January 8th
190 Notable deaths
Pietro Pastore
Italian football player, coach and film actor.
Born April 3rd, 1903 in Padua.
Died January 8th, 1968 at 64 years old in Rome.
Pietro Gori
Italian lawyer, journalist, intellectual and anarchist poet.
Born August 14th, 1865 in Messina. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1911 at 45 years old in Portoferraio. [ref]
Josef Skupa
Czech theatre director and manager and puppeteer.
Born January 16th, 1892 in Strakonice. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1957 at 64 years old in Prague (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Piero De Bernardi
Screenwriter.
Born April 12th, 1926 in Prato. [ref]
Died January 8th, 2010 at 83 years old in Milan. [ref]
Piet Steenkamp
Dutch politician and university professor (1925-2016).
Born March 8th, 1925 in Uithoorn. [ref]
Died January 8th, 2016 at 90 years old in Eindhoven. [ref]
Emma Gad
Danish writer, editor.
Born January 21st, 1852 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1921 at 68 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Fernand Sanz
Racing cyclist.
Born February 28th, 1881 in Madrid.
Died January 8th, 1925 at 43 years old in Pau.
Fritz Thiedemann
German equestrian.
Born March 3rd, 1918 in Weddingstedt.
Died January 8th, 2000 at 81 years old in Heide.
Titus Zeman
Slovak salesian and roman catholic priest.
Born January 4th, 1915 in Vajnory. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1969 at 54 years old in Bratislava (organ dysfunction).
Carl Christian Mez
German botanist (1866-1944).
Born March 24th, 1866 in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1944 at 77 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 190
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs