December 8th
169 Notable deaths
Jonas Biliūnas
Lithuanian writer.
Born April 11th, 1879 in Niūronys. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1907 at 28 years old in Zakopane (tuberculosis). [ref]
Max Grundig
German engineer (1908–1989).
Born May 7th, 1908 in Nuremberg.
Died December 8th, 1989 at 81 years old in Baden-Baden.
Ernst Biberstein
Ss officer (1899-1986).
Born February 15th, 1899 in Hilchenbach.
Died December 8th, 1986 at 87 years old in Neumünster.
Akhmet Baitursynov
Kazakh intellectual (1872-1937).
Born January 28th, 1872 in Turgay Oblast.
Died December 8th, 1937 at 65 years old in Almaty.
Léon Poliakov
French historian.
Born November 25th, 1910 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1997 at 87 years old in Orsay. [ref]
Karl Jatho
German aviation pioneer (1873-1933).
Born February 3rd, 1873 in Hanover.
Died December 8th, 1933 at 60 years old in Hanover.
Knut Nystedt
Norwegian composer, choir director and university teacher.
Born September 3rd, 1915 in Christiania.
Died December 8th, 2014 at 99 years old in Oslo.
Mattiwilda Dobbs
American coloratura soprano singer.
Born July 11th, 1925 in Atlanta.
Died December 8th, 2015 at 90 years old (cancer). [ref]
Boris Kochno
Russian ballet dancer.
Born January 3rd, 1904 in Moscow.
Died December 8th, 1990 at 86 years old in Paris (fall). [ref]
Ernst Krenkel
Arctic explorer (1903-1971).
Born December 24th, 1903 in Białystok.
Died December 8th, 1971 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 169
I don’t want to die without any scars. Chuck Palahniuk