The following is a list of notable deaths in August 1992.

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.

August 1992

1

• Margarita Aliger, 76, Russian writer.^[1]
• Alfred "Chico" Alvarez, 72, Canadian trumpeter.^[2]
• Bob Peak, 65, American illustrator.^[3]
• Aleksey Konstantinovich Ryazanov, 72, Soviet flying ace and war hero during world War II.

2

• Michel Berger, 44, French singer-songwriter, heart attack.
• Tom W. Blackburn, 79, American author, screenwriter and lyricist.^[4]
• Alf Cleverley, 84, New Zealand boxer and Olympian.^[5]
• Oscar Hagberg, 83, American football player and coach.
• Ephraim Katz, 60, Israeli-American filmmaker and writer, emphysema.^[6]
• Igor Vladimirovich Makeyev, 20, Azerbaijani soldier, killed in battle.
• Thomas Brennan Nolan, 91, American geologist.^[7]
• John Simerson, 57, American gridiron football player.^[8]
• Jim Weatherall, 62, American football player.^[9]

3

• Ebbe Carlsson, 44, Swedish journalist and publisher, AIDS-related complications.^[10]
• Fereydoun Farrokhzad, 53, Iranian entertainer, humanitarian, and dissident, murdered.^[11]
• Wang Hongwen, 56, Chinese politician, liver cancer.^[12]
• Don Lang, 67, English trombonist and singer, cancer.^[13]
• E. Hansford McCourt, 83, American politician.
• Nicanor Costa Méndez, 69, Argentine diplomat.
• Tetsu Nakamura, 83, Japanese film actor and opera singer.
• Eddie Riska, 72, American basketball player.^[14]

4

• Ralph Cooper, 84, American actor and screenwriter, cancer.^[15]
• Norm King, 73, Australian politician.^[16]
• Seichō Matsumoto, 82, Japanese author.^[17]
• František Tomášek, 93, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal.^[18]

5

• Juan David García Bacca, 91, Spanish-Venezuelan philosopher.^[19]
• Tante Leen, 80, Dutch levenslied singer.
• Robert Muldoon, 70, New Zealand politician, prime minister (1975–1984).^[20]
• Achyut Patwardhan, 87, Indian independence activist and politician.
• Jeff Porcaro, 38, American drummer (Toto), heart attack.^[21]
• Bhagat Puran Singh, 88, Indian writer, environmentalist, and philanthropist.
• Lefty Wilkie, 77, Canadian-American baseball player.^[22]

6

• Beyler Agayev, 23, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.
• Simcha Bunim Alter, 94, Israeli orthodox rabbi.
• Heinrich Eckstein, 85, German politician.^[23]
• Frank Jerwa, 83, Polish-Canadian ice hockey left winger.^[24]
• Zakir Majidov, 36, Azerbaijani soldier, helicopter crash.
• Ruslan Polovinko, 22, Ukrainian-Azerbaijani helicopter pilot, helicopter crash.
• Javanshir Rahimov, 19, Azerbaijani soldier, helicopter crash.
• Mazahir Rustamov, 32, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.
• Massimo Salvadori, 84, British-Italian historian and anti-fascist.

7

• Alakbar Aliyev, 36, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.
• John Anderson, 69, American actor (Psycho, Eight Men Out, MacGyver), heart attack.^[25]
• Aslan Qabil oğlu Atakişiyev, 38, Azerbaijani officer and war hero, killed in action.
• Leszek Błażyński, 43, Polish boxer and Olympic medalist, suicide.^[26]
• Pablo Cumo, 94, Argentine actor.
• Mariusz Dmochowski, 61, Polish actor.
• Moma Marković, 79, Serbian communist politician.
• Francisco Fernández Ordóñez, 62, Spanish politician, cancer.^[27]
• Sándor Szabó, 51, Hungarian fencer and Olympian.^[28]
• Berthold Teusner, 85, Australian politician.

8

• Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, 92, Iranian Marja'.^[29]
• Ivan Anikeyev, 59, Soviet cosmonaut, cancer.
• Alison Gertz, 26, American AIDS activist, AIDS.^[30]
• Mohan Jayamaha, 43, Sri Lankan naval admiral, landmine explosion.
• Denzil Kobbekaduwa, 52, Sri Lankan lieutenant general, landmine explosion.
• John Kordic, 27, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals), drug overdose.^[31]
• Egisto Macchi, 64, Italian composer.^[32]
• Thomas J. McIntyre, 77, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1962–1979).^[33]
• Bertalan Papp, 78, Hungarian fencer.^[34]
• Vijaya Wimalaratne, 51, Sri Lankan general, landmine explosion.

9

• Sukhdev Singh Babbar, 37, Indian Sikh militant, shot.
• Patrick Devlin, Baron Devlin, 86, British judge.^[35]
• Manuel Ulloa Elias, 69, Peruvian politician and economist.
• Blaž Kraljević, 44, Bosnian soldier, shot.^[36]
• David Llewellyn, 76, British politician and junior minister.
• Bill Russell, 87, American composer.^[37]
• H. W. Whillock, 88, American politician.^[38]

10

• Shimon Agranat, 85, Israeli jurist.^[39]
• Aribert Heim, 78, Austrian SS doctor and war criminal during World War II, colorectal cancer.
• Kurt A. Körber, 82, German businessman.
• Adrienne J. Smith, 58, American psychologist, cancer.^[40]
• S. P. P. Thorat, 85, Indian Army officer.

11

• James R. Allen, 66, United States Air Force general, cancer.^[41]
• Dorsey B. Hardeman, 89, American politician.
• Mario Nigro, 75, Italian painter.^[42]
• Bernard Ramm, 76, Canadian theologian.^[43]

12

• Eduardo Anguita, 77, Chilean poet.^[44]
• John Cage, 79, American composer, stroke.^[45]
• Paolo Caccia Dominioni, 96, Italian soldier and resistance fighter during World War II.
• Kenji Nakagami, 46, Japanese novelist and essayist, kidney cancer.^[46]
• James Ellsworth Noland, 72, American judge and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1951).^[47]
• James W. Payne, 62, American set decorator (The Sting, Slap Shot, The Love Boat), Oscar winner (1974).
• Patricia Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere, 63, English actress and socialite, heart attack.
• Henry A. Schade, 91, American Navy officer and naval architect.

13

• Clifford Allison, 27, American racing driver, racing crash.
• Bets Dekens, 85, Dutch Olympic discus thrower (1928).^[48]
• Jan Elburg, 72, Dutch poet.^[49]
• David Kaplan, 44-45, American journalist and news producer, shot.

14

• Harry Allen, 80, English executioner.
• Deane Kincaide, 81, American jazz musician.
• Marcel Le Glay, 72, French historian and archaeologist.^[50]
• Masinde Muliro, 70, Kenyan politician.
• Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips, 82, British politician.
• Senthamarai, 57, Indian actor.
• John Sirica, 88, American judge, cardiac arrest.^[51]
• Tony Williams, 64, American singer (The Platters), emphysema.^[52]

15

• Jackie Edwards, 53-54, Jamaican musician, heart attack.^[53]
• Linda Laubenstein, 45, American physician, heart attack.
• Ron Malo, 56, American audio engineer.
• Giorgio Perlasca, 82, Italian businessman and anti-fascist, heart attack.^[54]

16

• Malcolm Atterbury, 85, American actor (The Birds, Apple's Way, Emperor of the North).^[55]
• Mark Heard, 40, American musician, cardiac arrest.
• Robert E. Miles, 67, American white supremacist theologist religious leader.
• Yvonne Simon, 81, French racing driver.^[56]
• Karl Storch, 78, German hammer thrower and Olympic medalist.^[57]
• Antoni Wieczorek, 68, Polish ski jumper and Olympian, traffic collision.^[58]

17

• Jéhan Le Roy, 68, French Olympic equestrian (1960).^[59]
• Barbara Morgan, 92, American photographer.^[60]
• John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel, 86, British politician.
• Tom Nolan, 71, Irish politician.
• Tommy Nutter, 49, British fashion designer, AIDS.^[61]
• Al Parker, 40, American pornographic actor, producer, and director, AIDS-related complications.
• Tecla San Andres Ziga, 85, Filipino politician.
• Stanley Woodward, 93, American envoy and ambassador.^[62]

18

• Simon Hartog, 52, British filmmaker, leukaemia.^[63]
• Chris McCandless, 24, American adventurer, starvation, poisoning.
• Sixten Ringbom, 57, Finnish art historian.^[64]
• John Sturges, 82, American film director (The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Bad Day at Black Rock), heart attack, heart failure.^[65]

19

• Jean Accart, 80, French flying ace during World War II.^[66]
• Clyde D. Eddleman, 90, American general.^[67]
• Jean-Albert Grégoire, 93, French racing driver and engineer.^[68]
• Jean Hubeau, 75, French pianist, composer and pedagogue.^[69]
• Drahomír Koudelka, 46, Czech Olympic volleyball player (1968).^[70]
• Norvel Lee, 67, American Olympic boxer (1952), pancreatic cancer.^[71]
• George McIlraith, 84, Canadian politician.
• Carsten Winger, 85, Norwegian actor.

20

• Eliezer Berkovits, 83, Romanian-American theologian and rabbi.^[72]
• Walter Grabmann, 86, German flying ace during World War II.
• Walter Lincoln Hawkins, 81, American chemist and engineer.^[73]
• Alex McKenzie, 95, New Zealand sharebroker and politician.
• Liu Zhen, 77, Chinese general.

21

• Theodor Berger, 87, Austrian composer.^[74]
• Harry Kaskey, 90, American Olympic speed skater (1924).^[75]
• Isidro Lángara, 80, Spanish football player.
• Arturo Martínez, 74, Mexican film actor and director.
• Zühtü Müridoğlu, 86, Turkish sculptor.
• Dai Vernon, 98, Canadian magician.^[76]
• Mike Wise, 28, American gridiron football player, suicide.^[77]

22

• Mark E. Andrews, 88, American oil executive, complications following a stroke.^[78]
• Hallowell Davis, 95, American physiologist and otolaryngologist.^[79]
• Paul A. Dodd, 90, American educator and economist.^[80]
• Gerald Ketchum, 83, American naval officer.
• Ljubomir Kokeza, 72, Croatian football player.^[81]
• Ruslan Muradov, 19, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.

23

• David Hallifax, 64, British naval officer, ALS.^[82]
• Joe Marconi, 58, American gridiron football player, leukemia.^[83]
• Charles August Nichols, 81, American animator and film director.
• Cyril Rushton, 69, Australian politician.
• Virginia Sale, 93, American actress, heart failure.^[84]
• Donald Stewart, 71, Scottish politician.^[85]
• N. Veeraswamy, 60, Indian film producer.
• Alf Watson, 85, Australian track and field athlete and Olympian.^[86]
• Jim Young, 76, Irish hurler and Gaelic football player.

24

• Bekor Ashot, 32, Armenian military leader, killed in battle.
• André Donner, 74, Dutch jurist.^[87]
• George Jones, 95, Australian Air Force commander.^[88]
• Margie Liszt, 83, American actress, cancer.
• Larrie Londin, 48, American drummer, heart attack.
• Andrei Lupan, 80, Moldovan writer and politician.^[89]
• Yunis Najafov, 24, Azerbaijan soldier and war hero, killed in action.
• Lazăr Sfera, 83, Romanian football player.^[90]

25

• Neil Stanley Crawford, 61, Canadian politician and jazz musician, ALS.
• George R. Nelson, 65, American set decorator (The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Right Stuff), Oscar winner (1975).
• Frederick O'Neal, 86, American actor and television director.^[91]
• Veikko Peräsalo, 80, Finnish athlete and Olympian.^[92]
• Cyril Stanley Smith, 88, British metallurgist and historian of science, cancer.^[93]

26

• Arthur Leigh Allen, 58, prime suspect in the Zodiac killings.
• Sammy Benskin, 69, American pianist.^[94]
• Bob de Moor, 66, Belgian comic artist.^[95]
• Nguyen Thi Dinh, 72, Vietnamese Army general and Vice President.
• Daniel Gorenstein, 69, American mathematician.^[96]
• Sammy Timberg, 89, American musician and composer.

27

• Sovqiyar Abdullayev, 23, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.
• Bengt Holbek, 59, Danish folklorist.^[97]
• Gonzalo Jiménez, 90, Spanish Olympic water polo player (1928).^[98]
• Peter Jørgensen, 85, Danish boxer and Olympic medalist.^[99]
• George H. Kerr, 80, American diplomat.^[100]
• Daniel K. Ludwig, 95, American shipping businessman.^[101]
• Hélène Perdrière, 82, French stage and film actress.^[102]
• Max Stiepl, 78, Austrian Olympic speed skater (1936, 1948).^[103]

28

• Otar Dadunashvili, 64, Soviet and Georgian cyclist and Olympian.^[104]
• Tom Drake-Brockman, 73, Australian politician.
• Bedwyr Lewis Jones, 59, Welsh scholar, literary critic and linguist.^[105]
• Asri Muda, 68, Malaysian politician.
• Tan Qixiang, 81, Chinese geographer and historian.

29

• Andy Gilbert, 78, American baseball player.^[106]
• Félix Guattari, 62, French psychoanalyst and philosopher, heart attack.^[107]
• Heini Hediger, 83, Swiss biologist.
• Mary Norton, 88, English writer (The Borrowers).^[108]
• Erling Petersen, 86, Norwegian politician.
• Jo Ann Robinson, 80, American civil rights activist.
• Henricus Rol, 86, Dutch painter.^[109]
• Victor H. Schiro, 88, American politician.
• Teddy Turner, 75, English actor (Never the Twain, Emmerdale, All Creatures Great and Small), emphysema.
• Weng Weng, 34, Filipino actor, heart attack.

30

• Claude Barma, 73, French director and screenwriter.^[110]
• Hideo Gosha, 63, Japanese film director.^[111]
• Ernst Ihbe, 78, German cyclist and Olympic champion.^[112]
• Rubén Uriza, 73, Mexican show jumper and Olympic champion.^[113]

31

• Matlab Guliyev, 33, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.
• Wolfgang Güllich, 31, German rock climber, traffic collision.
• Cletus F. O'Donnell, 75, American Roman Catholic prelate.^[114]
• John Salathé, 93, Swiss-American rock climber.
• George Leonard Trager, 86, American linguist.^[115]
• Charles L. Weltner, 64, American jurist and politician.^[116]
• Hans Wimmer, 85, German sculptor.