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This is a list of events from the year 1988 in the United States .
March 8
Two U.S. Army helicopters collide in Fort Campbell , Kentucky , killing 17 servicemen.
U.S. presidential candidate George Herbert Walker Bush defeats Bob Dole in numerous Republican primaries and caucuses on "Super Tuesday". The bipartisan primary/caucus calendar, designed by Democrats to help solidify their own nominee early, backfires when none of the six competing candidates are able to break out of the pack in the day's Democratic contests. Jesse Jackson , however, wins several Southern state primaries.
March 13 – Gallaudet University , a university for the deaf in Washington, D.C., elects Dr. I. King Jordan as the first deaf president in its history, following the Deaf President Now campaign, considered a turning point in the deaf civil rights movement.[ 2]
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March 26 – U.S. presidential candidate Jesse Jackson defeats Michael Dukakis in the Michigan Democratic caucuses, becoming the frontrunner temporarily for the party's nomination. Richard Gephardt withdraws his candidacy after his campaign speeches against imported automobiles fail to earn him much support in Detroit . April – The unemployment rate drops to 5.4%, the lowest since June 1974.
April 1 – In Fort Wayne, Indiana , 8-year-old April Marie Tinsley is kidnapped and murdered .
April 4 – Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
April 5 – Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis wins the Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary.
April 11 – The 60th Academy Awards , hosted by Chevy Chase , are held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles . Bernardo Bertolucci 's The Last Emperor Gigi Best Picture and Best Director .
April 12 – Former pop singer Sonny Bono is elected Mayor of Palm Springs, California .
April 14 – The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a naval mine in the Persian Gulf , while deployed on Operation Earnest Will , during the Tanker War phase of the Iran–Iraq War .
April 18 – The United States Navy retaliates for the Roberts Operation Praying Mantis , in a day of strikes against Iranian oil platforms and naval vessels.
April 28 – Aloha Airlines Flight 243 , a scheduled passenger flight to Honolulu, Hawaii originating from Hilo, Hawaii , suffers an explosive decompression after a portion of the aircraft’s roof towards front of the fuselage tore off during flight, resulting in the death of a flight attendant.[ 3] Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii .[ 4] June 1 – The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty , banning intermediate-range missiles in the United States and the Soviet Union , comes into effect.
June 12 – Rusty Wallace wins the last NASCAR Winston Cup Series Budweiser 400 auto race at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California .
June 14 – A small wildfire is started by a lightning strike in Montana, United States, near the boundary for Yellowstone National Park . The Storm Creek fire expands into the park, then merges with dozens of other drought-aggravated fires. Eventually, over 750,000 acres (3,000 km2 ) of Yellowstone – 36% of the park's area – burns before firefighters gain control in late September.[ 5]
June 22 – Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis releases Who Framed Roger Rabbit Touchstone Pictures to universal acclaim and box office success. It brings a renewed interest in the Golden Age of American animation , spearheading modern American animation and the Disney Renaissance .
June 28 – Four workers are asphyxiated at a metal-plating plant in Auburn, Indiana , in the worst confined-space industrial accident in U.S. history (a fifth victim dies two days later).
June 29 – Morrison v. Olson United States Supreme Court upholds the law allowing special prosecutors to investigate suspected crimes by executive branch officials. July 3 – Iran Air Flight 655 is shot down by a missile launched from the USS Vincennes .
July 4 – In Zürich , Switzerland , FIFA chose the United States as the venue to organize the 1994 FIFA World Cup , the United States won with 10 votes, surpassed Morocco with 7 votes and Brazil with 3 votes.
July 6 – The first reported medical waste on beaches in the Greater New York area (including hypodermic needles and syringes possibly infected with the AIDS virus) washes ashore on Long Island. Subsequent medical waste discoveries on beaches in Coney Island , Brooklyn and in Monmouth County, New Jersey , force the closure of numerous New York–area beaches in the middle of one of the hottest summers on record in the American Northeast.[ 6]
July 13 – Miami Arena in Miami, Florida opens.
July 14 – Volkswagen closes its Westmoreland Assembly Plant after ten years of operation (the first factory built by a non-American automaker in the U.S.).
July 20 – The Democratic National Convention in Atlanta , Georgia nominates Michael Dukakis as their presidential candidate and Lloyd Bentsen as his running mate .
July 26 – The death of Tate Rowland leads way to publicized rumors of a Satanic cult in the rural community of Childress, Texas . September 29: STS-26 , "Return to Flight" September 29: The TDRS is prepared for deployment. September 5 – With the US's largest thrift institution , American Savings and Loan Association, entering receivership, the Robert M. Bass Group (headed by Robert Bass ) agrees to buy its good assets with US$1.7 billion in federal aid (completed December).[ 7]
September 15 – Nicholas F. Brady is sworn in as the new Secretary of Treasury , succeeding James Baker .[citation needed
September 17–October 2 – The United States participates in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea and ranks in third place, bringing home 36 gold, 31 silver and 27 bronze medals for a total of 94 medals behind the Soviet Union in first place and East Germany in second.
September 25 – Jim Lehrer hosts the first presidential debate between Michael Dukakis and Vice President Bush at Wake Forest University .
September 29 – STS-26 : NASA resumes Space Shuttle flights, grounded after the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster , with Space Shuttle Discovery going back into orbit and deploying the TDRS-3 satellite, putting the US back into the Space Race . October 3 – STS-26 lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California after four days of its successful maiden flight and satellite deployment.
October 5 – In Omaha, Nebraska , in the only vice presidential debate of the 1988 U.S. presidential election , the Republican vice presidential nominee, Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana , insists he has as much experience in government as John F. Kennedy did when he sought the presidency in 1960. His Democratic opponent, Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas , replies, "Senator, I knew Jack Kennedy. I served with Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy ." The audience response to Senator Bentsen's remark is overwhelmingly positive.
October 13 – In the second U.S. presidential debate, held by U.C.L.A. , the Democratic Party nominee, Michael Dukakis , is asked by journalist Bernard Shaw of CNN if he would support the death penalty if his wife, "Kitty ", were to be raped and murdered . Gov. Dukakis' reply, voicing his opposition to capital punishment in any and all circumstances, is later said to have been a major reason for the eventual failure of his campaign for the White House .
October 15 – Kirk Gibson hits a dramatic home run to win Game 1 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers , over the Oakland Athletics , by a score of 5–4.
October 20 – The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Oakland Athletics , 4 games to 1, to win their 6th World Series Title.
October 27 – Ronald Reagan decides to tear down the new U.S. Embassy in Moscow because of Soviet listening devices in the building structure.
October 30 – Philip Morris buys Kraft Foods for US$ 13,100,000,000.[ 8]
October 31 – National Park of American Samoa is established. November 8: George H. W. Bush elected President Throughout the Month – The unemployment rate drops to 5.3%, the lowest level since May 1974.
November 2 – The Morris worm , the first computer worm distributed via the Internet , written by Robert Tappan Morris , is launched from MIT .
November 8 – 1988 United States presidential election : George H. W. Bush is elected as 41st president of the United States over Democratic opponent, Michael Dukakis .
November 10 – The United States Air Force acknowledges the existence of the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk in a Pentagon press conference.[ 9]
November 11 – In Sacramento, California , police find a body buried in the lawn of sixty-year-old landlady Dorothea Puente . Seven bodies are eventually found and Puente is convicted of three murders and sentenced to life in prison.
November 13 – Mulugeta Seraw , an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon , is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride.
November 15 – The 300-foot Green Bank Telescope collapses in Green Bank , West Virginia .[ 10]
November 18
November 21 – Ted Turner officially buys Jim Crockett Promotions, known as NWA Crockett, and turns it into World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
November 22 – In Palmdale, California , the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed.
November 30 – Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. buys RJR Nabisco for US$25,000,700,000 in the biggest leveraged buyout deal of all time. The U.S. Drought of 1988 causes big crop damage in many states, impacts many portions of the United States and causes around $60 billion in damage. Multiple regions suffer in the conditions. Heat waves cause 4,800 to 17,000 excess deaths while scorching many areas of the United States during 1988.
BlackRock founded as a global asset management company in New York City by Larry Fink and others; it will become the world's largest.[ 14] J. R. Hildebrand Haley Bennett Hakeem Nicks Skrillex Ashleigh Murray Jake Auchincloss January 1
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January 3 – J. R. Hildebrand , racing driver
January 4
January 5 – Charlie Campbell , soccer player
January 6 – Roger Bothe , soccer player
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January 13 – Tatev Abrahamyan , Armenian-born chess grandmaster
January 14
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January 16 – Bull Dempsey , wrestler
January 17 – Earl Clark , basketball player
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January 27 – Ashley Battersby , freestyle skier
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Zosia Mamet Carly Patterson Mike Posner Kat Cammack Jake LaTurner Maiara Walsh Byron Maxwell Alexander Koch February 1
February 2
February 3 – Justin Bonsignore , stock car racing driver
February 4
February 5 – Katie Bell , Olympic diver
February 6
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February 8
February 9 – Donald Buckram , football player and coach
February 10
February 11 – Barry Church , football player
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February 28 – Aroldis Chapman , baseball player Ritchie Torres Stephen Curry Lil Dicky Tania Raymonde Big Sean Brenda Song March 1
March 2 – Laura Kaeppeler , beauty pageant titleholde, Miss America 2012
March 3
March 4 – Cody Longo , actor and musician (d. 2023)
March 5
March 6 – Dailis Caballero , Cuban-born Olympic pole vaulter
March 7
March 8 – Benny Blanco , musician, songwriter, and record producer
March 10
March 11 – Vince Belnome , baseball player
March 12
March 14
March 15
March 16 – Jhené Aiko , singer/songwriter
March 17 – Tyler Bellamy , soccer player
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March 22 – Tania Raymonde , actress
March 23 – Dellin Betances , baseball player
March 24
March 25
March 26 – Michael Buttacavoli , golfer
March 27 – Brenda Song , actress
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March 30
March 31 – DeAndre Liggins , baseball player Jesse Plemons Haley Joel Osment Chris Wood Kayleigh McEnany Robbie Amell Sara Paxton Austin Amelio Lizzo April 1
April 2
April 3
April 5 – Alisha Glass , volleyball player
April 7
April 8 – Candice Cuoco , fashion designer
April 9 – Ryan Broyles , football player
April 10
April 11 – Pete Kozma , baseball player
April 12
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April 17
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April 21
April 23
April 24 – Jermaine Cunningham , football player
April 25
April 26 – BrolyLegs , fighting game player (d. 2024)
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April 28
April 29
April 30 – Antonio Ballard , basketball player Nicholas Braun LaRoyce Hawkins Brooke Hogan Danielle Pinnock Nikki Reed Morgan Pressel NaVorro Bowman Tobin Heath May 1
May 2
May 4
May 5
May 6
May 7 – Brandon Jones , actor, musician, and producer
May 8
May 9 – Buddy Boshers , baseball player
May 10
May 11
May 13
May 15
May 16 – Julia Adolphe , composer
May 17 – Nikki Reed , actress, singer/songwriter, and screenwriter
May 18 – Johnny Culbreath , football player
May 19
May 20
May 21 – Chase Baker , football player and coach
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May 24
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May 29
May 30
May 31 – Rogét Chahayed , record producer and songwriter Brian O'Neill Awkwafina Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Kevin McHale Portia Doubleday Dakota Meyer Alanna Masterson Dave Stephens June 1 – Brian O'Neill , Olympic ice hockey player
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June 3
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June 9
June 10 – Billy Bitter , lacrosse player
June 11 – Weyes Blood , singer/songwriter and musician
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June 14
June 16
June 17 – Ryan Neff , singer and bassist for Miss May I
June 18 – Josh Dun , drummer for Twenty One Pilots
June 19 – Alyona Alekhina , Russian-born snowboarder, singer/songwriter, model, and musician
June 20 – Alex Caceres , mixed martial artist
June 22 – Portia Doubleday , actress
June 23 – Chellsie Memmel , Olympic gymnast
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Matty Mullins Antonio Brown Colton Haynes Steven R. McQueen Aimee Carrero Julianne Hough George Santos Nick Santino Charlie Carver Max Carver John O'Callaghan Aaron Pauley Leah Pipes Rumer Willis Kirk Cousins Kacey Musgraves Evan Ross Alexa Vega August 1 – Max Carver , actor
August 2 – Golden Tate , football player
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Eric Brakey , politicianTiana Coudray , Olympic equestrian and dancerChad Future , actor, director, singer, and hostMichael Tracey , journalistLaura Slade Wiggins , actress, singer, and musician
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August 13
August 14 – Kayla Mueller , humanitarian aid worker and murder victim (d. 2015 )
August 15 – Andy Miele , Olympic ice hockey player
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August 21
August 22 – Javy Ayala , mixed martial artist
August 23
August 24 – Nicholas Alexander , Olympic ski jumper
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Chanel West Coast Kevin Love Jared Lee Loughner Chelsea Kane Katrina Bowden Clark James Gable Kevin Durant September 1
September 2 – Matt Wentworth , guitarist and vocalist for Our Last Night
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September 10
September 11 – Mike Moustakas , baseball player
September 13
September 14 – Bobby Brackins , rapper
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September 21
September 19
September 20 – Clark James Gable , actor, model, and television presenter (d. 2019 )
September 21 – Doug Baldwin , football player
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September 28 – Olivia Jordan , actress, model, television host, and Miss USA 2015
September 29
A$AP Rocky Melissa Benoist Derrick Rose Ricochet Max Thieriot Hope Hicks Corey Hawkins Janel Parrish October 1
October 2
October 3
October 4
October 5 – Kevin Olusola , singer/songwriter and musician
October 6
October 7
October 8 – Manny Barreda , American-born Mexican baseball player
October 9
October 10
October 11
October 12 – Jermie Calhoun , football player
October 13 – Norris Cole , basketball player
October 14
October 15 – Leah Cole Allen , politician
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October 24
October 25
October 27 – Evan Turner , basketball player
October 28 – Ian Conyers , politician
October 29
October 30 – Janel Parrish , actress and singer
October 31
Mamoudou Athie Emma Stone Nikki Blonsky Analeigh Tipton Russell Westbrook B.o.B. Demetrius Shipp Jr. Rebecca Rittenhouse November 1 – Robert Alford , football player
November 2 – Lindze Letherman , actress
November 3
November 4
November 5 – Justin Cornwell , actor, writer, and musician
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November 7
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November 10
November 11 – Alexandra Kyle , actress
November 12
November 13 – Max Miller , politician
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November 15
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November 17
November 18
November 19 – Patrick Kane , ice hockey player
November 20
November 21 – Joseph Anderson , football player
November 22
November 25
November 26 – Blake Harnage , songwriter, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, vocalist, and guitarist for VersaEmerge
November 28 – Scarlett Pomers , actress
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November 30
Zoë Kravitz Vanessa Hudgens Abby Finkenauer Hayley Williams Eric Berry December 1
December 2 – Rosie Brennan , Olympic cross-country skier
December 3 – Jeb Brovsky , soccer player
December 4
December 5
December 7 – Nathan Adrian , Olympic swimmer
December 8 – Brittany Dawn Brannon , actress, host, model, beauty pageant titleholder, and Miss Arizona USA 2011
December 11
December 12
December 14
December 15 – Kimora Blac , drag queen and television personality
December 16
December 18 – Erica Rivera , actress, singer, rapper, dancer, and artist
December 20
December 21
December 23
December 24
December 25
December 26 – Rudy Cerami , football player
December 27
December 28
December 29 – Eric Berry , football player
December 30
December 31 – Matthew Atkinson , actor and musician Tori Black QAnon Shaman Niv Acosta , dancer, choreographer, and artistKameron Alexander , singer/songwriter and record producerOlivia Alexander , singer, dancer, and actressBrian Altman , poker playerBrent Anderson , country singerGretchen Andrew , artistAdeem the Artist , country singerRodelio Astudillo, photographer
Angad Aulakh , filmmakerMilton Barney Jr. , baseball player and coachJose Batista , politicianMarguerite Bennett , comic book writerTori Black , pornographic actressAndrew M. Boss , composerMatt Bouldin , basketball playerDanika Brace , football player and coachBlair Braverman , adventurer, dogsled racer, musher, advice columnist, and nonfiction writerSerafina Brocious , software engineerImani Jacqueline Brown , researcher and artistNakeya Brown , photographerJohn Burke , pianistCorrin Campbell , musicianKyle Carey , folk singerReagan Charleston , jewelry designer, lawyer, and television personalityThomas Chung , artistLenny Cooper , country rapperChris Cottrell , founder of The Reading InitiativeJessa Dillow Crisp , survivor of human trafficking and co-founder and executive director of Bridge Hope NowCrudo Means Raw , rapper and beatmakerJacob Cutrera , football playerMira Murati , Albanian-born engineer, chief technology officer for OpenAI QAnon Shaman , conspiracy theorist and participant in the January 6 Attack January 3
January 5 – Pete Maravich , basketball player (born 1947 )[ 19]
January 7 – Zara Cisco Brough , Nipmuc Chief (born 1919 )
January 11
January 12 – Hiram Bingham IV , American diplomat (born 1903 )
January 22 – Parker Fennelly , comedian and actor (born 1891 )
January 25 – Colleen Moore , actress (born 1899 )[ 21]
February 1 – Heather O'Rourke , actress (born 1975 )[ 22]
February 3 – Robert Duncan , poet (born 1919 )[ 23]
February 14 – Frederick Loewe , composer (born 1901 in Berlin)[ 24]
February 15 – Richard Feynman , theoretical physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965 for work on quantum electrodynamics (born 1918 )[ 25]
February 28 – Harvey Kuenn , baseball player and coach (born 1930 )[ 26]
March 1 – Joe Besser , actor and comedian (born 1907 )
March 3 – Lois Wilson , actress (born 1894 )[ 27]
March 5 – Margaret Irving , actress (born 1898 )
March 7
March 8 – Deane Janis , singer (born 1904 )[ 30]
March 10 – Glenn Cunningham , Olympic athlete (born 1909 )[ 31]
March 12 – Karen Steele , actress (born 1931 )
March 13
March 16 – Dorothy Adams , American character actress (born 1900 )[ 33]
March 18
March 20 – Gil Evans , American jazz pianist (born 1912 )[ 35]
March 21 – Edd Roush , baseball player (Cincinnati Reds ) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (born 1893 )[ 36]
March 22 – Lester Rawlins , stage and screen director (born 1924 )
March 25 – Robert Joffrey , dancer and choreographer (born 1930 )[ 37]
April 1 – Jim Jordan , actor (born 1896 )[ 38]
April 3 – Milton Caniff , cartoonist (born 1907 )[ 39]
April 9
April 11 – Jesse L. Lasky Jr. , screenwriter (born 1910 )[ 41]
April 17 – Eva Novak , actress (born 1898 )[ 42]
April 22 – Irene Rich , actress (born 1891 )[ 43]
April 25
April 26
May 8
May 13 – Chet Baker , jazz trumpeter (born 1929 )[ 47]
May 15 – Andrew Duggan , actor (born 1923 )[ 48]
May 16 – Kay Baxter , bodybuilder (born 1945 )[ 49]
May 18 – Daws Butler , voice actor (born 1916 )[ 50]
May 20 – Laurie Dann , murderer (born 1957 )
May 21 – Sammy Davis Sr. , American dancer (b. 1900 )[ 51]
May 27 – Florida Friebus , actor (born 1909 )[ 52]
May 30 – Ella Raines , screen actress (born 1920 )[ 53]
June 8 – Eli Mintz , actor (born 1904 )[ 54]
June 10 – Louis L'Amour , western novelist (born 1908 )[ 55]
June 11 – Nathan Cook , actor (born 1950 )[ 56]
June 16 – Kim Milford , actor and singer (born 1951 )
June 18
June 22
June 23 – Henry Murray , psychologist (born 1893 )[ 59]
June 25 – Hillel Slovak , Israeli-American guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers ) (born 1962 )[ 60]
July 1 – Alice Nunn , actress (born 1927 )
July 3 – Gabriel Dell , actor (born 1919 )
July 4 – Adrian Adonis , professional wrestler (born 1954 )
July 8 – Ray Barbuti , athlete (born 1905 )[ 61]
July 12
July 17 – Bruiser Brody , professional wrestler (born 1946 )[ 64]
July 21 – Jack Clark , television personality and game show host (born 1921 )[ 65]
July 22 – Duane Jones , actor (born 1937 )
July 25 – Judith Barsi , actress and murder victim (born 1978 )[ 66]
July 27 – Frank Zamboni , inventor (born 1901 )[ 67]
July 31 – Trinidad Silva , actor (born 1950 )[ 68]
August 5
August 8
August 10 – Adela Rogers St. Johns , journalist and screenwriter (born 1893 )[ 71]
August 11 – Anne Ramsey , actress (born 1929 )
August 12 – Jean-Michel Basquiat , artist (born 1960)
August 14 – Roy Buchanan , guitarist and blues musician (born 1939 )
August 17 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. , American lawyer and politician (born 1914 )[ 72]
August 21 – Ray Eames , architect and designer, partner of Charles Eames (born 1912 )[ 73]
August 24 – Leonard Frey , actor (born 1938 )[ 74]
August 25 – Art Rooney , American football executive and owner (born 1901 )
August 27 – Kerry Lloyd , American role-playing game designer (born 1941 )[ 75]
August 28
September 1
September 6 – Harold Rosson , cinematographer (born 1895 )[ 78]
September 7 – Thelma Payne , Olympic diver (born 1896 )[ 79]
September 11 – John Sylvester White , actor (born 1919 )[ 80]
September 21
September 25 – Billy Carter , farmer, businessman, brewer, and politician (born 1937 )[ 82]
September 28 – Ethel Grandin , actress (born 1894 )[ 33]
September 29 – Charles Addams , cartoonist (born 1912 )[ 83]
September 30 – Joachim Prinz , German-born American rabbi (born 1902 )[ 84]
October 7 – Billy Daniels , singer (born 1915 )[ 85]
October 10 – Kurt Marshall , model and actor (born 1965 )
October 11
October 12 – Ken Murray , actor (born 1903 )[ 88]
October 31 – John Houseman , screen actor-producer (born 1902 in Romania)
November 1 – George Folsey , cinematographer (born 1898 )[ 89]
November 9 – John N. Mitchell , lawyer, 67th United States Attorney General (born 1913 )[ 90]
November 12 – Lyman Lemnitzer , Army General (born 1899 )[ 91]
November 25 – Alphaeus Philemon Cole , portrait artist, engraver and supercentenarian (born 1876 )[ 92]
November 27
November 29 – Donald Keyhoe , American ufologist (born 1897 )
December 6
December 7
December 10 – Richard S. Castellano , actor (b. 1933 )
December 16 – Sylvester , singer-songwriter (born 1947 )
December 14 – Stuart Symington , politician (born 1901 )
December 17 – Jerry Hopper , film and television director (born 1907 )[ 95]
December 20 – Max Robinson , broadcast journalist, and ABC News World News Tonight co-anchor (born 1939 )[ 96]
December 21
December 26 – Glenn McCarthy , oil tycoon and businessman (born 1907 )[ 98]
December 27
December 30 – Isamu Noguchi , artist and landscape architect (born 1904 )
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