Dead at age 88

1,452 Notable deaths

Margaret Clay Ferguson

American botanist and botanical collector (1863-1951).

Born August 20th, 1863 in Orleans. [ref]

Died August 28th, 1951 at 88 years old in San Diego.

Gaby Stenberg

Swedish actress.

Born January 9th, 1923 in Tokyo.

Died September 20th, 2011 at 88 years old in Oscar Parish (disease).

Nagamichi Kuroda

Japanese ornithologist and mammalogist (1889–1978).

Born November 24th, 1889 in Tokyo.

Died April 16th, 1978 at 88 years old in Tokyo.

Santeri Levas

Finnish writer and photographer.

Born February 8th, 1899 in Helsinki.

Died March 10th, 1987 at 88 years old in Helsinki.

Khalida Zahir

Sudanese physician and women's rights activist.

Born January 18th, 1927 in Omdurman. [ref]

Died June 9th, 2015 at 88 years old

Lenore Kight

American swimmer, olympic silver medalist (1911-2000).

Born September 26th, 1911 in Frostburg.

Died February 9th, 2000 at 88 years old in Cincinnati. [ref]

Emil Väre

Olympic wrestler (1885–1974).

Born September 28th, 1885 in Kärkölä.

Died January 31st, 1974 at 88 years old in Kärkölä.

Andrea Bodó

Hungarian olympic gymnast born 1934.

Born August 4th, 1934 in Budapest.

Died September 21st, 2022 at 88 years old in Novato. [ref]

Sven Thofelt

Swedish colonel, fencer and modern pentathlete.

Born May 19th, 1904 in Stockholm.

Died February 1st, 1993 at 88 years old in Djursholm.

Lech Ordon

Polish actor (1928–2017).

Born November 24th, 1928 in Poznań.

Died October 21st, 2017 at 88 years old in Warsaw (pneumonia).

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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde