In the year 1988
523 Notable deaths
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
German actor (1900-1988).
Born July 27th, 1900 in Brunswick.
Died October 30th, 1988 at 88 years old in Munich.
Steno
Italian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer (1917–1988).
Born January 19th, 1917 in Rome.
Died March 13th, 1988 at 71 years old in Rome.
Ye Shengtao
Chinese writer (1894-1988).
Born October 28th, 1894 in Suzhou.
Died February 16th, 1988 at 93 years old in Beijing.
Venko Markovski
Bulgarian and macedonian writer (1915–1988).
Born March 5th, 1915 in Skopje.
Died January 7th, 1988 at 72 years old in Sofia.
Léon Goossens
British musician.
Born June 12th, 1897 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died February 12th, 1988 at 90 years old in Royal Tunbridge Wells. [ref]
Joly Braga Santos
Portuguese composer.
Born May 14th, 1924 in Lisbon. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1988 at 64 years old in Lisbon (stroke). [ref]
Ho Chong
Korean politician and independence activist (1896-1988).
Born April 8th, 1896 in Busan.
Died September 18th, 1988 at 92 years old in Seoul (disease).
Maria Ulfah Santoso
Indonesia, politician (1911-1988).
Born August 18th, 1911 in Serang.
Died April 15th, 1988 at 76 years old in Jakarta.
Shōhei Ōoka
Japanese writer (1909–1988).
Born March 6th, 1909 in Ushigome-ku, Tokyo. [ref]
Died December 25th, 1988 at 79 years old in Tokyo (stroke).
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black