October 8th
175 Notable deaths
Damian (Kokoneshi)
Albanian bishop.
Born October 26th, 1886 in Llëngë.
Died October 8th, 1973 at 86 years old in Pogradec.
John Wesley Snyder
American businessman.
Born June 21st, 1895 in Jonesboro.
Died October 8th, 1985 at 90 years old in Seabrook Island.
György Mezey
Hungarian football manager (1941–2025).
Born September 7th, 1941 in Bačka Topola.
Died October 8th, 2025 at 84 years old in Kápolnásnyék. [ref]
Henryk Bista
Polish actor and pedagogue (1934–1997).
Born March 12th, 1934 in Ruda Śląska.
Died October 8th, 1997 at 63 years old in Warsaw.
Anatol Vieru
Romanian composer (1926-1998).
Born June 8th, 1926 in Iași. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1998 at 72 years old in Bucharest.
Carlos Meléndez Ramírez
President of el salvador (1861-1919).
Born February 1st, 1861 in San Salvador.
Died October 8th, 1919 at 58 years old in Manhattan.
Nina Matviienko
Soviet and ukrainian singer (1947–2023).
Born October 10th, 1947 in Nedilishche.
Died October 8th, 2023 at 75 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Robert Emden
Swiss astrophysicist (1862-1940).
Born March 4th, 1862 in St. Gallen.
Died October 8th, 1940 at 78 years old in Zurich.
Serhii Vasylkivsky
Ukrainian artist (1854-1917).
Born October 31st, 1854 in Izium.
Died October 8th, 1917 at 62 years old in Kharkiv.
Walter Felsenstein
Austrian theatre director.
Born May 30th, 1901 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1975 at 74 years old in East Berlin. [ref]
Deaths 121 to 130 of 175
To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi