Deaths_in_December_1988
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 1988.
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Contents
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.
1
- Martin Hinds, 47, British scholar of the Middle East and historiographer of early Islamic history.
- Włodzimierz Mazur, 34, Polish international footballer.
- J. Vernon McGee, 84, American Presbyterian minister and radio minister, heart failure.
2
- V. R. Amberkar, 81, Indian painter, art educator and art critic.
- Armand Niccolai, 77, American NFL footballer.
- Lloyd Rees, 93, Australian landscape painter.
- Zofia Szczęśniewska, 45, Polish international volleyball player and Olympic medalist.
3
- Károly Lakat, 68, Hungarian international footballer and Olympic coach.
- Florence Senanayake, 85, Sri Lankan politician, first female member of the Ceylon Parliament.
- Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, 87, Thai politician and Prime Minister of Thailand.
4
- Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry, 85, Pakistani nuclear physicist.
- Sir David Trench, 73, British Army officer, Governor of Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.[1]
5
- August Lenz, 78, German international footballer.
- Alan Lind, 75, Australian politician, member of Victorian Legislative Assembly.
- Erik Lundin, 84, Swedish chess master.
- Subodh Oraon, 35, Indian politician, member of the Vidhan Sabha of West Bengal.
- William Everett Potter, 83, American engineer and military officer, Governor of the Panama Canal Zone.
- Dave Ryan, 65, American NFL footballer.
6
- Roy Orbison, 52, American singer, songwriter and musician, heart attack.[2]
- George Shaw, 57, American triple jumper and Olympian.[3]
7
- Christopher Connelly, 47, American actor, lung cancer.[4]
- Ted Voigtlander, 75, American cinematographer, cancer.
8
- John Joe McGirl, 67, Irish republican, Sinn Féin politician and Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army.
- Gene Quill, 60, American jazz alto saxophonist.
- Anne Seymour, 79, American film and television actress, heart failure.[5]
- Ulanhu, 80, Chinese founding Chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Vice President of People's Republic of China.[6]
9
- Maria De Matteis, 90, Italian costume designer.
- Kainikkara Kumara Pillai, 88, Indian teacher, actor, short story writer, essayist and playwright.
- Ludmila Polesná, 54, Czechoslovakian slalom canoeist and Olympian.
10
- Dennis Arundell, 90, British actor, producer, director, conductor and composer of incidental music.
- Richard S. Castellano, 55, American actor, heart attack.[7]
- Dorothy de Rothschild, 93, English philanthropist and activist for Jewish affairs.
- Lawrence Wien, 83, American lawyer, philanthropist and real estate investor, prostate cancer.
11
- Kari Kairamo, 55, Finnish chairman and CEO of Nokia Corporation, suicide by hanging.
- Marcus Knight, 85, English Anglican priest.
- Frank S. Pepper, 78, British writer of comics.
- Nagendra Singh, 74, Indian lawyer, President of the International Court of Justice.[8]
12
- Dick Clair, 57, American television producer, actor and television and film writer, AIDS.
- Anthony Provenzano, 71, American mobster of the Genovese crime family, heart attack.[9]
- Joe Reichler, 73, American sports writer.
- Rudolf Schündler, 82, German actor and director, heart attack.
- Loudon Wainwright Jr., 63, American writer, colon cancer.
13
- Brynmor John, 54, British politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence.
- María Teresa León, 85, Spanish writer, activist and cultural ambassador.
- Muhammad Mangundiprojo, 83, Indonesian soldier, revolutionary and civil servant.
- Bill Nichols, 70, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, heart attack.[10]
- Brian Sinclair, 73, British veterinary surgeon and novelist, heart attack.
- Betty Snowball, 80, English women's test cricketer, international squash and lacrosse player for Scotland.
- Roy Urquhart, 87, British Army Major General.
14
- Narciso Busquets, 58, Mexican actor of theatre, film, television and radio.
- Win Oo, 53, Burmese actor, singer, director, writer and publisher, colorectal cancer.
- Evald Schorm, 56, Czechoslovakian film and stage director, screenwriter and actor.
- Jean Schramme, 59, Belgian planter, mercenary in Belgian Congo.
- Stuart Symington, 57, American businessman and politician, U.S. Secretary of the Air Force.[11]
15
- Harry Hunter, 64, British sailor and Olympian.
16
- Anna Jean Ayres, 68, American occupational therapist and educational psychologist, complications of breast cancer.
- Cyril Easthaugh, 90, British Anglican bishop.
- Tom Eastick, 88, Australian Army artillery officer during World War II.
- Joe Hatten, 72, American Major League baseballer.
- Hunter "Stork" Hendry, 93, Australian test cricketer.
- Babe Pratt, 72, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, heart attack.
- Sylvester, 41, American singer-songwriter, AIDS.
17
- Jerry Hopper, 81, American film and television director, heart disease.
- Ursula Krone-Appuhn, 52, German politician, member of the Bundestag.
- Gisella Perl, 81, Hungarian-American gynecologist, providing assistance to prisoners at Auschwitz.
18
- R. Arumugam, 35, Malaysian international footballer, car accident.
- Ottó Boros, 59, Hungarian water polo player and dual Olympic gold medalist.
- Milt Gantenbein, 78, American NFL football player.
- Ka. Naa. Subramanyam, 76. Indian writer and literary critic.
19
- Robert Bernstein, 69, American comic book writer, playwright and concert impresario, heart failure.[12]
- Lotta Dempsey, 83, Canadian journalist, editor and television personality, cancer.
- Umashankar Joshi, 77, Indian poet and writer, lung cancer.
- Seánie O'Brien, 69, Irish hurler.
20
- B. Jayamma, 73, Indian actress and singer.
- György Marik, 64, Hungarian international footballer.
- Alphonse Ouimet, 80, Canadian television pioneer, president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.[13]
- Max Robinson, 49, American broadcast journalist, co-anchor on ABC World News Tonight, complications of AIDS.[14]
21
- Bernt Carlsson, 60, Swedish diplomat, Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Lockerbie aeroplane disaster.
- Paul Jeffreys, 36, English rock musician, Lockerbie aeroplane disaster.
- Willie Kamm, 88, American Major League baseballer.[15]
- Dave Ruhl, 68, Canadian professional wrestler.
- Bob Steele, 81, American actor.[16]
- Nikolaas Tinbergen, 81, Dutch biologist and ornithologist, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, stroke.[17]
- Bill Townsend, 65, English footballer and manager.
- Venus Xtravaganza, 23, American transgender performer, strangled.
22
- Chico Mendes, 44, Brazilian trade union member and environmental activist, murdered.[18]
- Tucker Smith, 52, American actor, dancer and singer, cancer.
23
- János Boldóczki, 76, Hungarian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
- Carlo Scorza, 91, Italian Secretary of the National Fascist Party.
- Walt Uzdavinis, 77, American NFL football player.
24
- Blanche Barrow, 77, American wife of Buck Barrow, associates of Bonnie and Clyde, lung cancer.
- Leif Cassel, 82, Swedish politician and lawyer, Member of Parliament.
- Mary Cavendish, 93, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth II.
- Joe Kresky, 82, American NFL football player.
- Jainendra Kumar, 83, Indian writer.
- Evelyn Pinching, 73, British world champion alpine skier and Olympian.
- Alfred M. Pride, 91, American admiral of the U.S. Navy.[19]
- Noel Willman, 70, Irish actor and theatre director.[20]
25
- Bunny Bell, 77, English footballer.
- Jan Białostocki, 67, Polish art historian.
- Terence Dudley, 69, British television director, producer and screenwriter for the BBC, cancer.
- Evgeny Golubev, 78, Soviet composer.
- W. F. Grimes, 83, Welsh archaeologist.
- Denis Matthews, 69, English pianist and musicologist, suicide.
- John Ulric Nef, 89, American economic historian.[21]
- Shōhei Ōoka, 79, Japanese novelist, literary critic, lecturer and translator of French literature.
- Edward Pelham-Clinton, 68, English lepidopterist and military officer, Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne.
- Frank Thomas, 58, English Roman Catholic bishop.
- Napoleon Andrew Tuiteleleapaga, 84, Samoan lawyer, author, amateur poet and musician, myocardial infarction.
26
- Alex Hastings, 76, Scottish international footballer.
- Julanne Johnston, 88, American silent-screen actress.
- John Loder, 90, English-American film actor.
- Glenn McCarthy, 81, American oil tycoon.
- Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, 41, Indian politician, member of the Indian National Congress, assassinated.
- Charles Smith, 68, American actor.
- Pablo Sorozábal, 91, Spanish composer.
- Tao Zhiyue, 95–96, Chinese military officer and politician, lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army of China.
27
- Hal Ashby, 59, American film director, pancreatic cancer.[22]
- Walter Crook, 76, English international footballer and manager.
- Ken Hoole, 71–72, English railway historian.
- Freda James, 77, British tennis player and Wimbledon Doubles champion.
- Khin Kyi, 76, Burmese politician and diplomat, Burmese Ambassador to India, stroke.
- Donald Laycock, 51–52, Australian linguist and anthropologist.
- Henry de Menten de Horne, 92, Belgian equestrian and Olympian.
- Jess Oppenheimer, 75, American radio and television writer, producer and director, heart failure.[23]
28
- Karlfried Graf Dürckheim, 92, German diplomat, psychotherapist.
- Björn Kurtén, 64, Finnish vertebrate paleontologist.
29
- Mike Beuttler, 48, British Formula One driver, complications from AIDS.
- Peter Nellen, 56, German politician, member of the German Bundestag.
30
- Jan Baalsrud, 71, Norwegian Resistance commando.
- Yuli Daniel, 63, Soviet writer and dissident.
- Takeo Fujisawa, 78, Japanese businessman, co-founder of Honda Motor Co., heart attack.
- André Germain, 85, French cinematographer.
- Lyle H. Lanier, 85, American experimental psychologist and writer.
- Ernesto Lazzatti, 73, Argentinian international footballer.
- Isamu Noguchi, 84, American artist and landscape architect, heart failure.[24]
31
- Yara Amaral, 52, Brazilian actress, heart attack from drowning.
- Christopher Andrewes, 92, British virologist who discovered the human influenza A virus.[25]
- Oliver L. Austin, 85, American ornithologist.[26]
- Nicolas Calas, 81, Greek-American poet and art critic.
- Wes Flowers, 75, American baseballer, Major League pitcher.[27]
Unknown date
- Johann Kupferburger, 55, South African tennis player.
- "Sir David Trench, Diplomat, 73". The New York Times. December 6, 1988. p. D 26. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- Brock Helander (1999). The Rockin' '60s: The People who Made the Music. Schirmer Books. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-02-864873-6.
- "George D. Shaw, 57, Track and Field Star". The New York Times. December 7, 1988. p. D 24. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- "Christopher Connelly, Actor, 47". The New York Times. December 9, 1988. p. D 18. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- C. Gerald Fraser (December 13, 1988). "Anne Seymour, 79, Stage Actress Known for Work in Radio Drama". The New York Times. p. B 16. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- "Ulanhu, 82, a Mongol Who Rose To High Posts in Beijing, Is Dead". The New York Times. December 9, 1988. p. D 18. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- Who was who in America. Marquis-Who's Who. 1989. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-8379-0217-3.
- "Nagendra Singh, Judge At the World Court, 74". The New York Times. December 13, 1988. p. B 16. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- Robert D. McFadden (December 13, 1988). "Anthony Provanzano, 71, Ex-Teamster Chief, Dies". The New York Times. p. B 16. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- "Rep. Bill Nichols, 70; Led Pentagon Inquiry". The New York Times. December 14, 1988. p. B 15. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- Eric Pace (December 15, 1988). "Stuart Symington, 4-Term Senator Who Ran for President, Dies at 87". The New York Times. p. D 26. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- "Robert Bernstein, 69; Founded Music Series". The New York Times. December 22, 1988. p. D 23. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- "Alphonse Ouimet, Broadcaster, 80". The New York Times. December 22, 1988. p. D 23. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- Jeremy Gerard (December 21, 1988). "Max Robinson, 49, First Black To Anchor Network News, Dies". The New York Times. p. D 19. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- "Willie Kamm, Baseball Player, 88". The New York Times. December 24, 1988. p. 1 32. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- "Bob Steele, 82, Actor In 'F Troop' and Films". The New York Times. December 23, 1988. p. A 28. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- Paul Patrick Gordon Bateson (May 30, 1991). The Development and Integration of Behaviour: Essays in Honour of Robert Hinde. Cambridge University Press. p. 464. ISBN 978-0-521-40709-0.
- Walton Beacham (1993). Beacham's Guide to Environmental Issues & Sources. Beacham Pub. p. 2977. ISBN 978-0-933833-31-9.
- Glenn Fowler (December 29, 1988). "Adm. Alfred M. Pride, 91, Dies; Pioneer in U.S. Aircraft Carriers". The New York Times. p. D 19. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- Wolfgang Saxon (December 26, 1988). "Noel Willman, Director, Was 70; Staged 'A Man for All Seasons'". The New York Times. p. 1 64. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- Wolfgang Saxon (December 27, 1988). "John U. Nef, Economic Historian At Chicago University, Dies at 89". The New York Times. p. A 19. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- "Ashby, Hal". Who was who in America : with world notables, v. XI (1993–1996). New Providence, N.J.: Marquis Who's Who. 1996. p. 9. ISBN 0837902258.
- C. Gerald Fraser (December 30, 1988). "Jess Oppenheimer, 75, a Creator And a Producer of 'I Love Lucy'". The New York Times. p. A 18. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- Michael Brenson (December 31, 1988). "Isamu Noguchi, the Sculptor, Dies at 84". The New York Times. p. 1 1. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- "Christopher Andrewes, Virologist, Dies at 92". The New York Times. January 4, 1989. p. B 9. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- "Oliver L. Austin, 85, Ornithologist, Is Dead". The New York Times. January 4, 1989. p. B 8. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- "Wes Flowers". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 8, 2023.