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In the year 1988
473 Notable deaths
Alf Kjellin
Swedish actor and film director (1920–1988).
Born February 28th, 1920 in Lund. [ref]
Died April 5th, 1988 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Edgar Faure
French politician (1908-1988).
Born August 18th, 1908 in Béziers. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1988 at 79 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Karl August Wittfogel
German-american academic (1896–1988).
Born September 6th, 1896 in Woltersdorf. [ref]
Died May 25th, 1988 at 91 years old in New York City. [ref]
Brigitte Horney
Actress.
Born March 29th, 1911 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 27th, 1988 at 77 years old in Hamburg (liver cancer). [ref]
Ulanhu
Former vice president of people republic of china (1906-1988).
Born December 23rd, 1906 in Tumed-Tsi.
Died December 8th, 1988 at 81 years old in Beijing.
Kurt Raab
German actor.
Born July 20th, 1941 in Kašperské Hory.
Died June 28th, 1988 at 46 years old in Hamburg (death from AIDS-related complications).
Eric A. Havelock
British classical philologist (1903–1988).
Born June 3rd, 1903 in London. [ref]
Died April 4th, 1988 at 84 years old in Poughkeepsie. [ref]
Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Titular grand duke of saxe-weimar-eisenach (1912-1988).
Born July 28th, 1912 in Schloss Wilhelmsthal.
Died October 14th, 1988 at 76 years old in Schienen.
Francis Ponge
French writer.
Born March 27th, 1899 in Montpellier. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1988 at 89 years old in Le Bar-sur-Loup. [ref]
Heinz Pagels
American physicist (1939-1988).
Born February 19th, 1939 in New York City.
Died July 23rd, 1988 at 49 years old in Pyramid Peak (fall).
Deaths 201 to 210 of 473
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