Dead at age 88
1,315 Notable deaths
John Masefield
English poet and writer.
Born June 1st, 1878 in Herefordshire. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1967 at 88 years old in Abingdon-on-Thames. [ref]
Alfred Worden
American astronaut.
Born February 7th, 1932 in Jackson.
Died March 18th, 2020 at 88 years old in Sugar Land (stroke). [ref]
Galina Ulanova
Soviet ballet dancer (1910-1998).
Born January 8th, 1910 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died March 21st, 1998 at 88 years old in Moscow.
Abulhassan Banisadr
Iranian politician and economist, and iran's first president.
Born March 22nd, 1933 in Hamadan. [ref]
Died October 9th, 2021 at 88 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
C. L. R. James
Trinidadian historian, journalist and marxist.
Born January 4th, 1901 in Tunapuna. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1989 at 88 years old in London. [ref]
Dorothy Fay
Actress (1915-2003).
Born April 4th, 1915 in Prescott.
Died November 5th, 2003 at 88 years old in Woodland Hills.
Virginia Cherrill
American actress (1908-1996).
Born April 12th, 1908 in Carthage.
Died November 14th, 1996 at 88 years old in Santa Barbara (stroke). [ref]
Carrie Chapman Catt
American social reformer, suffragist (1859-1947).
Born January 9th, 1859 in Ripon. [ref]
Died March 12th, 1947 at 88 years old in New Rochelle.
Joseph Nye
American political scientist.
Born January 19th, 1937 in South Orange.
Died May 6th, 2025 at 88 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Kurt Masur
German conductor (1927-2015).
Born July 18th, 1927 in Brzeg.
Died December 19th, 2015 at 88 years old in Greenwich (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
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If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word “freedom” out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X