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[edit]
1[edit]
- Luis Walter Alvarez, 77, American physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics, complications from esophageal cancer.[1]
- Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad, 58, Indian politician and cricketer.
- Hugh Hunt, 86, American set decorator.
- Leonor Sullivan, 86, American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
2[edit]
- Alexander Aigner, 79, Austrian mathematician.
- Jim Bagby Jr., 71, American Major League baseballer.
- Jack Cooper, 80, British politician and trade union leader.
- Heinz Förstendorf, 80, German hockey player and Olympic medalist.
- Erik Frey, 80, Austrian film actor.
- Sir William Northam, 82, Australian yachtsman and Olympic gold medalist.
- Marshall Riddle, 70, American Negro League baseballer.
- Robert Watts, 65, American artist, lung cancer.
3[edit]
- John Goodison, 44–45, English rock musician, songwriter and record producer, heart attack.
- Frederic McGrand, 93, Canadian physician and politician.[2]
- Ferit Melen, 81, Turkish civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey.[3]
- Ferenc Sas, 73, Hungarian international footballer.
- Bibi Torriani, 76, Swiss ice hockey player and Olympic medalist.
- Miao Yuntai, 94, Chinese politician.
4[edit]
- Oda Schaefer, 87, German writer and journalist.[4]
5[edit]
- Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare, 72, Indian politician, Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
- Lawrence Brown, 81, American jazz trombonist.[5]
- Gert Fröbe, 75, German actor, heart attack.[6]
- Boris Smyslovsky, 90, Russian-Finnish general.
6[edit]
- Axel von Ambesser, 78, German playwright, actor and film director.
- Leroy Brown, 37, American professional wrestler, stroke.
- Autry Inman, 59, American country and rockabilly musician.
- Lew Krausse Sr., 76, American Major League baseballer.
- Harold Rosson, 93, American cinematographer.[7]
- Karni Singh, 64, Indian Maharaja of Bikaner.
- Stefan Themerson, 78, Polish-writer of children's literature, poet and novelist.
7[edit]
- Abdul Haq Akorwi, 76, Pakistani Islamic scholar.
- Raymond Dubly, 94, French international footballer and Olympian.
- Vivi Janiss, 77, American actress.
8[edit]
- G. M. Durrani, 68–69, Indian radio drama artist, playback singer, actor and music director.
- Fred Hawking, 78, Australian rules footballer.
- Mel Rosser, 87, Welsh international rugby union and rugby league player.
9[edit]
- Mona Best, 64, British music club proprietor, heart attack.
- Leroy McGuirk, 77, American professional wrestler and promoter.
10[edit]
- Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, 56, Brazilian film director and screenwriter.
- Jam Ghulam Qadir Khan, 67–68, Pakistani Chief Minister of Balochistan.
- Virginia Satir, 72, American author and psychotherapist.[8]
- William H. Shaw, 79, American economist, businessman and government official, cancer.[9]
11[edit]
- Wilhelm Batz, 72, German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II.
- Roger Hargreaves, 53, British cartoonist, illustrator and writer of children's books, stroke.[10]
12[edit]
- Alan Bible, 78, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator.[11]
- Stephen B. Grimes, 61, English production designer and art director.
- Margaret McFarland, 83, American child psychologist.
- Bill Mitchell, 76, American automobile designer, heart failure.
- John D. J. Moore, 77, American lawyer and business executive, United States Ambassador to Ireland, bone cancer.[12]
- Lauris Norstad, 81, American General in the United States Army and Air Force.[13]
- Charlie Palmieri, 60, Puerto Rican bandleader, heart attack.[14]
- Mars Ravelo, 71, Filipino comic book cartoonist and graphic novelist.
- John Ryan, 77, Australian politician, member of the South Australian House of Assembly.
13[edit]
- Gerd Hornberger, 78. German sprinter and Olympic medalist.
- Peter Young, 73, British Army officer and military historian.
14[edit]
- Donald Albery, 74, English theatre impresario.[15]
- William Edward Cousins, 86, American Roman Catholic bishop.
- Roy Dutton, 71, British Royal Air Force officer and flying ace.
15[edit]
- Samuel E. Beetley, 74, American film editor.
- Frank Francis, 86, English academic librarian and curator.
- Henry Wallich, 74, German-American economist.
16[edit]
- Richard Paul Lohse, 86, Swiss painter and graphic artist.
- Dick Pym, 95, English footballer.
- Bob Trice, 62, American Major League baseballer.
17[edit]
- John Biggs-Davison, 70, British politician, Member of Parliament.
- Mick Cashman, 56–57, Irish hurler.
- Walter P. Chrysler Jr., 79, American art collector and theatre and film producer, cancer.[16]
- Hilde Güden, 71, Austrian soprano.
- Nat Jackley, 79, English comic actor, cancer.
- Robert Hall, 87, Australian-economist.
18[edit]
- Ho Chong, 92, South Korean politician, President of South Korea.[17]
- Kathleen Collins, 46, American poet, playwright, filmmaker, director and civil rights activist, breast cancer.[18]
- David Dodd, 93, American financial analyst, author and economist, respiratory failure.
- John Elliot, 90, British transport and railway manager.
- Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, 82, Iranian poet.
- Alan Watt, 87, Australian diplomat.[19]
19[edit]
- Enrico Cerulli, 90, Italian scholar of Somali and Ethiopian studies, Governor of Scioa and Harar.
- Michael Fessier, 82, American screenwriter and film producer.[20]
- Dorothy Stimson, 97, American academic, dean of Goucher College.[21]
- Harry Turner, 93, Australian politician, member of Australian House of Representatives.
20[edit]
- Tim Davis, 44, American drummer, singer and songwriter, co-founded the Steve Miller Band, complications from diabetes.
- Roy Kinnear, 54, English character actor and comedian, heart attack following horse fall.[22]
- Sam Woodyard, 63, American jazz drummer, cancer.[23]
21[edit]
- Harold Balfour, 90, British politician, Member of Parliament.
- Ned Brennan, 68, Irish politician.
- Glenn Robert Davis, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Robert Gwathmey, 85, American painter.[24]
- Henry Koster, 83, German-American film director, liver cancer.[25]
- Christine Norden, 63, British actress, pneumonia.[26]
- S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao, 76, Indian politician.
- Zubeida, 76–77, Indian actress.
22[edit]
- Rais Amrohvi, 74, Pakistani scholar, poet and psychoanalyst, assassinated.
23[edit]
- Arwel Hughes, 79, Welsh orchestral conductor and composer.
- Trilok Kapoor, 76, Indian actor.
- Lyell McEwin, 91, Australian politician, president of the South Australian Legislative Council.
- Ken McIver, 59, Australian politician, member of the parliament of Western Australia
24[edit]
- Aziz Suryal Atiya, 90, Egyptian Coptic historian.
- Basil de Ferranti, 58, British businessman and politician, member of the House of Commons.
- Herbert Kirchhoff, 77, German art director.
- Joe Don Looney, 45, American NFL footballer, motorcycle accident.[27]
- Irwin McIntosh, 62, Canadian Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.
- Shamsul Huda Panchbagi, 90–91, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician.
- Herbert Witzenmann, 83, German philosopher and anthroposophist.
25[edit]
- bpNichol, 43, Canadian poet and writer.
- James L. Buie, 68, American scientist and inventor, emphysema.
- Billy Carter, 51, American farmer, businessman and politician, brother of Jimmy Carter, pancreatic cancer.[28]
- Paul Collins, 80, American NFL footballer.
26[edit]
- Marianne Appel, (a.k.a. Marianne Harms), 75, American artist.
- Guillermo Battaglia, 88, Argentine film actor, heart attack.
- Bruce Haack, 57, Canadian musician and composer, heart failure.
- Lincoln Hudson, 72, U.S. Army Air Force officer in World War II.[29]
- Lord Melody, 62, Trinidadian singer, cancer.
- Branko Zebec, 59, Yugoslav international footballer.
27[edit]
- Teofilo Camomot, 74, Filipino Roman Catholic Archbishop, car accident.
- Willis Edwards, 85, English international footballer.
- George Grant, 69, Canadian philosopher and professor.
- J. C. Heard, 71, American swing, bop and blues drummer, heart attack.
- Paul Reinman, 78, American comic book artist.
- William V. Shannon, 61, American journalist and author, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, lymphoma.[30]
28[edit]
- Margerie Bonner, 83, American actress, scriptwriter and novelist.
- Charles R. Jonas, 83, American politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Vicko Krstulović, 83, Yugoslav communist politician, President of the Presidium of the Croatian Parliament.
- Louis R. Rowan, 77, American thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder.
- Frank Sargent, 86, Canadian ice hockey and curling administrator.
29[edit]
- Charles Addams, 76, American cartoonist, heart attack.[31]
- Barney Josephson, 86, American founder of Café Society in Greenwich Village, New York, hemorrhage.[32]
30[edit]
- Chick Chandler, 83, American film actor, heart attack.
- Trường Chinh, 81, Vietnamese communist political leader, President of Vietnam, fall.[33]
- Al Holbert, 41, American car racing driver, aeroplane crash.
- María Teresa Laparra, 86, Guatemalan activist, First Lady of Guatemala.
- Joachim Prinz, 86, German-American rabbi, heart attack.[34]
- Chino Roces, 75, Filipino businessman and newspaper publisher, cancer.
- David E. Satterfield III, 67, American lawyer and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Joseph Albert Sullivan, 87, Canadian senator, ice hockey player and Olympic gold medalist.
Unknown date[edit]
- Alan Angus, 76, Australian racing cyclist.
- Lionel Jayatilleke, 64, Sri Lankan politician, member of parliament, assassinated.
- Mary Littlejohn, 85, Canadian figure skater and Olympian.
- Raymond Price, 64, Welsh rugby union and international rugby league footballer.
References[edit]
- ^ Sullivan, Walter (September 2, 1988). "Luis W. Alvarez, Nobel Physicist Who Explored Atom, Dies at 77". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ^ Hon. Frederic Addison McGrand Served : 1940-1944
- ^ Wolfgang Saxon (September 4, 1988). "Ferit Melen, Ex-Turkish Premier And Defense Minister, Dies at 82". The New York Times. p. 1 44. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Oda Schaefer - filmportal.de". filmportal.de (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ C. Gerald Fraser (September 9, 1988). "Lawrence Brown Is Dead at 81; Was Trombonist With Ellington". The New York Times. p. D 18. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Gert Frobe, an Actor, Dies at 75". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 6, 1988. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- ^ "Harold G. Rosson, 93, 'Oz' Cinematographer". The New York Times. September 9, 1988. p. D 18. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Virginia M. Satir, 72, Therapist for Families". The New York Times. September 12, 1988. p. B 4. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "William Shaw, 79, Ex-Du Pont Economist". The New York Times. September 24, 1988. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ John Malam (2004). "Hargreaves, (Charles) Roger". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/76335. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved May 9, 2011. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Alfonso A. Narvaez (September 14, 1988). "Former Senator Alan Bible, 78; Nevadan Was Advocate of Parks". The New York Times. p. B 7. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Glenn Fowler (September 13, 1988). "John D. J. Moore, an Executive And a Former Envoy, Dies at 77". The New York Times. p. D 26. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Eric Pace (September 14, 1988). "Lauris Norstad Dies at 81; Former NATO Commander". The New York Times. p. B 7. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Jon Pareles (September 13, 1988). "Charlie Palmieri, 60, Salsa Pianist And Leader in Jazz-Latin Fusion". The New York Times. p. D 26. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Sir Donald Albery Is Dead at 74; Influential British Stage Director". The New York Times. September 17, 1988. p. 1 34. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Craig Wolff (September 19, 1988). "Walter P. Chrysler Jr., a Collector Of Modern Art and Artifacts, 79". The New York Times. p. B 10. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Ho Chong, Korean Politician, 92". The New York Times. September 20, 1988. p. D 29. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Kathleen Collins, a Film Maker, Dies at 46". The New York Times. September 24, 1988. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Obituary: Diplomat, author and athlete: Sir Alan Stewart Watt". The Canberra Times. September 20, 1988. p. 8. Archived from the original on February 16, 2014.
- ^ "Michael Fessier, Writer, 82". The New York Times. September 25, 1988. p. 1 44. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Dorothy Stimson, 97, Former Goucher Dean". The New York Times. September 24, 1988. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Susan Heller Anderson (September 23, 1988). "Roy Kinnear Is Dead At 54 After Falling From Horse in Film". The New York Times. p. B 6. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Sam Woodyard Dies; Jazz Drummer Was 63". The New York Times. September 23, 1988. p. B 6. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Douglas C. McGill (September 22, 1988). "Robert Gwathmey, 85, an Artist Of Social Passions and Style, Dies". The New York Times. p. B 11. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Andrew L. Yarrow (September 27, 1988). "Henry Koster, 83, Director of 'Harvey' And 'Bishop's Wife'". The New York Times. p. B 12. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Christine Norden, 63, Stage and Film Actress". The New York Times. September 22, 1988. p. B 11. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Joe Don Looney, 45, Former Football Star". The New York Times. September 26, 1988. p. B 8. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Robert D. Hershey Jr. (September 26, 1988). "Billy Carter Dies of Cancer at 51; Troubled Brother of a President". The New York Times. p. B 8. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "Lincoln Hudson, 72, Advertising Executive". The New York Times. October 1, 1988. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ "William V. Shannon, 61, Envoy Under Carter and a Times Writer". The New York Times. September 28, 1988. p. D 35. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Eric Pace (September 30, 1988). "Charles Addams Dead at 76; Found Humor in the Macabre". The New York Times. p. A 1. Retrieved October 11, 2009.
- ^ John S. Wilson (September 30, 1988). "Barney Josephson, Owner of Cafe Society Jazz Club, Is Dead at 86". The New York Times. p. B 9. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
- ^ Thông tấn xã Việt Nam (2007). Đồng chí Trường Chinh. Nhà xuất bản Thông tấn xã. p. 9.
- ^ Glenn Fowler (October 1, 1988). "Joachim Prinz, Leader in Protests For Civil-Rights Causes, Dies at 86". The New York Times. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 3, 2024.