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In the year 1988
522 Notable deaths
Colin Higgins
Director, producer, actor, screenwriter.
Born July 28th, 1941 in Noumea. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1988 at 47 years old in Beverly Hills (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Muzafer Sherif
Turkish psychologist (1906-1988).
Born July 29th, 1906 in İzmir.
Died October 16th, 1988 at 82 years old in Fairbanks.
Siaka Probyn Stevens
Prime minister of sierra leone (1905-1988).
Born August 24th, 1905 in Moyamba.
Died May 29th, 1988 at 82 years old in Freetown.
María del Carmen Polo Martínez-Valdés
Spanish noble (1900-1988).
Born June 11th, 1900 in Oviedo.
Died February 6th, 1988 at 87 years old in Madrid (bronchopneumonia).
Andrija Artuković
Convicted world war ii war criminal (1899–1988).
Born November 29th, 1899 in Klobuk.
Died January 16th, 1988 at 88 years old in Zagreb.
Michael Shaara
American writer.
Born June 23rd, 1929 in Jersey City.
Died May 5th, 1988 at 58 years old in Tallahassee (myocardial infarction).
Giorgio Almirante
Italian politician (1914–1988).
Born June 27th, 1914 in Salsomaggiore Terme. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1988 at 73 years old in Rome (intracranial hemorrhage). [ref]
Felix Wankel
German mechanical engineer, inventor of the wankel engine (1902-1988).
Born August 13th, 1902 in Lahr/Schwarzwald.
Died October 9th, 1988 at 86 years old in Heidelberg.
Ernst Ruska
German physicist (1906–1988).
Born December 25th, 1906 in Heidelberg.
Died May 27th, 1988 at 81 years old in West Berlin.
Umashankar Joshi
Gujarati poet, scholar and writer. (1911-1988).
Died December 19th, 1988 at 77 years old in Mumbai.
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