In the year 2008
883 Notable deaths
Marisa Merlini
Italian actress (1923–2008).
Born August 6th, 1923 in Rome.
Died July 27th, 2008 at 84 years old in Rome. [ref]
Mikhail Solomentsev
Soviet politician (1913-2008).
Born November 7th, 1913.
Died February 15th, 2008 at 94 years old in Moscow.
George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth
British politician (1921–2008).
Born January 16th, 1921 in Dundee.
Died October 3rd, 2008 at 87 years old in London (infectious disease). [ref]
Jorge de Bagration
Spanish rally driver (1944–2008).
Born February 22nd, 1944 in Rome.
Died January 16th, 2008 at 63 years old in Tbilisi (hepatitis). [ref]
Boris Yefimov
Soviet and russian political and propaganda artist (1900-2008).
Born October 11th, 1900 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died October 1st, 2008 at 107 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Aysel Gürel
Turkish poet (1929–2008).
Born February 7th, 1929 in Denizli.
Died February 17th, 2008 at 79 years old in Istanbul (chronic bronchitis).
Mikhail Pugovkin
Soviet and russian actor (1923–2008).
Died July 25th, 2008 at 85 years old in Moscow (diabetes). [ref]
Anca Parghel
Singer, music teacher.
Born September 16th, 1957 in Câmpulung Moldovenesc.
Died December 5th, 2008 at 51 years old in Timișoara (ovarian cancer). [ref]
Zlata Bartl
Croatian chemist (1920-2008).
Born February 20th, 1920 in Dolac.
Died July 30th, 2008 at 88 years old in Koprivnica.
Christine Carère
Actress (1930-2008).
Born July 27th, 1930 in Dijon.
Died December 13th, 2008 at 78 years old in Fréjus.
Nikolai Baibakov
Soviet economist (1911-2008).
Born March 7th, 1911 in Sabunçu.
Died March 31st, 2008 at 97 years old in Moscow (pneumonia). [ref]
Elena Nathanael
Greek actress (1947–2008).
Born January 19th, 1947 in Nea Filadelfeia.
Died March 4th, 2008 at 61 years old in Athens (lung cancer).
Agata Mróz-Olszewska
Polish volleyball player.
Born April 7th, 1982 in Dąbrowa Tarnowska.
Died June 4th, 2008 at 26 years old in Wrocław (leukemia). [ref]
Anne Armstrong
American diplomat (1927-2008).
Born December 27th, 1927 in New Orleans.
Died July 30th, 2008 at 80 years old in Houston (cancer). [ref]
Erwin Geschonneck
German actor (1906-2008).
Born December 27th, 1906 in Bartoszyce.
Died March 12th, 2008 at 101 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Paulos Faraj Rahho
Chaldean catholic archbishop of mosul (1942–2008).
Born November 20th, 1942 in Mosul.
Died March 13th, 2008 at 65 years old in Mosul.
Tahereh Saffarzadeh
Iranian academic (1936–2008).
Born November 18th, 1936 in Sirjan.
Died October 25th, 2008 at 71 years old in Tehran. [ref]
Jean Desailly
French actor (1920–2008).
Born August 24th, 1920 in 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died June 11th, 2008 at 87 years old in Dourdan. [ref]
Masayoshi Nagata
Japanese mathematician (1927-2008).
Born February 9th, 1927 in Ōbu-shi.
Died August 27th, 2008 at 81 years old in Kyoto.
Luciano Pigozzi
Italian actor (1927-2008).
Born January 10th, 1927 in Novellara.
Died June 14th, 2008 at 81 years old in Rome.
Tony Duvert
French writer.
Born July 2nd, 1945 in Villeneuve-le-Roi. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 2008 at 63 years old in Thoré-la-Rochette.
Jun Ichikawa
1948-2008 japanese film director and screenwriter.
Born November 25th, 1948 in Tokyo.
Died September 19th, 2008 at 59 years old in Tokyo (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Yuri Rytkheu
Russian chukchi writer (1930-2008).
Born March 8th, 1930 in Uelen.
Died May 14th, 2008 at 78 years old in Saint Petersburg (multiple myeloma). [ref]
Fyodor Uglov
Russian surgeon (1904–2008).
Born October 5th, 1904 in Kirensky Uyezd.
Died June 22nd, 2008 at 103 years old in Saint Petersburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Michael Hinz
German actor (1939-2008).
Born December 28th, 1939 in Berlin.
Died November 6th, 2008 at 68 years old in Munich (stroke).
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe