Deaths in August 1992

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.

1

 * Margarita Aliger, 76, Russian writer.
 * Alfred "Chico" Alvarez, 72, Canadian trumpeter.
 * Bob Peak, 65, American illustrator.
 * 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.
 * Alf Cleverley, 84, New Zealand boxer and Olympian.
 * Oscar Hagberg, 83, American football player and coach.
 * Ephraim Katz, 60, Israeli-American filmmaker and writer, emphysema.
 * Igor Vladimirovich Makeyev, 20, Azerbaijani soldier, killed in battle.
 * Thomas Brennan Nolan, 91, American geologist.
 * John Simerson, 57, American gridiron football player.
 * Jim Weatherall, 62, American football player.

3

 * Ebbe Carlsson, 44, Swedish journalist and publisher, AIDS-related complications.
 * Fereydoun Farrokhzad, 53, Iranian entertainer, humanitarian, and dissident, murdered.
 * Wang Hongwen, 56, Chinese politician, liver cancer.
 * Don Lang, 67, English trombonist and singer, cancer.
 * 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.

4

 * Ralph Cooper, 84, American actor and screenwriter, cancer.
 * Norm King, 73, Australian politician.
 * Seichō Matsumoto, 82, Japanese author.
 * František Tomášek, 93, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal.

5

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

6

 * Beyler Agayev, 23, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.
 * Simcha Bunim Alter, 94, Israeli orthodox rabbi.
 * Heinrich Eckstein, 85, German politician.
 * Frank Jerwa, 83, Polish-Canadian ice hockey left winger.
 * 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.
 * Aslan Qabil oğlu Atakişiyev, 38, Azerbaijani officer and war hero, killed in action.
 * Leszek Błażyński, 43, Polish boxer and Olympic medalist, suicide.
 * Pablo Cumo, 94, Argentine actor.
 * Mariusz Dmochowski, 61, Polish actor.
 * Moma Marković, 79, Serbian communist politician.
 * Francisco Fernández Ordóñez, 62, Spanish politician, cancer.
 * Sándor Szabó, 51, Hungarian fencer and Olympian.
 * Berthold Teusner, 85, Australian politician.

8

 * Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, 92, Iranian Marja'.
 * Ivan Anikeyev, 59, Soviet cosmonaut, cancer.
 * Alison Gertz, 26, American AIDS activist, AIDS.
 * 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.
 * Egisto Macchi, 64, Italian composer.
 * Thomas J. McIntyre, 77, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1962–1979).
 * Bertalan Papp, 78, Hungarian fencer.
 * Vijaya Wimalaratne, 51, Sri Lankan general, landmine explosion.

9

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

10

 * Shimon Agranat, 85, Israeli jurist.
 * 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.
 * S. P. P. Thorat, 85, Indian Army officer.

11

 * James R. Allen, 66, United States Air Force general, cancer.
 * Dorsey B. Hardeman, 89, American politician.
 * Mario Nigro, 75, Italian painter.
 * Bernard Ramm, 76, Canadian theologian.

12

 * Eduardo Anguita, 77, Chilean poet.
 * John Cage, 79, American composer, stroke.
 * Paolo Caccia Dominioni, 96, Italian soldier and resistance fighter during World War II.
 * Kenji Nakagami, 46, Japanese novelist and essayist, kidney cancer.
 * James Ellsworth Noland, 72, American judge and politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1951).
 * 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).
 * Jan Elburg, 72, Dutch poet.
 * 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.
 * Masinde Muliro, 70, Kenyan politician.
 * Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips, 82, British politician.
 * Senthamarai, 57, Indian actor.
 * John Sirica, 88, American judge, cardiac arrest.
 * Tony Williams, 64, American singer (The Platters), emphysema.

15

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

16

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

17

 * Jéhan Le Roy, 68, French Olympic equestrian (1960).
 * Barbara Morgan, 92, American photographer.
 * John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel, 86, British politician.
 * Tom Nolan, 71, Irish politician.
 * Tommy Nutter, 49, British fashion designer, AIDS.
 * 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.

18

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

19

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

20

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

21

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

22

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

23

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

24

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

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.
 * Veikko Peräsalo, 80, Finnish athlete and Olympian.
 * Cyril Stanley Smith, 88, British metallurgist and historian of science, cancer.

26

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

27

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

28

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

29

 * Andy Gilbert, 78, American baseball player.
 * Félix Guattari, 62, French psychoanalyst and philosopher, heart attack.
 * Heini Hediger, 83, Swiss biologist.
 * Mary Norton, 88, English writer (The Borrowers).
 * Erling Petersen, 86, Norwegian politician.
 * Jo Ann Robinson, 80, American civil rights activist.
 * Henricus Rol, 86, Dutch painter.
 * 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.
 * Hideo Gosha, 63, Japanese film director.
 * Ernst Ihbe, 78, German cyclist and Olympic champion.
 * Rubén Uriza, 73, Mexican show jumper and Olympic champion.

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.
 * John Salathé, 93, Swiss-American rock climber.
 * George Leonard Trager, 86, American linguist.
 * Charles L. Weltner, 64, American jurist and politician.
 * Hans Wimmer, 85, German sculptor.