List of Famous people who died in 1988

Frederick Loewe

Friedrich Löwe
First Name Frederick
Last Name Loewe
Born on June 10, 1901
Died on February 14, 1988 (aged 86)
Born in Germany

Frederick Loewe was an Austrian-American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, and Camelot, all of which were made into films, as well as the original film musical, Gigi (1958), which was first transferred to the stage in 1973.

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Edward Walter Charles Butler

First Name Edward
Last Name Butler
Born on May 30, 1900
Died on January 1, 1988 (aged 87)
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Alan Ameche

First Name Alan
Last Name Ameche
Born on June 1, 1933
Died on August 8, 1988 (aged 55)

Alan Ameche, nicknamed "The Iron Horse", or simply "The Horse", was an American football player who played six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and won the Heisman Trophy during his senior season in 1954. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in each of his first four seasons in the league. He is famous for scoring the winning touchdown in overtime in the 1958 NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants, labeled "The Greatest Game Ever Played."

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Stephen B. Grimes

First Name Stephen
Last Name Grimes
Born on April 18, 1927
Died on September 12, 1988 (aged 61)

Stephen B. Grimes was an English production designer and art director. He won an Oscar and was nominated for two more in the category Best Art Direction.

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Alan Bible

First Name Alan
Last Name Bible
Born on November 20, 1909
Died on September 12, 1988 (aged 78)

Alan Harvey Bible was an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1954 to 1974. He previously served as Attorney General of Nevada from 1942 to 1950.

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Helen Schilizzi

First Name Helen
Last Name Schilizzi
Born on April 28, 1904
Died on March 23, 1988 (aged 83)

Helen Argenti was a British lecturer and Liberal Party politician. She was made a Grand Officer of the Holy Sepulchre, an Officer Order of Evpomas, and awarded the Greek Commemorative Naval Medal.

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Harry Brauner

First Name Harry
Last Name Brauner
Born on February 24, 1908
Died on March 11, 1988 (aged 80)

Harry Brauner was an ethnomusicologist, composer, and professor of music from Romania.

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Heinrich Maria Janssen

First Name Heinrich
Last Name Janssen
Died on October 7, 1988 (aged 18)
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Doreen Ruthven Ruthven-Smith

First Name Doreen
Born on August 9, 1895
Died on January 8, 1988 (aged 92)
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Israel Nathan Herstein

First Name Israel
Last Name Herstein
Born on March 28, 1923
Died on February 9, 1988 (aged 64)

Israel Nathan Herstein was a mathematician, appointed as professor at the University of Chicago in 1951. He worked on a variety of areas of algebra, including ring theory, with over 100 research papers and over a dozen books.

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