Dead at age 88
1,489 Notable deaths
Donald Kennedy
American biologist (1931-2020).
Born August 18th, 1931 in New York City.
Died April 21st, 2020 at 88 years old in Redwood City (COVID-19). [ref]
Tawfiq al-Hakim
Egyptian writer (1898-1987).
Born October 9th, 1898 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1987 at 88 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Genichi Taguchi
Japanese engineer and statistician.
Born January 1st, 1924 in Tōkamachi-shi.
Died June 2nd, 2012 at 88 years old in Japan (heart failure). [ref]
Victor Stănculescu
Romanian general and politician, minister of national defence (1990–1991).
Born May 10th, 1928 in Tecuci.
Died June 19th, 2016 at 88 years old in Ghermănești.
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar.
Born May 2nd, 1860 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1948 at 88 years old in St Andrews. [ref]
Tuviah Friedman
Holocaust survivor; nazi hunter (1922-2011).
Born January 23rd, 1922 in Radom.
Died January 13th, 2011 at 88 years old in Haifa. [ref]
Yoram Gross
Polish-australian animation producer and director (1926–2005).
Born October 18th, 1926 in Kraków.
Died September 21st, 2015 at 88 years old in Sydney.
Owen Lattimore
American scholar of central asia (1900-1989).
Born July 29th, 1900 in Washington, D.C..
Died May 31st, 1989 at 88 years old in Providence. [ref]
Luis García Meza Tejada
Bolivian dictator (1929-2018).
Born August 8th, 1929 in La Paz. [ref]
Died April 29th, 2018 at 88 years old in La Paz (myocardial infarction). [ref]
John Franklin Enders
American medical researcher (1897-1985).
Born February 10th, 1897 in West Hartford.
Died September 8th, 1985 at 88 years old in Waterford.
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There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel