In the year 1988
528 Notable deaths
Dorothy Adams
American actress (1900-1988).
Born January 8th, 1900 in North Dakota.
Died March 16th, 1988 at 88 years old in Woodland Hills.
Gennady Mikhasevich
Soviet serial killer (1947-1988).
Died January 19th, 1988 at 40 years old in Minsk (gunshot wound, execution by shooting).
Frederick Ashton
British dancer and choreographer (1904–1988).
Born September 17th, 1904 in Guayaquil.
Died October 18th, 1988 at 84 years old in Suffolk.
Mirza Hameedullah Beg
15th chief justice of india (1913–1988).
Born February 22nd, 1913 in Lucknow.
Died November 19th, 1988 at 75 years old
Aya Kitō
Japanese diarist.
Born July 19th, 1962 in Toyohashi.
Died May 23rd, 1988 at 25 years old in Toyohashi (spinocerebellar ataxia).
Wilfred Jackson
American film director (1906–1988).
Born January 24th, 1906 in Chicago.
Died August 7th, 1988 at 82 years old in Balboa Island.
Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo
Cuban boxer (1910–1988).
Born January 6th, 1910 in Havana.
Died August 8th, 1988 at 78 years old in Havana.
Anna Mahler
Austrian sculptor (1904-1988).
Born June 15th, 1904 in Vienna. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1988 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Giacinto Scelsi
Italian composer and poet (1905-1988).
Born January 8th, 1905 in Pitelli.
Died August 9th, 1988 at 83 years old in Rome.
Ray Eames
American artist, designer, and filmmaker (1912–1988).
Born December 15th, 1912 in Sacramento. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1988 at 75 years old in Los Angeles.
Hermann Graf
German officer and fighter pilot during world war ii (1912–1988).
Born October 24th, 1912 in Engen.
Died November 4th, 1988 at 76 years old in Engen (Parkinson's disease).
Alfréd Wetzler
Slovak jewish writer, known for escaping from auschwitz concentration camp and co-writing the vrba-wetzler report (1918-1988).
Born May 10th, 1918 in Trnava.
Died February 8th, 1988 at 69 years old in Bratislava.
Khin Kyi
Burmese politician and diplomat (1912-1988).
Born April 16th, 1912 in Myaungmya.
Died December 28th, 1988 at 76 years old in Yangon.
Eric Larson
American animator.
Born September 3rd, 1905 in Cleveland.
Died October 25th, 1988 at 83 years old in La Cañada Flintridge.
Fazlur Rahman Malik
Pakistani philosopher (1919–1988).
Born September 21st, 1919 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1988 at 68 years old in Chicago.
Giuseppe Saragat
5th president of italy (1898-1988).
Born September 19th, 1898 in Turin.
Died June 11th, 1988 at 89 years old in Rome.
Milton Caniff
American cartoonist (1907-1988).
Born February 28th, 1907 in Hillsboro.
Died April 3rd, 1988 at 81 years old in New York City.
I. A. L. Diamond
American screenwriter (1920-1988).
Born June 27th, 1920 in Ungheni.
Died April 21st, 1988 at 67 years old in Beverly Hills (multiple myeloma).
Takeo Miki
Japanese politician (1907-1988).
Born March 17th, 1907 in Gosho.
Died November 14th, 1988 at 81 years old in Mitsui Memorial Hospital (pancreatic cancer).
Raymond Dart
Australian anatomist and anthropologist (1893-1988).
Born February 4th, 1893 in Toowong.
Died November 22nd, 1988 at 95 years old in Johannesburg.
Adela Rogers St. Johns
American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter (1894-1988).
Born May 20th, 1894 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1988 at 94 years old in Arroyo Grande. [ref]
Alexander Bashlachev
Russian musician (1960-1988).
Born May 27th, 1960 in Cherepovets.
Died February 17th, 1988 at 27 years old in Saint Petersburg (falling).
Lois Wilson
American actress (1894-1988).
Born June 28th, 1894 in Pittsburgh.
Died March 3rd, 1988 at 93 years old in Reno (pneumonia).
Dick Clair
Actor, comedian, writer (1931-1988).
Born November 12th, 1931 in San Francisco.
Died December 12th, 1988 at 57 years old in Los Angeles (death from AIDS-related complications).
Lev Pontryagin
Soviet mathematician.
Born September 3rd, 1908 in Moscow.
Died May 3rd, 1988 at 79 years old in Moscow.
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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather