In the year 1988
528 Notable deaths
Eric A. Havelock
British classical philologist (1903–1988).
Born June 3rd, 1903 in London. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1988 at 84 years old in Poughkeepsie. [ref]
Kurt Raab
German actor.
Born July 20th, 1941 in Kašperské Hory.
Died June 28th, 1988 at 46 years old in Hamburg (death from AIDS-related complications).
Chick Chandler
American actor (1905-1988).
Born January 18th, 1905 in Kingston.
Died September 30th, 1988 at 83 years old in Laguna Beach (disease).
Gaston Eyskens
Belgian prime minister (1905–1988).
Died January 3rd, 1988 at 82 years old in Leuven.
Richard B. Ogilvie
U.s. politician, governor of illinois (1923-1988).
Born February 22nd, 1923 in Kansas City.
Died May 10th, 1988 at 65 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
Heinz Pagels
American physicist (1939–1988).
Born February 19th, 1939 in New York City.
Died July 23rd, 1988 at 49 years old in Pyramid Peak (falling from height).
Francis Ponge
French writer (1899–1988).
Born March 27th, 1899 in Montpellier.
Died August 6th, 1988 at 89 years old in Le Bar-sur-Loup.
Michel Auclair
French actor of montenegrin descent (1922-1988).
Born September 14th, 1922 in Koblenz.
Died January 7th, 1988 at 65 years old in Fayence (cerebral hemorrhage).
Greta Nissen
Actress (1906 – 1988).
Born January 30th, 1906 in Oslo.
Died May 15th, 1988 at 82 years old in Montecito (Parkinson's disease).
Lauris Norstad
American general in the united states army air forces and united states air force.
Born March 24th, 1907 in Minneapolis.
Died September 12th, 1988 at 81 years old in Tucson.
James Devereux
United states marine corps general and congressman (1903-1988).
Born February 20th, 1903 in Cuba.
Died August 5th, 1988 at 85 years old in Baltimore (pneumonia).
Eddie Vinson
American jump blues, jazz, bebop and r&b alto saxophonist and blues shouter (1917–1988).
Born December 18th, 1917 in Houston.
Died July 2nd, 1988 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Guy Hocquenghem
French philosopher, novelist, essayist and journalist (1946–1988).
Born December 10th, 1946 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
Died August 28th, 1988 at 41 years old in 19th arrondissement of Paris (death from AIDS-related complications).
Melvin Frank
American screenwriter and director (1913-1988).
Born August 13th, 1913 in Chicago. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1988 at 75 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Abdullahi Issa
Prime minister of the trust territory of somalia , the designer of the somali flag & the party leader of s.y.l ( somali youth league) ,(born in 1922 and died in 1988).
Born November 11th, 1922 in Afgooye.
Died March 11th, 1988 at 65 years old in Rome.
Sy Oliver
American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader (1910–1988).
Born December 17th, 1910 in Battle Creek.
Died May 28th, 1988 at 77 years old in New York City.
John Clellon Holmes
American beat generation writer, novelist (1926–1988).
Born March 12th, 1926 in Massachusetts.
Died March 30th, 1988 at 62 years old in Middletown (cancer).
Johannes Hendrikus Donner
Dutch chess grandmaster (1927-1988).
Born July 6th, 1927 in The Hague. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1988 at 61 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Wilhelm Batz
German world war ii fighter pilot (1916-1988).
Born May 21st, 1916 in Bamberg.
Died September 11th, 1988 at 72 years old in Ebern.
Josep Tarradellas i Joan
Spanish catalan politician (1899-1988).
Born January 19th, 1899 in Cervelló. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1988 at 89 years old in Barcelona.
Richard Schulze-Kossens
Ss officer ; adolf hitler's aid ; affiant in pohl trial (nmt 4).
Born October 2nd, 1914 in Spandau.
Died July 3rd, 1988 at 73 years old in Düsseldorf (lung cancer).
Nikolay Makarov
Soviet firearms designer.
Born May 22nd, 1914 in Sasovo. [ref]
Died May 14th, 1988 at 73 years old in Tula (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Aparicio Méndez
President of uruguay (1904-1988).
Born August 24th, 1904 in Rivera.
Died June 27th, 1988 at 83 years old in Montevideo.
Dorothy Jordan
Actress (1906-1988).
Born August 9th, 1906 in Clarksville. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1988 at 82 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Morgan Farley
American actor (1898–1988).
Born October 3rd, 1898 in Mamaroneck.
Died October 11th, 1988 at 90 years old in San Pedro.
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