January 8th
206 Notable deaths
Baba Sali
Moroccan rabbi..
Born September 26th, 1889 in Moulay Ali Cherif.
Died January 8th, 1984 at 94 years old in Netivot.
James Mancham
President of seychelles (1939-2017).
Born August 11th, 1939 in Victoria.
Died January 8th, 2017 at 77 years old in Glacis (stroke). [ref]
John Dierkes
American actor (1905-1975).
Born February 10th, 1905 in Cincinnati.
Died January 8th, 1975 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).
Uļjana Semjonova
Latvian basketball player.
Born March 9th, 1952 in Zarasai.
Died January 8th, 2026 at 73 years old in Riga. [ref]
Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover
Hanoverian royal.
Born March 25th, 1915 in Brunswick.
Died January 8th, 2006 at 90 years old in Munich. [ref]
Richard Tauber
Austrian tenor (1891-1948).
Born May 16th, 1891 in Linz. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1948 at 56 years old in London (lung cancer). [ref]
Andrei Bely
Russian poet, writer and critic (1880–1934).
Born October 26th, 1880 in Moscow. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1934 at 53 years old in Moscow (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Johann Kremer
Professor of anatomy (1883-1965).
Born December 26th, 1883 in Stelberg.
Died January 8th, 1965 at 81 years old in Münster.
Kay Sage
American surrealist artist and poet (1898-1963).
Born June 25th, 1898 in Watervliet. [ref]
Died January 8th, 1963 at 64 years old in Woodbury (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Richard John Neuhaus
Canadian-american christian writer.
Born May 14th, 1936 in Pembroke.
Died January 8th, 2009 at 72 years old in Manhattan (cancer). [ref]
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon