In the year 1988
603 Notable deaths
Dino Grandi
Italian politician (1895–1988).
Born June 4th, 1895 in Mordano.
Died May 21st, 1988 at 92 years old in Bologna.
Stuart Symington
American politician (1901-1988).
Born June 26th, 1901 in Amherst.
Died December 14th, 1988 at 87 years old in New Canaan.
Anne Seymour
American actress (1909-1988).
Born September 11th, 1909 in Manhattan.
Died December 8th, 1988 at 79 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure).
Clifford D. Simak
American writer, journalist (1904–1988).
Born August 3rd, 1904 in Millville.
Died April 25th, 1988 at 83 years old in Minneapolis.
William Cagney
American actor and producer (1905–1988).
Born March 26th, 1905 in New York City.
Died January 3rd, 1988 at 82 years old in Newport Beach.
Abraham Sofaer
British actor (1896–1988).
Born October 1st, 1896 in Yangon.
Died January 21st, 1988 at 91 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure).
Farida of Egypt
Egyptian queen consort (1921–1988).
Born September 5th, 1921 in Alexandria.
Died October 16th, 1988 at 67 years old in Cairo (leukemia).
Olive Carey
American actress (1896–1988).
Born January 31st, 1896 in New York City.
Died March 13th, 1988 at 92 years old in Carpinteria.
Harold Rosson
American cinematographer (1895-1988).
Born April 6th, 1895 in New York City.
Died September 6th, 1988 at 93 years old in Palm Beach.
Piero Taruffi
Italian racing driver.
Born October 12th, 1906 in Albano Laziale.
Died January 12th, 1988 at 81 years old in Rome.
Lin Carter
American fantasy writer, editor, critic (1930–1988).
Born June 9th, 1930 in St. Petersburg.
Died February 7th, 1988 at 57 years old in Montclair (lip and oral cavity carcinoma).
Guillermo Haro
Mexican astronomer (1913–1988).
Born March 21st, 1913 in Mexico City.
Died April 26th, 1988 at 75 years old in Mexico City.
Colin Higgins
American film director and screenwriter, born in new caledonia.
Born July 28th, 1941 in Nouméa.
Died August 5th, 1988 at 47 years old in Beverly Hills (death from AIDS-related complications).
Muzaffer Şerif
Turkish psychologist (1906–1988).
Born July 29th, 1906 in İzmir.
Died October 16th, 1988 at 82 years old in Fairbanks.
Siaka Stevens
Prime minister of sierra leone (1905-1988).
Born August 24th, 1905 in Moyamba.
Died May 29th, 1988 at 82 years old in Freetown.
María del Carmen Polo Martínez-Valdés
Spanish noble (1900-1988).
Born June 11th, 1900 in Oviedo.
Died February 6th, 1988 at 87 years old in Madrid (bronchopneumonia).
Andrija Artuković
Convicted world war ii war criminal (1899–1988).
Born November 19th, 1899 in Klobuk.
Died January 16th, 1988 at 88 years old in Zagreb.
Michael Shaara
American writer (1928–1988).
Born June 23rd, 1928 in Jersey City.
Died May 5th, 1988 at 59 years old in Tallahassee (myocardial infarction).
Giorgio Almirante
Italian politician (1914–1988).
Born June 27th, 1914 in Salsomaggiore Terme.
Died May 22nd, 1988 at 73 years old in Rome (intracranial hemorrhage).
Felix Wankel
German mechanical engineer, inventor of the wankel engine (1902-1988).
Born August 13th, 1902 in Lahr/Schwarzwald, Schillerstraße 4.
Died October 9th, 1988 at 86 years old in Heidelberg.
Ernst Ruska
German physicist (1906–1988).
Born December 25th, 1906 in Heidelberg.
Died May 27th, 1988 at 81 years old in West Berlin.
Umashankar Joshi
Gujarati poet, scholar and writer. (1911-1988).
Died December 19th, 1988 at 77 years old in Mumbai.
Ciarán Bourke
Irish singer (1935–1988).
Born February 18th, 1935 in Dublin.
Died May 10th, 1988 at 53 years old in Dublin.
Sewall Wright
American geneticist (1889-1988).
Born December 21st, 1889 in Melrose.
Died March 3rd, 1988 at 98 years old in Madison.
Sergey Gorshkov
Soviet admiral (1910–1988).
Born February 26th, 1910 in Kamianets-Podilskyi.
Died May 13th, 1988 at 78 years old in Moscow.
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There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel