In the year 2008
883 Notable deaths
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Italian opera singer.
Born July 24th, 1921 in Motta Sant'Anastasia.
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 jazz clarinet and saxophone player (1921–2008).
Born April 26th, 1921 in Dallas.
Died April 24th, 2008 at 86 years old in Pittsfield (pneumonia). [ref]
Kiyoshi Itō
Japanese mathematician who pioneered stochastic calculus (1915–2008).
Born September 7th, 1915 in Hokusei-cho-ageki, Inabe.
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]
Diane Webber
American actress (1932-2008).
Born July 29th, 1932 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died August 19th, 2008 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [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.
Joey Giardello
American boxer (1930–2008).
Born July 16th, 1930 in Brooklyn.
Died September 4th, 2008 at 78 years old in Cherry Hill.
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]
Cao Van Vien
South vietnamese general.
Born December 21st, 1921 in Vientiane.
Died January 22nd, 2008 at 86 years old in Annandale (myocardial infarction).
Dan Shomron
13th chief of general staff of the israeli defense forces (1937–2008).
Born August 5th, 1937 in Ashdot Ya'akov.
Died February 26th, 2008 at 70 years old in Tel Aviv (stroke). [ref]
Mate Parlov
Croatian boxer and olympic gold medalist (1948–2008).
Born November 16th, 1948 in Split.
Died July 29th, 2008 at 59 years old in Pula (lung cancer). [ref]
Abby Mann
American screenwriter and producer (1927–2008).
Born December 1st, 1927 in Philadelphia.
Died March 25th, 2008 at 80 years old in Beverly Hills (heart failure). [ref]
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
Spanish politician (1926–2008).
Born April 14th, 1926 in Madrid. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 2008 at 82 years old in Pozuelo de Alarcón (cardiac arrest).
Jean-Daniel Cadinot
French director and photographer (1944–2008).
Born February 10th, 1944 in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 2008 at 64 years old in Salouël. [ref]
Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Castro
Head of the house of bourbon-two sicilies (1973-2008).
Born May 28th, 1926 in Podzamcze. [ref]
Died March 20th, 2008 at 81 years old in Draguignan. [ref]
Ja’afar I of Negeri Sembilan
King of negeri sembilan (1967 - 2008) & king of malaysia (1994 - 1999).
Born July 19th, 1922 in Klang.
Died December 27th, 2008 at 86 years old in Seremban.
Nuala O'Faolain
Irish writer (1940–2008).
Born March 1st, 1940 in Dublin.
Died May 9th, 2008 at 68 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Robert Zajonc
American psychologist (1923–2008).
Born November 23rd, 1923 in Łódź.
Died December 3rd, 2008 at 85 years old in Stanford (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
June Vincent
Actress (1920-2008).
Born July 17th, 1920 in Harrod.
Died November 20th, 2008 at 88 years old in Aurora.
Ibrahim Nasir
Maldivian politician, 2nd president of the maldives (1922-2008).
Born September 2nd, 1926 in Malé, Fuvahmulah.
Died November 22nd, 2008 at 82 years old in Singapore. [ref]
Alexander Lowen
American psychotherapist (1910–2008).
Born December 23rd, 1910 in New York City.
Died October 28th, 2008 at 97 years old in New Canaan. [ref]
Deaths 276 to 300 of 883
Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø