Celebrity Deaths in 1988

153 notable figures died in 1988. Listed below in order of date of death.

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  Davey Moore

  1959 – 1988 · Athletes, Boxers
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  Clementine Hunter

  1887 – 1988 · Artists and Architects Jan 1
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  Gladys Hurlbut

  1898 – 1988 · Actresses Jan 1
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  Gunnar Engellau

  1907 – 1988 Jan 1
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  Michel Auclair

  1922 – 1988 · Actors Jan 1
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  William Jerome Cagney

  1905 – 1988 · Actors Jan 1
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  William Cagney

  1905 – 1988 · Actors Jan 3
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  Peter “Pistol Pete” Maravich

  1947 – 1988 · Athletes, Basketball Jan 5
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  Trevor Howard

  1913 – 1988 · Actors Jan 7
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  Pappy Boyington

  1912 – 1988 · American journalist, Military Figures Jan 11
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  Georgy Malenkov

  1902 – 1988 · Politicians Jan 14
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  Colleen Moore

  1899 – 1988 · Actresses Jan 25
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  Heather O’Rourke

  1975 – 1988 · Actresses Feb 1
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  Heather Michele O’Rourke

  1975 – 1988 · Actresses Feb 2
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  Marcel Bozzuffi

  1929 – 1988 · Actors Feb 2
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  Richard Feynman

  1918 – 1988 · Politicians, Scientists and Inventors Feb 15
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  Pearl Butler

  1927 – 1988 · Country Music, Gospel Music Mar 1
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  Dorothy Foulger

  1900 – 1988 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Joe Besser

  1907 – 1988 · Actors Mar 3
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  Lois Wilson

  1894 – 1988 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Margaret Fiedler Irving

  1898 – 1988 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Roland Drew

  1900 – 1988 · Actors Mar 3
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  Sheila Manahan

  1924 – 1988 · Actresses Mar 3
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  Margaret Irving

  1898 – 1988 Mar 5
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  Jeanne Aubert

  1906 – 1988 · Actresses Mar 6
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  Kurt Georg Kiesinger

  1904 – 1988 · Politicians Mar 9
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  Andy Gibb

  1958 – 1988 · Actors, Celebrities, Singer Mar 10
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  Olive Carey

  1896 – 1988 · Actresses Mar 13
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  Charles Willeford

  1919 – 1988 · Authors and Writers Mar 27
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  Clemens Gretter

  1904 – 1988 · Artists and Architects Apr 4
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  Dr Frederick Douglas Patterson

  1901 – 1988 Apr 4
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  Eva Novak

  1898 – 1988 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Irene Rich

  1891 – 1988 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Jean Gascon

  1920 – 1988 · Actors Apr 4
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  Jeff Donnell

  1921 – 1988 · Actresses Apr 4
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  Jenő Barcsay

  1900 – 1988 · Artists and Architects Apr 4
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  Warde Donovan

  1916 – 1988 · Actors Apr 4
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  John Clements

  1910 – 1988 · Actors Apr 6
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  Louise Nevelson

  1899 – 1988 · Artists and Architects Apr 17
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  Paolo Stoppa

  1906 – 1988 · Actors May 1
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  Andrew Duggan

  1923 – 1988 · Actors May 5
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  Ed Bakey

  1925 – 1988 · Actors May 5
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  Florida Friebus

  1909 – 1988 · Actresses May 5
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  Hjördis Pettersson

  1908 – 1988 · Actresses May 5
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  Michiko Tanaka

  1913 – 1988 · Actresses May 5
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  Milton Caniff

  1907 – 1988 · Artists and Architects May 5
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  Paul Genge

  1913 – 1988 · Actors May 5
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  Chet Baker

  1929 – 1988 · Musicians and Composers May 13
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  Greta Nissen

  1906 – 1988 · Actresses May 15
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  Daws Butler

  1916 – 1988 · Actors May 18
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  Ernst Ruska

  1906 – 1988 · Scientists and Inventors May 27
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  Ella Raines

  1920 – 1988 May 30
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  Raj Kapoor

  1924 – 1988 · Actors, Celebrities, Film Director Jun 2
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  Berjouhi Gregorian

  1901 – 1988 · Actresses Jun 6
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  Leon Belasco

  1902 – 1988 · Actors Jun 6
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  Michael Barrington

  1925 – 1988 · Actors Jun 6
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  Nathan Cook

  1950 – 1988 · Actors Jun 6
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  Arthur Gary Bishop

  1952 – 1988 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jun 10
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  Christine Fabrega

  1931 – 1988 · Actresses Jun 11
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  Dennis Day

  1916 – 1988 · Actors, Radio Performers Jun 22
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  Alice Elizabeth Nunn

  1927 – 1988 · Actresses Jul 7
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  Christa “Nico” Paffgen

  1938 – 1988 · Actresses Jul 7
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  David T. Wilentz

  1894 – 1988 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Jul 7
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  Gabriel “Gabe” Dell

  1919 – 1988 · Actors Jul 7
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  Hilda Gobbi

  1913 – 1988 · Actresses Jul 7
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  José Amérigo Salazar

  1915 – 1988 · Artists and Architects Jul 7
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  Judith Eva Barsi

  1978 – 1988 · Victims of crime and disaster Jul 7
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  Madeline Foy

  1905 – 1988 · Actresses Jul 7
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  William Robert Cox

  1901 – 1988 · Authors and Writers Jul 7
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  Jackie Presser

  1926 – 1988 · Gangster Jul 9
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  Joshua Logan

  1908 – 1988 · Actors Jul 12
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  Christa Paffgen

  1938 – 1988 Jul 18
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  Duane Jones

  1937 – 1988 · Actors Jul 22
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  Judith Barsi

  1978 – 1988 · Actresses Jul 25
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  Douglas Hickox

  1929 – 1988 · Film Director Jul 25
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  Judith Barsi

  1978 – 1988 · Actresses, Victims of crime and disaster Jul 25
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  Pete Drake

  1932 – 1988 · Musicians and Composers Jul 29
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  Florence Eldridge

  1901 – 1988 · Actresses Aug 1
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  Ralph Meeker

  1920 – 1988 · Actors Aug 5
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  Alan Dante “The Horse” Ameche

  1933 – 1988 · Sports Figures Aug 8
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  Alan Napier

  1903 – 1988 · Actors Aug 8
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  Anne Ramsey

  1929 – 1988 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Christine Nelson

  1926 – 1988 · Actresses Aug 8
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  Edwin H. Shipstad

  1907 – 1988 · Business Magnates Aug 8
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  Frederick Ashton

  1904 – 1988 · Artists and Architects Aug 8
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  Jean Paul Aron

  1925 – 1988 · Authors and Writers Aug 8
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  Jean-Michel Basquiat

  1960 – 1988 · Artists and Architects Aug 8
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  Leonard Frey

  1938 – 1988 · Actors Aug 8
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  Nicholas Cortland

  1940 – 1988 · Actors Aug 8
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  Percy Eugene Foreman

  1902 – 1988 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Aug 8
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  Raymond Carver

  1938 – 1988 · Authors and Writers Aug 8
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  Wilfred Jackson

  1906 – 1988 · Business Magnates Aug 8
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  Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

  1924 – 1988 · Politicians Aug 17
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  Wilfred Johnson

  1935 – 1988 · Gangster Aug 29
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  Luis Walter Alvarez

  1911 – 1988 · Scientists and Inventors Sep 1
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  Gert Fröbe

  1913 – 1988 · Actors Sep 5
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  Lawrence Brown

  1907 – 1988 · Musicians and Composers Sep 5
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  Charles Samuel Addams

  1912 – 1988 · Artists and Architects Sep 9
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  Doris Wells

  1941 – 1988 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Guillermo Battaglia

  1899 – 1988 · Actors Sep 9
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  Karl-Gerhart “Gert” Fröbe

  1913 – 1988 · Actors Sep 9
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  Margerie Bonner Lowry

  1905 – 1988 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Mary Lansing

  1911 – 1988 · Actresses Sep 9
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  Rev Mozel Sanders

  1924 – 1988 Sep 9
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  Hilde Gueden

  1917 – 1988 · Singer Sep 17
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  Henry Koster

  1905 – 1988 · Director, Film Director Sep 21
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  Billy Carter

  1937 – 1988 · Politicians Sep 25
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  Vincent Rao

  1898 – 1988 · Gangster Sep 25
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  Charles Addams

  1912 – 1988 · Artists and Architects Sep 29
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  Billy Daniels

  1915 – 1988 · Actors, Entertainers, Singer Oct 10
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  Charles Hawtrey

  1914 – 1988 · Actors Oct 10
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  Generoso Paul Pope, Jr

  1927 – 1988 · Business Magnates Oct 10
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  Henry “Hurricane Hank” Armstrong

  1912 – 1988 · Boxers, Sports Figures Oct 10
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  John Ball

  1911 – 1988 · Authors and Writers Oct 10
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  Pietro Annigoni

  1910 – 1988 · Artists and Architects Oct 10
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  Bonita Granville

  1923 – 1988 · Actresses Oct 11
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  Guy Sanche

  1934 – 1988 · Actors Oct 13
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  Henry Armstrong

  1912 – 1988 · Athletes, Boxers Oct 22
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  Liz Tippett

  1906 – 1988 · Philanthropists, Socialite Oct 30
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  John Houseman

  1902 – 1988 · Actors, Producer Oct 31
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  Billy Curtis

  1909 – 1988 · Actors Nov 9
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  Bobbi Brat

  1962 – 1988 · Authors and Writers Nov 11
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  Carmen Carbonell

  1900 – 1988 · Actresses Nov 11
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  John Carradine

  1906 – 1988 · Actors Nov 11
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  John William Corrington

  1932 – 1988 · Authors and Writers Nov 11
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  Julia Caba Alba

  1902 – 1988 · Actresses Nov 11
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  Kingman Brewster, Jr

  1919 – 1988 Nov 11
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  Sidney Carroll

  1913 – 1988 · Authors and Writers Nov 11
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  Poupee Andriot

  1899 – 1988 · Actresses Nov 13
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  Christina Onassis

  1950 – 1988 · Socialite Nov 19
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  Carl Hubbell

  1903 – 1988 · Athletes, Baseball Nov 21
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  Luis Barragán

  1902 – 1988 · Artists and Architects Nov 22
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  Marcia Ralston

  1906 – 1988 · Actresses Nov 23
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  Irmgard Seefried

  1919 – 1988 · Singer Nov 24
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  Angela Aames

  1956 – 1988 · Actresses Nov 27
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  Roy Orbison

  1936 – 1988 · Country Music, Rock & Roll Dec 6
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  Dorothy Jordan

  1906 – 1988 · Actresses Dec 7
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  Andrew Kennedy

  1912 – 1988 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Dec 12
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  Anne Seymour

  1909 – 1988 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Celeste Lizio

  1908 – 1988 · Business Magnates Dec 12
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  Christopher Connelly

  1941 – 1988 · Actors Dec 12
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  Glenn Herbert “King of the Wildcatters” McCarthy

  1907 – 1988 · Business Magnates Dec 12
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  Hal Ashby

  1929 – 1988 · Entertainers Dec 12
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  Herluf Bidstrup

  1912 – 1988 · Artists and Architects Dec 12
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  Julanne Johnstone

  1900 – 1988 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Richard S. Castellano

  1933 – 1988 · Actors Dec 12
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  Vince Bushey

  1922 – 1988 · Actors Dec 12
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  Whitney Bourne

  1914 – 1988 · Actresses Dec 12
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  Morgan Farley

  1898 – 1988 · Actors Dec 14
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  Evald Schorm

  1931 – 1988 · Actors, Director Dec 14
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  Bob Steele

  1907 – 1988 · Actors Dec 21
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  Blanche Barrow

  1911 – 1988 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 24
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  Joseph Beam

  1954 – 1988 · Authors and Writers, Social Reformers Dec 27