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Dead at age 88
1,443 Notable deaths
John Bagot Glubb
British military officer, scholar and author (1897–1986).
Born April 16th, 1897 in Lancashire. [ref]
Died March 17th, 1986 at 88 years old in East Sussex. [ref]
Sam Ervin
United states senator and jurist.
Born September 27th, 1896 in Morganton.
Died April 23rd, 1985 at 88 years old in Winston-Salem (pulmonary emphysema).
Garrett Hardin
American ecologist (1915-2003).
Born April 21st, 1915 in Dallas.
Died September 14th, 2003 at 88 years old in Santa Barbara (intoxication).
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]
Louise Nevelson
American sculptor (1899-1988).
Born September 23rd, 1899 in Pereiaslav.
Died April 17th, 1988 at 88 years old in New York City.
Wendy Beckett
British catholic nun and presenter of documentaries for the bbc on the history of art (1930-2018).
Born February 25th, 1930 in Union of South Africa.
Died December 26th, 2018 at 88 years old in Quidenham. [ref]
Miklós Rózsa
Hungarian-american composer (1907-1995).
Born April 18th, 1907 in Budapest. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1995 at 88 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Robert Serber
American scientist (1909-1997).
Born March 14th, 1909 in Philadelphia.
Died June 1st, 1997 at 88 years old in New York City.
Kirk Alyn
American actor (1910-1999).
Born October 8th, 1910 in Oxford.
Died March 14th, 1999 at 88 years old in The Woodlands.
Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV of Tonga
King of tonga.
Born July 4th, 1918 in Royal Palace.
Died September 10th, 2006 at 88 years old in Auckland (heart failure).
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid