Deaths Date 1988 October | History by KabAstro

Alec Issigonis (1906-1988)

Oct 2 Greek-British automotive designer who designed the Mini, dies at 81

Oct 3 Franz Josef Strauss, German politician, Minister of Defense (1956-62), dies at 73
Oct 3 Generoso Pope Jr., American media mogul, created "The National Enquirer", dies of a heart attack at 61
Oct 5 Lois Wilson (née Burnham), American co-founder of Al-Anon also known as "Lois W.", dies at 97
Oct 7 Billy Daniels, African-American jazz singer ("That Old Black Magic") and television pioneer (The Billy Daniels Show), dies of cancer at 73
Oct 8 Ernst Hermann Meyer, German composer, dies at 82
Oct 9 Cliff Gallup, American guitarist (Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps), dies of a heart attack at 58
Oct 9 Edward Chodorov, Broadway playwright and director (Story of Louis Pasteur), dies at 84

Oct 9 German inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine), dies at 86

Oct 9 Jackie Milburn, English soccer striker (13 caps; Newcastle United 353 games), dies from lung cancer at 64
Oct 10 Juan Pujol Garcia, Spanish double agent (spied for Britain, codename Garbo, pretended to spy for Nazi Germany codename Arabel), dies at 76
Oct 11 Bonita Granville, American actress and producer (These Three, Hitler's Children, Lone Ranger), dies of lung cancer at 65
Oct 11 Morgan Farley, actor (Open Secret), dies of natural causes at 90
Oct 11 Wayland Flowers, American ventriloquist (Madame), dies of AIDS at 48
Oct 12 Ken Murray, American comedian (Ken Murray Show, Judy Garland Show) and actor (Bill and Coo, Crooner), dies at 85
Oct 12 Ruth Manning-Sanders, author of children's books (b. 1895)
Oct 13 Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, NY
Oct 14 Mary Morris, actress (Agitator, Double Door), dies
Oct 14 Vic Raschi, American baseball pitcher (4 × MLB All-Star; 6 × World Series; AL strikeout leader 1951; NY Yankees), dies of a heart attack at 69
Oct 15 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji [Leon Dudley Sorabji], Parsi-British pianist and composer (Opus clavicembalisticum), dies of heart failure at 96
Oct 18 Dimitri Frenkel Frank, Dutch writer and director (Hadimassa), dies at 60
Oct 19 Edward "Son" House, American delta blues singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Walking Blues"; "Preachin' The Blues"), dies of larynx cancer at 86
Oct 19 Friedrich Weinreb, Polish economist and narrative author, dies at 77

Oct 20 English aviator who completed the 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman, dies of cancer at 66

Oct 24 Henry Armstrong, American boxer (world featherweight, lightweight, welterweight [19 x title defences] champion), dies at 75
Oct 24 Sumner White, American sailor (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 58
Oct 25 Bill Cody, actor (Blazing Justice, Ghost City), dies at 75
Oct 25 Johnnie Richardson, American R&B musician (Johnnie & Joe), dies at 53
Oct 26 Herman Strategier, Dutch organist, conductor, and composer (Rembrandt Cantata; Shadow Out of Time), dies at 76
Oct 27 Charles Hawtrey, English actor (Carry On films), dies near London at 73
Oct 27 Hannah Tillich, German-American writer (Harbor Mouse) and wife of Paul Tillich, dies at 92
Oct 27 S B Fuller, founder (Fuller products), dies at 83
Oct 29 Ben Aerden [John Mikkelsen], Dutch actor (Hamlet, Uilenspiegel), dies at 78
Oct 30 Sugar Geise, actress (Rhythm Parade), dies after brief illness at 71
Oct 30 T. Hee, American animator (b. 1911)
Oct 31 Alfred Pellan, Québécois modernist painter, dies of leukemia at 82
Oct 31 John Houseman, Romanian actor (The Paper Chase, Rollerball, The Fog), dies of spinal cancer at 86