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Dead at age 88
1,487 Notable deaths
Urie Bronfenbrenner
Professor of the ecology of human development.
Born April 29th, 1917 in Moscow.
Died September 25th, 2005 at 88 years old in Ithaca (diabetes). [ref]
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
First president of ivory coast, from 1960 to 1993 (1905-1993).
Born October 18th, 1905 in Yamoussoukro, N’Gokro. [ref]
Died December 7th, 1993 at 88 years old in Yamoussoukro (prostate cancer). [ref]
John Julius Norwich
British historian (1929–2018).
Born September 15th, 1929 in Oldham.
Died June 1st, 2018 at 88 years old in London. [ref]
Joseph Nye
American political scientist.
Born January 19th, 1937 in South Orange.
Died May 6th, 2025 at 88 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Hannah Höch
German artist (1889–1978).
Born November 1st, 1889 in Gotha. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1978 at 88 years old in West Berlin.
Michael Pate
Television actor (1920–2008).
Born February 26th, 1920 in Sydney. [ref]
Died September 1st, 2008 at 88 years old in Gosford (pneumonia). [ref]
Chin Peng
Malaysian communist, obe (1924-2013).
Born October 22nd, 1924 in Perak.
Died September 16th, 2013 at 88 years old in Bangkok.
Percy Adlon
German documentary filmmaker and film producer.
Born June 1st, 1935 in Munich.
Died March 10th, 2024 at 88 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Wisława Szymborska
Polish poet, nobel prize winner (1923-2012).
Born July 2nd, 1923 in Kórnik. [ref]
Died February 1st, 2012 at 88 years old in Kraków (lung cancer). [ref]
Ian Stevenson
Canadian parapsychologist, reincarnation researcher (1918–2007).
Born October 31st, 1918 in Montreal.
Died February 8th, 2007 at 88 years old in Charlottesville (pneumonia). [ref]
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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