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Dead at age 88
1,305 Notable deaths
George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
British noble (1923-2011).
Born February 7th, 1923 in Chesterfield House. [ref]
Died July 11th, 2011 at 88 years old in Harewood House. [ref]
Laurence Stephen Lowry
English painter.
Born November 1st, 1887 in Stretford, Old Trafford. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 1976 at 88 years old in Glossop. [ref]
David Dellinger
American activist.
Born August 22nd, 1915 in Wakefield.
Died May 25th, 2004 at 88 years old in Montpelier.
Scott Carpenter
American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut (1925–2013).
Born May 1st, 1925 in Boulder.
Died October 10th, 2013 at 88 years old in Denver (stroke). [ref]
Marvin Minsky
American cognitive scientist (1927-2016).
Born August 9th, 1927 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 24th, 2016 at 88 years old in Boston (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
George Santayana
Spanish-american philosopher.
Born December 16th, 1863 in Madrid, San Bernardo street. [ref]
Died September 26th, 1952 at 88 years old in Rome (stomach cancer). [ref]
Miklós Horthy
Regent of hungary from 1920 to 1944.
Born June 18th, 1868 in Kenderes. [ref]
Died February 9th, 1957 at 88 years old in Estoril. [ref]
Paul Schäfer
German criminal and founder of a sect and agricultural commune colonia dignidad in chile (1921-2010).
Born December 4th, 1921 in Bonn.
Died April 24th, 2010 at 88 years old in Santiago (heart failure). [ref]
Sylvia Sidney
American actress (1910-1999).
Born August 8th, 1910 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died July 1st, 1999 at 88 years old in New York City (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Kurt Waldheim
Austrian politician and diplomat (1918-2007).
Born December 21st, 1918 in Sankt Andrä-Wördern. [ref]
Died June 14th, 2007 at 88 years old in Vienna (heart failure, cardiac arrest). [ref]
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