Dead at age 88
1,446 Notable deaths
Antonin Raymond
Czech architect.
Born May 10th, 1888 in Kladno. [ref]
Died November 21st, 1976 at 88 years old in Langhorne. [ref]
Kenneth McKellar
American politician (1869–1957).
Born January 29th, 1869 in Richmond. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1957 at 88 years old in Memphis. [ref]
Sippie Wallace
American blues and jazz singer (1898–1986).
Born November 1st, 1898 in Jefferson County. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1986 at 88 years old in Detroit (stroke).
George Bass
American underwater archeologist (1932–2021).
Born December 9th, 1932 in Columbia.
Died March 2nd, 2021 at 88 years old
Sam Rivers
American jazz musician and composer (1923-2011).
Born September 25th, 1923 in El Reno.
Died December 26th, 2011 at 88 years old in Orlando (pneumonia). [ref]
Walter Damrosch
German american conductor and composer (1862–1950).
Born January 30th, 1862 in Wrocław.
Died December 22nd, 1950 at 88 years old in New York City.
Janet Rowley
American human geneticist.
Born April 5th, 1925 in New York City.
Died December 17th, 2013 at 88 years old in Hyde Park (ovarian cancer). [ref]
Gordon Jacob
English composer.
Born July 5th, 1895 in London. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1984 at 88 years old in Saffron Walden. [ref]
Harold W. Kuhn
American mathematician.
Born July 29th, 1925 in Santa Monica.
Died July 2nd, 2014 at 88 years old in New York City.
Karl Bodenschatz
German general (1890–1979).
Born December 10th, 1890 in Rehau.
Died August 25th, 1979 at 88 years old in Erlangen.
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau