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In the year 1988
458 Notable deaths
I. A. L. Diamond
American screenwriter (1920-1988).
Born June 27th, 1920 in Ungheni.
Died April 21st, 1988 at 67 years old in Beverly Hills (multiple myeloma).
Lev Pontryagin
Soviet mathematician.
Born September 3rd, 1908 in Moscow.
Died May 3rd, 1988 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Fritz Heider
German psychologist (1896-1988).
Born February 19th, 1896 in Vienna.
Died January 2nd, 1988 at 91 years old in Lawrence.
Archie Cochrane
Scottish doctor.
Born January 12th, 1909 in Galashiels.
Died June 18th, 1988 at 79 years old in Dorset.
Lois Wilson
American actress (1894-1988).
Born June 28th, 1894 in Pittsburgh.
Died March 3rd, 1988 at 93 years old in Reno (pneumonia).
Aleksei Losev
Russian philosopher and philologist.
Born September 22nd, 1893 in Novocherkassk.
Died May 24th, 1988 at 94 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Seth Neddermeyer
American physicist.
Born September 16th, 1907 in Richmond.
Died January 29th, 1988 at 80 years old in Seattle (Parkinson's disease).
Friedrich Guggenberger
German navy officer and world war ii u-boat commander (1915-1988).
Born March 6th, 1915 in Munich. [ref]
Died May 13th, 1988 at 73 years old in Erlenbach am Main. [ref]
Viktors Arājs
Latvian ss officer (1910-1988).
Born January 13th, 1910 in Baldone Parish.
Died January 13th, 1988 at 78 years old in Kassel.
Josef Klehr
German nazi physician (1904-1988).
Born October 17th, 1904 in Łęgi, Opole Voivodeship.
Died August 23rd, 1988 at 83 years old in Leiferde.
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