Deaths in February 1988
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The following is a list of notable deaths in February 1988.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
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February 1988
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N. M. Bodecker, 66, Danish-born American author and illustrator of children's books (Tales of Magic), colon cancer.
Marcel Bozzuffi, 58, French film actor (The French Connection).
John Grist Brainerd, 83, American electrical engineer (ENIAC).
Gerald Butler, 80, English writer of crime and thriller novels (Kiss the Blood Off My Hands; There Is a Death, Elizabeth).
Ted Hill, 72, Australian barrister, lawyer and communist activist, chairman of the Communist Party of Australia.
Thomas Francis Johnson, 78, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives (1959-1963), car crash.
Ion Lungu, 66, Romanian footballer.
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