Deaths in December 1988

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The following is a list of notable deaths in December 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.

## December 1988

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### 1

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* Joseph Fall, 93, Canadian WWI flying ace.
* Martin Hinds, 47, British scholar of the Middle East, historiographer of early Islamic history.[1]
* Włodzimierz Mazur, 34, Polish international footballer (Zagłębie Sosnowiec, Poland).[2]
* J. Vernon McGee, 84, American Presbyterian minister and radio minister, heart failure.[3]
* John Strachan, 92, English cricketer and British Army officer.
* Gisle Straume, 71, Norwegian actor and theater director.

### 2

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* Karl-Heinz Bürger, 84, Nazi German member of the SS.
* Tata Giacobetti, 66, Italian singer and jazz musician (Quartetto Cetra).[4]
* Paul Lindemark Jørgensen, 72, Danish Olympic sailor (1960, 1968).
* Armand Niccolai, 77, American NFL player (Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers).
* Lloyd Rees, 93, Australian landscape painter.[5]
* Jim Sprigg, 92, Australian rules footballer.
* George Threlfall, 89, Australian rules footballer.

### 3

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* Panos Gavalas, 62, Greek singer.[6]
* John Maher, 48, American former child alcoholic and heroin addict, founded Delancey Street Foundation, pneumonia.[7]
* Johnny Paychek, 74, American boxer.[8]
* Erwin Sick, 79, German inventor and entrepreneur, heart attack.[9]
* Al Tasnady, 58, American NASCAR driver.
* Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, 87, Thai politician, Prime Minister of Thailand.

### 4

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* Osman Achmatowicz, 89, Polish chemist.[10]
* Gerd Arntz, 87, German artist (woodcuts).[11]
* Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry, 85, Pakistani nuclear physicist.
* Fernand Mourlot, 93, French director of Mourlot Studios.[12]
* Kola Onadipe, 66, Nigerian author of children's books (Sugar Girl), stroke.[13]
* Göran von Otter, 81, Swedish diplomat.
* Jangal Santhal, 62–63, Indian political activist.
* Sir David Trench, 73, British Army officer, Governor of Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.[14]
* Alberto Uría, 64, Uruguayan racing driver.
* Natale Vecchi, 71, Italian Olympic wrestler (1952).

### 5

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* Edwin Granberry, 91, American writer, novelist and translator.
* Winfield S. Harpe, 51, American pilot, general in the U.S. Air Force, air crash.[15]
* August Lenz, 78, German international footballer (Borussia Dortmund, Germany) and Olympian.[16]
* Erik Lundin, 84, Swedish chess master.[17]
* Anthony Marshall, 56, English cricketer.
* Teodor Parnicki, 79–80, Polish writer of historical novels.[18]
* T. V. Parthasarathi, 72, Indian cricketer.
* William Everett Potter, 83, American engineer and military officer, governor of the Panama Canal Zone, heart failure.[19]
* Dave Ryan, 65, American NFL player (Detroit Lions, Boston Yanks).

### 6

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* Yigal Cohen, 60, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1974-1988).
* Bill Harris, 63, American guitarist, pancreatic cancer.[20]
* Richard Lippi, 40, French Olympic rower (1968).
* Timothy Patrick Murphy, 29, American actor (Dallas), AIDS.[21]
* Roy Orbison, 52, American singer and songwriter (Pretty Woman, Only the Lonely, Crying), heart attack.[22]
* Charles Saxon, 68, American cartoonist (The New Yorker), heart failure.[23]
* George Shaw, 57, American Olympic triple jumper (1952, 1956).
* Veerendra, 40, Indian film actor and director.[24]

### 7

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* Christopher Connelly, 47, American actor (Peyton Place), lung cancer.[25]
* Josephine Groves Holloway, 90, American scouting leader.[26]
* Dorothy Jordan, 82, American actress, heart failure.[27]
* William George Juergens, 84, American district judge (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois).
* Ted Voigtlander, 75, American cinematographer.
* Mitsu Yashima, 80, Japanese-born American artist and children's book author.[28]

### 8

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* Ivan Bonar, 64, American actor (General Hospital).
* Jack Heal, 69, Australian rules footballer.
* John Joe McGirl, 67, Irish republican, Sinn Féin politician and Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army.[29]
* Andrew McKee, 86, British RAF officer.
* James Hargrove Meredith, 74, American district judge (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri).
* Gene Quill, 60, American jazz alto saxophonist.[30]
* Hellmuth Reymann, 96, Nazi German army officer, defender of Berlin.[31]
* Anne Seymour, 79, American film and television actress, heart failure.[32]
* Ludovico Silva, 50–51, Venezuelan poet and philosopher.[33]
* Ulanhu, 80, Chinese chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, vice president of People's Republic of China.[34]

### 9

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* Luke Archer, 89, American Negro Leagues baseball player.
* Wally Borrevik, 67, American basketball player.
* Rafael Calvo, 76, Spanish actor (Miracle of Marcelino).[35]
* Maria De Matteis, 90, Italian costume designer (War and Peace).
* Jean Degottex, 70, French abstract painter.
* Kainikkara Kumara Pillai, 88, Indian actor, short story writer and playwright.
* Ludmila Polesná, 54, Czechoslovakian Olympic slalom canoeist (1972).
* Irving W. Twiford, 90, American politician.[36]

### 10

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* Dennis Arundell, 90, British actor, director and composer of incidental music.[37]
* Richard S. Castellano, 55, American actor (Lovers and Other Strangers, The Godfather), heart attack.[38]
* Hans ten Houten, 72, Dutch Olympic rower (1936).
* Scott Johnson, 27, American student killed in Australia in a gay-hate attack.[39] (body found on this date)
* Johnny Lawrence, 77, English cricketer (Somerset, Lincolnshire).[40]
* Elizabeth Rawson, 54, British classical scholar (biography of Cicero).[41]
* Dorothy de Rothschild, 93, English philanthropist and activist for Jewish affairs.[42]
* Mari Szemes, 56, Hungarian actress.
* John Baker White, 86, English politician and amateur spy, Member of Parliament.[43]
* Lawrence Wien, 83, American lawyer and real estate investor, prostate cancer.[44]

### 11

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* Ronald Boyack, 81-82, Trinidadian cricketer.
* Kari Kairamo, 55, Finnish chairman and CEO of Nokia, suicide.[45]
* Wilhelm Petersén, 82, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player (1928, 1936).
* George Reed, 82, Welsh cricketer.
* Nagendra Singh, 74, Indian lawyer, President of the International Court of Justice, heart attack.[46]

### 12

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* Bill Bertani, 69, American Olympic soccer player (1948).
* K. K. Chen, 90, Chinese-born American scientist, pharmacological researcher at Eli Lilly and Company (ephedrine).[47]
* Dick Clair, 57, American television producer, actor and writer (It's a Living, The Facts of Life, Mama's Family), AIDS.
* Bruce Alan Davis, 40, American serial killer, suicide.
* June Tarpé Mills, 76, American comic book creator (Miss Fury).[48]
* Larry Moquin, 65, Canadian wrestler.
* Thomas Moynihan, 67, New Zealand cricketer.
* Henri Peyre, 87, French-born American linguist, heart failure.[49]
* Anthony Provenzano, 71, American mobster of the Genovese crime family, heart attack.[50]
* Joe Reichler, 73, American sports writer (Associated Press), cancer.[51]
* Rudolf Schündler, 82, German actor and director (The Exorcist), heart attack.[52]
* Stjepan Vrbančić, 88, Yugoslavian Olympic footballer (1924).
* Loudon Wainwright Jr., 63, American writer and columnist (The View from Here), colon cancer.[53]

### 13

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* Hans Fischer, 27, Brazilian cyclist and Olympian (1980, 1984), cardiac arrest.[54]
* Brynmor John, 54, British politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, heart attack.[55]
* María Teresa León, 85, Spanish writer.[56]
* Muhammad Mangundiprojo, 83, Indonesian soldier, revolutionary and civil servant.
* Bill Nichols, 70, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives (1973-1988), heart attack.[57]
* Fyodor Reshetnikov, 82, Soviet painter.[58]
* Maud von Rosen-Engberg, 86, Swedish sculptor.
* 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.[59]
* Roy Urquhart, 87, British army general.[60]

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* Dolf Benz, 80, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1928).
* Charlie T. Black, 87, American college basketballer.
* Narciso Busquets, 58, Mexican actor of theatre, film, television and radio.[61]
* Evald Schorm, 56, Czechoslovakian film and stage director, screenwriter and actor.[62]
* Jean Schramme, 59, Belgian planter, mercenary in Belgian Congo.
* Stuart Symington, 87, American businessman and politician, U.S. Secretary of the Air Force, heart failure.[63]
* Win Oo, 53, Burmese actor, singer and director, colorectal cancer.

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* Leonid Andrussow, 92, German chemical engineer (hydrogen cyanide).[64]
* Andrew James Wray Geddes, 82, Indian-born British Royal Air Force officer, led planning for Operation Manna.[65]
* Aksel Madsen, 89, Danish Olympic long-distance runner (1928).
* Muriel Martin-Harvey, 97, English stage actress.
* Ben Mayes, 43, American AFL player (Houston Oilers).
* Jean Sacha, 76, French film editor, screenwriter, and director.

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* Anna Jean Ayres, 68, American occupational therapist and educational psychologist, breast cancer.[66]
* Frank Bonham, 74, American author of Westerns and young adult novels.[67]
* John Cameron, 90, New Zealand cricketer.
* Tom Eastick, 88, Australian Army artillery officer during World War II.[68]
* Joe Hatten, 72, American Major League baseballer (Brooklyn Dodgers).[69]
* Hunter "Stork" Hendry, 93, Australian test cricketer.[70]
* Bob Kahle, 73, American MLB player (Boston Bees).
* Ryōhei Koiso, 85, Japanese artist.[71]
* Leonard Lindsay, 79, American Negro Leagues baseball player.
* Jim Meehan, 53, Australian rules footballer.
* Gisella Perl, 81, Hungarian gynecologist, helped women at Auschwitz concentration camp.[72]
* Babe Pratt, 72, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs), heart attack.[73]
* Sylvester, 41, American singer-songwriter, AIDS.[74]
* Poul Thomsen, 66, Danish film actor.
* Hartley Wood, 58, Australian cricketer.

### 17

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* Lies Aengenendt, 81, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1928).
* Jerry Hopper, 81, American film and television director, heart disease.[75]
* Jimmie Mattern, 83, American aviator.[76]
* Gisella Perl, 81, Hungarian-American gynecologist, providing assistance to prisoners at Auschwitz.[77]
* Pavel Soukeník, 26, Czechoslovakian Olympic sports shooter (1988).

### 18

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* R. Arumugam, 35, Malaysian international footballer (Selangor, Malaysia), car accident.[78]
* Niyazi Berkes, 80, Turkish Cypriot sociologist.[79]
* Ottó Boros, 59, Hungarian Olympic water polo player (1956, 1960, 1964).
* Wendell Butcher, 74, American NFL football player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
* Milt Gantenbein, 78, American NFL footballer (Green Bay Packers).[80]
* José González, 71, Mexican Olympic equestrian (1964).
* Paul Sievert, 93, German Olympic racewalker (1932).
* Ka. Naa. Subramanyam, 76, Indian writer and literary critic.[81]

### 19

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* Robert Bernstein, 69, American comic book writer, playwright and concert impresario ("Aquaman"), heart failure.[82]
* Lotta Dempsey, 83, Canadian journalist, editor and television personality.[83]
* Graham Higham, 60, Australian Olympic boxer (1948).
* Umashankar Joshi, 77, Indian poet and writer, lung cancer.[84]
* Fritz Schaumburg, 82, German Olympic middle-distance runner (1936).
* Ed Stofko, 68, American NFL player (Pittsburgh Steelers).
* Joseph Towles, 52, African American anthropologist and author, AIDS.[85]

### 20

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* Roger Goupillières, 92, French film director and screenwriter.
* Josef Heinen, 59, German Olympic sprinter (1952).
* B. Jayamma, 73, Indian actress and singer.[86]
* György Marik, 64, Hungarian international footballer (Vasas, Hungary).[87]
* Alphonse Ouimet, 80, Canadian television pioneer, president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, heart failure.[88]
* Max Robinson, 49, American broadcast journalist, co-anchor on ABC World News Tonight, AIDS.[89]
* Elizabeth Scott, 71, American mathematician specialising in statistics.[90]

### 21

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* Ursula Deinert, 78, German dancer and film actress.
* Eithne Dunne, 69, Irish actress.[91]
* Bruce Ferguson, 71, Australian army officer.
* Willie Kamm, 88, American Major League baseballer (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians), Parkinson's disease.[92]
* Philip Magnus, 82, British biographer.[93]
* Federico Moura, 37, Argentinian singer, songwriter and record producer, lead vocalist of Virus, AIDS.
* Aileen Palmer, 73, British-born Australian poet.[94]
* Curt Richter, 94, American biologist and geneticist (circadian rhythm).[95]
* Dave Ruhl, 68, Canadian professional wrestler.
* Merryle Rukeyser, 91, American financial columnist, heart failure.[96]
* Bob Steele, 81, American actor, heart failure.[97]
* Nikolaas Tinbergen, 81, Dutch biologist and ornithologist, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, stroke.[98]
* Venus Xtravaganza, 23, American transgender performer, strangled.[99]
* Notable people killed in the Lockerbie aeroplane disaster:
* Bernt Carlsson, 60, Swedish diplomat, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations.[100]
* Peter Dix, 35, Irish Olympic sailor (1976).[101]
* James Fuller, 50, American automobile executive (Volkswagen).[102]
* Matthew Gannon, 34, American CIA officer.[103]
* Paul Jeffreys, 36, English rock musician (Cockney Rebel).[104]

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* Marger Apsit, 79, American NFL player.
* Franziska Boas, 86, American dancer.[105]
* Jack Bowden, 72, Irish cricketer and field hockey player.
* Chico Mendes, 44, Brazilian trade union member and environmental activist, murdered.[106]
* Tom William Scott, 86, American general in the U.S. Air Force.[107]
* Tucker Smith, 52, American actor, dancer and singer (West Side Story), cancer.[108]
* Rexhai Surroi, 59, Yugoslav Albanian journalist, diplomat and writer, ambassador to five countries, car accident.[109]
* Wang Bingnan, 79–80, Chinese diplomat, ambassador to Poland.[110]

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* Gerhard Adler, 84, German analytical psychologist.[111]
* Elvin C. Drake, 85, American track and field coach, heart attack.[112]
* Alexandre Gelbert, 78, Swiss Olympic sailor (1936).
* Gerald Rush, 93, Australian rules footballer.
* Carlo Scorza, 91, Italian secretary of the National Fascist Party.[113]
* Ossi Teileri, 77, Finnish Olympic middle-distance runner (1936).
* Walt Uzdavinis, 77, American NFL player (Cleveland Rams).

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* Blanche Barrow, 77, American member of the Barrow Gang, lung cancer.[114]
* Whitney Bourne, 74, American actress (Head over Heels).[115]
* Mary Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, 93, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth II.
* Joe Kresky, 82, American NFL player (Philadelphia Eagles).
* Jainendra Kumar, 83, Indian writer.[116]
* Theyre Lee-Elliott, 85, English artist.[117]
* Evelyn Pinching, 73, British Olympic alpine skier (1936).
* Alfred M. Pride, 91, American admiral of the U.S. Navy, heart attack.[118]
* Noel Willman, 70, Irish-born American actor and theatre director (The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Odessa File), heart attack.[119]
* Mumon Yamada, 88, Japanese Rinzai religious leader.[120]

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* Bunny Bell, 77, English footballer (Tranmere Rovers, Everton).
* Jan Białostocki, 67, Polish art historian.[121]
* Terence Dudley, 69, British television director and producer for the BBC (Doctor Who, All Creatures Great and Small), cancer.[122]
* Cornelis Eecen, 90, Dutch Olympic rower (1924).
* Evgeny Golubev, 78, Soviet composer.[123]
* W. F. Grimes, 83, Welsh archaeologist.[124]
* Denis Matthews, 69, English pianist and musicologist, suicide.[125]
* John Ulric Nef, 89, American economic historian, co-founder of Committee on Social Thought.[126]
* Shōhei Ōoka, 79, Japanese novelist and translator of French literature.[127]
* Edward Pelham-Clinton, 68, English lepidopterist and military officer, Duke of Newcastle.[128]
* Cynthia Stone, 62, American actress.[129]
* Napoleon Andrew Tuiteleleapaga, 84, Samoan lawyer, author and musician, heart attack.[130]

### 26

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* Herluf Bidstrup, 76, Danish cartoonist (Land og Folk).[131]
* Jonatan Briel, 46, German director, screenplay author, and actor.
* Franco Ciampitti, 85, Italian writer.
* Anthony Gaeta, 61, American politician, Borough President of Staten Island, heart attack.[132]
* Evie Hayes, 76, American-born Australian actor and singer (Come Up Smiling, Annie Get Your Gun), heart attack.[133]
* Julanne Johnston, 88, American silent-screen actress (The Thief of Bagdad).[134]
* John Loder, 90, English-American film actor.[135]
* Glenn McCarthy, 81, American oil tycoon.[136]
* Vangaveeti Mohana Ranga, 41, Indian politician, member of the Indian National Congress, assassinated.[137]
* Gunnar Rosendal, 91, Swedish Lutheran priest.[138]
* Kinzō Shin, 78, Japanese stage and film actor.
* Charles Smith, 68, American actor (The Shop Around the Corner, The Major and the Minor).[139]
* Pablo Sorozábal, 91, Spanish composer.[140]
* Tao Zhiyue, 95–96, Chinese politician and general in the National Revolutionary Army.[141]

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* Hal Ashby, 59, American film director (Coming Home, Shampoo), pancreatic cancer.[142]
* Joseph Beam, 33, American gay rights activist, AIDS.[143]
* Roe Campbell, 88, American athlete and banking executive.
* Walter Crook, 76, English international footballer and manager (Blackburn Rovers, England).
* Jack Favor, 77, American rodeo performer, acquitted after serving time for murder, cancer.[144]
* Fox Harris, 52, American actor (Repo Man), lung cancer.[145]
* Henry de Menten de Horne, 92, Belgian Olympic equestrian (1936).
* Freda James, 77, British tennis player and Wimbledon Doubles champion.
* Vaso Katraki, 74, Greek painter and engraver.[146]
* Khin Kyi, 76, Burmese politician and diplomat, ambassador to India, stroke.[147]
* Donald Laycock, 51–52, Australian linguist and anthropologist (languages of Papua New Guinea).[148]
* C. J. McLin, 67, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives.[149]
* Jess Oppenheimer, 75, American radio and television writer and director (I Love Lucy), heart failure.[150]
* Tecwyn Roberts, 63, Welsh-born American spaceflight engineer, helped design NASA's Mission Control Center.[151]

### 28

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* Alberto Armando, 78, Argentinian businessman and football manager (Boca Juniors).
* Karlfried Graf Dürckheim, 92, German diplomat and psychotherapist.[152]
* George Harris, 84, English cricketer.
* Björn Kurtén, 64, Finnish vertebrate paleontologist.[153]
* François Laverne, 81, French Olympic sailor (1948).
* Charlotte Peters, 75, American television show host.[154]
* Wilhelm Schneider, 79, Polish Olympic pole vaulter (1936).

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* Émile Aillaud, 86, French architect (La Grande Borne).
* Mike Beuttler, 48, British Formula One driver, AIDS.[155]
* Maurie Gear, 54, Australian rules footballer.
* John Happenny, 87, American MLB player (Chicago White Sox).
* Carl J. Johnson, 59, American physician, whistleblower on effects of nuclear testing, complications following coronary bypass.[156]
* Earl Mossor, 63, American MLB player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
* Rita Rait-Kovaleva, 91, Soviet literary translator and writer, translator of The Catcher in the Rye into Russian.[157]
* Yngve Viebke, 76, Swedish Olympic equestrian (1960).

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* Jan Baalsrud, 71, Norwegian Resistance commando.[158]
* William T. Beeks, 82, American district judge.
* Faber Birren, 88, American writer, consultant on colour theory, stroke.[159]
* Yuli Daniel, 63, Soviet writer and dissident (Sinyavsky–Daniel trial), stroke.[160]
* Takeo Fujisawa, 78, Japanese businessman, co-founder of Honda Motor Co., heart attack.[161]
* André Germain, 85, French cinematographer.
* Dennis H. Klatt, 50, American researcher in speech and hearing science, cancer.[162]
* Ernesto Lazzatti, 73, Argentinian international footballer (Boca Juniors, Argentina).[163]
* Isamu Noguchi, 84, American artist and landscape architect, heart failure.[164]
* Nikolai Sologubov, 64, Russian ice hockey player and Olympic gold medalist.[165]

### 31

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* Yara Amaral, 52, Brazilian actress (Mulher Objeto), heart attack from drowning.[166]
* Christopher Andrewes, 92, British virologist who discovered the human influenza A virus.[167]
* Ahmet Arvasi, 56, Turkish writer and philosopher.[168]
* Oliver L. Austin, 85, American ornithologist.[169]
* Nicolas Calas, 81, Greek-American poet and art critic, heart failure.[170]
* Wes Flowers, 75, American MLB player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
* Loel Guinness, 82, British politician, Member of Parliament, heart disease.[171]
* Franciszek Pytel, 70, Polish footballer.
* Alfred Thommesen, 74, Norwegian politician.

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* Charles Ganimian, 61–62, American musician and singer.[172]

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71. ^ Ryohei Koiso. Olympedia.com. Retrieved 18 Jun 2024.
72. ^ 'Angel of Auschwitz' dies. Trove (The Australian Jewish Times, 1988). Retrieved 1 Jul 2024.
73. ^ Babe Pratt, 72, a Former Ranger And Hall of Fame Member, Dies. New York Times. Retrieved 2 Jul 2024.
74. ^ Sylvester, Singer and Entertainer, Dies at 42. New York Times. Retrieved 11 Jul 2024.
75. ^ Jerry Hopper, Film and TV Director, Dies at Age 81. L.A. Times. Retrieved 13 Jun 2024.
76. ^ Aviation Hall of Famer Jimmie Mattern Dies at 83. The Oklahoman. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024.
77. ^ Gisella Perl. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
78. ^ The Straits Times, 19 December 1988. Newspapers SG (The Straits Times). Retrieved 26 May 2024.
79. ^ Niyazi Berkes. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
80. ^ Milt Gantenbein. Green Bay Packers. Retrieved 11 Jun 2024.
81. ^ எழுத்துக் கவிஞர்கள் (Literary Poets). Wayback Machine (www.thamizhstudio.com - in Tamil). Retrieved 11 Jul 2024.
82. ^ "Robert Bernstein, 69; Founded Music Series". The New York Times. December 22, 1988. p. D 23. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
83. ^ Lotta Dempsey
84. ^ Umashankar Joshi: The Star of the Dark Night. Jstor. Retrieved 15 Jun 2024.
85. ^ In Memoriam: Joseph A. Towles. Anthropology and Humanism Quarterly, 1989. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
86. ^ "Obituary: B. Jayamma". The Indian Express. December 21, 1988. p. 10.
87. ^ György Marik (Player). National Football Teams. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024.
88. ^ "Alphonse Ouimet, Broadcaster, 80". The New York Times. December 22, 1988. p. D 23. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
89. ^ 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.
90. ^ Elizabeth Leonard Scott, Statistics: Berkeley. Online Archive of California. Retrieved 6 Jul 2024.
91. ^ Dunne, Eithne. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 6 Jun 2024.
92. ^ "Willie Kamm, Baseball Player, 88". The New York Times. December 24, 1988. p. 1 32. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
93. ^ Magnus [later Magnus-Allcroft], Sir Philip Montefiore, second baronet. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (year of death only). Retrieved 21 Jun 2024.
94. ^ Aileen Yvonne Palmer (1915–1988). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 Jun 2024.
95. ^ Curt Richter, Credited With Idea Of Biological Clock, Is Dead at 94. New York Times. Retrieved 3 Jul 2024.
96. ^ Merryle S. Rukeyser, Financial Columnist And an Editor, 91. New York Times. Retrieved 4 Jul 2024.
97. ^ "Bob Steele, 82, Actor In 'F Troop' and Films". The New York Times. December 23, 1988. p. A 28. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
98. ^ Nikolaas Tinbergen, 81, Zoologist And Nobel Winner for Medicine. New York Times. Retrieved 9 Jul 2024.
99. ^ ‘I’m Your Venus’ Explores the Life of Murdered Trans Woman Venus Xtravaganza. Rolling Stone (year of death only). Retrieved 17 Jul 2024.
100. ^ Lost on Flight 103: A Hero to the Wretched of the World. L.A. Times. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
101. ^ Pan Am Flight 103's victims: A list of those killed 25 years ago. syracuse.com. Retrieved 5 Jun 2024.
102. ^ James Ralph Fuller. Pan Am 103 Lockerbie Legacy Foundation. Retrieved 9 Jun 2024.
103. ^ Matthew Kevin Gannon. Pan Am 103 Lockerbie Legacy Foundation. Retrieved 11 Jun 2024.
104. ^ Paul Avron Jeffreys. Pan Am 103 Lockerbie Legacy Foundation. Retrieved 15 Jun 2024.
105. ^ Franziska Boas Collection. Library of Congress (must apply for access). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
106. ^ Brazil salutes Chico Mendes 25 years after his murder. The Guardian. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024.
107. ^ Tom William Scott, Air Force General, 86. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024.
108. ^ Tucker Smith; Career Began in ‘West Side Story’. L.A. Times. Retrieved 8 Jul 2024.
109. ^ Yugoslav Envoy Dies in Car Crash in Spain. L.A. Times. Retrieved 11 Jul 2024.
110. ^ Telegram from the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries advising of the death of Wang Bingnan and related documents, 1988-12-24 - 1989-01-20, GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/15/191. Needham Research Institute. https://archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk/repositories/21/archival_objects/332638 Accessed July 15, 2024.
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112. ^ Ducky Drake, Father of UCLA Athletics, Dies. L.A. Times. Retrieved 6 Jun 2024.
113. ^ Carlo Scorza, 91, Dies; Wartime Fascist Chief. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024.
114. ^ Gravestone: Iva Bennie 'Blanche' Caldwell Frasure 24.12.88. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
115. ^ Whitney Bourne. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
116. ^ Jainendra Kumar. Daily Asian Age. Retrieved 19 Jun 2024.
117. ^ Theyre Lee-Elliott. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
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119. ^ 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.
120. ^ 山田無文 Yamada Mumon (1900-1988)
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123. ^ Evgeny Golubev. WorldCat. Retrieved 27 Oct 2024.
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127. ^ Ōoka Shōhei. Britannica. Retrieved 30 Jun 2024.
128. ^ Biography of Edward Charles Pelham-Clinton, 10th Duke of Newcastle (1920-1988). University of Nottingham. Retrieved 28 Jun 2024.
129. ^ Obituary for Cynthia Stone McDougal. Newspapers.com (The Miami Herald). Retrieved 10 Jul 2024.
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