December 8th
169 Notable deaths
Harrison Brown
American physicist and geochemist.
Born September 26th, 1917 in Sheridan. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1986 at 69 years old in Albuquerque. [ref]
José González Ganoza
Peruvian footballer (1954-1987).
Died December 8th, 1987 at 33 years old in Pacific Ocean (traffic collision).
Serif Gören
Turkish film director (1944–2024).
Born July 1st, 1944 in Xanthi.
Died December 8th, 2024 at 80 years old in Mersin (falling). [ref]
Laurean Rugambwa
Catholic cardinal.
Born July 12th, 1912 in Tanzania.
Died December 8th, 1997 at 85 years old in Dar es Salaam.
Johnny Wilson
American boxer (1893-1985).
Born March 23rd, 1893 in Harlem.
Died December 8th, 1985 at 92 years old in Boston.
Muhammad Husayn Haykal
Egyptian writer.
Born August 20th, 1888 in Mansoura.
Died December 8th, 1956 at 68 years old in Cairo.
Francesco Severi
Mathematician from italy (1879-1961).
Born April 13th, 1879 in Arezzo. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1961 at 82 years old in Rome. [ref]
Friedrich Glauser
Swiss writer (1896-1938).
Born February 4th, 1896 in Vienna. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1938 at 42 years old in Nervi. [ref]
Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
Jewish historian.
Born May 20th, 1932 in The Bronx.
Died December 8th, 2009 at 77 years old in Manhattan (lung disease). [ref]
Georgiy Zhzhonov
Russian actor/writer.
Born March 22nd, 1915 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died December 8th, 2005 at 90 years old in Moscow (lung cancer). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 169
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner