Dead at age 88
1,498 Notable deaths
Le Pétomane
French entertainer (1857-1945).
Born June 1st, 1857 in Marseille. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1945 at 88 years old in Toulon. [ref]
Roh Tae-woo
President of south korea from 1988 to 1993.
Born December 4th, 1932 in Daegu.
Died October 26th, 2021 at 88 years old in Seoul National University Hospital (asthma). [ref]
Vera Rubin
American astronomer and physicist.
Born July 23rd, 1928 in Philadelphia.
Died December 25th, 2016 at 88 years old in Princeton. [ref]
E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Indian communist politician and theorist and first chief minister of kerala state (1909-1998).
Born June 13th, 1909 in Perintalmanna.
Died March 19th, 1998 at 88 years old in Thiruvananthapuram.
Gilbert Roland
American film actor (1905–1994).
Born December 11th, 1905 in Ciudad Juárez.
Died May 15th, 1994 at 88 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer).
Leonard Woolf
English political theorist, author, publisher and civil servant (1880-1969).
Born November 25th, 1880 in Kensington.
Died August 14th, 1969 at 88 years old in Sussex.
Lala Amarnath
Indian cricketer (1911-2000).
Born September 11th, 1911 in Kapurthala.
Died August 5th, 2000 at 88 years old in New Delhi.
John Y. Brown Jr.
55th governor of kentucky (1933–2022).
Born December 28th, 1933 in Lexington.
Died November 22nd, 2022 at 88 years old in Lexington (COVID-19).
Richard Rogers
British architect (1933–2021).
Born July 23rd, 1933 in Florence. [ref]
Died December 18th, 2021 at 88 years old in London. [ref]
Michael Jayston
British actor (1935–2024).
Born October 29th, 1935 in Nottingham.
Died February 5th, 2024 at 88 years old in Hove. [ref]
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan