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In the year 2008
809 Notable deaths
Henri Salvador
French caribbean recording artist; singer, songwriter (1917-2008).
Born July 18th, 1917 in Cayenne. [ref]
Died February 13th, 2008 at 90 years old in 1st arrondissement of Paris (aneurysm). [ref]
Mel Galley
British guitarist (1948–2008).
Born March 8th, 1948 in Cannock.
Died July 1st, 2008 at 60 years old in Heath Hayes and Wimblebury (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Lilyan Chauvin
French-american actress (1925–2008).
Born August 6th, 1925 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 26th, 2008 at 82 years old in Studio City (breast cancer, heart failure). [ref]
Edna Ruth Parker
American supercentenarian (1893–2008).
Born April 20th, 1893 in Hendricks Township.
Died November 26th, 2008 at 115 years old in Shelbyville. [ref]
Jessica Jacobs
Australian actress and singer (1990–2008).
Born November 14th, 1990 in Canberra.
Died May 10th, 2008 at 17 years old in Cheltenham (railway accident). [ref]
Eudy Simelane
South african footballer (1977–2008).
Born March 11th, 1977 in KwaThema. [ref]
Died April 27th, 2008 at 31 years old in KwaThema (stab wound). [ref]
Michael Higgins
American actor (1920-2008).
Born January 20th, 1920 in Brooklyn.
Died November 5th, 2008 at 88 years old in Manhattan (disease). [ref]
Suzanne Tamim
Lebanese singer (1977-2008).
Born September 23rd, 1977 in Beirut.
Died July 28th, 2008 at 30 years old in Dubai (stab wound). [ref]
Sheldon Brown
American cyclist, writer and mechanic.
Born July 14th, 1944 in Boston.
Died February 4th, 2008 at 63 years old in Boston (myocardial infarction).
Stephanie Tubbs Jones
American politician (1949–2008).
Born September 10th, 1949 in Cleveland. [ref]
Died August 20th, 2008 at 58 years old in Cleveland, East Cleveland (intracranial aneurysm). [ref]
Fujio Akatsuka
Japanese manga artist (1935–2008).
Born September 14th, 1935 in Luanping County.
Died August 2nd, 2008 at 72 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Manuel Marulanda
Leader of the communist farc-ep (1930–2008).
Born May 13th, 1930 in Quindío Department.
Died March 26th, 2008 at 77 years old in Bogotá (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Esbjörn Svensson
Swedish jazz pianist (1964-2008).
Born April 16th, 1964 in Västerås.
Died June 14th, 2008 at 44 years old in Stockholm (drowning, death from scuba diving). [ref]
Leonard Rosenman
American composer (1924-2008).
Born September 7th, 1924 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died March 4th, 2008 at 83 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Henry Beckman
Canadian actor.
Born November 26th, 1921 in Halifax.
Died June 17th, 2008 at 86 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Italian opera singer.
Born July 24th, 1921 in Motta Sant'Anastasia. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 2008 at 86 years old in Santa Maria Hoè. [ref]
Ann Savage
American actress (1921–2008).
Born February 19th, 1921 in Columbia.
Died December 25th, 2008 at 87 years old in Hollywood (stroke).
Francis Pym
British politician (1922–2008).
Born February 13th, 1922 in Abergavenny.
Died March 7th, 2008 at 86 years old in Sandy.
Jimmy Giuffre
American clarinet and saxophone player.
Born April 26th, 1921 in Dallas. [ref]
Died April 24th, 2008 at 86 years old in Pittsfield (pneumonia). [ref]
Kiyoshi Itō
Japanese mathematician who pioneered the theory of stochastic integration and stochastic differential equations, now known as itô calculus.
Born September 7th, 1915 in Inabe district. [ref]
Died November 10th, 2008 at 93 years old in Kyoto. [ref]
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka
Tuvan politician, first non-royal female head of state.
Born January 1st, 1912 in Kyzyl-Dag.
Died November 4th, 2008 at 96 years old in Kyzyl. [ref]
Algis Budrys
Lithuanian-american author, editor, and critic (1931–2008).
Born January 9th, 1931 in Königsberg.
Died June 9th, 2008 at 77 years old in Evanston (melanoma). [ref]
Willis Lamb
American physicist (1913–2008).
Born July 12th, 1913 in Los Angeles.
Died May 15th, 2008 at 94 years old in Tucson.
Rajko Mitić
Serbian footballer (1922-2008).
Born November 19th, 1922 in Bela Palanka.
Died March 29th, 2008 at 85 years old in Belgrade.
Dino Risi
Italian film director (1916-2008).
Born December 23rd, 1916 in Milan.
Died June 7th, 2008 at 91 years old in Rome (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 251 to 275 of 809
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