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In the year 1988
458 Notable deaths
Colleen Moore
Actress.
Born August 19th, 1899 in Port Huron.
Died January 25th, 1988 at 88 years old in California (cancer).
Louise Nevelson
American sculptor (1899-1988).
Born September 23rd, 1899 in Kyiv, Pereiaslav. [ref]
Died April 17th, 1988 at 88 years old in New York City. [ref]
Niko Tinbergen
Dutch zoologist, ethologist (1907-1988).
Born April 15th, 1907 in The Hague. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1988 at 81 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Chico Mendes
Brazilian environmentalist (1944-1988).
Born December 15th, 1944 in Xapuri. [ref]
Died December 22nd, 1988 at 44 years old in Xapuri. [ref]
Roy Urquhart
British military officer.
Born November 28th, 1901 in London.
Died December 13th, 1988 at 87 years old
Leonard Matlovich
American vietnam war veteran, race relations instructor, and recipient of the purple heart and the bronze star.
Born July 6th, 1943 in Savannah.
Died June 22nd, 1988 at 44 years old in West Hollywood (death from AIDS-related complications).
Franz Josef Strauß
German politician (1915-1988).
Born September 6th, 1915 in Munich.
Died October 3rd, 1988 at 73 years old in Regensburg (heart failure). [ref]
Roger Hargreaves
English children's author and illustrator (1935-1988).
Born May 9th, 1935 in Cleckheaton.
Died September 11th, 1988 at 53 years old in Guernsey (stroke). [ref]
Glenn Cunningham
Athletics competitor, middle distance runner, miler.
Born August 4th, 1909 in Elkhart.
Died March 10th, 1988 at 78 years old in Menifee.
Pannonica de Koenigswarter
British jazz patroness (1913-1988).
Born December 10th, 1913 in London. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1988 at 74 years old in Washington Heights. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 458
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche