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In the year 1988
473 Notable deaths
Félix Leclerc
Canadian singer-songwriter (1914-1988).
Born August 2nd, 1914 in La Tuque. [ref]
Died August 8th, 1988 at 74 years old in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans. [ref]
Irene Rich
American actress (1891-1988).
Born October 13th, 1891 in Buffalo.
Died April 22nd, 1988 at 96 years old in Hope Ranch (heart failure).
Arnulfo Arias
President of panama (1901-1988).
Born August 15th, 1901 in Penonomé, Coclé.
Died August 10th, 1988 at 86 years old in Coral Gables.
Lygia Clark
Brazilian artist (1920–1988).
Born October 23rd, 1920 in Belo Horizonte.
Died April 26th, 1988 at 67 years old in Rio de Janeiro (myocardial infarction). [ref]
René Char
French poet.
Born June 14th, 1907 in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1988 at 80 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Marcel Bozzuffi
French actor (1929–1988).
Born October 28th, 1929 in Rennes. [ref]
Died February 2nd, 1988 at 58 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (cerebral hemorrhage).
Yevgeny Mravinsky
Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue (1903–1988).
Born June 4th, 1903 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died January 19th, 1988 at 84 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
George Uhlenbeck
Dutch physicist.
Born December 6th, 1900 in Batavia. [ref]
Died October 31st, 1988 at 87 years old in Boulder (stroke). [ref]
Shen Congwen
Chinese writer.
Born December 28th, 1902 in Fenghuang County.
Died May 10th, 1988 at 85 years old in Beijing (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Patrick Steptoe
British gynaecologist.
Born June 9th, 1913 in Witney.
Died March 21st, 1988 at 74 years old in Canterbury.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 473
Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes