In the year 2008
883 Notable deaths
Lydia Shum
Hong kong comedian and actress (1945–2008).
Born June 1st, 1945 in Shanghai. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2008 at 62 years old in Queen Mary Hospital (liver cancer).
Conor Cruise O'Brien
Irish politician, writer, historian and academic (1917-2008).
Born November 3rd, 1917 in Dublin.
Died December 18th, 2008 at 91 years old in Howth.
Buck Adams
American pornographic actor (1955–2008).
Born November 15th, 1955 in Chatsworth.
Died October 28th, 2008 at 52 years old in Northridge (heart failure). [ref]
Michael Pate
Television actor (1920–2008).
Born February 26th, 1920 in Sydney. [ref]
Died September 1st, 2008 at 88 years old in Gosford (pneumonia). [ref]
Danny Federici
American musician (1950–2008).
Born January 23rd, 1950 in Flemington.
Died April 17th, 2008 at 58 years old in New York City (melanoma). [ref]
Muslim Magomayev
Soviet-azerbaijani singer.
Born August 17th, 1942 in Baku.
Died October 25th, 2008 at 66 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
John Templeton
American-born british stock investor, businessman and philanthropist.
Born November 29th, 1912 in Winchester.
Died July 8th, 2008 at 95 years old in Nassau (pneumonia). [ref]
Bill Melendez
American animator, voice actor, film director and producer (1916-2008).
Born November 5th, 1916 in Hermosillo.
Died September 2nd, 2008 at 91 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Robert Mulligan
American director (1925-2008).
Born August 23rd, 1925 in New York City.
Died December 20th, 2008 at 83 years old in Lyme (heart failure). [ref]
Masanobu Fukuoka
Japanese farmer and philosopher (1913-2008).
Born February 2nd, 1913 in Iyo.
Died August 16th, 2008 at 95 years old in Iyo. [ref]
Larry Norman
American musician (1947–2008).
Born April 8th, 1947 in San Jose.
Died February 24th, 2008 at 60 years old in Salem.
Delaney Bramlett
American musician (1939–2008).
Died December 27th, 2008 at 69 years old in Los Angeles.
Joseph M. Juran
Romanian-american engineer and management consultant (1904–2008).
Born December 24th, 1904 in Brăila.
Died February 28th, 2008 at 103 years old in Rye (stroke). [ref]
Ai Iijima
Japanese television personality (1972–2008).
Born October 31st, 1972 in Kōtō.
Died December 24th, 2008 at 36 years old in Shibuya (pneumonia). [ref]
Manorama
Indian actress (1926–2008).
Born August 16th, 1926 in Lahore.
Died February 15th, 2008 at 81 years old in Mumbai (cerebrovascular disease).
Ahmad Suradji
Indonesian serial killer (1949–2008).
Born January 10th, 1949 in Medan.
Died July 10th, 2008 at 59 years old in Jakarta (gunshot wound). [ref]
David Groh
American actor (1939–2008).
Born May 21st, 1939 in Brooklyn.
Died February 12th, 2008 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (kidney cancer). [ref]
Ahmad Faraz
Pakistani writer (1931–2008).
Born January 12th, 1931 in Kohat.
Died August 25th, 2008 at 77 years old in Islamabad (kidney failure).
Jerry Finn
American record producer (1969–2008).
Born March 31st, 1969 in Ventura.
Died August 21st, 2008 at 39 years old in Los Angeles (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Jim McKay
American television sports journalist (1921–2008).
Born September 24th, 1921 in Philadelphia.
Died June 7th, 2008 at 86 years old in Baltimore County. [ref]
Edward Norton Lorenz
American mathematician and meteorologist (1917–2008).
Born May 23rd, 1917 in West Hartford.
Died April 16th, 2008 at 90 years old in Cambridge (cancer). [ref]
Gerard Damiano
American pornographic film director (1928-2008).
Born August 4th, 1928 in The Bronx.
Died October 25th, 2008 at 80 years old in Fort Myers (stroke). [ref]
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek
American medical researcher.
Born September 9th, 1923 in Yonkers. [ref]
Died December 12th, 2008 at 85 years old in Tromsø Municipality. [ref]
Dorian Leigh
American model (1917–2008).
Born April 23rd, 1917 in San Antonio.
Died July 7th, 2008 at 91 years old in Falls Church (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Anatoliy Golitsyn
Kgb officer (1926–2008).
Born August 25th, 1926 in Pyriatyn.
Died December 29th, 2008 at 82 years old
Deaths 151 to 175 of 883
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot