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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 1988.
The following is a list of notable '''deaths in March 1988'''.


Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Entries for each day are listed <u>alphabetically</u> 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.
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== March 1988 ==
=== 1 ===
* [[Joe Besser]], 81, American actor
* [[Tommy Breen]], 76, Irish footballer
* [[Tommy Potter]], 69, American double bass player


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=== 2 ===
* [[John Clellon Holmes]], 61, American poet
* [[Kate Mahaut]], 79, Danish fencer
* [[Harry Lundahl]], 82, Swedish football player and manager


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=== 3 ===
* [[Henryk Szeryng]], 69, Polish violinist
* [[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]], 93, American actress
* [[Sewall Wright]], 98, American geneticist


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=== 4 ===
* [[Anna Maestri]], 64, Italian actress


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=== 5 ===
* [[János Németh]], 62, Hungarian water polo player


=== 6 ===
==March 1988==
* [[Jeanne Aubert]], 87, French actress
* [[Dick Ricketts]], 55, American basketball player


=== 7 ===
===1===
*[[Joe Besser]], 80, American actor, comedian and musician, heart failure.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=Joe Besser, 80, od rhw 3 Stooges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/02/obituaries/joe-besser-80-od-rhw-3-stooges.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 March 1988 |page=A 20}}</ref>
* [[Guido Celano]], 83, Italian actor
*[[Tommy Breen]], 75, Irish international footballer.
* [[Divine]], 42, American actor
*[[George B. Harper]], 69, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate.
* [[Robert Livingston (actor)|Robert Livingston]], 84, American actor
* [[Olof Stahre]], 78, Swedish knight
*[[Yoshi Katō]], 75, Japanese stage and film actor.
*[[Luis Márquez (baseball)|Luis Márquez]], 62, Puerto Rican Major League baseballer, murdered.
*[[Tommy Potter]], 69, American jazz double bassist.
*[[Jean Le Poulain]], 63, French stage actor and director.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Steven Greenhouse, Special To the New York Times |title=Jean Le Poulain, Actor, Dies at 63; Director of the Comedie Francaise |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/03/obituaries/jean-le-poulain-actor-dies-at-63-director-of-the-comedie-francaise.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=3 March 1988 |page=D 20}}</ref>


=== 8 ===
===2===
*[[Raymond Hewitt]], 47, American civil rights activist, leader of the Black Panther Party, heart attack.
* [[Gordon Carpenter]], 68, American basketball player and coach
*[[Harry Lundahl]], 82, Swedish international footballer and manager.
* [[Lala Abdul Rashid]], 66, Pakistani field hockey player
*[[Thomas Vezzetti]], 59–60, American politician, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=Thomas Vezzetti, 59, Hoboken Mayor, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/03/obituaries/thomas-vezzetti-59-hoboken-mayor-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=3 March 1988 |page=D 20}}</ref>


=== 9 ===
===3===
*[[Harold Langley (athlete)|Harold Langley]], 84, British triple jumper and Olympian.
* [[Kurt Georg Kiesinger]], 84, German politician
*[[Henryk Szeryng]], 69, Polish-Mexican violinist, cerebral hemorrhage.<ref>{{cite book|author=Krajowa Agencja Informacyjna (Poland)|title=Biuletyn informacyjny|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9AfVAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|page=5}}</ref>
* [[Poondi Kumaraswamy]], 58, Indian engineer (b.1930))
*[[Lois Wilson (actress)|Lois Wilson]], 93, American silent-screen actress, pneumonia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lois Wilson, Actress of Stage, Television and Silent-Film Era|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/10/obituaries/lois-8wilson-actress-of-stage-television-and-silent-film-era.html|agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[New York Times]]|date=March 10, 1988|access-date=2012-08-31}}</ref>
*[[Sewall Wright]], 98, American geneticist.


=== 10 ===
===4===
*[[James Peter Davis]], 83, American Roman Catholic bishop.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=James Peter Davis, Retired Archbishop, 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/08/obituaries/james-peter-davis-retired-archbishop-83.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 March 1988 |page=D 31}}</ref>
* [[Glenn Cunningham]], 79, American middle-distance runner
*[[Bobby Etheridge]], 54, English footballer and first-class cricketer.
* [[Andy Gibb]], 30, British singer
*[[J. Brooke Mosley]], 72, American bishop.
* [[Svetislav Glišović]], 75, Yugoslav football manager
*[[Franco Scalamandré]], 89, Italian-American textile designer, co-founder of Scalamandré Inc.
* [[Nikolai Karakulov]], 70, Soviet sprinter
* [[Phạm Hùng]], 76, Vietnamese politician
* [[Joey Sternaman]], 88, American football player


=== 11 ===
===5===
*[[Ron Coe]], 91, English professional cyclist.
* [[Christianna Brand]], 81, British writer
* [[Abdullahi Issa Mohamud]], 66, Somali politician
*[[Santosh Dutta]], 62, Bengali actor.
*[[Lewis J. Fields]], 78, American lieutenant general in U.S. Marine Corps.
* [[Máirtín Ó Direáin]], 78, Irish poet
*[[János Németh]], 81, Hungarian water polo player and Olympic gold medalist.
*[[Alberto Olmedo]], 54, Argentine comedian and actor, fall from building.
*[[Mathilde Pincus]], 70–71, American music supervisor.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=Mathilde Pincus Dies; Music Supervisor, 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/08/obituaries/mathilde-pincus-dies-music-supervisor-71.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=8 March 1988 |page=D 31}}</ref>
*[[Rudolph Schaeffer]], 101, American arts educator and artist.


=== 12 ===
===6===
*[[Jeanne Aubert]], 88, French singer and actress.
* [[Alessandro Bausani]], 67, Italian Islamist
*[[Mairéad Farrell]], 31, member of Provisional Irish Republican Army, shot by British army.
* [[Romare Bearden]], 77, American writer
*[[Joan Hassall]], 82, English wood engraver and book illustrator.
* [[Marcello Del Bello]], 67, Italian tennis player
*[[Daniel McCann]], 30, member of Provisional Irish Republican Army, shot by British army.
* [[Angiola Minella]], 68, Italian partisan
*[[Dick Ricketts]], 54, American Major League baseballer and NBA basketballer, leukemia.
* [[Gianna Pederzini]], 88, Italian mezzo-soprano
*[[Seán Savage]], 23, member of Provisional Irish Republican Army, shot by British army.
* [[Billie Rhodes]], 94, American actress
* [[Bernard Rudofsky]], 83, Austrian architect
* [[Karen Steele]], 57, American actress


=== 13 ===
===7===
*[[Edmund Berkeley]], 79, American computer scientist.
* [[Patesko]], 78, Brazilian footballer
* [[Dino Bovoli]], 74, Italian football manager
*[[Guido Celano]], 83, Italian actor, voice actor and film director.
*[[Divine (performer)|Divine]], 42, American singer, actor and drag queen, heart failure.<ref>{{cite book|author=Bernard Jay|title=Not Simply Divine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m0jQr2HfvsoC&pg=PA12|date=10 August 1994|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-88467-3|pages=12}}</ref>
* [[Cees Groot]], 56, Dutch footballer
*[[Martin Finn]], 70, Irish politician.
* [[John Holmes]], 44, American pornographic actor
*[[Robert Livingston (actor)|Robert Livingston]], 83, American film actor.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=Robert Livingston, 83, An Actor in 100 Films |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/10/obituaries/robert-livingston-83-an-actor-in-100-films.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 March 1988 |page=D 22}}</ref>
* [[Xavier Saint-Macary]], 40, actor French
*[[Joe Loco]], 66, Puerto Rican Latin jazz and pop pianist and arranger.
* [[Steno]], 70, Italian film director
*[[Prakash Mehrotra]], 63, Indian politician.
*[[Olof Stahre]], 78, Swedish Army officer, horse rider and Olympic gold medalist.


=== 14 ===
===8===
*[[Gordon Carpenter]], 68, American basketballer and Olympic gold medalist.
* [[Willi Apel]], 95, German musicologist
*[[Amar Singh Chamkila]], 27, Indian singer and musician, gunned down.
* [[Rudolf Gramlich]], 80, German football manager
* [[Ru den Hamer]], 71, Dutch water polo player
*[[Ken Colyer]], 59, English jazz trumpeter and cornetist.
*[[Werner Hartmann (physicist)|Werner Hartmann]], 76, German physicist, complications after prostate surgery.
*[[Frank Osborne (footballer)|Frank Osborne]], 91, South-African-English international footballer.
*[[Lala Abdul Rashid]], 65, Pakistani hockey player and Olympic gold medalist.


=== 15 ===
===9===
*[[Ronald Cove-Smith]], 88, English international rugby union player, vice-president of British Medical Association.
* [[Dannie Richmond]], 57, American drummer
*[[Milton Galamison]], 64, American Presbyterian minister.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Glenn Fowler |title=Milton Galamison, Leader in a Dispute Over the Schools, 65 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/11/obituaries/milton-galamison-leader-in-a-dispute-over-the-schools-65.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 March 1988 |page=D 18}}</ref>
*[[Kurt Georg Kiesinger]], 83, West German politician, Chancellor of Federal Republic of Germany.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Kurt Kiesinger, 60's Bonn Leader And Former Nazi, Is Dead at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/10/obituaries/kurt-kiesinger-60-s-bonn-leader-and-former-nazi-is-dead-at-83.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 March 1988 |page=D 22}}</ref>
*[[M. E. Aldrich Rope]], 96, English stained-glass artist.
*[[M. B. Sreenivasan]], 62, Indian music director, heart attack.


=== 16 ===
===10===
*[[Glenn Cunningham (athlete)|Glenn Cunningham]], 78, American middle-distance runner and Olympic medalist.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Thomas Rogers |title=Glenn Cunningham, 78, Premier Miler of 1930's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/11/obituaries/glenn-cunningham-78-premier-miler-of-1930-s.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=11 March 1988 |page=D 18}}</ref>
* [[Dorothy Adams]], 88, American actress
*[[Andy Gibb]], 30, English singer, songwriter and performer, myocarditis.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-12/news/mn-868_1_andy-gibb |title=Gibb's Death Tied to Natural Causes |date=12 March 1988 |newspaper=LA Times |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=19 April 2012}}</ref>
* [[Erich Probst]], 61, Austrian footballer
*[[Svetislav Glišović]], 74, Yugoslavian international footballer and manager.
*[[Phạm Hùng]], 75, Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.<ref>{{cite book|title=Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Part III|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YvATXE7QmDcC|year=1988|publisher=Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation|pages=7–10}}</ref>
*[[Nikolay Karakulov]], 69, Soviet sprinter and European champion.
*[[Abdul Khaliq (athlete)|Abdul Khaliq]], 54, Pakistani sprinter.
*[[Jock Semple]], 84, Scottish-American runner and sports official, cancer of the liver and pancreas.
*[[Joey Sternaman]], 88, American NFL footballer.
*[[William Wordsworth (composer)|William Wordsworth]], 79, English composer.


=== 17 ===
===11===
*[[Rashid Bakr (politician)|Rashid Bakr]], 54, Sudanese politician, Prime Minister of Sudan.
* [[Gösta Alexandersson]], 79, Swedish actor
*[[Christianna Brand]], 80, British crime writer and children's author.
* [[Bruce Clarke]], 87, U.S. general
*[[Khurshid Hasan Khurshid]], 64, Indian-Pakistani politician, President of Azad Kashmir, road accident.
* [[Franz-Otto Krüger]], 71, German actor, director and screenwriter
*[[Jackie O'Driscoll]], 66, Irish international footballer.


=== 18 ===
===12===
* [[Gerald Abraham]], 84, English musicologist
*[[Samaresh Basu]], 63, Indian writer.
*[[Romare Bearden]], 76, American artist, author and songwriter, complications from bone cancer.<ref>{{cite news |author1=C. Gerald Fraser |title=Romare Bearden, Collagist and Painter, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/13/obituaries/romare-bearden-collagist-and-painter-dies-at-75.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=13 March 1988 |page=1 36}}</ref>
* [[Karl Maria Demelhuber]], 92, German general
* [[Joan Field]], 73, American violinist
*[[Arnold Bell]], 86, British actor.
*[[DeWitt Bodeen]], 79, American film screenwriter and television writer.
* [[Anna Miserocchi]], 63, Italian actress
*[[Charles Cochran Kirkpatrick]], 80, American rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.
*[[Alvin McCoy]], 84, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner.
*[[Bernard Rudofsky]], 82, Austrian-American writer and architect.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Maura Reynolds |title=Bernard Rudofsky, 82, Architect And 'Outspoken' Social Analyst |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/13/obituaries/bernard-rudofsky-82-architect-and-outspoken-social-analyst.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=13 March 1988 |page=1 36}}</ref>
*[[Karen Steele]], 56, American actress and model, cancer.


=== 19 ===
===13===
*[[Dino Bovoli]], 73, Italian footballer and coach.
* March 19 – [[Reyner Banham]], British art critic (b. 1922))
*[[Olive Carey]], 92, American film and television actress.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=Olive Carey Dies at 92; Longtime Film Actress |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/17/obituaries/olive-carey-dies-at-92-longtime-film-actress.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 March 1988 |page=B 10}}</ref>
* March 19 – [[Sabino Barinaga]], Spanish football player and manager (b.1922))
*[[John Holmes (actor)|John Holmes]], 43, American pornographic film actor, cardio-respiratory arrest and encephalitis due to AIDS.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=John Holmes, 43, Dies; Was Star of Sex Films |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/15/obituaries/john-holmes-43-dies-was-star-of-sex-films.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 March 1988 |page=B 8}}</ref>
* March 19 – [[Bun Cook]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904))
*[[Patesko]], 77, Brazilian international footballer.
*[[Vladimir Sakson]], 60, Soviet painter, book illustrator and stage designer.
*[[Steno (director)|Steno]], 71, Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.


=== 20 ===
===14===
*[[Abbas Abbasi]], 63, Pakistani hereditary leader, Nawab and Amir of Bahawalpur State.
* [[Gil Evans]], 76, Canadian pianist
*[[Willi Apel]], 94, German-American musicologist and author.
* [[Greer Skousen]], 71, Mexican basketball player
*[[Bruno Balz]], 85, German songwriter.
*[[Rudolf Gramlich]], 79, SS officer and German international footballer.
*[[Henrik Malyan]], 62, Georgian-Armenian film director and writer.
*[[Saul Weingeroff]], 72, American professional wrestling manager.


=== 21 ===
===15===
*[[Ron Camm]], 73, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
* [[Marie Burke]], 94, British actress
* [[Edd Roush]], 95, American baseball player
*[[Chevene Bowers King]], 64, American attorney and civil rights leader, prostate cancer.
*[[Ruth Crosby Noble]], 91, American author and herpetologist.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=Ruth Crosby Noble, Author, 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/31/obituaries/ruth-crosby-noble-author-91.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 March 1988 |page=B 11}}</ref>
* [[Charley Shipp]], 75, American basketball player
*[[Frank Perkins (composer)|Frank Perkins]], 79, American song composer.
* [[Patrick Steptoe]], 75, English gynaecologist
*[[Dmitri Polyakov]], 66, Ukrainian-Soviet operative and spy for the United States, executed by shooting.
*[[William J. Porter]], 73, British-American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Algeria, South Korea, Canada and Saudi Arabia, cancer.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=William Porter, 73, U.S. Delegate At Vietnam Peace Talks, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/17/obituaries/william-porter-73-us-delegate-at-vietnam-peace-talks-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 March 1988 |page=B 10}}</ref>
*[[Victor Wickersham]], 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.


=== 22 ===
===16===
* [[Lester Rawlins]], 64, American actor
*[[Dorothy Adams]], 88, American actress of stage, film and television.
*[[António Augusto Peixoto Correia]], 74, Portuguese colonial governor of Cape Verde, Governor-general of Guinea-Bissau.
* [[André Saeys]], 77, Belgian footballer
*[[Rollie Dotsch]], 75, American football coach, pancreatic cancer.
*[[Paul Kohner]], 85, Austro-Hungarian–born American talent agent and producer, heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Andrew Yarrow |title=Paul Kohner, Hollywood Agent And Film Producer, Is Dead at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/19/obituaries/paul-kohner-hollywood-agent-and-film-producer-is-dead-at-85.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=19 March 1988 |page=1 33}}</ref>
*[[Albert Kónya]], 70, Hungarian physicist and politician, Minister of Education.
*[[Erich Probst]], 60, Austrian international footballer.
*[[Dannie Richmond]], 56, American jazz drummer, heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=Dannie Richmond, 56, Drummer With Mingus |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/18/obituaries/dannie-richmond-56-drummer-with-mingus.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=18 March 1988 |page=D 23}}</ref>
*[[Jigger Statz]], 90, American Major League baseballer.
*[[Luther Merritt Swygert]], 83, United States circuit judge.
*[[Mickey Thompson]], 59, American auto racing builder and promoter, gunned down.


=== 23 ===
===17===
*[[Bruce C. Clarke]], 86, United States Army general, stroke.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Marvine Howe |author-link1=Marvine Howe |title=Gen. Bruce C. Clarke Dies at 86; Ex-Army Commander in Europe |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/20/obituaries/gen-bruce-c-clarke-dies-at-86-ex-army-commander-in-europe.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=20 March 1988 |page=1 36}}</ref>
* [[Dayton Lummis]], 85, American actor
*[[Roland Drew]], 87, American actor.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=Roland Drew; Actor, 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/19/obituaries/roland-drew-actor-87.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=19 March 1988 |page=1 33}}</ref>
*[[Leif Granli]], 78, Norwegian politician, President of the Storting.
*[[Reg Halton]], 71, English footballer and Minor Counties cricketer.
*[[Franz-Otto Krüger]], 70, German film and television actor.
*[[Tan Siew Sin]], 71, Malaysian politician, Minister of Finance.


=== 25 ===
===18===
*[[Gerald Abraham]], 84, English musicologist, editor and music critic.
* [[Robert Joffrey]], 58, American dancer
*[[Billy Butterfield]], 71, American jazz bandleader, trumpeter, flugelhornist and cornetist.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=Billy Butterfield, 71, Big-Band Trumpeter On Shaw's 'Stardust' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/19/obituaries/billy-butterfield-71-big-band-trumpeter-on-shaw-s-stardust.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=19 March 1988 |page=1 33}}</ref>
*[[Waldemar Sjölander]], 80, Swedish painter, printmaker and sculptor.
*[[Percy Thrower]], 75, British gardener, horticulturist, broadcaster and writer.


=== 27 ===
===19===
*[[Reyner Banham]], 66, English architectural critic and writer.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Paul Goldberger |author-link1=Paul Goldberger |title=Reyner Banham, Architectural Critic, Dies at 66 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/22/obituaries/reyner-banham-architectural-critic-dies-at-66.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 March 1988 |page=B 5}}</ref>
* March 27 – Damaso of Celle Ligure, Italian priest (b. 1907))
*[[Sabino Barinaga]], 65, Spanish footballer and manager, heart disease.
* March 27 – Jole Fierro, Italian actress (b.1926))
*[[Philip Birnbaum]], 83, American religious author and translator.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ari L. Goldman |author-link1=Ari L. Goldman |title=Philip Birnbaum, 83, Author of Books For Jewish Liturgy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/22/obituaries/philip-birnbaum-83-author-of-books-for-jewish-liturgy.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 March 1988 |page=B 5}}</ref>
* March 27 – Adolfo Geri, Italian actor (b.1912))
*[[John Otis Brew]], 81, American archaeologist.
* March 27 – Renato Salvatori, Italian actor (b.1934))
*[[Bun Cook]], 84, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.
* March 27 – Pierre Virion, French journalist (b.1899))
*[[Máirtín Ó Direáin]], 77, Irish poet.
* March 27 – Charles Willeford, American writer, poet, and art critic (b. 1919))
*[[Suzy Frelinghuysen]], (a.k.a. Suzy Morris), 76, American abstract painter and opera singer, stroke.<ref>{{cite news |author1= |title=Suzy Frelinghuysen, Artist, Is Dead at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/23/obituaries/suzy-frelinghuysen-artist-is-dead-at-76.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=23 March 1988 |page=D 27}}</ref>
=== 28 ===
*[[Sid Harkreader]], 90, American fiddle player and string band leader.
* [[Frans Peeraer]], 75, Belgian footballer


=== 29 ===
===20===
*[[Dick Bell]], 74, Canadian politician, member of the Canadian Parliament.
* [[Jacques Santi]], 59, France actor
*[[Gil Evans]], 75, Canadian-American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, peritonitis from prostate surgery.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Peter Watrous |title=Gil Evans, a Key Jazz Composer And Orchestrator, Is Dead at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/22/obituaries/gil-evans-a-key-jazz-composer-and-orchestrator-is-dead-at-75.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 March 1988 |page=B 4}}</ref>
* [[Dulcie September]], 53, South African activist
*[[Samuel W. Reynolds]], 97, United States senator.
*[[Agnes Wright Spring]], 94, American journalist, writer and historian.


=== 30 ===
===21===
*[[Virginia Axline]], 76, American psychologist.
* March 30 – Nicola Alexandrovich Benois, Russian set designer (b. 1901))
*[[Marie Burke]], 93, English actress of stage, cinema and television.
* March 30 – Edgar Faure, French writer (b. 1908))
*[[Walter Fricke]], 72, German professor of theoretical astronomy, mathematician and cryptanalyst, cancer.
* March 30 – Fritz Helmut Landshoff, German publisher (b.1901))
* March 30 – Doris Pawn, American actress (b.1894))
*[[Edd Roush]], 94, American Major League baseballer.
*[[Charley Shipp]], 74, American NBA basketballer and coach.
* March 30 – Luis Ravaschino, Argentine footballer (b.1903))
*[[Sigfrit Steiner]], 81, Swiss actor.
* March 30 – Francesco Rodolico, Italian mineralogist (b. 1905))
*[[Patrick Steptoe]], 74, English obstetrician and gynaecologist, pioneer of in-vitro fertilisation.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Walter Sullivan |title=Dr. Patrick Steptoe Is Dead at 74; Opened Era of 'Test Tube' Babies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/23/obituaries/dr-patrick-steptoe-is-dead-at-74-opened-era-of-test-tube-babies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=23 March 1988 |page=D 27}}</ref>
* March 30 – Arnie Zane, American dancer (b. 1948))
=== 31 ===
* [[William McMahon]], 80, Australian politician


== References ==
===22===
*[[Gudmund Harlem]], 70, Norwegian physician and politician.
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*[[Rudolf Matz]], 86, Croatian composer.
*[[Lester Rawlins]], 63, American stage, screen and television actor, cardiac arrest.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Jennifer A. Kingson |title=Lester Rawlins, 63, Stage TV Actor; Won Tony for 'Da' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/29/obituaries/lester-rawlins-63-stage-tv-actor-won-tony-for-da.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=29 March 1988 |page=D 25}}</ref>
*[[P. B. A. Weerakoon]], 88, Sri Lankan educator and politician, member of the Ceylon Parliament.


===23===
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*[[Jimmy Jacobs (handballer)|Jimmy Jacobs]], 58, American handball player, leukemia.
*[[Isaiah L. Kenen]], 83, Canadian-American journalist, lawyer and philanthropist.
*[[Murder of Deborah Linsley]], 22, English murder victim.
*[[Dayton Lummis]], 84, American film, television and theatre actor.
*[[Geoff McInnes]], 79, Australian rules footballer.
*[[Pash]], 37, Indian poet, gunned down.

===24===
*[[Heinrich Aigner]], 63, German politician.
*[[Turhan Feyzioğlu]], 65–66, Turkish academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey.
*[[Abdullahi Issa]], 67, Somali politician, Prime Minister of Italian Somalia.
*[[William Moseley Jones]], 82, American attorney, speaker of the California State Assembly.
*[[Roger Loyer]], 80, French motorcycle road racer.

===25===
*[[James J. Howard]], 60, American educator and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, heart attack.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Clifford D. May, Special To the New York Times |title=James Howard, Congressman, Is Dead at 60 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/26/obituaries/james-howard-congressman-is-dead-at-60.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=26 March 1988 |page=1 38}}</ref>
*[[Robert Joffrey]], 57, American dancer, teacher, producer and choreographer, organ failure.
*[[Thomas William Lyons]], 64, American Roman Catholic bishop, hepatitis from transfusion.
*[[Al Schwartz (writer)|Al Schwartz]], 77, American screenwriter, television producer and director, brother of Sherwood Schwartz.

===26===
*[[Miguel Abuelo]], 42, Argentine rock musician and singer, cardiac arrest.
*[[Julian Pierce]], 42, American lawyer and activist, murdered (body found on this date).

===27===
*[[Renato Salvatori]], 55, Italian actor, liver cirrhosis.
*[[Charles Willeford]], 69, American writer, heart attack.

===28===
*[[Alan Crawford (Australian rules footballer)|Alan Crawford]], 72, Australian rules footballer.
*[[Frans Peeraer]], 75, Belgian international footballer.
*[[S. N. Tripathi]], 75, Indian composer.

===29===
*[[Maurice Blackburn (composer)|Maurice Blackburn]], 73, Canadian composer and conductor.
*[[Arkady Bochkaryov]], 57, Soviet basketballer and Olympic medalist.
*[[Ted Kluszewski]], 63, American Major League baseballer, heart attack.
*[[Dulcie September]], 52, South African anti-Apartheid activist, assassinated.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hilton Hamann|title=Days of the Generals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r0V1AAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Zebra|isbn=978-1-86872-340-9|page=154}}</ref>

===30===
*[[Ranulph Bacon]], 81, British police officer, Inspector-General of Police of British Ceylon.
*[[Edgar Faure]], 79, French politician, lawyer and historian, Prime Minister of France.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmIYAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-1-55862-050-6|page=136}}</ref>
*[[John Clellon Holmes]], 62, American author, poet and professor, cancer.<ref>{{cite news |author1=John T. McQuiston |title=John Clellon Holmes, 62, Novelist And Poet of the Beat Generation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/31/obituaries/john-clellon-holmes-62-novelist-and-poet-of-the-beat-generation.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=17 April 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 March 1988 |page=B 11}}</ref>
*[[Jimmy McGuigan]], 64, Scottish footballer and manager.
*[[Doris Pawn]], 93, American silent-screen actress.
*[[Luis Ravaschino]], 85, Argentinian international footballer.
*[[Senerath Somaratne]], 58, Sri Lankan politician.

===31===
*[[Vincent Madeley Harris]], 74, American Roman Catholic bishop.
*[[William McMahon|Sir William McMahon]], 80, Australian politician, Prime Minister of Australia.<ref>{{cite book|title=Asia Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1A0PAQAAMAAJ|year=1989|publisher=Review Publishing Company|isbn=978-962-7010-33-3|page=254}}</ref>

==References==
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{{1980s deaths by month and year}}


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Latest revision as of 19:02, 17 April 2024

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 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.

March 1988[edit]

1[edit]

2[edit]

  • Raymond Hewitt, 47, American civil rights activist, leader of the Black Panther Party, heart attack.
  • Harry Lundahl, 82, Swedish international footballer and manager.
  • Thomas Vezzetti, 59–60, American politician, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey, heart attack.[3]

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4[edit]

5[edit]

6[edit]

  • Jeanne Aubert, 88, French singer and actress.
  • Mairéad Farrell, 31, member of Provisional Irish Republican Army, shot by British army.
  • Joan Hassall, 82, English wood engraver and book illustrator.
  • Daniel McCann, 30, member of Provisional Irish Republican Army, shot by British army.
  • Dick Ricketts, 54, American Major League baseballer and NBA basketballer, leukemia.
  • Seán Savage, 23, member of Provisional Irish Republican Army, shot by British army.

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8[edit]

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12[edit]

13[edit]

  • Dino Bovoli, 73, Italian footballer and coach.
  • Olive Carey, 92, American film and television actress.[17]
  • John Holmes, 43, American pornographic film actor, cardio-respiratory arrest and encephalitis due to AIDS.[18]
  • Patesko, 77, Brazilian international footballer.
  • Vladimir Sakson, 60, Soviet painter, book illustrator and stage designer.
  • Steno, 71, Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.

14[edit]

15[edit]

  • Ron Camm, 73, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
  • Chevene Bowers King, 64, American attorney and civil rights leader, prostate cancer.
  • Ruth Crosby Noble, 91, American author and herpetologist.[19]
  • Frank Perkins, 79, American song composer.
  • Dmitri Polyakov, 66, Ukrainian-Soviet operative and spy for the United States, executed by shooting.
  • William J. Porter, 73, British-American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Algeria, South Korea, Canada and Saudi Arabia, cancer.[20]
  • Victor Wickersham, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

16[edit]

17[edit]

18[edit]

19[edit]

20[edit]

  • Dick Bell, 74, Canadian politician, member of the Canadian Parliament.
  • Gil Evans, 75, Canadian-American jazz pianist, composer and bandleader, peritonitis from prostate surgery.[29]
  • Samuel W. Reynolds, 97, United States senator.
  • Agnes Wright Spring, 94, American journalist, writer and historian.

21[edit]

22[edit]

23[edit]

24[edit]

25[edit]

  • James J. Howard, 60, American educator and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives, heart attack.[32]
  • Robert Joffrey, 57, American dancer, teacher, producer and choreographer, organ failure.
  • Thomas William Lyons, 64, American Roman Catholic bishop, hepatitis from transfusion.
  • Al Schwartz, 77, American screenwriter, television producer and director, brother of Sherwood Schwartz.

26[edit]

  • Miguel Abuelo, 42, Argentine rock musician and singer, cardiac arrest.
  • Julian Pierce, 42, American lawyer and activist, murdered (body found on this date).

27[edit]

28[edit]

29[edit]

30[edit]

31[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Joe Besser, 80, od rhw 3 Stooges". The New York Times. March 2, 1988. p. A 20. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  2. ^ Steven Greenhouse, Special To the New York Times (March 3, 1988). "Jean Le Poulain, Actor, Dies at 63; Director of the Comedie Francaise". The New York Times. p. D 20. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "Thomas Vezzetti, 59, Hoboken Mayor, Dies". The New York Times. March 3, 1988. p. D 20. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  4. ^ Krajowa Agencja Informacyjna (Poland) (1988). Biuletyn informacyjny. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Lois Wilson, Actress of Stage, Television and Silent-Film Era". New York Times. Associated Press. March 10, 1988. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  6. ^ "James Peter Davis, Retired Archbishop, 83". The New York Times. March 8, 1988. p. D 31. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  7. ^ "Mathilde Pincus Dies; Music Supervisor, 71". The New York Times. March 8, 1988. p. D 31. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  8. ^ Bernard Jay (August 10, 1994). Not Simply Divine. Simon and Schuster. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-671-88467-3.
  9. ^ "Robert Livingston, 83, An Actor in 100 Films". The New York Times. March 10, 1988. p. D 22. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  10. ^ Glenn Fowler (March 11, 1988). "Milton Galamison, Leader in a Dispute Over the Schools, 65". The New York Times. p. D 18. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  11. ^ Wolfgang Saxon (March 10, 1988). "Kurt Kiesinger, 60's Bonn Leader And Former Nazi, Is Dead at 83". The New York Times. p. D 22. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  12. ^ Thomas Rogers (March 11, 1988). "Glenn Cunningham, 78, Premier Miler of 1930's". The New York Times. p. D 18. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  13. ^ "Gibb's Death Tied to Natural Causes". LA Times. UPI. March 12, 1988. Retrieved April 19, 2012.
  14. ^ Summary of World Broadcasts: The Far East. Part III. Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. 1988. pp. 7–10.
  15. ^ C. Gerald Fraser (March 13, 1988). "Romare Bearden, Collagist and Painter, Dies at 75". The New York Times. p. 1 36. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  16. ^ Maura Reynolds (March 13, 1988). "Bernard Rudofsky, 82, Architect And 'Outspoken' Social Analyst". The New York Times. p. 1 36. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  17. ^ "Olive Carey Dies at 92; Longtime Film Actress". The New York Times. March 17, 1988. p. B 10. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  18. ^ "John Holmes, 43, Dies; Was Star of Sex Films". The New York Times. March 15, 1988. p. B 8. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  19. ^ "Ruth Crosby Noble, Author, 91". The New York Times. March 31, 1988. p. B 11. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  20. ^ "William Porter, 73, U.S. Delegate At Vietnam Peace Talks, Is Dead". The New York Times. March 17, 1988. p. B 10. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  21. ^ Andrew Yarrow (March 19, 1988). "Paul Kohner, Hollywood Agent And Film Producer, Is Dead at 85". The New York Times. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  22. ^ "Dannie Richmond, 56, Drummer With Mingus". The New York Times. March 18, 1988. p. D 23. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  23. ^ Marvine Howe (March 20, 1988). "Gen. Bruce C. Clarke Dies at 86; Ex-Army Commander in Europe". The New York Times. p. 1 36. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  24. ^ "Roland Drew; Actor, 87". The New York Times. March 19, 1988. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  25. ^ "Billy Butterfield, 71, Big-Band Trumpeter On Shaw's 'Stardust'". The New York Times. March 19, 1988. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  26. ^ Paul Goldberger (March 22, 1988). "Reyner Banham, Architectural Critic, Dies at 66". The New York Times. p. B 5. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  27. ^ Ari L. Goldman (March 22, 1988). "Philip Birnbaum, 83, Author of Books For Jewish Liturgy". The New York Times. p. B 5. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  28. ^ "Suzy Frelinghuysen, Artist, Is Dead at 76". The New York Times. March 23, 1988. p. D 27. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  29. ^ Peter Watrous (March 22, 1988). "Gil Evans, a Key Jazz Composer And Orchestrator, Is Dead at 75". The New York Times. p. B 4. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  30. ^ Walter Sullivan (March 23, 1988). "Dr. Patrick Steptoe Is Dead at 74; Opened Era of 'Test Tube' Babies". The New York Times. p. D 27. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  31. ^ Jennifer A. Kingson (March 29, 1988). "Lester Rawlins, 63, Stage TV Actor; Won Tony for 'Da'". The New York Times. p. D 25. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  32. ^ Clifford D. May, Special To the New York Times (March 26, 1988). "James Howard, Congressman, Is Dead at 60". The New York Times. p. 1 38. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  33. ^ Hilton Hamann (2001). Days of the Generals. Zebra. p. 154. ISBN 978-1-86872-340-9.
  34. ^ The Annual Obituary. St. Martin's. 1988. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-55862-050-6.
  35. ^ John T. McQuiston (March 31, 1988). "John Clellon Holmes, 62, Novelist And Poet of the Beat Generation". The New York Times. p. B 11. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  36. ^ Asia Yearbook. Review Publishing Company. 1989. p. 254. ISBN 978-962-7010-33-3.
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