In the year 1988
601 Notable deaths
Herluf Bidstrup
Danish cartoonist (1912-1988).
Born September 10th, 1912 in Berlin.
Died December 26th, 1988 at 76 years old in Lillerød.
Angelo de Mojana di Cologna
77th prince and grand master of the sovereign military order of malta.
Born August 13th, 1905 in Milan.
Died January 17th, 1988 at 82 years old in Rome (disease).
Radamés Gnattali
Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor (1906–1988).
Born January 27th, 1906 in Porto Alegre.
Died February 3rd, 1988 at 82 years old in Rio de Janeiro.
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
German actor (1900-1988).
Born July 27th, 1900 in Brunswick.
Died October 30th, 1988 at 88 years old in Munich.
Steno
Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (1917–1988).
Born January 19th, 1917 in Rome.
Died March 13th, 1988 at 71 years old in Rome.
Werner Fenchel
German mathematician (1905–1988).
Died January 24th, 1988 at 82 years old in Copenhagen.
Ye Shengtao
Chinese writer (1894-1988).
Born October 28th, 1894 in Suzhou.
Died February 16th, 1988 at 93 years old in Beijing.
Venko Markovski
Bulgarian and macedonian writer (1915–1988).
Born March 5th, 1915 in Skopje.
Died January 7th, 1988 at 72 years old in Sofia.
Léon Goossens
British musician (1897–1988).
Born June 12th, 1897 in Liverpool.
Died February 12th, 1988 at 90 years old in Royal Tunbridge Wells. [ref]
Joly Braga Santos
Portuguese composer (1924-1988).
Born May 14th, 1924 in Lisbon.
Died July 18th, 1988 at 64 years old in Lisbon (stroke).
Ho Chong
Korean politician and independence activist (1896-1988).
Born April 8th, 1896 in Busan.
Died September 18th, 1988 at 92 years old in Seoul (disease).
Maria Ulfah Santoso
Indonesian politician and activist (1911–1988).
Born August 18th, 1911 in Serang.
Died April 15th, 1988 at 76 years old in Jakarta.
Shōhei Ōoka
Japanese writer (1909–1988).
Born March 6th, 1909 in Ushigome-ku, Tokyo. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1988 at 79 years old in Tokyo (stroke).
Mabel Strickland
Anglo-maltese journalist, newspaper proprietor and politician (1899-1988).
Born January 8th, 1899 in Lija.
Died November 29th, 1988 at 89 years old in Mdina (disease).
Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger
British sociologist and criminologist (1897-1988).
Born April 14th, 1897 in Cambridge.
Died July 11th, 1988 at 91 years old in Surrey.
Hans Lewy
German born american mathematician (1904–1988).
Born October 20th, 1904 in Wrocław. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 1988 at 83 years old in Berkeley (leukemia).
Nino Frank
French film critic (1904-1988).
Born June 27th, 1904 in Barletta.
Died August 17th, 1988 at 84 years old in Chevilly-Larue.
Stefan Themerson
Polish writer, philosopher and filmmaker (1910–1988).
Born October 25th, 1910 in Płock.
Died September 6th, 1988 at 77 years old in London.
Oktay Rifat
Turkish writer (1914–1988).
Born June 10th, 1914 in Trabzon.
Died April 18th, 1988 at 73 years old in Istanbul.
Augusta La Torre
Peruvian revolutionary (1946-1988).
Born August 29th, 1946 in Huanta.
Died November 14th, 1988 at 42 years old in Peru.
Tibor Sekelj
Hungarian author and explorer (1912–1988).
Born February 14th, 1912 in Poprad.
Died September 23rd, 1988 at 76 years old in Subotica.
Marta Abba
Italian actress (1900-1988).
Born June 25th, 1900 in Milan.
Died June 24th, 1988 at 87 years old in Milan (cerebral hemorrhage).
Hans Baumann
German children's writer and songwriter (1914–1988).
Born April 22nd, 1914 in Amberg.
Died November 7th, 1988 at 74 years old in Murnau am Staffelsee.
Jeanne Aubert
French actress, singer (1900–1988).
Born February 21st, 1900 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 6th, 1988 at 88 years old in Coubert (disease).
Léonie Adams
American poet (1899–1988).
Born December 9th, 1899 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died June 27th, 1988 at 88 years old in New Milford. [ref]
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The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. J.K. Rowling