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In the year 1988
476 Notable deaths
Näcip Cihanof
Soviet tatar composer (1911-1988).
Born January 15th, 1911 in Oral.
Died June 2nd, 1988 at 77 years old in Ufa.
Anatolii Levchenko
Soviet test pilot and cosmonaut (1941-1988).
Born May 21st, 1941 in Krasnokutsk.
Died August 6th, 1988 at 47 years old in Moscow (brain cancer).
Wolfram Fiedler
East german luger (1951–1988).
Born September 29th, 1951 in Ilmenau.
Died April 11th, 1988 at 36 years old in Berlin (cancer).
Maisie Carr
Australian ecologist (1912-1988).
Born February 26th, 1912 in Melbourne.
Died September 9th, 1988 at 76 years old in Canberra.
Ferenc Pataki
Hungarian gymnast (1917–1988).
Born September 18th, 1917 in Budapest.
Died April 25th, 1988 at 70 years old in Budapest.
Olof Stahre
Equestrian.
Born April 19th, 1909 in Lerum Municipality.
Died March 7th, 1988 at 78 years old in Blentarp.
Enzo Sacchi
Italian racing cyclist (1926-1988).
Born January 6th, 1926 in Florence.
Died July 12th, 1988 at 62 years old in Florence.
Martin Winter
East german rower (1955–1988).
Born November 5th, 1955 in Zerbst.
Died February 21st, 1988 at 32 years old in Magdeburg.
Giacomo Gaioni
Italian olympic cyclist.
Born April 26th, 1905 in Roverbella.
Died November 14th, 1988 at 83 years old in Mantua.
Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano
Catholic cardinal.
Born August 12th, 1903 in Piacenza.
Died November 9th, 1988 at 85 years old in Rome.
Deaths 421 to 430 of 476
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder