In the year 1988
601 Notable deaths
Pablo Sorozábal
Spanish composer (1897-1988).
Born September 18th, 1897 in San Sebastián.
Died December 28th, 1988 at 91 years old in Madrid.
Hilda Gobbi
Hungarian actress of italian origin (1913-1988).
Born June 6th, 1913 in Budapest.
Died July 13th, 1988 at 75 years old in Budapest.
Ferit Melen
Prime minister of turkey (1906–1988).
Born November 2nd, 1906 in Van.
Died September 3rd, 1988 at 81 years old in Ankara.
Willi Apel
German-american musicologist.
Born October 10th, 1893 in Chojnice.
Died March 14th, 1988 at 94 years old in Bloomington.
Erich Probst
Austrian footballer (1927-1988).
Born December 5th, 1927 in Vienna. [ref]
Died March 16th, 1988 at 60 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Miklós Szentkuthy
Hungarian writer, literary translator (1908–1988).
Born June 2nd, 1908 in Budapest.
Died July 18th, 1988 at 80 years old in Budapest.
Björn Kurtén
Finnish paleontologist (1924-1988).
Born November 19th, 1924 in Vaasa.
Died December 28th, 1988 at 64 years old in Helsinki.
Cesare Brandi
Italian art historian (1906-1988).
Born April 8th, 1906 in Siena.
Died January 19th, 1988 at 81 years old in Siena.
Nora Astorga
Nicaraguan revolutionary (1944-1988).
Born December 10th, 1949 in Managua.
Died February 14th, 1988 at 38 years old in Managua (breast cancer).
John J. Williams
American politician (1904-1988).
Born May 17th, 1904 in Frankford.
Died January 11th, 1988 at 83 years old in Lewes.
Isaak Yaglom
Russian mathematician (1921–1988).
Born March 6th, 1921 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1988 at 67 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Ilona Elek
Hungarian fencer (1907-1988).
Born May 17th, 1907 in Budapest.
Died July 24th, 1988 at 81 years old in Budapest.
Milton Krasner
American cinematographer (1904–1988).
Born February 17th, 1904 in Brooklyn.
Died July 17th, 1988 at 84 years old in Woodland Hills.
Aleksandar Deroko
Serbian architect (1894-1988).
Born September 4th, 1894 in Belgrade.
Died November 30th, 1988 at 94 years old in Belgrade.
Carlo Carretto
Italian catholic writer (1910–1988).
Born April 2nd, 1910 in Alessandria.
Died October 4th, 1988 at 78 years old in Spello.
Guido Beck
German physicist (1903-1988).
Born August 29th, 1903 in Liberec.
Died October 21st, 1988 at 85 years old in Rio de Janeiro (traffic collision).
Pavel Kadochnikov
Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter (1915-1988).
Born July 29th, 1915 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 2nd, 1988 at 72 years old in Saint Petersburg.
John Francis Dearden
Catholic cardinal (1907–1988).
Born October 15th, 1907 in Valley Falls.
Died August 1st, 1988 at 80 years old in Southfield (pancreatic cancer).
Pál Titkos
Hungarian footballer (1908-1988).
Born January 8th, 1908 in Budafok.
Died October 8th, 1988 at 80 years old in Budapest.
Jean Mitry
French film theorist (1903–1988).
Born November 7th, 1907 in Soissons. [ref]
Died January 18th, 1988 at 80 years old in La Garenne-Colombes.
Freddie Frith
British motorcycle racer (1909–1988).
Born May 30th, 1909 in Grimsby.
Died May 24th, 1988 at 78 years old in Grimsby.
Massa Makan Diabaté
Malian writer and historian (1938-1988).
Died January 27th, 1988 at 49 years old in Bamako. [ref]
Ernest Labrousse
French historian (1895–1988).
Born March 16th, 1895 in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire.
Died May 24th, 1988 at 93 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
José Dolhem
Racecar driver (1944-1988).
Born April 26th, 1944 in 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 16th, 1988 at 43 years old in Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert (aviation accident).
Charles Glen King
United states biochemist (1896-1988).
Born October 22nd, 1896 in Entiat.
Died January 23rd, 1988 at 91 years old in West Chester.
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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Leonardo da Vinci