Dead at age 88
1,445 Notable deaths
Joan Lindsay
Australian writer (1896-1984).
Born November 16th, 1896 in St Kilda.
Died December 23rd, 1984 at 88 years old in Melbourne (stomach cancer).
Costas Simitis
Greek jurist, economist, academic and politician (1936–2025).
Born June 23rd, 1936 in Piraeus. [ref]
Died January 5th, 2025 at 88 years old in Corinth General Hospital. [ref]
Miroslav Krleža
Croatian writer.
Born July 7th, 1893 in Zagreb. [ref]
Died December 29th, 1981 at 88 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Donald Kennedy
American biologist (1931-2020).
Born August 18th, 1931 in New York City.
Died April 21st, 2020 at 88 years old in Redwood City (COVID-19). [ref]
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]
Genichi Taguchi
Japanese engineer and statistician.
Born January 1st, 1924 in Tōkamachi-shi.
Died June 2nd, 2012 at 88 years old in Japan (heart failure). [ref]
Victor Stănculescu
Romanian general and politician, minister of national defence (1990–1991).
Born May 10th, 1928 in Tecuci.
Died June 19th, 2016 at 88 years old in Ghermănești.
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]
Tuviah Friedman
Holocaust survivor; nazi hunter (1922-2011).
Born January 23rd, 1922 in Radom.
Died January 13th, 2011 at 88 years old in Haifa. [ref]
Yoram Gross
Polish-australian animation producer and director (1926–2005).
Born October 18th, 1926 in Kraków.
Died September 21st, 2015 at 88 years old in Sydney.
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All men think that all men are mortal but themselves. Edward Young