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In the year 1988
603 Notable deaths
Willem Drees
Dutch politician (1886–1988).
Born July 5th, 1886 in Amsterdam.
Died May 14th, 1988 at 101 years old in The Hague.
Memphis Slim
American recording artist; blues pianist, singer, and composer (1915–1988).
Born September 3rd, 1915 in Memphis.
Died February 24th, 1988 at 72 years old in Paris (kidney failure).
Akhtar Abdur Rahman
Pakistani intelligence chief (1924–1988).
Born June 11th, 1924 in Rampur.
Died August 17th, 1988 at 64 years old in Bahawalpur.
Mona Washbourne
English actress of stage, film and television (1903-1988).
Born November 27th, 1903 in Birmingham.
Died November 15th, 1988 at 84 years old in London.
Joie Chitwood
American racing driver (1912-1988).
Born April 14th, 1912 in Denison.
Died January 3rd, 1988 at 75 years old in Tampa.
Muhammad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Saudi royal (1908-1988).
Born March 4th, 1910 in Riyadh.
Died November 26th, 1988 at 78 years old in Riyadh.
Nagendra Singh
Indian judge (1914–1988).
Born March 18th, 1914 in Dungarpur.
Died December 11th, 1988 at 74 years old in The Hague.
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 (1962–1988).
Born July 19th, 1962 in Toyohashi.
Died May 23rd, 1988 at 25 years old in Japan (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.
Died June 3rd, 1988 at 83 years old in London.
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.
Alex Sanders
British wiccan priest (1926–1988).
Born June 6th, 1926 in Birkenhead.
Died April 30th, 1988 at 61 years old in Hastings (lung cancer).
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 (1905–1988).
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.
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