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In the year 2008
883 Notable deaths
Jimmy Stewart
British racing driver.
Born March 6th, 1931 in Milton.
Died January 3rd, 2008 at 76 years old in Helensburgh. [ref]
Boris Dvornik
Croatian actor (1939–2008).
Born April 16th, 1939 in Split.
Died March 24th, 2008 at 68 years old in Split (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Klaus Johann Jacobs
Swiss businessman (1936-2008).
Born December 3rd, 1936 in Bremen.
Died September 11th, 2008 at 71 years old in Küsnacht (cancer). [ref]
Dražan Jerković
Croatian footballer (1936–2008).
Born August 6th, 1936 in Šibenik.
Died December 9th, 2008 at 72 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Bronisław Geremek
Polish social historian and politician (1932–2008).
Born March 6th, 1932 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died July 13th, 2008 at 76 years old in Lubień, Greater Poland Voivodeship (traffic collision). [ref]
Anatoly Karatsuba
Russian mathematician (1937-2008).
Born January 31st, 1937 in Grozny.
Died September 28th, 2008 at 71 years old in Moscow.
León Febres-Cordero
President of ecuador (1984 - 1988).
Born March 9th, 1931 in Guayaquil.
Died December 15th, 2008 at 77 years old in Guayaquil (cancer). [ref]
Norman Dello Joio
American composer (1913–2008).
Born January 24th, 1913 in New York City.
Died July 24th, 2008 at 95 years old in East Hampton. [ref]
Gwyneth Dunwoody
Longest ever serving female member of the parliament of the united kingdom (1930-2008).
Born December 12th, 1930 in Fulham.
Died April 17th, 2008 at 77 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Vincenz Liechtenstein
Austrian politician (1950-2008).
Died January 14th, 2008 at 57 years old in Deutschfeistritz. [ref]
Frank Piasecki
American aerospace engineer (1919–2008).
Born October 24th, 1919 in Philadelphia.
Died February 11th, 2008 at 88 years old in Haverford. [ref]
Richard Hickox
English conductor (1948-2008).
Born March 5th, 1948 in Stokenchurch.
Died November 23rd, 2008 at 60 years old in Swansea (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Hidetaka Nishiyama
Martial artist (1928–2008).
Born October 10th, 1928 in Tokyo.
Died November 7th, 2008 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]
Paula Gunn Allen
American writer (1939-2008).
Born October 24th, 1939 in Albuquerque, Cubero.
Died May 29th, 2008 at 68 years old in Fort Bragg. [ref]
Stig Olin
Swedish actor, director and musician (1920–2008).
Born September 11th, 1920 in Kungsholm parish.
Died June 28th, 2008 at 87 years old in Kungsholm parish. [ref]
Vitaly Fedorchuk
Kgb chairman (1918-2008).
Born December 27th, 1918 in Ogiyivka.
Died February 29th, 2008 at 89 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Victor A. McKusick
American internist and medical geneticist (1921-2008).
Born October 21st, 1921 in Parkman.
Died July 22nd, 2008 at 86 years old in Towson (cancer). [ref]
Es'kia Mphahlele
South african writer and publisher (1919–2008).
Born December 17th, 1919 in Pretoria.
Died October 27th, 2008 at 88 years old in Lebowakgomo.
Diana Barnato Walker
British aviator (1918–2008).
Born January 15th, 1918 in London.
Died April 28th, 2008 at 90 years old in Surrey. [ref]
Gennady Troshev
Russian military leader (1947–2008).
Born March 14th, 1947 in Berlin.
Died September 14th, 2008 at 61 years old in Perm (aircraft crash). [ref]
Janwillem van de Wetering
Dutch writer (1931–2008).
Born March 12th, 1931 in Rotterdam.
Died July 4th, 2008 at 77 years old in Blue Hill (cancer).
Grace Thorpe
World war ii veteran, environmentalist, tribal court judge, and native rights activist (1921-2008).
Born December 10th, 1921 in Yale.
Died April 1st, 2008 at 86 years old in Claremore.
John Michael Hayes
American screenwriter (1919-2008).
Born May 11th, 1919 in Worcester.
Died November 19th, 2008 at 89 years old in Hanover.
Charles H. Joffe
Film producer (1929-2008).
Born July 16th, 1929 in Brooklyn.
Died July 9th, 2008 at 78 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
June Travis
American actress (1914-2008).
Born August 7th, 1914 in Chicago.
Died April 14th, 2008 at 93 years old in Chicago (stroke). [ref]
Deaths 376 to 400 of 883
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson