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In the year 1988
458 Notable deaths
Ramón Valdés
Mexican actor (1923–1988).
Born September 2nd, 1923 in Mexico City.
Died August 9th, 1988 at 64 years old in Mexico City (stomach cancer).
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Pashtun independence activist against british rule in india.
Born February 6th, 1890 in Hashtnagar.
Died January 20th, 1988 at 97 years old in Peshawar.
Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad
Qari.
Born January 1st, 1927 in Hermonthis.
Died November 30th, 1988 at 61 years old in Cairo.
Ralph Meeker
American actor (1920-1988).
Born November 21st, 1920 in Minneapolis. [ref]
Died August 5th, 1988 at 67 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Son House
American blues singer and guitarist.
Born March 21st, 1902 in Lyon.
Died October 19th, 1988 at 86 years old in Chicago, Detroit (cancer). [ref]
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Indian freedom fighter (1903-1988).
Born April 3rd, 1903 in Mangalore.
Died October 29th, 1988 at 85 years old in Mumbai.
Ella Raines
American actress (1920-1988).
Born August 6th, 1920 in Fall City. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1988 at 67 years old in Sherman Oaks (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Luis Walter Alvarez
American experimental physicist, inventor, and professor (1911-1988).
Born June 13th, 1911 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died September 1st, 1988 at 77 years old in Berkeley (cancer). [ref]
Hal Ashby
American film director and film editor (1929-1988).
Born September 2nd, 1929 in Ogden. [ref]
Died December 27th, 1988 at 59 years old in Malibu (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
William McMahon
Australian politician, 20th prime minister of australia (1908-1988).
Born February 23rd, 1908 in Redfern.
Died March 31st, 1988 at 80 years old in Potts Point (cancer).
Deaths 51 to 60 of 458
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