Deaths in June 1988

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

1 Belve Bean, 83, American MLB player (Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators). Leon Belasco, 85, Russian-American actor (My Sister Eileen) and musician. Herbert Feigl, 85, Austrian-American philosopher (nomological danglers), cancer.Herbert Feigl papers. University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Retrieved 7 Jun 2024. Luis Franco, 89, Argentinian essayist and poet.La hembra humana / Luis Franco. National Library of Australia (year of death only). Retrieved 9 Jun 2024. Peter Hurkos, 77, Dutch-American who claimed psychic powers, heart attack. Ricky May, 44, New Zealand-born Australian jazz singer and musician, heart attack.Ricky May; Australian Jazz Singer. L.A. Times. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024. Victor Willing, 60, British painter of nudes, multiple sclerosis.Secret histories. The Guardian (year of death only). Retrieved 16 Jul 2024.

2 Iosif Grigulevich, 75, Soviet secret police operative.Joseph Grigulevich: A Tale of Identity, Soviet Espionage, and Storytelling. Brill.com (year of death only). Retrieved 10 Jun 2024. Fred Halstead, 61, American Socialist Workers Party candidate for President of the United States, liver cancer. Horace Hildreth, 85, American politician and diplomat, ambassador to Pakistan, heart attack. Raj Kapoor, 63, Indian actor, producer and director (Awaara), asthma.Raj Kapoor, Top Indian Film Star, Is Dead at 64. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Jul 2024. Nigel Tangye, 79, British airman, novelist and journalist, worked for MI5.Nigel Tangye. WorldCat. Retrieved 28 Oct 2024. Eero Tuomaala, 61, Finnish Olympic long-distance runner (1952).

3 Alexandre Bennigsen, 75, Soviet scholar of Islam.Alexandre A. Bennigsen. Biblical Studies.org.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2024. Kitty Canutt, 88, American professional bronc rider. Lawrence Coombes, 89, British-Australian aeronautical engineer and WWI flying ace. William Englefield, 70, Australian cricketer. Anna Mahler, 85, Austrian-born English sculptor, daughter of Gustav Mahler.Obituaries : Anna Mahler; Sculptor Known for Larger-Than-Life Figures. L.A. Times. Retrieved 21 Jun 2024. Davey Moore, 28, American professional boxer, asphyxia from being pinned under vehicle. Jessica Nelson North, 96, American writer and poet.MacDonald, Jessica N.. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 28 Jun 2024. Brian Spencer, 38, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders), shot in robbery.Ex-NHL Player, Brian Spencer, Is Shot and Killed in Florida. L.A. Times. Retrieved 9 Jul 2024. Arie Vooren, 65, Dutch racing cyclist. Carl Wagener, 86, Nazi German army general, Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient.Wagener, Carl. Traces of War. Retrieved 28 Oct 2024.

4 Majnun Gorakhpuri, 84, Pakistani short story writer, poet and literary critic.Majnoon Gorakhpuri. Rekhta.org. Retrieved 10 Jun 2024. Floyd Miller, 76, American member of the Communist Party USA.Floyd C Miller obituary. Newspapers.com (The Journal News). Retrieved 24 Jun 2024. Douglas Nicholls, 81, Australian pastor, campaigner for aboriginal reconciliation, Governor of South Australia.Obituary - Sir Douglas Ralph (Doug) Nicholls (1906–1988). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 28 Jun 2024. Renzo Palmer, 57, Italian film, television and stage actor, cancer.Renzo Palmer, born on December 20, 1930 in Milan, Lombardia, ITA, died in 1988. The Population Project. Retrieved 30 Jun 2024. Allan Reuss, 72, American jazz guitarist and composer ("More and More").Allan Reuss. WorldCat. Retrieved 28 Oct 2024.

5 Michael Barrington, 63, British actor (Porridge, Edward the Seventh), heart attack. Robert Dudley Edwards, 79, Irish historian.Edwards, Robert (‘Robin’) Walter Dudley. Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 6 Jun 2024. James H. Gildea, 97, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1935–1939). Josef Lebeda, 76, Austrian footballer. Alberto Martijena, 81, Argentine Olympic sports shooter (1956). Vilim Messner, 84, Croatian Olympic javelin thrower (1928). Clarence M. Pendleton Jr., 57, American chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, heart attack.Clarence M. Pendleton, 57, Dies; Head of Civil Rights Commission. New York Times. Retrieved 30 Jun 2024. Roland Ritchie, 77, Canadian lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Roland A. Ritchie. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 3 Jul 2024. Dan Webster, 76, American Negro Leagues baseball player.

6 Thomas DiBella, 82, American mobster of the Colombo crime family. Gheorghe Eminescu, 98, Romanian historian, respiratory infection. Chandra Fernando, 46, Sri Lankan priest, assassinated.'They have killed so many people' – 1988 interview with Father Chandra Fernando. Tamil Guardian (death year only). Retrieved 7 Jun 2024. John Jordan, 58, Irish poet and short-story writer.In Memoriam John Jordan. Jstor. Retrieved 15 Jun 2024. Jacques Le Roy Ladurie, 86, French politician, Minister of Agriculture, member of the French Resistance.Jacques, Jules, Marie, Joseph Le Roy Ladurie. Assemblée nationale (in French). Retrieved 19 Jun 2024. Lê Thị Lựu, 77, Vietnamese painter. Jacques Ledoux, 66–67, Belgian cinema specialist, curator of the Royal Film Archive of Belgium.Jacques Ledoux: 1921-88. JSTOR. Retrieved 20 Jun 2024. Joe Partridge, 55, Rhodesian cricketer (South Africa).Joe Partidge. Wisden Obituary. Retrieved 30 Jun 2024.

7 Martin Sommer, 73, Nazi German SS Hauptscharführer, the "Hangman of Buchenwald".Martin Sommer. WorldCat. Retrieved 28 Oct 2024. Vernon Washington, 64, American actor (The Last Starfighter, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning).Gravestone: Samuel Vernon Washington 7.6.88 (Long Island National Cemetery). Retrieved 28 Oct 2024. William H. Wood, 87, American football player and coach (Army Cadets).

8 Walt Chipple, 69, American MLB player (Washington Senators). Russell Harty, 53, English television talk show host, liver failure caused by hepatitis. Yvonne Hubert, 93, Belgian-born Canadian pianist.Yvonne Hubert. The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 Jun 2024. Roger Lyndon, 70, American mathematician (Lyndon words, Craig-Lyndon interpolation).Combinatorial Group Theory (biography on page 2). LaBRI - Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique (Springer). Retrieved 21 Jun 2024. Eli Mintz, 83, Austro-Hungarian–born American actor (All My Children), pneumonia.Eli Mintz, Stage and Film Actor And Uncle David in 'Goldbergs'. New York Times. Retrieved 25 Jun 2024. Philippe Nguyễn Kim Điền, 67, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Huế.Archbishop Philippe Nguyen Kim Dien, 67. New York Times. Retrieved 28 Jun 2024. Chuck Roberson, 69, American actor and stuntman, cancer.Obituaries : Veteran Stunt Man C.H. Roberson, 69. L.A. Times. Retrieved 3 Jul 2024.

9 Newt Allen, 87, American Negro League baseball player (Kansas City Monarchs).Newt Allen. MLB.com. Retrieved 23 Sep 2024. Eric Cormack, 83, Australian rules footballer. Leon Falk Jr., 86, American steel company executive (Falk Laboratory School), stroke.Leon Falk, Executive, Dies at 86. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Jun 2024. Karl Kraus, 50, German theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics), cancer.In memoriam Karl Kraus (1938 - 1988). Online Publication Service of Würzburg University. Retrieved 18 Jun 2024. Cyril Magnin, 88, American businessman, chief executive of Joseph Magnin, cardiac failure.Cyril Issac Magnin, 88, Ex-Head Of Store Chain and Patron of Arts. New York Times. Retrieved 21 Jun 2024. Ferdynand Zweig, 91, Polish sociologist and economist."Dr Ferdynand Zweig", The Times (London), 13 June 1988, p. 18.

10 Byron G. Allen, 86, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives.Representative Byron G. Allen. The Iowa Legislature. Retrieved 25 May 2024. Arthur Gary Bishop, 35, American convicted sex offender and serial killer, executed.Slayer of Five Boys Is Executed in Utah By Injection of Drugs. New York Times. Retrieved 29 May 2024. Rudolph Dunbar, 80, Guyanese conductor, clarinetist and composer, cancer.Rudolph Dunbar obit The Guardian 07-07-88. Newspapers.com (The Guardian). Retrieved 6 Jun 2024. Louis L'Amour, 80, American novelist (Last of the Breed, Shalako), lung cancer (non-smoker).Louis L'Amour, Writer, Is Dead; Famed Chronicler of West Was 80. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Jul 2024. Willie Ross, 77, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland, cancer.Willie Ross Baron Ross of Marnock. University of Glasgow. Retrieved 3 Jul 2024. Henryk Stażewski, 94, Polish painter, visual artist and writer.Henryk Stażewski. Britannica. Retrieved 9 Jul 2024. Josep Tarradellas, 89, Spanish politician, President of the Government of Catalonia, chronic lung ailment.

11 Mike Clancy (Christopher J. Clancy), 63, American professional wrestler, NWA World Junior Heavyweight champion.Gravestone: Christopher J 'Mike' Clancy 11.6.88. Calvary Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Retrieved 28 Oct 2024. Nathan Cook, 38, American actor (Hotel), allergic reaction to penicillin.Obituaries: Nathan Cook; TV Series Actor. L.A. Times. Retrieved 2 Jun 2024. Ernani Cuenco, 52, Filipino composer, film scorer and musical director (Bato sa Buhangin).Ernani J. Cuenco. National Commission for Culture and the Arts (Philippines). Retrieved 2 Jun 2024. Christine Fabréga, 57, French actress and television personality.Christine Fabréga. WorldCat. Retrieved 28 Oct 2024. Lee Priester, 85, American Olympic javelin thrower (1924). János Reznák, 57, Hungarian Olympic wrestler (1960, 1964). Giuseppe Saragat, 89, Italian politician, President of Italy, heart disease.Giuseppe Saragat Is Dead at 89; President of Italy From '64 to '71. New York Times. Retrieved 8 Jul 2024. Marianne Van Hirtum, 52, Belgian author.Marianne van Hirtum. WorldCat. Retrieved 28 Oct 2024.

12 Eugenie Baird, 64, American singer.Eugenie Baird. WorldCat. Retrieved 28 Oct 2024. Harold Corbin, 81, American Olympic fencer (1932). William Reginald Cox, 82, British army officer. Georg Hochgesang, 90, German footballer and manager. Marcel Poot, 87, Belgian composer, professor and musician.Poot Marcel (1901-1988). Matrix [Centrum voor Nieuwe Muziek]. Retrieved 2 Jul 2024. Merle Settlemire, 85, American MLB player (Boston Red Sox).

13 Martin Brown, 88, Australian rules footballer. Lucien Cardin, 69, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1952–1967). Thomas McKeown, 75, British physician.Obituary T. McKeown. British Medical Journal 1988. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024. Douglas Neame, 86, British Olympic hurdler (1928). Robert Saint-Pé, 88, French Olympic hammer thrower (1924). Walter Seabrook, 84, English cricketer. Emil Telmányi, 95, Hungarian violinist.Emil Telmányi. WorldCat. Retrieved 28 Oct 2024. Ricardo Vagnotti, 71, Brazilian Olympic fencer (1936).

14 Robert R. Barry, 73, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1965), lung cancer.Robert Barry, Ex-Congressman, Dies at 73. New York Times. Retrieved 27 May 2024. James Chandler, 76, American actor. Johnny Farrell, 87, American golfer, U.S. Open winner, stroke. Sara Gallardo, 56, Argentinian author and journalist, asthma.Sara Gallardo. WorldCat. Retrieved 28 Oct 2024. Alma Lloyd, 74, American actress (If I Were King, Song of the Saddle, The Big Noise).

15 Frank A. Beach, 77, American ethologist and author (behavioral endocrinology).Frank A. Beach. JSTOR (American Philosophical Society). Retrieved 7 Jul 2024. Hall Haynes, 59, American NFL player (Washington Redskins, Los Angeles Rams). Merwin Hodel, 57, American NFL player (New York Giants). Floyd J. McCree, 65, American politician, mayor of the city of Flint, Michigan, cardiac arrest.F.J. McCree, Early Black Mayor. New York Times. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024.