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In the year 1988
603 Notable deaths
John Loder
British-american actor (1898-1988).
Born January 3rd, 1898 in London.
Died December 26th, 1988 at 90 years old in London (disease).
Romare Bearden
African american artist (1911–1988).
Born September 2nd, 1911 in Charlotte.
Died March 12th, 1988 at 76 years old in New York City. [ref]
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
President of pakistan from 1978 to 1988 of saudi origin.
Born August 12th, 1924 in Jalandhar.
Died August 17th, 1988 at 64 years old in Bahawalpur (aircraft crash).
Ballard Berkeley
British actor of stage and screen (1904–1988).
Born August 6th, 1904 in Margate.
Died January 16th, 1988 at 83 years old in London.
Henry Armstrong
American boxer (1912–1988).
Born December 12th, 1912 in Columbus.
Died October 24th, 1988 at 75 years old in Los Angeles.
Jeff Donnell
American actress (1921–1988).
Born July 10th, 1921 in Windham.
Died April 11th, 1988 at 66 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Swiss catholic theologian (1905–1988).
Born August 12th, 1905 in Lucerne.
Died June 26th, 1988 at 82 years old in Basel.
Trinidad Silva
American actor (1950-1988).
Born January 30th, 1950 in Mission.
Died July 31st, 1988 at 38 years old in Whittier (traffic collision).
Colleen Moore
American actress (1899–1988).
Born August 19th, 1900 in Port Huron.
Died January 25th, 1988 at 87 years old in Paso Robles (cancer).
Roy Urquhart
British military officer (1901–1988).
Born November 28th, 1901 in Shepperton.
Died December 13th, 1988 at 87 years old in Menteith.
Virginia Satir
American psychotherapist & non-fiction author.
Born June 26th, 1916 in Neillsville.
Died September 10th, 1988 at 72 years old in Menlo Park.
Alan Paton
South african writer and activist (1903-1988).
Born January 11th, 1903 in Pietermaritzburg.
Died April 12th, 1988 at 85 years old in Durban.
Louise Nevelson
American sculptor (1899-1988).
Born September 23rd, 1899 in Pereiaslav.
Died April 17th, 1988 at 88 years old in New York City.
Franz Josef Strauß
German politician (1915-1988).
Born September 6th, 1915 in Munich.
Died October 3rd, 1988 at 73 years old in Regensburg (heart failure).
Luis Barragán
Mexican architect (1902-1988).
Born March 9th, 1902 in Guadalajara. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 1988 at 86 years old in Mexico City (Parkinson's disease).
Paul Grice
British philosopher.
Born March 13th, 1913 in Birmingham.
Died August 28th, 1988 at 75 years old in Berkeley.
Chico Mendes
Brazilian trade union leader and environmentalist (1944–1988).
Born December 15th, 1944 in Xapuri.
Died December 22nd, 1988 at 44 years old in Xapuri (gunshot wound).
Roger Hargreaves
British author and illustrator (1935–1988).
Born May 9th, 1935 in Cleckheaton.
Died September 11th, 1988 at 53 years old in Guernsey (stroke).
Pannonica de Koenigswarter
British jazz patroness (1913-1988).
Born December 10th, 1913 in London.
Died November 30th, 1988 at 74 years old in Washington Heights.
Niko Tinbergen
Dutch zoologist, ethologist (1907-1988).
Born April 15th, 1907 in The Hague. [ref]
Died December 21st, 1988 at 81 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Leonard Matlovich
American vietnam war veteran, race relations instructor, and recipient of the purple heart and the bronze star (1943–1988).
Born July 6th, 1943 in Savannah.
Died June 22nd, 1988 at 44 years old in West Hollywood (death from AIDS-related complications).
Seán MacBride
Irish politician and human rights activist (1904-1988).
Born January 26th, 1904 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died January 15th, 1988 at 83 years old in Dublin.
John M. Allegro
English archaeologist and dead sea scrolls scholar (1923–1988).
Born February 17th, 1923 in London.
Died February 17th, 1988 at 65 years old in Sandbach.
Khalil al-Wazir
Palestinian military leader, founder of fatah (1935–1988).
Born October 10th, 1935 in Ramla.
Died April 16th, 1988 at 52 years old in Tunis (gunshot wound).
Deaths 76 to 100 of 603
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi