Dead at age 88

1,446 Notable deaths

Philip Yordan

American screenwriter.

Born April 1st, 1914 in Chicago. [ref]

Died March 24th, 2003 at 88 years old in La Jolla (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Neville Francis Fitzgerald Chamberlain

Inventor of snooker (1856–1944).

Born January 13th, 1856 in Upton Park.

Died May 28th, 1944 at 88 years old in Ascot (myocarditis).

Ben Vautier

French artist (1935–2024).

Born July 18th, 1935 in Naples. [ref]

Died June 5th, 2024 at 88 years old in Nice (gunshot wound). [ref]

Yury Solomin

Russian actor.

Born June 18th, 1935 in Chita.

Died January 11th, 2024 at 88 years old in Moscow. [ref]

Richard T. Whitcomb

Us aerospace engineer.

Born February 21st, 1921 in Evanston.

Died October 13th, 2009 at 88 years old in Newport News. [ref]

Henrich Focke

German aviation pioneer (1890–1979).

Born October 8th, 1890 in Bremen.

Died February 25th, 1979 at 88 years old in Bremen.

Kaoru Yachigusa

Japanese actress (1931-2019).

Born January 6th, 1931 in Osaka Prefecture.

Died October 24th, 2019 at 88 years old in Tokyo (cancer). [ref]

Sachidananda Routray

Writer from odisha, india.

Born May 13th, 1916 in Khordha district. [ref]

Died August 21st, 2004 at 88 years old in Cuttack. [ref]

Irwin Rose

American biologist (1926-2015).

Born July 16th, 1926 in Brooklyn.

Died June 2nd, 2015 at 88 years old in Deerfield.

Stanisław Skalski

Polish fighter ace and general (1915-2004).

Born November 27th, 1915 in Kodyma.

Died November 12th, 2004 at 88 years old in Warsaw. [ref]

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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler