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Dead at age 88
1,320 Notable deaths
Hermann Giesler
German architect (1898-1987).
Born August 2nd, 1898 in Siegen. [ref]
Died January 20th, 1987 at 88 years old in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Ellen Schwiers
German actress (1930-2019).
Born June 11th, 1930 in Szczecin.
Died April 26th, 2019 at 88 years old in Starnberg. [ref]
William Wakefield Baum
Catholic cardinal.
Born November 21st, 1926 in Dallas.
Died July 23rd, 2015 at 88 years old in Washington, D.C..
Howard Vernon
Swiss actor.
Born July 15th, 1908 in Baden-Baden.
Died July 25th, 1996 at 88 years old in Issy-les-Moulineaux (disease).
Bo Yang
Chinese author.
Born March 7th, 1920 in Kaifeng.
Died April 29th, 2008 at 88 years old in Taipei (pneumonia). [ref]
Henry DeWolf Smyth
American physicist and diplomat.
Born May 1st, 1898 in Clinton.
Died September 11th, 1986 at 88 years old in Princeton (myocardial infarction).
Friedrich Achleitner
Austrian poet and architectural critic (1930-2019).
Born May 23rd, 1930 in Schalchen. [ref]
Died March 27th, 2019 at 88 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Rajeshwari Chatterjee
Indian scientist.
Born January 24th, 1922 in Karnataka.
Died September 3rd, 2010 at 88 years old
Lewis John Carlino
American film director and screenwriter.
Born January 1st, 1932 in Queens.
Died June 17th, 2020 at 88 years old in Ault Field. [ref]
Lloyd deMause
American thinker.
Born September 19th, 1931 in Detroit.
Died April 23rd, 2020 at 88 years old in New York City. [ref]
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