List of Famous people who died at 88

Geoffrey Howe

First Name Geoffrey
Last Name Howe
Born on December 20, 1926
Died on October 9, 2015 (aged 88)

Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon,, known from 1970 to 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, was a British Conservative politician.

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Harold Russell

Harold John Russell
First Name Harold
Last Name Russell
Born on January 14, 1914
Died on January 29, 2002 (aged 88)
Born in Canada, Nova Scotia

Harold John Avery Russell was a Canadian-born American World War II veteran who became one of only two non-professional actors to win an Academy Award for acting. Russell also has the distinction of being the only performer to sell his Oscar award at auction.

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Fritz Eckhardt

First Name Fritz
Last Name Eckhardt
Born on November 30, 1907
Died on December 31, 1995 (aged 88)

Fritz Eckhardt was an Austrian actor, director, and writer. He is remembered for playing the lead role as chief inspector Marek in the Österreichischer Rundfunk version of the detective series Tatort. He also played cabaret and wrote numerous theatre plays and film scripts.

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Kathryn Grayson

Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick
First Name Kathryn
Born on February 9, 1922
Died on February 17, 2010 (aged 88)

Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick was an American actress and coloratura soprano.

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Shammi

Nargis Rabadi
Born on April 24, 1929
Died on March 6, 2018 (aged 88)
Born in India

Nargis Rabadi, better known by her stage name Shammi, was an Indian actress who appeared in over two hundred Hindi films. Shammi remained a sought-after actress with filmmakers when it came to goofy and comic roles, especially in the period 1949–1969 and later from 1980–2002. Her famous films as supporting actress included Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai, Half Ticket, Halaku, Samaj Ko Badal Dalo, Khuda Gawah, Coolie No. 1, Gopi Kishan and Hum Saath Saath Hain and films with Rajesh Khanna like The Train, Aanchal, Kudrat, Red Rose, Awara Baap and Swarg. She had been a leading actress playing main female lead or second female lead in Hindi films between 1949–1955 as well. Later, from 1986 till 1998, she appeared in many popular television serials such as Dekh Bhai Dekh, Zabaan Sambhal Ke, Shriman Shrimati, Kabhi Yeh Kabhi Woh and Filmi Chakkar. Shammi was married to film producer director Sultan Ahmed for seven years, before they were divorced. Shammi is the younger sister of fashion designer Mani Rabadi.

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Edith Windsor

First Name Edith
Last Name Windsor
Born on June 20, 1929
Died on September 12, 2017 (aged 88)

Edith "Edie" Windsor was an American LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM. She was the lead plaintiff in the 2013 Supreme Court of the United States case United States v. Windsor, which overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act and was considered a landmark legal victory for the same-sex marriage movement in the United States. The Obama Administration and federal agencies extended rights, privileges and benefits to married same-sex couples because of the decision.

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Gunnar Möller

Gunnar Thor Karl Möller
First Name Gunnar
Born on July 1, 1928
Died on May 16, 2017 (aged 88)
Born in Germany, Berlin
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Gunnar Möller was a German television and film actor. He appeared in over 160 film and television productions between 1940 and 2016. He was most successful as a leading men in German cinema of the 1950s, especially with his role in I Often Think of Piroschka (1955) with Liselotte Pulver. He later turned to character roles and worked for a number of years in England.

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Ricardo Montalbán

First Name Ricardo
Last Name Montalbán
Born on November 25, 1920
Died on January 14, 2009 (aged 88)
Born in Mexico, Coahuila

Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG was a Mexican-American film and television actor. Born in Mexico, Montalbán's career spanned seven decades, during which he became known for performances in a variety of genres, from crime and drama to musicals and comedy.

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Ian Paisley

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley
First Name Ian
Last Name Paisley
Born on April 6, 1926
Died on September 12, 2014 (aged 88)

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, was a Northern Irish loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader who served as Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) from 1971 to 2008 and First Minister of Northern Ireland from 2007 to 2008.

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Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

First Name Bernard
Last Name Alamein
Born on November 17, 1887
Died on March 24, 1976 (aged 88)

Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein,, nicknamed "Monty" and "The Spartan General", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War.

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