October 8th
153 Notable deaths
Stilianos Pattakos
Greek soldier and participant in the 1967–1974 junta.
Born November 8th, 1912 in Agia Paraskevi, Rethimno.
Died October 8th, 2016 at 103 years old in Athens. [ref]
Mary Webb
English writer.
Born March 25th, 1881 in Shropshire. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1927 at 46 years old in St Leonards-on-Sea. [ref]
Larry Semon
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (1889-1928).
Born July 16th, 1889 in West Point. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1928 at 39 years old in Victorville (pneumonia, tuberculosis). [ref]
Jacob Neusner
American rabbi and scholar.
Born July 28th, 1932 in Hartford.
Died October 8th, 2016 at 84 years old in Rhinebeck. [ref]
Mikhail Alekseyev
Russian general of infantry (1857–1918).
Born November 15th, 1857 in Tver.
Died October 8th, 1918 at 60 years old in Krasnodar.
Ivan Yefremov
Soviet paleontologist, science fiction author and social thinker.
Born April 23rd, 1908 in Vyritsa. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1972 at 64 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Rod Grams
American politician, television personality and businessman (1948-2013).
Born February 4th, 1948 in Princeton.
Died October 8th, 2013 at 65 years old in Crown (colorectal cancer).
László Sólyom
Politician and former president of hungary (1942–2023).
Born January 3rd, 1942 in Pécs.
Died October 8th, 2023 at 81 years old [ref]
Theodor Koch-Grunberg
German ethnologist (1872-1924).
Born April 9th, 1872 in Grünberg. [ref]
Died October 8th, 1924 at 52 years old in Brazil (malaria). [ref]
Sanpei Shirato
Japanese manga artist (1932-2021).
Born February 15th, 1932 in Tokyo.
Died October 8th, 2021 at 89 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 153
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris