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In the year 1988
458 Notable deaths
Khin Kyi
Burmese politician and diplomat (1912-1988).
Born April 16th, 1912 in Myaungmya.
Died December 28th, 1988 at 76 years old in Yangon.
Anna Mahler
Austrian sculptor (1904-1988).
Born June 15th, 1904 in Vienna. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1988 at 83 years old in London. [ref]
Joie Chitwood
American racing driver (1912-1988).
Born April 14th, 1912 in Denison.
Died January 3rd, 1988 at 75 years old in Tampa.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.
American politician (1914-1988).
Born August 17th, 1914 in Campobello Island.
Died August 17th, 1988 at 74 years old in Poughkeepsie (lung cancer).
Raymond Dart
Australian anatomist and anthropologist (1893-1988).
Born February 4th, 1893 in Toowong.
Died November 22nd, 1988 at 95 years old in Johannesburg.
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).
Fazlur Rahman Malik
Pakistani philosopher.
Born September 21st, 1919 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1988 at 68 years old in Chicago.
Milton Caniff
American cartoonist (1907-1988).
Born February 28th, 1907 in Hillsboro. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 1988 at 81 years old in New York City. [ref]
Giacinto Scelsi
Italian composer and poet (1905-1988).
Born January 8th, 1905 in La Spezia. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1988 at 83 years old in Rome. [ref]
Bluma Zeigarnik
Soviet psychologist.
Born November 9th, 1901 in Prienai.
Died February 24th, 1988 at 86 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 141 to 150 of 458
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir