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Mohamed Abdelwahab Agoumi
Arts & Music
4
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Mohamed Abdelwahab Agoumi

ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ูˆู‡ุงุจ ุฃูƒูˆู…ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1918 โ€“ 1989 (71 years old)

Pioneering academic composer who studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, father of modern Moroccan symphonic orchestration, and long-time Inspector-General of National Music Education.

Rabat, Morocco
Moulay Ahmed Loukili
Arts & Music
5
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Moulay Ahmed Loukili

ู…ูˆู„ุงูŠ ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ูˆูƒูŠู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1909 โ€“ 1988 (79 years old)

The supreme patriarch of Moroccan-Andalusian classical music (Al-Ala) in the 20th century, long-time director of the National Andalusian Orchestra of Radio Tรฉlรฉvision Marocaine (RTM).

Rabat, Morocco
Pierre Boucherle
Arts & Music
5
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Pierre Boucherle

ุจูŠูŠุฑ ุจูˆุดุงุฑู„
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1894 โ€“ 1988 (94 years old)

The visionary founder of the Tunis School of Painting in 1949, who united Muslim, Jewish, and European artists in a shared quest for an authentic, pluralistic Tunisian modern art identity.

Tunis, Tunisia
Luis Barragan
Arts & Music
34
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Luis Barragan

Luis Ramiro Barragรกn Morfรญn
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico
1902 โ€“ 1988 (86 years old)

Mexican architect who won the 1980 Pritzker Architecture Prize, world-famous for his poetic emotional architecture utilizing vivid color walls, tranquil water features, and dramatic sunlight.

Mexico City, Mexico
Jean Brachet
Science
1
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Jean Brachet

Jean Louis Auguste Brachet
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
1909 โ€“ 1988 (79 years old)

Brilliant Belgian biochemist who pioneered molecular embryology, demonstrating in 1933 that DNA resides exclusively in the cell nucleus while RNA is present in the cytoplasm, and proving RNA's direct role in protein synthesis.

Ixelles (Brussels), Belgium
Music
1
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Fรฉlix Leclerc

Fรฉlix Leclerc
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
1914 โ€“ 1988 (74 years old)

The founding giant of the modern Quebec chanson whose 1950 Paris triumph with Le P'tit Bonheur awakened French-Canadian cultural pride, inspiring the chansonniers of the Quiet Revolution.

Saint-Pierre-de-l'รŽle-d'Orlรฉans, Canada
Kid Chocolate
Sports & Athletics
40
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Kid Chocolate

Eligio Sardiรฑas Montalvo
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba
6 January 1910 โ€“ 8 August 1988 (78 years old)

Eligio Sardiรฑas Montalvo, universally celebrated as Kid Chocolate, was Cuba's first-ever world boxing champion and one of the most stylish, graceful, and dazzling pugilists of the twentieth century. Reining as World Junior Lightweight and Featherweight Champion in the 1930s, his sublime footwork, feints, and hand speed inspired Sugar Ray Robinson, who openly adopted Chocolate's rhythmic boxing style.

Havana, Cuba
Politics
1
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Emmanuel Mbela Lifafa Endeley

Emmanuel Mbela Lifafa Endeley
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon
1916-04-10 โ€“ 1988-06-28 (72 years old)

Pioneering Bakweri physician and political leader who served as the first Leader of Government Business and Premier of British Southern Cameroons, securing its quasi-federal status from Nigeria in 1954.

Buea, South West Region, Cameroon
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