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In the year 1988
523 Notable deaths
Aaly Tokombaev
Soviet poet (1904-1988).
Born November 7th, 1904 in Kayıŋdı.
Died June 19th, 1988 at 83 years old in Bishkek.
Leonidas Proaño
Ecuadorian priest and theologian (1910-1988).
Born January 29th, 1910 in San Antonio de Ibarra.
Died August 31st, 1988 at 78 years old in Quito.
Frederick Sumner Brackett
American physicist.
Born August 1st, 1896 in Claremont.
Died January 28th, 1988 at 91 years old
Carl Erhardt
British ice hockey player (1897–1988).
Born February 15th, 1897 in Beckenham. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1988 at 91 years old in London Borough of Bromley.
Maximilien de Furstenberg
Roman catholic cardinal (1904–1988).
Born October 23rd, 1904 in Heerlen.
Died September 22nd, 1988 at 83 years old in Mont (cerebral hemorrhage).
Jamie Hamilton
British rower and publisher (1900-1988).
Born November 15th, 1900 in Indianapolis.
Died May 24th, 1988 at 87 years old in Westminster.
Hermann Volk
German catholic theologian (1903-1988).
Born December 27th, 1903 in Hanau-Steinheim.
Died July 1st, 1988 at 84 years old in Mainz.
Deaths 411 to 420 of 523
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde