In the year 1988
522 Notable deaths
Adela Rogers St. Johns
American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter (1894-1988).
Born May 20th, 1894 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died August 10th, 1988 at 94 years old in Arroyo Grande. [ref]
Alexander Bashlachev
Russian musician (1960-1988).
Born May 27th, 1960 in Cherepovets.
Died February 17th, 1988 at 27 years old in Saint Petersburg (falling).
Lois Wilson
American actress (1894-1988).
Born June 28th, 1894 in Pittsburgh.
Died March 3rd, 1988 at 93 years old in Reno (pneumonia).
Dick Clair
Actor, comedian, writer (1931-1988).
Born November 12th, 1931 in San Francisco.
Died December 12th, 1988 at 57 years old in Los Angeles (death from AIDS-related complications).
Lev Pontryagin
Soviet mathematician.
Born September 3rd, 1908 in Moscow.
Died May 3rd, 1988 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Al Cohn
American saxophonist (1925-1988).
Born November 24th, 1925 in New York City.
Died February 15th, 1988 at 62 years old in Stroudsburg.
Charlie Rouse
American musician (1924–1988).
Born April 6th, 1924 in Washington, D.C..
Died November 30th, 1988 at 64 years old in Seattle (lung cancer).
Charles Willeford
American crime novelist (1919-1988).
Born January 2nd, 1919 in Little Rock.
Died March 27th, 1988 at 69 years old in Miami (myocardial infarction).
Bluma Zeigarnik
Soviet psychologist.
Born November 9th, 1900 in Prienai. [ref]
Died February 24th, 1988 at 87 years old in Moscow.
Reyner Banham
British architectural critic (1922–1988).
Born March 2nd, 1922 in Norwich.
Died March 19th, 1988 at 66 years old in London.
Deaths 171 to 180 of 522
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson