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In the year 1988
603 Notable deaths
Frederick Loewe
Austrian-american composer (1901–1988).
Born June 10th, 1901 in Charlottenburg.
Died February 14th, 1988 at 86 years old in Palm Springs.
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
English composer, music critic, pianist and writer (1892–1988).
Born August 14th, 1892 in Chingford.
Died October 15th, 1988 at 96 years old in Winfrith Newburgh.
Ove Arup
Anglo-danish engineer (1895-1988).
Born April 16th, 1895 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died February 5th, 1988 at 92 years old in London.
Christopher Connelly
American actor (1941–1988).
Born September 8th, 1941 in Wichita.
Died December 7th, 1988 at 47 years old in Burbank (lung cancer).
Alec Issigonis
British car designer (1906–1988).
Born November 18th, 1906 in İzmir.
Died October 2nd, 1988 at 81 years old in Edgbaston (pneumonia).
Timothy Patrick Murphy
American actor (1959–1988).
Born November 3rd, 1959 in Hartford.
Died December 6th, 1988 at 29 years old in Sherman Oaks (death from AIDS-related complications).
Seth Neddermeyer
American physicist (1907–1988).
Born September 16th, 1907 in Richmond.
Died January 29th, 1988 at 80 years old in Seattle (Parkinson's disease).
Jackie Milburn
English footballer (1924-1988).
Born May 11th, 1924 in Ashington.
Died October 9th, 1988 at 64 years old in Ashington.
Martin Sommer
German master sergeant (1915–1988).
Born February 8th, 1915 in Schkölen.
Died June 7th, 1988 at 73 years old in Schwarzenbruck.
Trường Chinh
Former general secretary of the communist party of vietnam (1907–1988).
Born February 9th, 1907 in Quảng Ngãi.
Died September 30th, 1988 at 81 years old in Hanoi.
Patrick Steptoe
British gynaecologist (1913–1988).
Born June 9th, 1913 in Witney.
Died March 21st, 1988 at 74 years old in Canterbury.
Gisella Perl
Gynecologist and author (1907–1988).
Born December 10th, 1907 in Sighetu Marmației.
Died December 16th, 1988 at 81 years old in Herzliya. [ref]
Philippe de Rothschild
Wine grower and auto racer (1902-1988).
Born April 13th, 1902 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died January 20th, 1988 at 85 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Allan Cuthbertson
Australian actor (1920–1988).
Born April 7th, 1920 in Perth.
Died February 8th, 1988 at 67 years old in London. [ref]
Lyman Lemnitzer
American general (1899–1988).
Born August 29th, 1899 in Honesdale. [ref]
Died November 12th, 1988 at 89 years old in Walter Reed Army Medical Center. [ref]
Angela Aames
Actress (1956-1988).
Born February 27th, 1956 in Pierre.
Died November 27th, 1988 at 32 years old in West Hills (cardiovascular disease).
Michael Ramsey
Archbishop of canterbury (1904-1988).
Born November 14th, 1904 in Cambridge.
Died April 23rd, 1988 at 83 years old in Oxford.
Ken Murray
Entertainer, producer, author (1903-1988).
Born July 14th, 1903 in New York City.
Died October 12th, 1988 at 85 years old in Burbank.
Emeric Pressburger
Hungarian-british screenwriter, director and producer (1902–1988).
Born December 5th, 1902 in Miskolc.
Died February 5th, 1988 at 85 years old in Saxtead (pneumonia).
Frank Zamboni
American inventor and engineer (1901–1988).
Born January 16th, 1901 in Eureka.
Died July 27th, 1988 at 87 years old in Paramount (lung cancer).
Carl Hubbell
American baseball player.
Born June 22nd, 1903 in Carthage.
Died November 21st, 1988 at 85 years old in Scottsdale.
Florence Eldridge
American actress (1901–1988).
Born September 5th, 1901 in Brooklyn.
Died August 1st, 1988 at 86 years old in Long Beach (myocardial infarction).
Hamengkubuwono IX
Sultan of yogyakarta, indonesia, first governor of the special region of yogyakarta and 2nd vice president of indonesia (1912-1988).
Born April 12th, 1912 in Yogyakarta.
Died October 3rd, 1988 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C..
Robert Duncan
American poet (1919-1988).
Born January 7th, 1919 in Oakland.
Died February 3rd, 1988 at 69 years old in San Francisco (kidney disease).
Joshua Logan
American stage and film director and writer (1908-1988).
Born October 5th, 1908 in Texarkana.
Died July 12th, 1988 at 79 years old in New York City.
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir