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In the year 1988
528 Notable deaths
Al Cohn
American saxophonist (1925-1988).
Born November 24th, 1925 in New York City.
Died February 15th, 1988 at 62 years old in Stroudsburg.
Charlie Rouse
American musician (1924–1988).
Born April 6th, 1924 in Washington, D.C..
Died November 30th, 1988 at 64 years old in Seattle (lung cancer).
Charles Willeford
American crime novelist (1919-1988).
Born January 2nd, 1919 in Little Rock.
Died March 27th, 1988 at 69 years old in Miami (myocardial infarction).
Bluma Zeigarnik
Soviet psychologist.
Born November 9th, 1900 in Prienai. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1988 at 87 years old in Moscow.
Reyner Banham
British architectural critic (1922–1988).
Born March 2nd, 1922 in Norwich.
Died March 19th, 1988 at 66 years old in London.
Henry Koster
American film director (1905-1988).
Born May 1st, 1905 in Berlin. [ref]
Died September 21st, 1988 at 83 years old in Camarillo. [ref]
Price Daniel
American judge and texas governor (1910–1988).
Born October 10th, 1910 in Dayton.
Died August 25th, 1988 at 77 years old in Liberty County.
Arnulfo Arias
President of panama (1901-1988).
Born August 15th, 1901 in Penonomé, Coclé.
Died August 10th, 1988 at 86 years old in Coral Gables.
Renato Salvatori
Italian actor (1934-1988).
Born March 30th, 1933 in Seravezza. [ref]
Died March 27th, 1988 at 54 years old in Rome.
Viktors Arājs
Latvian ss officer, nazi collaborator, perpetrator of the holocaust, and leader of the arajs command (1910–1988).
Born January 13th, 1910 in Baldone Parish.
Died January 13th, 1988 at 78 years old in Kassel.
Dannie Richmond
American drummer.
Born December 15th, 1931 in New York City.
Died March 16th, 1988 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.
Marcel Bozzuffi
French actor (1929–1988).
Born October 28th, 1929 in Rennes. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1988 at 58 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (cerebral hemorrhage).
Hellmuth Reymann
German general.
Born November 24th, 1892 in Prudnik. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1988 at 96 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Daniel Guérin
French anarcho-communist author (1904-1988).
Born May 19th, 1904 in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 14th, 1988 at 83 years old in Suresnes. [ref]
Fritz Heider
German psychologist (1896-1988).
Born February 19th, 1896 in Vienna.
Died January 2nd, 1988 at 91 years old in Lawrence.
Irene Rich
American actress (1891-1988).
Born October 13th, 1891 in Buffalo.
Died April 22nd, 1988 at 96 years old in Hope Ranch (heart failure).
Archie Cochrane
British doctor (1909–1988).
Born January 12th, 1909 in Galashiels.
Died June 18th, 1988 at 79 years old in Dorset.
Branko Zebec
Croatian footballer (1929-1988).
Born May 17th, 1929 in Zagreb.
Died September 26th, 1988 at 59 years old in Zagreb.
Henryk Szeryng
Polish-mexican violinist.
Born September 22nd, 1918 in Żelazowa Wola. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 1988 at 69 years old in Kassel. [ref]
Josef Klehr
German nazi physician (1904-1988).
Born October 17th, 1904 in Kietrz.
Died August 23rd, 1988 at 83 years old in Leiferde.
Friedrich Guggenberger
German navy officer and world war ii u-boat commander (1915-1988).
Born March 6th, 1915 in Munich. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1988 at 73 years old in Erlenbach am Main. [ref]
Félix Leclerc
Canadian singer-songwriter (1914-1988).
Born August 2nd, 1914 in La Tuque. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1988 at 74 years old in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans. [ref]
Ana Aslan
Romanian biologist and physician (1897–1988).
Born January 13th, 1897 in Brăila.
Died May 21st, 1988 at 91 years old in Bucharest.
Joan Gale Robinson
English novelist and illustrator (1910–1988).
Born February 10th, 1910 in Gerrards Cross.
Died August 20th, 1988 at 78 years old in King's Lynn.
Christianna Brand
British writer (1907-1988).
Born December 17th, 1907 in British Malaya.
Died March 11th, 1988 at 80 years old in London.
Deaths 176 to 200 of 528
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe