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Muriel S. Snowden
1916–1988
social worker
Official cause
cancer
Chick Chandler
1905–1988
actor, television actor
Official cause
disease
Werner Felfe
1928–1988
politician
Official cause
heart failure
Roland Daniels
1950–1988
professional wrestler, actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Ainslee Cox
1936–1988
conductor, musician
Official cause
cancer
Gert Fröbe
1913–1988
actor, film actor, stage actor
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Ewing Mitchell
1910–1988
singer, actor, rancher
Official cause
stroke
Luis Walter Alvarez
1911–1988
physicist, nuclear physicist, university teacher
Official cause
lung cancer
Nikolai Fefilov
1946–1988
serial killer, rapist
Official cause
choking
Xuân Quỳnh
1942–1988
poet, writer, journalist
Official cause
traffic collision
Alice D. Weeks
1909–1988
researcher, geologist, mineralogist
Official cause
Alzheimer's disease
Herbert Pagani
1944–1988
poet, actor, radio personality
Official cause
acute promyelocytic leukemia
Ron McAuliffe
1918–1988
rugby league player, politician, sports executive
Official cause
stroke
Ronald Stein
1930–1988
composer
Official cause
pancreatic cancer
Robert Calvert
1945–1988
poet, singer, writer
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Fred Below
1926–1988
musician
Official cause
liver cancer
Roy Buchanan
1939–1988
musician, guitarist
Official cause
hanging to death
Otto Ernest Passman
1900–1988
politician, military officer, businessperson
Official cause
myocardial infarction
Edward Bennett Williams
1920–1988
lawyer
Official cause
colorectal cancer
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960–1988
painter, artivist, musicologist
Official cause
heroin overdose
Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
1932–1988
theatre director, theatre designer, costume designer
Official cause
pulmonary embolism
Frank Zamboni
1901–1988
entrepreneur, inventor
Official cause
lung cancer
Brigitte Horney
1911–1988
stage actor, film actor, actor
Official cause
liver cancer
Tetsuji Takechi
1912–1988
film director, impresario, theatre director
Official cause
pancreatic cancer