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In the year 2008
883 Notable deaths
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca
Turkish poet and writer (1914–2008).
Born August 26th, 1914 in Constantinople.
Died October 15th, 2008 at 94 years old in Istanbul (pneumonia). [ref]
Rafael Azcona
Spanish screenwriter (1926-2008).
Born October 24th, 1926 in Logroño.
Died March 24th, 2008 at 81 years old in Madrid (lung cancer). [ref]
Magomed Yevloyev
Russian journalist (1971-2008).
Born November 22nd, 1971 in Malgobek.
Died August 31st, 2008 at 36 years old in Nazran.
Carl Kaufmann
German sprinter (1936-2008).
Born March 25th, 1936 in New York City.
Died September 1st, 2008 at 72 years old in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Luigi Malerba
Italian screenwriter (1927–2008).
Born November 11th, 1927 in Berceto.
Died May 8th, 2008 at 80 years old in Rome. [ref]
Abd Al-Halim Abu-Ghazala
Prime minister of egypt (1930-2008).
Born January 15th, 1930 in Beheira Governorate.
Died September 6th, 2008 at 78 years old in Cairo (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Sam Tingle
Racecar driver.
Born August 24th, 1921 in Manchester.
Died December 19th, 2008 at 87 years old in Somerset West.
Sergey Mergelyan
Armenian mathematician (1928–2008).
Born May 19th, 1928 in Simferopol.
Died August 20th, 2008 at 80 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Gabriel París Gordillo
President of colombia (1910-2008).
Born March 8th, 1910 in Ibagué.
Died March 21st, 2008 at 98 years old in Girardot (pneumonia). [ref]
Igor Dmitriev
Soviet and russian actor (1927-2008).
Born May 29th, 1927 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 26th, 2008 at 80 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Nuridin Mukhitdinov
Soviet politician (1917–2008).
Born November 19th, 1917 in Tashkent.
Died August 27th, 2008 at 90 years old in Tashkent.
Tano Cimarosa
Italian actor and director (1922–2008).
Born January 1st, 1922 in Messina.
Died May 24th, 2008 at 86 years old in Messina. [ref]
Milan Kymlicka
Czechoslovakian and canadian arranger, composer and conductor (1936–2008).
Died October 10th, 2008 at 72 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Paulo Amaral
Brazilian association football player (1923-2008).
Born October 18th, 1923 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died May 1st, 2008 at 84 years old in Rio de Janeiro (cancer).
Jan Machulski
Polish actor and stage director (1928–2008).
Died November 20th, 2008 at 80 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Noni Jabavu
South african writer and journalist (1919–2008).
Born August 20th, 1919.
Died June 18th, 2008 at 88 years old in East London. [ref]
Nadia Nerina
South african ballet dancer (1927–2008).
Born October 21st, 1927 in Cape Town, Bloemfontein. [ref]
Died October 6th, 2008 at 80 years old in Beaulieu-sur-Mer. [ref]
Ralph Klein
Israeli basketball player-coach.
Born July 29th, 1931 in Berlin.
Died August 7th, 2008 at 77 years old in Ramat Gan (colorectal cancer).
Graham Higman
British mathematician (1917–2008).
Born January 19th, 1917 in Louth.
Died April 8th, 2008 at 91 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Dieter Eppler
German actor (1927–2008).
Born February 11th, 1927 in Stuttgart.
Died April 12th, 2008 at 81 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Nunzio Gallo
Italian singer (1928-2008).
Born March 25th, 1928 in Naples.
Died February 22nd, 2008 at 79 years old in Telese Terme (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Mikhail Tanich
Soviet and russian poet (1923—2008).
Born September 15th, 1923 in Taganrog.
Died April 17th, 2008 at 84 years old in Moscow (kidney failure). [ref]
Shmuel Katz
Israeli writer, journalist and historian (1914–2008).
Born December 9th, 1914 in Johannesburg. [ref]
Died May 9th, 2008 at 93 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Alfred Pfaff
German footballer (1926-2008).
Born July 16th, 1926 in Rödelheim.
Died December 27th, 2008 at 82 years old in Erlenbach am Main. [ref]
Deaths 576 to 600 of 883
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore