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Dead at age 88

1,306 Notable deaths

Meir Amit

Israeli politician (1921-2009).

Born March 17th, 1921 in Tiberias. [ref]

Died July 17th, 2009 at 88 years old in Tel Aviv.

Art Clokey

American animator.

Born October 12th, 1921 in Detroit.

Died January 8th, 2010 at 88 years old in Los Osos (infectious disease). [ref]

Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen

Mathematician, statistician and economist (1906-1994).

Born February 4th, 1906 in Constanța. [ref]

Died October 30th, 1994 at 88 years old in Nashville (diabetes). [ref]

Paul Picerni

American actor (1922-2011).

Born December 1st, 1922 in New York City.

Died January 12th, 2011 at 88 years old in Palmdale (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Jess Barker

American actor (1912-2000).

Born June 4th, 1912 in Greenville.

Died August 8th, 2000 at 88 years old in North Hollywood (liver cirrhosis).

Les McCann

American jazz pianist and vocalist (1935–2023).

Born September 23rd, 1935 in Lexington.

Died December 29th, 2023 at 88 years old (pneumonia). [ref]

Margaret Mahler

Hungarian born american psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

Born May 10th, 1897 in Sopron. [ref]

Died October 2nd, 1985 at 88 years old in New York City. [ref]

Jim Marshall

English audio engineer.

Born July 29th, 1923 in London.

Died April 5th, 2012 at 88 years old in Milton Keynes (cancer).

Theodor Busse

German general of infantry in the second world war (1897-1986).

Born December 15th, 1897 in Frankfurt (Oder).

Died October 21st, 1986 at 88 years old in Wallerstein.

Takeo Kurita

Japanese admiral.

Born April 28th, 1889 in Mito.

Died December 19th, 1977 at 88 years old in Nishinomiya.

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