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Dead at age 88
1,785 Notable deaths
Consuelo Velázquez
Mexican concert pianist, songwriter and recording artist (1916-2005).
Born August 29th, 1916 in Ciudad Guzmán.
Died January 22nd, 2005 at 88 years old in Mexico City.
Carter Glass
American politician (1858–1946).
Born January 4th, 1858 in Lynchburg.
Died May 28th, 1946 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C..
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
Mathematician, statistician and economist (1906-1994).
Born February 4th, 1906 in Constanța.
Died October 30th, 1994 at 88 years old in Nashville (diabetes).
Bill Mollison
Australian permaculturist (1928–2016).
Born May 4th, 1928 in Stanley. [ref]
Died September 24th, 2016 at 88 years old in Hobart. [ref]
Zhores Alferov
Soviet-russian physicist (1930–2019).
Born March 15th, 1930 in Vitebsk.
Died March 1st, 2019 at 88 years old in Saint Petersburg (malignant hypertension). [ref]
Svetoslav Roerich
Russian artist (1904-1993).
Born October 23rd, 1904 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1993 at 88 years old in Bengaluru. [ref]
R. Gordon Wasson
American ethnobiologist (1898-1986).
Born September 22nd, 1898 in Great Falls.
Died December 23rd, 1986 at 88 years old in Binghamton.
Michio Kushi
Japanese educator (1926-2014).
Born May 17th, 1926 in Kokawa.
Died December 28th, 2014 at 88 years old in Boston.
Rudolf Peierls
German-born british physicist.
Born June 5th, 1907 in Berlin.
Died September 19th, 1995 at 88 years old in Oxford.
William Glasser
American psychiatrist (1925–2013).
Born May 11th, 1925 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died August 23rd, 2013 at 88 years old in Los Angeles (respiratory failure).
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