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Dead at age 88
1,394 Notable deaths
Miroslav Krleža
Croatian writer.
Born July 7th, 1893 in Zagreb. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1981 at 88 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Saint-John Perse
French poet and diplomat.
Born May 31st, 1887 in Pointe-à-Pitre. [ref]
Died September 20th, 1975 at 88 years old in Hyères.
Tawfiq al-Hakim
Egyptian writer (1898-1987).
Born October 9th, 1898 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1987 at 88 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Robert Servatius
German lawyer (1894-1983).
Born October 31st, 1894 in Cologne.
Died August 7th, 1983 at 88 years old in Cologne.
Richard E. Taylor
Canadian physicist (1929-2018).
Born November 2nd, 1929 in Medicine Hat.
Died February 22nd, 2018 at 88 years old in Stanford.
Infante Alfonso, Duke of Galliera
Aviator (1886–1975).
Born November 12th, 1886 in Madrid.
Died August 6th, 1975 at 88 years old in Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Murad Wilfried Hofmann
German diplomat.
Born July 6th, 1931 in Aschaffenburg.
Died January 12th, 2020 at 88 years old in Bonn (disease). [ref]
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar.
Born May 2nd, 1860 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died June 21st, 1948 at 88 years old in St Andrews. [ref]
Alfred Hershey
American chemist (1908–1997).
Born December 4th, 1908 in Owosso.
Died May 22nd, 1997 at 88 years old in Syosset (heart failure).
Michael Higgins
American actor (1920-2008).
Born January 20th, 1920 in Brooklyn.
Died November 5th, 2008 at 88 years old in Manhattan (disease). [ref]
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