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Dead at age 88
1,307 Notable deaths
John Franklin Enders
American medical researcher (1897-1985).
Born February 10th, 1897 in West Hartford.
Died September 8th, 1985 at 88 years old in Waterford.
Christopher Cockerell
English engineer.
Born June 4th, 1910 in Cambridge.
Died June 1st, 1999 at 88 years old in Sutton Scotney.
Jon Vickers
Canadian singer (1926-2015).
Born October 29th, 1926 in Prince Albert.
Died July 10th, 2015 at 88 years old in Ontario (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Alice Rivlin
American economist.
Born March 4th, 1931 in Philadelphia.
Died May 14th, 2019 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C..
Elisabeth Bergner
Austrian-german actress (1897-1986).
Born August 22nd, 1897 in Drohobych. [ref]
Died May 12th, 1986 at 88 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Walter Winterbottom
English footballer and manager.
Born March 31st, 1913 in Oldham.
Died February 16th, 2002 at 88 years old in Guildford (surgical complications).
Pierre Hadot
French historian and philosopher (1922–2010).
Born February 21st, 1922 in Paris. [ref]
Died April 24th, 2010 at 88 years old in Orsay. [ref]
Sidney Webb
English socialist economist, 1859–1947.
Born July 13th, 1859 in London.
Died October 13th, 1947 at 88 years old in Hampshire. [ref]
Leo Rosten
Jewish american humorist.
Born April 11th, 1908 in Łódź. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1997 at 88 years old in New York City. [ref]
Veljko Kadijević
Yugoslav general (1925-2014).
Born November 21st, 1925 in Glavina Donja.
Died November 2nd, 2014 at 88 years old in Moscow (disease).
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When I shall die, let it be doing that I had designed. Ovid