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JOHN DOPYERA = SLOVAK-AMERICAN = = Inventor and Entrepreneur, = = and a maker of Stringed Instruments = |
Born: JÁN DOPJERA 1893 Dolná Krupá, SLOVAKIA (former AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE) | Died: 3 January 1988 Los Angeles, California, USA |
94 | |
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YEVGENY MRAVINSKY = SOVIET-RUSSIAN = = Conductor = |
Born: YEVGENY ALEKSANDROVICH MRAVINSKY 4 June 1903 Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA | Died: 19 January 1988 Leningrad, RUSSIA |
84 | |
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RADAMÉS GNATTALI = BRAZILIAN = = Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator, and Arranger = |
Born: 27 January 1906 Porto Alegre (the capital of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of BRAZIL) | Died: 3 February 1988 Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL |
82 | |
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KURT HERBERT ADLER = AUSTRIAN-born AMERICAN = = Conductor and Opera House Director = |
Born: 2 April 1905 Vienna, AUSTRIA | Died: 9 February 1988 Ross, California, USA |
82 | |
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FREDERICK LOEWE = AUSTRIAN-AMERICAN = = Composer of Musicals = |
Born: 10 June 1901 Berlin, GERMANY | Died: 14 February 1988 Palm Springs, California, USA |
86 | |
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JEAN CARIGNAN = CANADIAN = = Fiddler = |
Born: 7 December 1916 Lévis, CANADA | Died: 16 February 1988 Delson, CANADA |
71 | |
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GENE DE PAUL = AMERICAN = = Pianist and Composer = |
Born: 17 June 1919 New York City, USA | Died: 27 February 1988 |
68 | |
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HENRYK SZERYNG = POLISH-MEXICAN = = Violinist = |
Born: 22 September 1918 Warsaw, KINGDOM OF POLAND | Died: 3 March 1988 Kassel, WEST GERMANY |
69 | Cerebral Hemorrhage |
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JEANNE AUBERT = FRENCH = = Singer and Actress = |
Born: JEANNE PERRINOT 21 February 1900 Paris, FRANCE | Died: 6 March 1988 |
88 | |
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DIVINE = AMERICAN = = Actor, Singer and Drag Entertainer = |
Born: HARRIS GLENN MILSTEAD 19 October 1945 Baltimore, Maryland, USA | Died: 7 March 1988 Los Angeles, California, USA |
42 | Enlarged Heart |
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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH = ENGLISH-born SCOTTISH = = Composer = |
Born: 17 December 1908 London, ENGLAND | Died: 10 March 1988 Kingussie, SCOTLAND |
79 | |
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ANDY GIBB = BRITISH = = Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Actor = |
Born: ANDREW ROY GIBB 5 March 1958 Manchester, ENGLAND | Died: 10 March 1988 Oxford, ENGLAND |
30 | Myocarditis |
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FRANK PERKINS = AMERICAN = = Song Composer = |
Born: FRANK S. PERKINS 21 April 1908 Salem, Massachusetts, USA | Died: 15 March 1988 Los Angeles, California, USA |
79 | |
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GIL EVANS = CANADIAN = = Jazz Pianist, Composer and Bandleader = |
Born: IAN ERNEST GILMORE GREEN 13 May 1912 Toronto, Ontario, CANADA | Died: 20 March 1988 Cuernavaca, MEXICO |
75 | |
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KAI EWANS = DANISH = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: KAI PETER ANTHON NIELSEN 10 April 1906 | Died: 3 April 1988 |
81 | |
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CESAR BRESGEN = AUSTRIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 16 October 1913 Florence, ITALY | Died: 7 April 1988 Salzburg, AUSTRIA |
74 | |
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BROOK BENTON = AMERICAN = = Singer and Songwriter = |
Born: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PEAY 19 September 1931 Lugoff, South Carolina, USA | Died: 9 April 1988 Queens, New York, USA |
56 | Complications of Spinal Meningitis |
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DAVID PRATER, Jr. = AMERICAN = = Southern Soul and Rhythm & Blues Singer and Musician = = half of = = Sam & Dave {1961-1988} = |
Born: 9 May 1937 Ocilla, Georgia, USA | Died: 9 April 1988 Sycamore, Georgia, USA |
50 | Car Accident |
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YOURI EGOROV = SOVIET = = Classical Pianist = |
Born: YOURI ALEKSANDROVICH EGOROV 28 May 1954 Kazan, USSR | Died: 15 April 1988 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS |
33 | Complications from AIDS |
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JAMES McCRACKEN = AMERICAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 16 December 1926 Gary, Indiana, USA | Died: 29 April 1988 New York City, USE |
61 | |
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CLAUDE DEMETRIUS = AMERICAN = = Songwriter = |
Born: 3 August 1916 Bath, Maine, USA | Died: 1 May 1988 New York City, New York, USA |
71 | |
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CIARAN BOURKE = IRISH = = Folk Musician = = original founding member of = = The Dubliners = |
Born: 18 February 1935 Dublin, IRELAND | Died: 10 May 1988 |
53 | Brain Damage |
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CHET BAKER = AMERICAN = = Jazz Musician = |
Born: CHESNEY HENRY BAKER 23 December 23, 1929 Yale, Oklahoma, USA | Died: 13 May 1988 Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS |
58 | Head Injuries from Fall |
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SAMMY DAVIS, Sr. = AMERICAN = = Dancer and the father of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. = |
Born: SAMUEL GEORGE DAVIS 12 December 1900 Wilmington, North Carolina, USA | Died: 21 May 1988 Beverly Hills, California, USA |
87 | |
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DENNIS DAY = AMERICAN of IRISH descent = = Singer, Radio, Television and Film Personality and Comedian = |
Born: OWEN PATRICK EUGENE McNULTY 21 May 1916 New York City, New York, USA | Died: 22 June 1988 Los Angeles, California, USA |
72 | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
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HILLEL SLOVAK = AMERICAN = = Musician = = original guitarist and founding member of = = The Red Hot Chili Peppers = |
Born: 13 April 1962 Haifa, ISRAEL | Died: 25 June 1988 Hollywood, California, USA |
26 | Speedball Overdose |
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EDDIE "CLEANHEAD" VINSON = AMERICAN = = Jazz/Blues Musician = |
Born: EDWARD L. VINSON Jr. 18 December 1917 Houston, Texas, USA | Died: 2 July 1988 Los Angeles, California, USA |
70 | Heart Attack whilst undergoing Chemotherapy |
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JOLY BRAGA SANTOS = PORTUGUESE = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: JOSÉ MANUEL JOLY BRAGA SANTOS 14 May 1924 Lisbon, PORTUGAL | Died: 18 July 1988 Lisbon, PORTUGAL |
64 | |
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NICO = GERMAN = = Singer-Songwriter, Lyricist, Composer, Musician, = = Fashion Model, and Actress = |
Born: CHRISTA PÄFFGEN 16 October 1938 Cologne, GERMANY | Died: 18 July 1988 Ibiza, SPAIN |
49 | Brain Haemorrhage |
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RICHARD HOLM = GERMAN = = Operatic Tenor = |
Born: 3 August 1912 Stuttgart, GERMANY | Died: 20 July 1988 Munich, GERMANY |
75 | |
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FÉLIX LECLERC = FRENCH-CANADIAN = = Singer-Songwriter, Poet, Writer, Actor = = and Québécois Political Activist = |
Born: 2 August 1914 La Tuque, Québec, CANADA | Died: 8 August 1988 Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Québec, CANADA |
74 | |
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GIACINTO SCELSI = ITALIAN = = Composer = |
Born: 8 January 1905 Pitelli near La Spezia, ITALY | Died: 9 August 1988 Rome, ITALY |
83 | |
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ROY BUCHANAN = AMERICAN = = Guitarist and Blues Musician = |
Born: LEROY BUCHANAN 23 September 1939 Ozark, Arkansas, USA | Died: 14 August 1988 Fairfax, Virginia, USA |
48 | Suicide, found hanged from his own shirt in a jail cell |
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Sir FREDERICK ASHTON = BRITISH = = Ballet Dancer and Choreographer = |
Born: FREDERICK WILLIAM MALLANDAINE ASHTON 17 September 1904 Guayaquil, ECUADOR | Died: 18 August 1988 Chandos Lodge, Eye, Suffolk, ENGLAND |
83 | |
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KENNETH LEIGHTON = BRITISH = = Composer and Pianist = |
Born: 2 October 1929 Wakefield, Yorkshire, ENGLAND | Died: 24 August 1988 Edinburgh, SCOTLAND |
58 | Six months after being diagnosed with Oesophageal Cancer |
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NAT STUCKEY = AMERICAN = = Country Singer = |
Born: NATHAN WRIGHT STUCKEY 17 December 1933 Atlanta, Cass County, Texas, USA | Died: 24 August 1988 Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
54 | Lung Cancer |
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TENOR SAW = JAMAICAN = = Reggae, Dancehall Artist = |
Born: CLIVE BRIGHT 2 December 1966 Kingston, JAMAICA | Died: August 1988 Houston, Texas, USA |
21 | Road Accident |
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ARWEL HUGHES = WELSH = = Composer and Conductor = |
Born: 25 August 1909 Rhosllannerchrugog near Wrexham, WALES | Died: 23 September 1988 |
79 | |
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LORD MELODY = TRINIDADIAN = = Calypso Musician = |
Born: FITZROY ALEXANDER 1926 San Fernando, TRINIDAD | Died: 26 September 1988 Port of Spain, TRINIDAD |
62 | Cancer |
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BILLY DANIELS = AFRICAN AMERICAN = = Singer = |
Born: WILLIAM BOONE DANIELS 12 September 1915 Jacksonville, Florida, USA | Died: 7 October 1988 |
73 | |
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KAIKHOSRU SHAPURJI SORABJI = ENGLISH = = Composer, Music Critic, Pianist and Writer = |
Born: LEON DUDLEY SORABJI 14 August 1892 Chingford, Essex (now Greater London), ENGLAND | Died: 15 October 1988 Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset, ENGLAND |
96 | Heart Failure |
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SON HOUSE = AMERICAN = = Delta Blues Musician = |
Born: EDWARD JAMES HOUSE, Jr. 21 March 1902 Lyon, Mississippi, USA | Died: 19 October 1988 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
86 | Cancer of the Larynx |
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MOGENS WÖLDIKE = DANISH = = Conductor, Choirmaster, Organist, and Scholar = |
Born: 5 July 1897 Copenhagen, DENMARK | Died: 20 October 1988 Copenhagen, DENMARK |
91 | |
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ANTAL DORÁTI = HUNGARIAN-born AMERICAN = = Conductor and Composer = |
Born: 9 April 1906 Budapest, HUNGARY | Died: 13 November 1988 Gerzensee, SWITZERLAND |
82 | |
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JAROMÍR VEJVODA = CZECH = = Composer = |
Born: 28 March 1902 Zbraslav, CZECH REPUBLIC | Died: 13 November 1988 Zbraslav, CZECH REPUBLIC |
86 | |
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IRMGARD SEEFRIED = GERMAN = = Operatic Soprano = |
Born: MARIA THERESIA IRMGARD SEEFRIED 9 October 1919 Köngetried, near Mindelheim, Bavaria, GERMANY | Died: 24 November 1988 Vienna, AUSTRIA |
69 | |
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ANTONIO ESTÉVEZ = VENEZUELAN = = Musician, Composer and Conductor = |
Born: ANTONIO JOSÉ ESTÉVEZ APONTE 3 January 1916 Calabozo, Guárico, VENEZUELA | Died: 26 November 1988 Caracas, VENEZUELA |
72 | |
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TATA GIACOBETTI = ITALIAN = = Singer and Lyricist = = member of = = Quartetto Cetra = |
Born: GIOVANNI GIACOBETTI 24 June 1922 Rome, ITALY | Died: 2 December 1988 Rome, ITALY |
66 | Heart Attack |
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ROY ORBISON = AMERICAN = = Singer-songwriter, Musician = = also 'Lefty Wilbury' in = = The Traveling Wilbury's = |
Born: ROY KELTON ORBISON 23 April 1936 Vernon, Texas, USA | Died: 6 December 1988 Hendersonville, Tennessee, USA |
52 | Heart Attack |
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SYLVESTER = AMERICAN = = R&B Singer-Songwriter, Disco Performer = |
Born: SYLVESTER JAMES, Jr. 6 September 1947 Watts, Los Angeles, California, USA | Died: 16 December 1988 San Francisco, California, USA |
41 | Complications from AIDS |
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PAUL AVRON JEFFREYS = ENGLISH = = Rock Musician and Bassist = = member of = = Cockney Rebel {1972-1974} = = Be-Bop Deluxe {1974} = = Warm Jets {1977-1980} = = Electric Eels {1980-1981} = |
Born: 13 February 1952 | Died: 21 December 1988 Lockerbie, SCOTLAND |
36 | Killed in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, over Lockerbie, Scotland |
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EVGENY GOLUBEV = RUSSIAN SOVIET = = Composer = |
Born: EVGENY KIRILLOVICH GOLUBEV 16 February 1910 Moscow, RUSSIA | Died: 25 December 1988 Moscow, RUSSIA |
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