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Dead at age 88
1,394 Notable deaths
Enzo Mari
Italian furniture designer.
Born June 26th, 1932 in Novara. [ref]
Died October 19th, 2020 at 88 years old in Milan (COVID-19). [ref]
Noor Hassanali
Former president of trinidad and tobago (1918-2006).
Born August 13th, 1918 in San Fernando.
Died August 25th, 2006 at 88 years old in Port of Spain. [ref]
Michael J. Harner
American anthropologist.
Born April 27th, 1929 in Washington, D.C..
Died February 3rd, 2018 at 88 years old [ref]
Sufia Kamal
Bangladeshi writer.
Born June 20th, 1911 in Barishal.
Died November 20th, 1999 at 88 years old in Dhaka.
Lamine Diack
Senegalese sports manager, chairman of the board of the national water company of senegal.
Died December 3rd, 2021 at 88 years old in Dakar. [ref]
Harry Gallatin
American basketball player and coach (1927-2015).
Born April 26th, 1927 in Roxana.
Died October 7th, 2015 at 88 years old in Edwardsville (surgical complications). [ref]
Peter Lovesey
British writer.
Born September 10th, 1936 in Whitton. [ref]
Died April 10th, 2025 at 88 years old (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Eugene Odum
Mathematician, ecologist, natural philosopher, and systems ecologist (1913–2002).
Born September 17th, 1913 in Newport.
Died August 10th, 2002 at 88 years old in Athens.
Reinhard Mohn
German businessman and philanthropist (1921-2009).
Born June 29th, 1921 in Gütersloh.
Died October 3rd, 2009 at 88 years old in Steinhagen.
Jonathan Penrose
English chess player (1933–2021).
Born October 7th, 1933 in Colchester.
Died November 30th, 2021 at 88 years old [ref]
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Do not fear death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light. But, if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity. Laughing Bull