Dead at age 88

1,489 Notable deaths

Victor Kilian

American politician (1891–1979).

Born March 6th, 1891 in Jersey City.

Died March 11th, 1979 at 88 years old in Hollywood (blunt trauma).

Michael Higgins

American actor (1920-2008).

Born January 20th, 1920 in Brooklyn.

Died November 5th, 2008 at 88 years old in Manhattan (disease). [ref]

Solomon Lefschetz

Jewish american mathematician (1884-1972).

Born September 3rd, 1884 in Moscow. [ref]

Died October 5th, 1972 at 88 years old in Princeton.

Gustav Ludwig Hertz

German physicist (1887-1975).

Born July 22nd, 1887 in Hamburg.

Died October 30th, 1975 at 88 years old in East Berlin.

Walter Washington

American politician and former mayor of the district of columbia (1915-2003).

Born April 15th, 1915 in Dawson.

Died October 27th, 2003 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C. (kidney failure).

Francisco J. Ayala

Spanish-american philosopher and biologist (1934–2023).

Born March 12th, 1934 in Madrid.

Died March 5th, 2023 at 88 years old in Newport Beach. [ref]

Robert Servatius

German lawyer (1894-1983).

Born October 31st, 1894 in Cologne.

Died August 7th, 1983 at 88 years old in Cologne.

Stein Eriksen

Norwegian alpine skier (1927–2015).

Born December 11th, 1927 in Oslo.

Died December 27th, 2015 at 88 years old in Park City. [ref]

Otto Loewi

German pharmacologist.

Born June 3rd, 1873 in Frankfurt am Main. [ref]

Died December 25th, 1961 at 88 years old in New York City. [ref]

Saint-John Perse

French poet and diplomat.

Born May 31st, 1887 in Pointe-à-Pitre. [ref]

Died September 20th, 1975 at 88 years old in Hyères.

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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid