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Dead at age 88
1,318 Notable deaths
Alfredo Ottaviani
Catholic cardinal (1890-1979).
Born October 29th, 1890 in Rome. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1979 at 88 years old in Vatican City. [ref]
Robert Curl
American chemist.
Born August 23rd, 1933 in Alice.
Died July 3rd, 2022 at 88 years old in Houston. [ref]
Donald Richie
American writer and film historian.
Born April 17th, 1924 in Lima. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2013 at 88 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Margaret Boden
British academic (1936–2025).
Born November 26th, 1936 in London. [ref]
Died July 18th, 2025 at 88 years old in Brighton. [ref]
Dusty Anderson
American actress (1918-2007).
Born December 17th, 1918 in Toledo.
Died September 12th, 2007 at 88 years old in Marbella.
János Starker
Hungarian-american cellist (1924–2013).
Born July 5th, 1924 in Budapest. [ref]
Died April 28th, 2013 at 88 years old in Bloomington. [ref]
M. S. Narasimhan
Indian mathematician.
Born June 7th, 1932 in Tandarai.
Died May 16th, 2021 at 88 years old [ref]
Jan Olszewski
Polish lawyer and politician (1930-2019).
Born August 20th, 1930 in Warsaw.
Died February 7th, 2019 at 88 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Georgiy Daneliya
Soviet film director, screenwriter (1930-2019).
Born August 25th, 1930 in Tbilisi.
Died April 4th, 2019 at 88 years old in Moscow (heart failure).
Robert Serber
American scientist (1909-1997).
Born March 14th, 1909 in Philadelphia.
Died June 1st, 1997 at 88 years old in New York City.
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Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)