In the year 1988
528 Notable deaths
Robert Joffrey
Ballet choreographer, 1928–1988.
Born December 24th, 1930 in Seattle.
Died March 25th, 1988 at 57 years old in New York City (AIDS related disease).
Princess Nadejda Petrovna of Russia
Princess of russia (1898–1988).
Born March 15th, 1898 in Dulber.
Died April 21st, 1988 at 90 years old in Chantilly.
Stanley William Hayter
English print-maker and engraver (1901-1988).
Born December 27th, 1901 in London.
Died May 4th, 1988 at 86 years old in Paris.
Erich Fried
Austrian writer.
Born May 6th, 1921 in Vienna. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1988 at 67 years old in Baden-Baden. [ref]
Máirtín Ó Direáin
Irish poet (1910-1988).
Born November 29th, 1910 in Inis Mór.
Died March 19th, 1988 at 77 years old in Dublin.
Youri Egorov
Russian pianist.
Born May 28th, 1954 in Kazan. [ref]
Died April 16th, 1988 at 33 years old in Amsterdam (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Roberto Succo
Italian serial killer (1962–1988).
Born April 3rd, 1962 in Venice.
Died May 23rd, 1988 at 26 years old in Vicenza (asphyxia).
Rudolf Schündler
German actor (1906–1988).
Born April 17th, 1906 in Leipzig.
Died December 12th, 1988 at 82 years old in Munich.
Pierre Desproges
French humorist.
Born May 9th, 1939 in Pantin. [ref]
Died April 18th, 1988 at 48 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (cancer). [ref]
Herbert L. Anderson
American physicist (1914-1988).
Born May 24th, 1914 in New York City.
Died July 16th, 1988 at 74 years old in Los Alamos (berylliosis).
Alphaeus Philemon Cole
American artist (1876-1988).
Born July 12th, 1876 in Jersey City. [ref]
Died November 25th, 1988 at 112 years old in New York City. [ref]
Michel-Louis Guérard des Lauriers
French dominican theologian and traditionalist catholic bishop.
Born October 25th, 1898 in Suresnes.
Died February 27th, 1988 at 89 years old in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire.
Yuli Daniel
Soviet writer and poet (1925-1988).
Born November 15th, 1925 in Moscow.
Died December 30th, 1988 at 63 years old in Moscow.
Pauline Lafont
Actress (1963-1988).
Born April 6th, 1963 in Nîmes.
Died August 11th, 1988 at 25 years old in Gabriac (falling).
Enzo Tortora
Popular tv host on national rai television and italian politician (1928-1988).
Born November 30th, 1928 in Genoa.
Died May 28th, 1988 at 59 years old in Milan (cancer). [ref]
Leon Belasco
American musician (1902-1988).
Born October 11th, 1902 in Odesa.
Died June 1st, 1988 at 85 years old in Orange.
Vic Watson
English footballer (1897-1988).
Born November 10th, 1897 in Girton.
Died August 3rd, 1988 at 90 years old in Girton.
Nils Bejerot
Swedish psychiatrist (1921-1988).
Born September 21st, 1921 in Norrtälje.
Died November 29th, 1988 at 67 years old in Stockholm.
Liang Shuming
Chinese philosopher (1893-1988).
Born October 18th, 1893 in Beijing.
Died June 23rd, 1988 at 94 years old in Beijing.
Vasil Mzhavanadze
First secretary of the communist party of the georgian ssr (1902-1988).
Born September 20th, 1902 in Kutaisi.
Died August 31st, 1988 at 85 years old in Moscow.
E. Hoffmann Price
American writer.
Born July 3rd, 1898 in Fowler.
Died June 18th, 1988 at 89 years old in Redwood City.
Vladimír Menšík
Czech actor and entertainer (1929–1988).
Born October 9th, 1929 in Ivančice. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1988 at 58 years old in Brno (asthma). [ref]
André Frédéric Cournand
French physiologist (1895–1988).
Born September 24th, 1895 in Paris.
Died February 19th, 1988 at 92 years old in Great Barrington.
E. B. Ford
British ecological geneticist (1901-1988).
Born April 23rd, 1901 in Papcastle.
Died January 21st, 1988 at 86 years old in Oxford.
Solomon Cutner
English pianist.
Born August 9th, 1902 in London.
Died February 22nd, 1988 at 85 years old in London.
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To die will be an awfully big adventure. Peter Pan