Deaths in May 1988

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 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.

May 1988

1

  • Joseph F. Ambrose, 91, American World War I veteran
  • Claude Demetrius, 71, American songwriter (Hard Headed Woman).
  • Ben Lexcen, 52, Australian yachtsman and marine architect, designed winged keel which won America's Cup, heart attack.[1]
  • Tom Pappas, 46, American aide to US Representative Roy Dyson, suicide after allegations of homosexuality with Dyson.[2]
  • Paolo Stoppa, 81, Italian actor, leukemia.[3]
  • Yan Wenliang, 94, Chinese painter.

2

  • John Weir Foote, 83, Canadian military chaplain and politician (Legislative Assembly of Ontario).[4]
  • Pavel Kadochnikov, 72, Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter.
  • Henry Picker, 76, German lawyer and author, published transcripts of Adolf Hitler's informal talks (Table Talk).

3

4

  • Ed Bakey, 62, American film and television actor.
  • Stanley William Hayter, 86, English painter (Atelier 17 studio), cardiac arrest.[14]
  • Carl Jensen, 67, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate and House of Representatives, cancer.[15]
  • Jan Mazurkiewicz, 91, Polish army general and politician.
  • Oleg Zhakov, 83, Soviet film actor.

5

6

  • Richard Caliguiri, 56, American politician, mayor of Pittsburgh, amyloidosis.[20]
  • Costantino Nivola, 76, Italian-American sculptor, heart attack.[21]
  • Hans Popper, 84, Austrian-born American pathologist and hepatologist, pancreatic cancer.[22]

7

8

  • Robert A. Heinlein, 80, American science fiction author, emphysema and heart failure.[23]
  • Nappy Lamare, 82, American jazz banjoist, guitarist and vocalist.
  • Domingo Ortega, 82, Spanish matador.[24]
  • Charles Pollock, 85, American abstract painter, brother of artist Jackson Pollock, stroke.[25]
  • Ruby M. Rouss, 66, American member of the US Army Women's Army Corps and politician, diabetes.

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

  • Kay Baxter, 42, American bodybuilder, car crash.[51]
  • Chan Htoon, 82, Attorney General and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Burma.
  • Charles Keeping, 63, English illustrator (The Highwayman) and children's book author, brain tumour.[52]
  • Jules Levin, 66, American politician.
  • Anatoli Maslyonkin, 57, Soviet international footballer (Spartak Moscow, USSR) and Olympic gold medalist.[53]
  • Peter J. Ortiz, 74, United States Marine Corps colonel, cancer.[54]
  • Bruce Watson, 78, Scottish organic chemist and politician.

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

  • Felix Morrow, 81, American communist political activist and newspaper editor.[90]
  • Sy Oliver, 77, American jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader.[91]
  • Evelyn Page, 89, New Zealand artist.[92]
  • Norman Skelhorn, 78, English barrister, Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales.[93]
  • Alfredo Volpi, 92, Brazilian painter.[94]

29

30

  • Ella Raines, 67, American actress (Phantom Lady, Brute Force), throat cancer.[100]

31

Unknown date

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  41. ^ Appalachian Trail Survivor Describes the Horror She Bares Her Scars to End Crimes Against Gays. Virginia Tech. Retrieved 16 Jul 2024.
  42. ^ WYNN family, of Wynnstay Ruabon. Dictionary of Welsh Biography (year of death only). Retrieved 16 Jul 2024.
  43. ^ Fred Atkins. Australian Wrestling. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  44. ^ Willem Drees Dies at 101; Postwar Dutch Leader. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024.
  45. ^ Giménez Caballero, Ernesto 1899-1988. encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 10 Jun 2024.
  46. ^ Obituary for Wayne Jarratt. Newspapers.com (The Sydney Morning Herald). Retrieved 14 Jun 2024.
  47. ^ Andrew L. Yarrow (May 18, 1988). "Andrew Duggan, an Actor on TV, Stage and the Screen, Dies at 64". The New York Times. p. B 8. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  48. ^ Greta Nissen; Film Beauty From Norway. L.A. Times. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024.
  49. ^ Sol Polk, Co-founder of Polk Bros. Stores. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2 Jul 2024.
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  51. ^ Woodland Hills Crash Victim Was Pioneering Body Builder. L.A. Times. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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  53. ^ Anatoly Maslyonkin. Olympedia.com. Retrieved 22 Jun 2024.
  54. ^ Alfonso A. Narvaez (May 21, 1988). "Col. Peter J. Ortiz, 75, Legendary Marine Officer". The New York Times. p. 1 10. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  55. ^ Frank Gallop obit. Newspapers.com (The Palm Beach Post). Retrieved 10 Jun 2024.
  56. ^ Charles Butler, 71, Cartoon Voice. New York Times. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  57. ^ Why Dirk Bogarde was a truly dangerous film star. BBC (year of death only). Retrieved 9 Jun 2024.
  58. ^ Christopher Gore, 45, Screenwriter of 'Fame'. New York Times. Retrieved 10 Jun 2024.
  59. ^ Daniel Lewis James is Dead at 77; Wrote About Los Andgeles Barrio. New York Times. Retrieved 14 Jun 2024.
  60. ^ Sir Brandon Rhys Williams. UK Parliament. Retrieved 3 Jul 2024.
  61. ^ Michiko Meinl (1909-1988). National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 11 Jul 2024.
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  63. ^ Lloyd Vaughan, Longtime Cartoon Animator, Dies. Herald, via likelylooneymostlymerrie. Retrieved 14 Jul 2024.
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  65. ^ Slain Boy Buried; 'God is Weeping'. New York Times. Retrieved 2 Jun 2024.
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  69. ^ Federal Judge Slain by a Gunman in Westchester. New York Times. Retrieved 4 Jun 2024.
  70. ^ "Sammy Davis Sr. Dies; Vaudeville Star Was 87". The New York Times. May 24, 1988. p. D 24. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
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  72. ^ Glenn Fowler (May 24, 1988). "Count Dino Grandi, 92, Early Ally of Mussolini". The New York Times. p. D 25. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  73. ^ Laage, Barbara (1920–1988). encyclopedia.com (year of death only). Retrieved 18 Jun 2024.
  74. ^ Giorgio Almirante, Italian Neo-Fascist, Dies at 73. New York Times. Retrieved 3 Jul 2024.
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  76. ^ Lionel Edirisinghe. Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). Retrieved 6 Jun 2024.
  77. ^ David Schoenbrun Is Dead at 73; Veteran Journalist for CBS News. New York Times. Retrieved 6 Jul 2024.
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  80. ^ Aleksei Fëdorovich Losev. Encyclopedia.com (year of death only). Retrieved 21 Jun 2024.
  81. ^ Obituary - Leo Schamroth: 1924–1988. Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 5 Jul 2024.
  82. ^ Monte Kay Dies at 63; Founder of Nightclubs. New York Times. Retrieved 16 Jun 2024.
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  84. ^ Leon Shimkin, a Guiding Force At Simon & Schuster, Dies at 81. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024.
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  86. ^ "Juan Orol, Film Director, 90". The New York Times. May 28, 1988. p. 1 10. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  87. ^ Body of a Reputed Mobster Is Found in a Bag in River. New York Times. Retrieved 5 Jun 2024.
  88. ^ Florida Friebus; Played Mother of Dobie Gillis. L.A. Times. Retrieved 9 Jun 2024.
  89. ^ Ernst Ruska, a German Nobel Winner, Dies at 81. New York Times. Retrieved 7 Jul 2024.
  90. ^ Morrow, Felix (1906-1988). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 26 Jun 2024.
  91. ^ Sy Oliver, 77, a Jazz Composer, Arranger and Band Leader, Dies. New York Times. Retrieved 29 Jun 2024.
  92. ^ Story: Page, Evelyn Margaret. Te Ara - Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 30 Jun 2024.
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  95. ^ Charla Doherty, Actress, 41. New York Times. Retrieved 5 Jun 2024.
  96. ^ Henry Johansen. Olympedia.com. Retrieved 15 Jun 2024.
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