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In the year 2008
883 Notable deaths
Albin Planinc
Slovenian chess grandmaster (1944–2008).
Born April 18th, 1944 in Briše.
Died December 20th, 2008 at 64 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]
Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens
Archbishop of athens and all greece (1939–2008).
Born January 17th, 1939 in Xanthi.
Died January 28th, 2008 at 69 years old in Psychiko (liver cancer). [ref]
Nirmala Deshpande
Indian politician (1929–2008).
Born October 19th, 1929 in Nagpur.
Died May 1st, 2008 at 78 years old in New Delhi. [ref]
Hana Maria Pravda
British actress (1916–2008).
Born January 29th, 1918 in Prague. [ref]
Died May 28th, 2008 at 90 years old in London, Oxford. [ref]
Choi Yo-sam
South korean boxer (1973–2008).
Born October 16th, 1973 in Jeongeup.
Died January 3rd, 2008 at 34 years old in Seoul.
Bernhard Caesar Einstein
American physicist (1930-2008).
Born July 10th, 1930 in Dortmund.
Died September 30th, 2008 at 78 years old in Bern.
Olga Lepeshinskaya
Soviet ballet dancer.
Born September 28th, 1916 in Kyiv.
Died December 20th, 2008 at 92 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Vernon Handley
British conductor (1930–2008).
Born November 11th, 1930 in London Borough of Enfield.
Died September 10th, 2008 at 77 years old in Monmouth. [ref]
Marie Smith Jones
Last speaker of the eyak language (1918–2008).
Born May 14th, 1918 in Cordova.
Died January 21st, 2008 at 89 years old in Anchorage. [ref]
Natalia Bekhtereva
Russian neuroscientist and psychologist (1924-2008).
Born July 7th, 1924 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 22nd, 2008 at 83 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Mogens Glistrup
Danish politician (1926-2008).
Died July 1st, 2008 at 82 years old in Kongens Lyngby, Virum. [ref]
Rosella Hightower
Ballerina and ballet teacher (1920–2008).
Born January 30th, 1920 in Ardmore.
Died November 4th, 2008 at 88 years old in Cannes (stroke). [ref]
Qian Xiuling
Chinese-belgian scientist.
Born March 13th, 1913 in Yixing. [ref]
Died August 1st, 2008 at 95 years old in Brussels.
Dercy Gonçalves
Brazilian actress and comedian (1907-2008).
Born June 23rd, 1907 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died July 19th, 2008 at 101 years old in Rio de Janeiro (pneumonia). [ref]
Oded Schramm
Israeli mathematician (1961-2008).
Born December 10th, 1961 in Jerusalem.
Died September 1st, 2008 at 46 years old in Washington (falling from height). [ref]
Ove Andersson
Rally driver and toyota motorsport boss (1938–2008).
Born January 3rd, 1938 in Uppsala.
Died June 11th, 2008 at 70 years old in George (traffic collision). [ref]
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist (1926-2008).
Born May 3rd, 1926 in Wartrace.
Died August 23rd, 2008 at 82 years old in Lynwood. [ref]
Javad Nurbakhsh
Master of nimatullahi sufi order (1926–2008).
Born December 10th, 1926 in Kerman.
Died October 10th, 2008 at 81 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Khiuaz Dospanova
Soviet po-2 navigator in wwii and hero of kazakhstan (1922-2008).
Born May 15th, 1922 in Kurmangazy.
Died May 20th, 2008 at 86 years old in Almaty. [ref]
Michel Modo
French actor (1937-2008).
Born March 30th, 1937 in Carpentras. [ref]
Died September 25th, 2008 at 71 years old in Vaires-sur-Marne (cancer). [ref]
Albert Cossery
Egyptian-born french writer.
Born November 3rd, 1913 in Cairo.
Died June 22nd, 2008 at 94 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Adil Zulfikarpašić
Vice president of bosnia (1921-2008).
Born December 23rd, 1921 in Foča.
Died July 21st, 2008 at 86 years old in Sarajevo. [ref]
Mario Rigoni Stern
Italian writer (1921–2008).
Born November 1st, 1921 in Asiago.
Died June 16th, 2008 at 86 years old in Asiago. [ref]
Cecilia Colledge
British figure skater.
Born November 28th, 1920 in London.
Died April 12th, 2008 at 87 years old in Cambridge.
Henry Brant
American composer (1913–2008).
Born September 15th, 1913 in Montreal.
Died April 29th, 2008 at 94 years old in Santa Barbara. [ref]
Deaths 451 to 475 of 883
They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time. Banksy