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Margaret Mee

Margaret Mee

1909–1988

botanical illustrator, painter, trade unionist

Official cause

traffic collision

AB'

Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad

1927–1988

qāriʾ

Official cause

hepatitis

RL

Ricky Lawless

1959–1988

amateur wrestler, actor, professional wrestler

Official cause

gunshot wound

Charlie Rouse

Charlie Rouse

1924–1988

jazz musician, saxophonist

Official cause

lung cancer

Mabel Strickland

Mabel Strickland

1899–1988

journalist, politician, writer

Official cause

disease

GB

Gus Bailey

1951–1988

basketball player

Official cause

stab wound

HGB

Henry G. Booker

1910–1988

physicist, university teacher, electrical engineer

Official cause

brain cancer

John Houseman

John Houseman

1902–1988

film producer, film director, screenwriter

Official cause

cancer

Alfred Pellan

Alfred Pellan

1906–1988

painter, muralist, illustrator

Official cause

leukemia

George Uhlenbeck

George Uhlenbeck

1900–1988

physicist, university teacher

Official cause

stroke

Bill Mason

Bill Mason

1929–1988

film director, writer, naturalist

Official cause

cancer

Alva B. Lasswell

Alva B. Lasswell

1905–1988

cryptographer

Official cause

cancer

DT

Dave Tyriver

1937–1988

baseball player

Official cause

myocardial infarction

Pietro Annigoni

Pietro Annigoni

1910–1988

painter, sculptor

Official cause

kidney failure

Michael Reisser

Michael Reisser

1946–1988

politician, businessperson

Official cause

traffic collision

Mladen Kranjc

Mladen Kranjc

1945–1988

association football player

Official cause

traffic collision

KM

Kurt Marshall

1965–1988

pornographic actor

Official cause

death from AIDS-related complications

MB

Mae Brussell

1922–1988

radio personality

Official cause

cancer

CC

Clarence Carnes

1927–1988

criminal

Official cause

death from AIDS-related complications

RHO

Ruth Hale Oliver

1910–1988

writer, astrologer, journalist

Official cause

disease

Franz Josef Strauß

Franz Josef Strauß

1915–1988

politician

Official cause

heart failure

Alec Issigonis

Alec Issigonis

1906–1988

engineer, car designer, racing automobile driver

Official cause

pneumonia

LB

Lucien Ballard

1904–1988

cinematographer

Official cause

traffic collision

Pavle Vuisić

Pavle Vuisić

1926–1988

stage actor, film actor, television actor

Official cause

myocardial infarction