winger.
* Zakir Majidov, 36, Azerbaijani soldier, helicopter crash.
* Ruslan Polovinko, 22, Ukrainian-Azerbaijani helicopter pilot, helicopter crash.
* Javanshir Rahimov, 19, Azerbaijani soldier, helicopter crash.
* Mazahir Rustamov, 32, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.
* Massimo Salvadori, 84, British-Italian historian and anti-fascist.

### 7

* Alakbar Aliyev, 36, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.
* John Anderson, 69, American actor (Psycho, Eight Men Out, MacGyver), heart attack.
* Aslan Qabil oğlu Atakişiyev, 38, Azerbaijani officer and war hero, killed in action.
* Leszek Błażyński, 43, Polish boxer and Olympic medalist, suicide.
* Pablo Cumo, 94, Argentine actor.
* Mariusz Dmochowski, 61, Polish actor.
* Moma Marković, 79, Serbian communist politician.
* Francisco Fernández Ordóñez, 62, Spanish politician, cancer.
* Sándor Szabó, 51, Hungarian fencer and Olympian.
* Berthold Teusner, 85, Australian politician.

### 8

* Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, 92, Iranian Marja'.
* Ivan Anikeyev, 59, Soviet cosmonaut, cancer.
* Alison Gertz, 26, American AIDS activist, AIDS.
* Mohan Jayamaha, 43, Sri Lankan naval admiral, landmine explosion.
* Denzil Kobbekaduwa, 52, Sri Lankan lieutenant general, landmine explosion.
* John Kordic, 27, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals), drug overdose.
* Egisto Macchi, 64, Italian composer.
* Thomas J. McIntyre, 77, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1962–1979).
* Bertalan Papp, 78, Hungarian fencer.
* Vijaya Wimalaratne, 51, Sri Lankan general, landmine explosion.

### 9

* Sukhdev Singh Babbar, 37, Indian Sikh militant, shot.
* Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin, 86, British judge.
* Manuel Ulloa Elias, 69, Peruvian politician and economist.
* Blaž Kraljević, 44, Bosnian soldier, shot.
* David Llewellyn, 76, British politician and junior minister.
* Bill Russell, 87, American composer.
* H. W. Whillock, 88, American politician.

### 10

* Shimon Agranat, 85, Israeli jurist.
* Aribert Heim, 78, Austrian SS doctor and war criminal during World War II, colorectal cancer.
* Kurt A. Körber, 82, German businessman.
* Adrienne J. Smith, 58, American psychologist, cancer.
* S. P. P. Thorat, 85, Indian Army officer.

### 11

* James R. Allen, 66, United States Air Force general, cancer.
* Dorsey B. Hardeman, 89, American politician.
* Mario Nigro, 75, Italian painter.
* Bernard Ramm, 76, Canadian theologian.

### 12

* Eduardo Anguita, 77, Chilean poet.
* John Cage, 79, American composer, stroke.
* Paolo Caccia Dominioni, 96, Italian soldier and resistance fighter during World War II.
* Kenji Nakagami, 46, Japanese novelist and essayist, kidney cancer.
* James Ellsworth Noland, 72, American judge and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1951).
* James W. Payne, 62, American set decorator (The Sting, Slap Shot, The Love Boat), Oscar winner (1974).
* Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere, 63, English actress and socialite, heart attack.
* Henry A. Schade, 91, American Navy officer and naval architect.

### 13

* Clifford Allison, 27, American racing driver, racing crash.
* Bets Dekens, 85, Dutch Olympic discus thrower (1928).
* Jan Elburg, 72, Dutch poet.
* David Kaplan, 44-45, American journalist and news producer, shot.

### 14

* Harry Allen, 80, English executioner.
* Deane Kincaide, 81, American jazz musician.
* Marcel Le Glay, 72, French historian and archaeologist.
* Masinde Muliro, 70, Kenyan politician.
* Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips, 82, British politician.
* Senthamarai, 57, Indian actor.
* John Sirica, 88, American judge, cardiac arrest.
* Tony Williams, 64, American singer (The Platters), emphysema.

### 15

* Jackie Edwards, 53-54, Jamaican musician, heart attack.
* Linda Laubenstein, 45, American physician, heart attack.
* Ron Malo, 56, American audio engineer.
* Giorgio Perlasca, 82, Italian businessman and anti-fascist, heart attack.

### 16

* Malcolm Atterbury, 85, American actor (The Birds, Apple's Way, Emperor of the North).
* Mark Heard, 40, American musician, cardiac arrest.
* Robert E. Miles, 67, American white supremacist theologist religious leader.
* Yvonne Simon, 81, French racing driver.
* Karl Storch, 78, German hammer thrower and Olympic medalist.
* Antoni Wieczorek, 68, Polish ski jumper and Olympian, traffic collision.

### 17

* Jéhan Le Roy, 68, French Olympic equestrian (1960).
* Barbara Morgan, 92, American photographer.
* John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel, 86, British politician.
* Tom Nolan, 71, Irish politician.
* Tommy Nutter, 49, British fashion designer, AIDS.
* Al Parker, 40, American pornographic actor, producer, and director, AIDS-related complications.
* Tecla San Andres Ziga, 85, Filipino politician.
* Stanley Woodward, 93, American envoy and ambassador.

### 18

* Simon Hartog, 52, British filmmaker, leukaemia.
* Chris McCandless, 24, American adventurer, starvation, poisoning.
* Sixten Ringbom, 57, Finnish art historian.
* John Sturges, 82, American film director (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Bad Day at Black Rock), heart attack, heart failure.

### 19

* Jean Accart, 80, French flying ace during World War II.
* Clyde D. Eddleman, 90, American general.
* Jean-Albert Grégoire, 93, French racing driver and engineer.
* Jean Hubeau, 75, French pianist, composer and pedagogue.
* Drahomír Koudelka, 46, Czech Olympic volleyball player (1968).
* Norvel Lee, 67, American Olympic boxer (1952), pancreatic cancer.
* George McIlraith, 84, Canadian politician.
* Carsten Winger, 85, Norwegian actor.

### 20

* Eliezer Berkovits, 83, Romanian-American theologian and rabbi.
* Walter Grabmann, 86, German flying ace during World War II.
* Walter Lincoln Hawkins, 81, American chemist and engineer.
* Alex McKenzie, 95, New Zealand sharebroker and politician.
* Liu Zhen, 77, Chinese general.

### 21

* Theodor Berger, 87, Austrian composer.
* Harry Kaskey, 90, American Olympic speed skater (1924).
* Isidro Lángara, 80, Spanish football player.
* Arturo Martínez, 74, Mexican film actor and director.
* Zühtü Müridoğlu, 86, Turkish sculptor.
* Dai Vernon, 98, Canadian magician.
* Mike Wise, 28, American gridiron football player, suicide.

### 22

* Mark E. Andrews, 88, American oil executive, complications following a stroke.
* Hallowell Davis, 95, American physiologist and otolaryngologist.
* Paul A. Dodd, 90, American educator and economist.
* Gerald Ketchum, 83, American naval officer.
* Ljubomir Kokeza, 72, Croatian football player.
* Ruslan Muradov, 19, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.

### 23

* David Hallifax, 64, British naval officer, ALS.
* Joe Marconi, 58, American gridiron football player, leukemia.
* Charles August Nichols, 81, American animator and film director.
* Cyril Rushton, 69, Australian politician.
* Virginia Sale, 93, American actress, heart failure.
* Donald Stewart, 71, Scottish politician.
* N. Veeraswamy, 60, Indian film producer.
* Alf Watson, 85, Australian track and field athlete and Olympian.
* Jim Young, 76, Irish hurler and Gaelic football player.

### 24

* Bekor Ashot, 32, Armenian military leader, killed in battle.
* André Donner, 74, Dutch jurist.
* George Jones, 95, Australian Air Force commander.
* Margie Liszt, 83, American actress, cancer.
* Larrie Londin, 48, American drummer, heart attack.
* Andrei Lupan, 80, Moldovan writer and politician.
* Yunis Najafov, 24, Azerbaijan soldier and war hero, killed in action.
* Lazăr Sfera, 83, Romanian football player.

### 25

* Neil Stanley Crawford, 61, Canadian politician and jazz musician, ALS.
* George R. Nelson, 65, American set decorator (The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Right Stuff), Oscar winner (1975).
* Frederick O'Neal, 86, American actor and television director.
* Veikko Peräsalo, 80, Finnish athlete and Olympian.
* Cyril Stanley Smith, 88, British metallurgist and historian of science, cancer.

### 26

* Arthur Leigh Allen, 58, prime suspect in the Zodiac killings.
* Sammy Benskin, 69, American pianist.
* Bob de Moor, 66, Belgian comic artist.
* Nguyen Thi Dinh, 72, Vietnamese Army general and Vice President.
* Daniel Gorenstein, 69, American mathematician.
* Sammy Timberg, 89, American musician and composer.

### 27

* Sovqiyar Abdullayev, 23, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.
* Bengt Holbek, 59, Danish folklorist.
* Gonzalo Jiménez, 90, Spanish Olympic water polo player (1928).
* Peter Jørgensen, 85, Danish boxer and Olympic medalist.
* George H. Kerr, 80, American diplomat.
* Daniel K. Ludwig, 95, American shipping businessman.
* Hélène Perdrière, 80, French stage and film actress.
* Max Stiepl, 78, Austrian Olympic speed skater (1936, 1948).

### 28

* Otar Dadunashvili, 64, Soviet and Georgian cyclist and Olympian.
* Tom Drake-Brockman, 73, Australian politician.
* Bedwyr Lewis Jones, 59, Welsh scholar, literary critic and linguist.
* Asri Muda, 68, Malaysian politician.
* Tan Qixiang, 81, Chinese geographer and historian.

### 29

* Andy Gilbert, 78, American baseball player.
* Félix Guattari, 62, French psychoanalyst and philosopher, heart attack.
* Heini Hediger, 83, Swiss biologist.
* Mary Norton, 88, English writer (The Borrowers).
* Erling Petersen, 86, Norwegian politician.
* Jo Ann Robinson, 80, American civil rights activist.
* Henricus Rol, 86, Dutch painter.
* Victor H. Schiro, 88, American politician.
* Teddy Turner, 75, English actor (Never the Twain, Emmerdale, All Creatures Great and Small), emphysema.
* Weng Weng, 34, Filipino actor, heart attack.

### 30

* Claude Barma, 73, French director and screenwriter.
* Hideo Gosha, 63, Japanese film director.
* Ernst Ihbe, 78, German cyclist and Olympic champion.
* Rubén Uriza, 73, Mexican show jumper and Olympic champion.

### 31

* Matlab Guliyev, 33, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.
* Wolfgang Güllich, 31, German rock climber, traffic collision.
* Cletus F. O'Donnell, 75, American Roman Catholic prelate.
* John Salathé, 93, Swiss-American rock climber.
* George Leonard Trager, 86, American linguist.
* Charles L. Weltner, 64, American jurist and politician.
* Hans Wimmer, 85, German sculptor.