October 8th
166 Notable deaths
Ingvar Wixell
Swedish opera singer (1931-2011).
Born May 7th, 1931 in Luleå. [ref]
Died October 8th, 2011 at 80 years old in Malmö. [ref]
Serafim Fernandes de Araújo
Catholic cardinal.
Born August 13th, 1924 in Minas Gerais.
Died October 8th, 2019 at 95 years old in Belo Horizonte (pneumonia).
Ivan Skvortsov-Stepanov
Russian revolutionary, educator and politician.
Born March 8th, 1870 in Noginsk.
Died October 8th, 1928 at 58 years old in Sochi (typhoid fever).
Elizabeth Nourse
American artist (1859-1938).
Born October 26th, 1859 in Mount Healthy. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1938 at 78 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (breast cancer).
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Film director and producer.
Born January 5th, 1893 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1987 at 94 years old in Santa Monica. [ref]
Konstantinos Andreou
Painter and sculptor (1917-2007).
Born March 24th, 1917 in São Paulo. [ref]
Died October 8th, 2007 at 90 years old in Athens. [ref]
Ricardo Güiraldes
Argentine writer (1886-1927).
Born February 13th, 1889 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1927 at 38 years old in Paris (lymphoma). [ref]
Hussein Hegazi
Egyptian footballer (1891-1961).
Born September 14th, 1891 in Cairo.
Died October 8th, 1961 at 70 years old in Egypt.
Maurice Martenot
French musician (1898–1980).
Born October 14th, 1898 in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 8th, 1980 at 81 years old in Clichy.
John St. Polis
Actor (1873-1946).
Born November 24th, 1873 in New Orleans.
Died October 8th, 1946 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 166
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.