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In the year 1988
528 Notable deaths
Jean-Michel Basquiat
American artist (1960–1988).
Born December 22nd, 1960 in Brooklyn, Park Slope.
Died August 12th, 1988 at 27 years old in New York City (opioid overdose).
Roy Orbison
American musician.
Born April 23rd, 1936 in Vernon.
Died December 6th, 1988 at 52 years old in Nashville (myocardial infarction).
Judith Barsi
American child actress (1978-1988).
Born June 6th, 1978 in Los Angeles.
Died July 25th, 1988 at 10 years old in Canoga Park (ballistic trauma).
Raj Kapoor
Indian film actor, producer and director.
Born December 14th, 1924 in Peshawar.
Died June 2nd, 1988 at 63 years old in New Delhi (asthma).
Richard Feynman
American theoretical physicist (1918-1988).
Born May 11th, 1918 in Far Rockaway. [ref]
Died February 15th, 1988 at 69 years old in UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center (kidney failure). [ref]
Andy Gibb
British singer (1958–1988).
Born March 5th, 1958 in Manchester.
Died March 10th, 1988 at 30 years old in Oxford (coronary artery disease).
Heather O'Rourke
American actress (1975–1988).
Born December 27th, 1975 in San Diego.
Died February 1st, 1988 at 12 years old in San Diego (cardiac arrest).
John Holmes
American pornographic actor.
Born August 8th, 1944 in Ashville. [ref]
Died March 13th, 1988 at 43 years old in Los Angeles (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Enzo Ferrari
Italian racing driver and entrepreneur, founder of the ferrari (1898–1988).
Born February 18th, 1898 in Modena.
Died August 14th, 1988 at 90 years old in Modena.
Pete Maravich
American basketball player.
Born June 22nd, 1947 in Aliquippa.
Died January 5th, 1988 at 40 years old in Pasadena (myocardial infarction).
Valery Legasov
Soviet nuclear chemist, chief of the commission investigating the chernobyl disaster (1936-1988).
Born September 1st, 1936 in Tula.
Died April 27th, 1988 at 51 years old in Moscow (hanging).
Nico
German singer and actress (1938–1988).
Born October 16th, 1938 in Cologne. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1988 at 49 years old in Ibiza (bicycle accident). [ref]
Kim Philby
Kgb mole for the soviet union (1912–1988).
Born January 1st, 1912 in Ambala.
Died May 11th, 1988 at 76 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Chet Baker
American jazz trumpeter and vocalist (1929-1988).
Born December 23rd, 1929 in Yale.
Died May 13th, 1988 at 58 years old in Amsterdam (falling).
Divine
American actor, singer and drag queen (1945–1988).
Born October 19th, 1945 in Baltimore.
Died March 7th, 1988 at 42 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure).
Georgy Malenkov
Soviet politician (1902–1988).
Born January 8th, 1902 in Orenburg.
Died January 14th, 1988 at 86 years old in Moscow.
John Carradine
American actor (1906-1988).
Born February 5th, 1906 in New York City.
Died November 27th, 1988 at 82 years old in Milan (myocardial infarction).
Robert A. Heinlein
American author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988).
Born July 7th, 1907 in Butler. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1988 at 80 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea (heart failure). [ref]
Valerie Solanas
American radical feminist and author (1936-1988).
Born April 9th, 1936 in Ventnor City.
Died April 25th, 1988 at 52 years old in San Francisco (pneumonia).
Hillel Slovak
Israeli-american musician (1962–1988).
Born April 13th, 1962 in Haifa.
Died June 25th, 1988 at 26 years old in Hollywood (heroin overdose).
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Longest reigning dictator of pakistan (1924-1988).
Born August 12th, 1924 in Jalandhar. [ref]
Died August 17th, 1988 at 64 years old in Bahawalpur (aircraft crash). [ref]
Christina Onassis
American born greek/argentine businesswoman, socialite, and heiress to the onassis fortune (1950-1988).
Born December 11th, 1950 in Manhattan.
Died November 19th, 1988 at 37 years old in Tortuguitas (myocardial infarction).
Klaus Fuchs
German-born british theoretical physicist and atomic spy (1911-1988).
Born December 29th, 1911 in Rüsselsheim am Main.
Died January 28th, 1988 at 76 years old in East Berlin.
Kenneth Williams
British actor and comedian (1926–1988).
Born February 22nd, 1926 in Islington.
Died April 15th, 1988 at 62 years old in London Borough of Camden (drug overdose).
Bruiser Brody
American professional wrestler (1946-1988).
Born June 18th, 1946 in Detroit.
Died July 17th, 1988 at 42 years old in Bayamón (stab wound).
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