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January 8th
206 Notable deaths
Peter Altenberg
Austrian writer and poet (1859–1919).
Born March 9th, 1859 in Vienna.
Died January 8th, 1919 at 59 years old in Vienna.
Dave Halliday
Scottish footballer and manager (1901-1970).
Born December 11th, 1901 in Dumfries.
Died January 8th, 1970 at 68 years old in Dumfries.
Josef Frank
Austrian-born architect (1885-1967).
Born July 15th, 1885 in Baden bei Wien. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1967 at 81 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Tadeusz Kutrzeba
Polish general.
Born April 15th, 1886 in Kraków.
Died January 8th, 1947 at 60 years old in London (cancer).
Pierre Fournier
French cellist.
Born June 24th, 1906 in Paris. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1986 at 79 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Juan Carlos García
Honduran footballer (1988-2018).
Died January 8th, 2018 at 29 years old in Tegucigalpa (leukemia). [ref]
Steve Carver
American film director and producer.
Born April 5th, 1945 in Brooklyn.
Died January 8th, 2021 at 75 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction, COVID-19). [ref]
André François-Poncet
French diplomat (1887-1978).
Born June 13th, 1887 in Provins. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1978 at 90 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Alexandre Stavisky
French financier and embezzler whose actions created a political scandal that became known as the stavisky affair (1886-1934).
Born November 20th, 1886.
Died January 8th, 1934 at 47 years old in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
Charles-Edward Amory Winslow
American bacteriologist (1877-1957).
Born February 4th, 1877 in Boston.
Died January 8th, 1957 at 79 years old in New Haven.
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Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. Haruki Murakami