Musicians Who Died in December 1988

Roy Orbison (1936-1988)

Dec 6 American rock singer-songwriter ("Pretty Woman"; "Only The Lonely"; Traveling Wilburys - "Handle With Care"), dies of a massive heart attack at 52

Dec 8 Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad, American baritone a cappella singer (Persuasions - "Street Corner Symphony"), dies at 44
Dec 14 Hermann Pfrogner, Austrian musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus), and educator (Munich Music College, 1958-74), dies at 77

Sylvester James Jr. (1947-1988)

Dec 16 American singer-songwriter (Do Ya Wanna Funk), dies of complications from HIV/AIDS at 41

Dec 22 (Thomas) "Tucker" Smith, American stage and screen dancer, singer and actor (West Side Story - "Ice"), dies of cancer at 52
Dec 26 Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer, dies at 91