Deaths in June 1988
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The following is a list of notable deaths in June 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.
June 1988[edit]
1[edit]
- Leon Belasco, 85, Russian-American actor and musician.[1]
- Herbert Feigl, 85, Austrian-American philosopher, cancer.
- Peter Hurkos, 77, Dutch-American who claimed psychic powers.[2]
- Ricky May, 44, New Zealand-Australian jazz singer and musician, heart attack.
2[edit]
- Iosif Grigulevich, 75, Soviet secret police operative.
- Fred Halstead, 61, American Socialist Workers Party candidate for President of the United States.[3]
- Horace Hildreth, 85, American politician and diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan, heart attack.[4]
- Raj Kapoor, 63, Indian actor, producer and director, asthma.[5]
- Annette Poivre, 70, French stage and film actress.
3[edit]
- Anna Mahler, 85, Austrian-sculptor.
- Davey Moore, 28, American professional boxer, asphyxia from being pinned under vehicle.[6]
- Brian Spencer, 38, Canadian NHL ice hockey player, shot in drug-related robbery.
4[edit]
- Majnun Gorakhpuri, 84, Pakistani short story writer, poet and literary critic.
- Ed Matesic, 80, American NFL football player.
- Sir Douglas Nicholls, 81, Australian pastor, campaigner for aboriginal reconciliation, Governor of South Australia.
- Renzo Palmer, 57, Italian film, television and stage actor, cancer.
- Allan Reuss, 72, American jazz guitarist.
5[edit]
- Brian Ashby, 64, New Zealand Catholic Bishop of Christchurch, cancer.
- Michael Barrington, 63, British actor, heart attack.
- Robert Dudley Edwards, 79, Irish historian.
- James H. Gildea, 97, American politician, newspaperman and member of the U.S. House of Representatives.[7]
- Roland Ritchie, 77, Canadian lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
6[edit]
- Thomas DiBella, 82, American mobster of the Colombo crime family.
- John Jordan, 58, Irish poet and short-story writer.
7[edit]
- John Kerns, 65, Canadian football player, heart attack.
8[edit]
- Russell Harty, 53, English television presenter of arts programs and chat shows, liver failure caused by hepatitis.[8]
- Roger Lyndon, 70, American mathematician.
- Chuck Roberson, 69, American actor and stuntman, cancer.
9[edit]
- Newt Allen, 87, American Negro League baseballer.
- Rashid Behbudov, 73, Azerbaijani singer and actor.
10[edit]
- Arthur Gary Bishop, 35, American convicted sex offender and serial killer, executed by lethal injection.
- Louis L'Amour, 80, American novelist and short story writer, lung cancer (non-smoker).[9]
- Willie Ross, 77, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland, cancer.
- Henryk Stażewski, 94, Polish painter, visual artist and writer.
- Josep Tarradellas, 89, Spanish politician, President of the Government of Catalonia.[10]
11[edit]
- Mike Clancy, 63, American professional wrestler.
- Ernani Cuenco, 52, Filipino composer, film scorer and musical director.
- Nick O'Donnell, 62, Irish hurler.
- Lee Priester, 85, American Olympic javelin thrower.
- Giuseppe Saragat, 89, Italian politician, President of Italy.[11]
- Marianne Van Hirtum, 52, Belgian author.
12[edit]
- Georg Hochgesang, 90, German international footballer.
- Gennadi Krasnitsky, 47, Uzbekistani international footballer, suicide by jumping.
- Marcel Poot, 87, Belgian composer, professor and musician.
- Franz Zingerle, 79, Austrian alpine skier and world champion.
13[edit]
- Lucien Cardin, 69, Canadian lawyer, judge and politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada.[12]
- Emil Telmányi, 95, Hungarian-violinist.
14[edit]
- Robert R. Barry, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Johnny Farrell, 87, American golfer, U.S. Open winner, stroke.[13]
15[edit]
- Frank A. Beach, 77, American ethologist and author.
- Hans Blöcker, 90, German politician, member of the German Bundestag.
- Hall Haynes, 59, American NFL footballer.
- Floyd J. McCree, 65, American politician.
- Robert Seymour, appr. 33, Northern Irish loyalist, shot.
- George Ward, 80, British politician, Secretary of State for Air.
16[edit]
- Kim Milford, 37, American actor, singer-songwriter and composer, complications following open heart surgery.
- Andrea Pazienza, 32, Italian comics artist and painter, heroin overdose.
- Miguel Piñero, 41, Puerto Rican–born American playwright and actor, cirrhosis.
17[edit]
- Elizabeth Lane, 82, English barrister and judge.
18[edit]
- Archie Cochrane, 79, Scottish physician.
- Wilford Leach, 58, American theatre director, set designer, film director and screenwriter, AIDS-related stomach cancer.[14]
- Sallie Martin, 92, American gospel singer.[15]
- E. Hoffmann Price, 89, American writer of popular fiction.
19[edit]
- M. Ajmal, 78, Indian-Pakistani actor.
- Marie Logoreci, 67, Albanian film and stage actress.
- Teru Shimada, 82, Japanese-American actor.
- Gladys Spellman, 70, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, complications from coma.[16]
20[edit]
- Alex Bein, 85, German-Jewish historian and zionist historiographer.[17]
- Aracy de Almeida, 73, Brazilian singer, heart attack.[18]
21[edit]
- John Duncan Sr., 69, American attorney and politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives, cancer.[19]
- George Ivașcu, 76, Romanian journalist, literary critic and communist militant.
- Tella Kitchen, 86, American folk artist.
- Sverre Riisnæs, 90, Norwegian jurist and public prosecutor.
- T. E. Utley, 67, British journalist and writer.
22[edit]
- Jesse Ed Davis, 43, American guitarist, drug overdose.
- Dennis Day, 72, American actor, comedian and singer.[20]
- Hank Edwards, 69, American Major League baseballer.
- Bramwell Fletcher, 84, English stage, film and television actor.[21]
- Rose Franken, 92, American writer and playwright.
- Pieter Grobbelaar, 79, South African military commander, Commandant General of South African Defence Force.
- Perry Jackson, 68, American NFL football player.
- Jep Lacoste, 66, French rugby league coach.
- Leonard Matlovich, 44, American Vietnam War veteran, first gay service member to out himself to military, HIV.
- Howard Mitchell, 77, American cellist and conductor.[22]
- Burrill Phillips, 80, American composer and pianist, complications after heart attack.
- Stuart Randall, 78, American actor of film and television.
23[edit]
- Andrei Glanzmann, 81, Romanian international footballer.
- Dragan Godžić, 61, Serbian basketballer and coach.
- Sid Handleman, 67, Canadian politician, member of Legislative Assembly of Ontario, heart attack.
- Henry Murray, 95, American psychologist, pneumonia.
- Liang Shuming, 94, Chinese philosopher, politician and writer.
24[edit]
- Mihai Beniuc, 80, Romanian poet, dramatist and novelist.
- Tex Leyendecker, 82, American NFL footballer.
25[edit]
- Jean Boffety, 63, French cinematographer.
- Șerban Cioculescu, 85, Romanian literary critic, literary historian and columnist.
- Mildred Gillars, 87, American broadcaster employed by Nazi Germany, convicted of treason against U.S.A, colon cancer.
- Neville Pickering, 64, New Zealand politician, member of New Zealand Parliament.
- Hillel Slovak, 26, Israeli-American musician, guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, overdose .
- Jimmy Soul, 45, American vocalist, heart attack.
26[edit]
- Hans Urs von Balthasar, 82, Swiss theologian and Catholic priest.[23]
- Hugh Bartlett, 73, English cricketer.
- Ludovik Jakova, 66, Albanian footballer and coach of Albanian national football team.
- Herb Mobberley, 83, Canadian football player.
- Yves Pratte, 63, Canadian lawyer and jurist, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, heart attack.
27[edit]
- Léonie Adams, 88, American poet.
- John Groth, 80, American illustrator.[24]
- Robert Margerit, 78, French journalist and writer.
- Aparicio Méndez, 83, Uruguayan lawyer, President of Uruguay.[25]
- R. Muttusamy, 62, Sri Lankan music director and singer.
- José Ignacio Palma, 78, Chilean engineer and politician.
- Heinz Rehfuss, 71, Swiss-American operatic bass-baritone.[26]
- Homi J. H. Taleyarkhan, 85–86, Indian Congress politician, Governor of Sikkim.
- Louis Versyp, 79, Belgian international footballer and manager, Olympian.
28[edit]
- Iris Origo, 85, English-Italian biographer and writer.
- Kurt Raab, 46, West German stage and film actor, screenwriter and playwright, complications from AIDS.
29[edit]
- Tengku Ampuan Afzan, 55, Malaysian Queen consort of Pahang, cancer.
- John Peet, 72–73, British journalist who defected to East Germany.
- Franciszka Themerson, 81, Polish-British painter, illustrator, filmmaker and stage designer.
- Albert Trueman, 86, American-Canadian teacher, professor and university administrator.
30[edit]
- Alan W. Bishop, 68, British geotechnical engineer and academic.
- Jan de Boer, 89, Dutch international footballer.
- Chacrinha, 70, Brazilian comedian, radio and TV personality, heart attack.
- A. S. Nair, 57, Indian painter, illustrator and cartoonist.
- Bill Ramsay, 60, Australian middle-distance runner and Olympian.
- Suthi Veerabhadra Rao, 41, Indian film actor, heart attack.
Unknown date[edit]
- Michael Barry, 78, British television producer and director.
- Dave Crawford, 44, American R&B musician, songwriter, radio personality and record producer, murdered.
References[edit]
- ^ "Leon Belasco, Actor, 85". The New York Times. June 13, 1988. p. D 12. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Peter Hurkos, 77, a Psychic Used by Police". The New York Times. June 2, 1988. p. D 26. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Fred Halstead, Trotskyist Leader, Dies at 61". The New York Times. June 4, 1988. p. 1 35. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Horace Hildreth, 85, Ex-Governor of Maine". The New York Times. June 3, 1988. p. A 19. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ Ritu Nanda; Rāja Kapūra (2002). Raj Kapoor Speaks. Penguin Books India. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-670-04952-3.
- ^ "Davey Moore, 28, Is Dead in Accident; Held Boxing Title". The New York Times. June 5, 1988. p. 1 36. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "James H. Gildea, Ex-Congressman, 97". The New York Times. June 7, 1988. p. D 26. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Russell Harty, Talk-Show Host, 54". The New York Times. June 9, 1988. p. B 14. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ Robert L. Gale (1992). Louis L'Amour. Twayne Publishers. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8057-7649-2.
- ^ Steven Erlanger (June 13, 1988). "Josep Tarradellas, 89, a Leader In the Fight for Catalan Autonomy". The New York Times. p. D 12. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ Vespa, Bruno (October 7, 2010). L'amore e il potere. Edizioni Mondadori. ISBN 9788852012037. Retrieved August 14, 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Lucien Cardin Is Dead; Canadian Aide Was 69". The New York Times. June 15, 1988. p. D 30. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Johnny Farrell, Hall of Fame Golfer, 87". The New York Times. June 16, 1988. p. D 26. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ James Barron (June 21, 1988). "Wilford Leach, Theater Director And Papp Associate, Dies at 59". The New York Times. p. A 22. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Sallie Martin, Singer, 92". The New York Times. June 22, 1988. p. D 31. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Ex-Rep. Gladys N. Spellman Dies After Being in Coma for 8 Years". The New York Times. June 20, 1988. p. D 11. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Alex Bein - Library of Congress". id.loc.gov. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Aracy de Almeida". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "TENNESSEAN SEVED 24 YEARS IN CONGRESS". The New York Times. June 23, 1988. p. D 27. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ Wolfgang Saxon (June 24, 1988). "DENNIS DAY, 71, THE IRISH TENOR AND COMIC FOIL FOR JACK BENNY". The New York Times. p. D 17. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ Leslie Bennetts (June 24, 1988). "BRAMWELL FLETCHER". The New York Times. p. D 17. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ "Howard Mitchell, 77, Cellist and Conductor". The New York Times. June 23, 1988. p. D 27. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ John L. Allen (2000). Cardinal Ratzinger: The Vatican's Enforcer of the Faith. Continuum. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-8264-1265-2.
- ^ "John Groth Dies at 80; Illustrator and Teacher". The New York Times. June 30, 1988. p. A 21. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
- ^ The New York Times Biographical Service. New York Times & Arno Press. 1988. p. 756.
- ^ "Heinz Rehfuss, Singer And Music Teacher, 71". The New York Times. July 9, 1988. p. 1 33. Retrieved April 16, 2024.