In the year 1988
603 Notable deaths
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.
Donald Keyhoe
American writer and ufo researcher (1897-1988).
Born June 20th, 1897 in Ottumwa.
Died November 29th, 1988 at 91 years old in New Market.
Premendra Mitra
Indian writer and film director.
Born May 24th, 1904 in Varanasi.
Died May 3rd, 1988 at 83 years old in Kolkata.
Adela Rogers St. Johns
American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter (1894-1988).
Born May 20th, 1894 in Los Angeles.
Died August 10th, 1988 at 94 years old in Arroyo Grande.
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 (1908–1988).
Born September 3rd, 1908 in Moscow.
Died May 3rd, 1988 at 79 years old in Moscow.
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).
Died September 21st, 1988 at 83 years old in Camarillo.
David Dodd
American educator and economist.
Born August 23rd, 1895 in Berkeley County.
Died September 18th, 1988 at 93 years old in Portland.
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.
Died August 10th, 1988 at 86 years old in Coral Gables.
Renato Salvatori
Italian actor (1934-1988).
Born March 20th, 1934 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, 1935 in New York City.
Died March 16th, 1988 at 52 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.
Died April 14th, 1988 at 83 years old in Suresnes.
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To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi