Deaths in February 1988
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The following is a list of notable deaths in February 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.
February 1988[edit]
1[edit]
- Marcel Bozzuffi, 58, French film actor.
- John Grist Brainerd, 83–84, American electrical engineer.[1]
- Jean Paul Guhel, 57, French ice dancer.
- Ted Hill, 72, Australian barrister, lawyer and communist activist.
- Thomas Francis Johnson, 78, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, car crash.
- Heather O'Rourke, 12, American child actress (Poltergeist), congenital stenosis of intestine.
- Stephen Taylor, 77, British physician, civil servant, politician and educator.
2[edit]
- Quamrul Hassan, 66, Bengali artist, heart attack.
- Normie Smith, 79, Canadian ice hockey player.
- G. Mennen Williams, 76, American politician, governor of Michigan, U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines.[2]
3[edit]
- Ronald Bladen, 69, Canadian-American painter and sculptor.[3]
- Robert Duncan, 69, American poet.[4]
- Radamés Gnattali, 82, Brazilian composer.
- René Massigli, 99, French diplomat.
- Michael Nott, 71, British Anglican priest.
- Jocko Thompson, 71, American Major League baseballer.
- Sewall Wright, 98, American geneticist, fall.[5]
4[edit]
- Frank Giacoia, 63, American comics artist.
- Dhamma Jagoda, 47, Sri Lankan theatre and television play director and actor.
- Krzysztof Sitkowski, 52, Polish basketballer and Olympian.
5[edit]
- Ove Arup, 92, English engineer, design engineer for Sydney Opera House.
- Dorothy Lewis Bernstein, 73, American mathematician.
- Stefan Dittrich, 75, German politician.
- Tommy Doyle, 72, Irish hurler.
- Clement Hurd, 80, American artist, Alzheimer's disease.
- Emeric Pressburger, 85, Hungarian-British film director and producer.[6]
6[edit]
- Gary Berland, 37, American professional poker player, blood disorder.
- Richard Bock, 61, American jazz record producer.
- Marghanita Laski, 72, English journalist, radio panelist and novelist, lung disease.[7]
- Nick Pietrosante, 50, American NFL footballer, prostate cancer.[8]
- Barclay Plager, 46, Canadian ice hockey player, brain cancer.[9]
- Carmen Polo, 87, Spanish wife of Francisco Franco.[10]
7[edit]
- Lin Carter, 57, American author of science fiction and fantasy.
- Ray Martin, 69, Austrian-British orchestra leader, cancer.
8[edit]
- Pietro Arcari, 78, Italian footballer.
- Dolores Camarillo, 77, Mexican film, television and theatre actress.
- Allan Cuthbertson, 67, Australian-British actor.
- Ralph Flanagan, 69, American swimmer and Olympic medalist.
- Alfréd Wetzler, 69, Austro-Hungarian–born Czechoslovakian writer.
- Helen Wood, 70, American film and radio actress.
9[edit]
- Kurt Herbert Adler, 69, Austrian-American conductor.
- Ermal Allen, 69, American NFL footballer, cancer.
- Henry Burrell, 83, Australian navy commander, Vice Admiral of Royal Australian Navy.
- Israel Nathan Herstein, 64, Polish-American mathematician, cancer.[11]
- Charles Moses, 88, British-Australian administrator, general manager of Australian Broadcasting Commission.
10[edit]
- Nat Cohen, 82, British film producer, heart attack.[12]
- Yuri Illichev, 60, Soviet coach of Iraq and Iceland national football teams.
- Don Patterson, 51, American jazz organist.
- Chaya Mushka Schneerson, 86, Russian-American wife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Jewish spiritual leader.
- Aram Ter-Ghevondyan, 59, Egyptian-Armenian historian.
11[edit]
- Marion Crawford, 78, Scottish governess to Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth.
- Frederick Easson, 82, Scottish Episcopal Church bishop.
- René Hall, 75, American guitarist, heart disease.
12[edit]
- Adolf Bieringer, 59, German politician, member of the Bundestag.
- Robert Coin, 86, French sculptor and engraver.
- Jacques Colombier, 86–87, French art director and film set designer.
13[edit]
- John Curulewski, 37, American musician, original member of Styx, brain aneurysm.
- Ron Embleton, 57, British illustrator and comics artist, heart attack.
- Léon Goossens, 90, English oboist.[13]
14[edit]
- Frederick Loewe, 86, German-American composer, cardiac arrest.[14]
- Cal Niday, 73, American racecar driver, heart attack.
- Lynette White, 20, Welsh murder victim.
- Slavko Zagorac, 78, Austro-Hungarian–born Yugoslav footballer and manager.
15[edit]
- Al Cohn, 62, American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer, liver cancer.[15]
- Richard Feynman, 69, American theoretical physicist, Nobel laureate in Physics, kidney failure.[16]
- Jay Leyda, 78, American filmmaker and film historian.[17]
- Gardiner Means, 91, American economist.
- Arthur Mizener, 80, American professor of English and literary critic.[18]
16[edit]
- Charles Delaunay, 77, French author and jazz expert, Parkinson's disease.[19]
- Vijaya Kumaratunga, 42, Sri Lankan actor, singer and politician, assassinated.
- Ye Shengtao, 93, Chinese writer, journalist, educator, publisher and politician.
- Oskar Skogly, 80, Norwegian trade unionist and politician, member of the Norwegian Parliament.
17[edit]
- John M. Allegro, 65, English archaeologist and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, heart attack.
- Alexander Bashlachev, 27, Soviet poet, singer-songwriter and guitarist, probable suicide.
- Yuri Ovchinnikov, 53, Soviet bio-organic chemist.
- Alain Savary, 69, French politician.[20]
- Karpoori Thakur, 64, Indian politician.
- Reginald Uren, 81, New Zealand architect.
18[edit]
- Mahmood-ul Hassan, 63, Pakistani hockey player and Olympian.
- Abderrahman Ibrir, 68, Algerian footballer and manager, drowning.
- Giovanni Savonuzzi, 77, Italian automobile designer.
19[edit]
- Isabel Bishop, 85, American painter and graphic artist.[21]
- René Char, 80, French poet, member of the French resistance, heart attack.[22]
- André Frédéric Cournand, 92, French-American physician, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine.[23]
- William W. Eagles, 93, American officer, Major General in the U.S. Army.[24]
- Walerian Kisieliński, 80, Polish international footballer.
- Walter Ohmsen, 76, German officer in the Kriegsmarine during World War II.
- S. V. Sahasranamam, 74, Indian actor and director, heart attack.
20[edit]
- Bob O'Farrell, 91, American Major League baseballer.
- Mildred Seydell, 98, American journalist.[25]
- Roger J. Williams, 94, American biochemist.[26]
- Jim Woods, American Major League baseball sportscaster, cancer.
21[edit]
- Angie Debo, 98, American historian.[27]
- Bert Lucas, 65, Australian rules footballer.
- Aidan McAnespie, 23, Irish murder victim.
- Aleksandar Tomašević, 79, Serbian international footballer and manager.
- Martin Winter, 32, East German rower and Olympic gold medalist.
22[edit]
- Edward Vaughan Bevan, 80, British rower and Olympic gold medalist.
- Albert Collier, 78, Australian rules footballer.
- Eugen Iordache, 65, Romanian international footballer and manager.
- Cecil Ramage, 93, Scottish barrister, actor and politician, Member of Parliament.
- Larry Shay, 90, American songwriter.[28]
23[edit]
- Pete Donohue, 87, American Major League baseballer.
- Jack Dugger, 65, American NFL footballer and NBL basketballer.
24[edit]
- Rose Coyle, 73, Miss America 1936.
- James H. Douglas Jr., 88, American lawyer, senior official in U.S. Government, Secretary of the Air Force, cancer.[29]
- Asoka Karunaratne, 72, Sri Lankan politician and philanthropist, heart attack.
- Loretta McNeil, 81, American sprinter and Olympic medalist.
- Mamdouh Salem, 69, Prime Minister of Egypt.[30]
- Memphis Slim, 72, American blues pianist, singer and composer, renal failure.[31]
- Bluma Zeigarnik, 87, Soviet psychologist.
25[edit]
- Bernard Ashmole, 93, British archaeologist and art historian.
- Louis Zhang Jiashu, 94, Chinese Catholic Jesuit priest.
- Kurt Mahler, 84, German mathematician.
- Peck Morrison, 68, American jazz bassist.
- Dori Seda, 37, American artist, influenza.
26[edit]
- Jaú, 78, Brazilian international footballer.
- Joseph Kiselewski, 87, American sculptor.
- Tom Oliver, 85, American Major League baseballer and rugby player.
- Satyawati Suleiman, 67, Indonesian historian and archaeologist.
27[edit]
- Basil Boothroyd, 77, English humorous writer.
- Michel-Louis Guérard des Lauriers, 89, French excommunicated Catholic bishop.
- Doug Holmquist, 46, American baseballer and Major League coach, heart attack.
- Franck Lavaud, 85, Haitian general and politician, President of Haiti.
- Gene de Paul, 68, American pianist, composer and songwriter.
- Kenneth Peach, 84, American cinematographer.
28[edit]
- Harvey Kuenn, 57, American Major League baseballer, complications from heart disease and diabetes.[32]
- Mikhail Naimy, 98, Lebanese poet, novelist and philosopher, pneumonia.[33]
- Asakazu Nakai, 86, Japanese cinematographer.
- Kylie Tennant, 75, Australian novelist, playwright, short-story writer, biographer, and historian.
29[edit]
- Robert H. Brower, 64, American professor of Far East Language and Literature.
- Beatriz Guido, 65, Argentinian novelist and screenwriter.
Unknown date[edit]
- Cyril Jackson, 84, South African astronomer.
- Émile Lachapelle, 82, Swiss rower and Olympic gold medalist.
- Lolette Payot, 77, Swiss-French tennis player.
- John Smith, 49, English footballer.
- Ethel Venton, 96–97, English secularist, councillor and animal welfare activist.
References[edit]
- ^ "John G. Brainerd, 83, Early Computer Expert". The New York Times. February 5, 1988. p. D 19. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ Wolfgang Saxon (February 3, 1988). "G. Mennen Williams, 76, Is Dead; Governor and Justice in Michigan". The New York Times. p. B 6. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ Grace Glueck (February 4, 1988). "Ronald Bladen, 69, Sculptor Famed for Stark, Poetic Images". The New York Times. p. B 16. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ Herbert Mitgang (February 4, 1988). "Robert Duncan, Poet and Author Of Works on the Creative Process". The New York Times. p. B 16. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ Glenn Fowler (March 4, 1988). "Sewall Wright, 98, Who Formed Mathematical Basis for Evolution". The New York Times. p. B 9. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ The Annual Obituary. St. Martin's. 1988. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-55862-050-6.
- ^ "Marghanita Laski, 72, An Author and Critic". The New York Times. February 9, 1988. p. D 31. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Nick Pietrosante; Football Player, 50". The New York Times. February 7, 1988. p. 1 44. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Barclay Plager; Hockey Player, 46". The New York Times. February 7, 1988. p. 1 44. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Estos serán los 18 compañeros de tumba de Franco en el cementerio de El Pardo". September 15, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
- ^ "Israel Nathan Herstein, Mathematician, 64". The New York Times. February 10, 1988. p. B 6. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Nat Cohen Dies at 82; British Film Executive". The New York Times. February 11, 1988. p. D 27. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ John Warrack, ‘Goossens, Léon Jean (1897–1988)’, rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39907, accessed 30 January 2008.
- ^ Steven Suskin (1992). Show Tunes, 1905-1991: The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers : Revised and Expanded. Limelight Editions. p. 364. ISBN 978-0-87910-146-6.
- ^ C. Gerald Fraser (February 17, 1988). "Al Cohn, 62, a Jazz Saxophonist, Arranger and Partner of Zoot Sims". The New York Times. p. D 26. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ James Gleick (February 17, 1988). "Richard Feynman Dead at 69; Leading Theoretical Physicist". The New York Times. p. A 1. Retrieved April 1, 2024.
- ^ Andrew L. Yarrow (February 18, 1988). "Jay Leyda, Film Historian, Writer And a Student of Sergei Eisenstein". The New York Times. p. B 10. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "ARTHUR MIZENER, FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF FITZGERALD AND CRITIC, DIES AT 80". The New York Times. February 14, 1988. p. 1 44. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Charles Delaunay, 77, Jazz Scholar in France". The New York Times. February 20, 1988. p. 1 10. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Alain Savary, 69, French Official Who Set Off Protests Over Schools". The New York Times. February 18, 1988. p. B 10. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ John Russell (February 22, 1988). "Isabel Bishop, Painter, Dies at 85; Work Celebrated Women's Lives". The New York Times. p. B 4. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ O. Classe (2000). Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L. Taylor & Francis. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-884964-36-7.
- ^ Terri M. Rooney (September 1997). Contemporary Authors. Gale. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7876-1183-5.
- ^ "William W. Eagles, Military Officer, 93". The New York Times. February 22, 1988. p. B 4. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Mildred Seydell; Journalist, 98". The New York Times. February 21, 1988. p. 1 38. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ Glenn Fowler (February 23, 1988). "Roger J. Williams Is Dead at 94; Biochemist and Nutrition Expert". The New York Times. p. D 30. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Angie Debo, Oklahoma Historian, 98". The New York Times. February 23, 1988. p. D 30. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Larry Shay, 90, Dies; Composer and Coach". The New York Times. February 24, 1988. p. D 26. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "James H. Douglas Jr. Dead at 88; Served Presidents and the Military". The New York Times. February 28, 1988. p. 1 36. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Mamdouh Salem, 70; Was Egyptian Premier". The New York Times. February 26, 1988. p. D 17. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Memphis Slim, Singer Of Blues, Is Dead at 72". The New York Times. February 27, 1988. p. 1 12. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Harvey Kuenn, 57, Ex-Manager Of Milwaukee Brewers, Is Dead". The New York Times. February 29, 1988. p. D 15. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "Mikhail Naimy Is Dead; Lebanese Poet Was 98". The New York Times. March 1, 1988. p. D 23. Retrieved April 17, 2024.