December 8th
182 Notable deaths
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.
Harrison Brown
American physicist and geochemist (1917–1986).
Born September 26th, 1917 in Sheridan. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1986 at 69 years old in Albuquerque. [ref]
Edith Jacobson
American german-born md & psychoanalyst.
Born September 10th, 1897 in Chojnów.
Died December 8th, 1978 at 81 years old in Rochester.
José González Ganoza
Peruvian footballer (1954-1987).
Died December 8th, 1987 at 33 years old in Pacific Ocean (traffic collision).
André Kamperveen
Surinamese football player and politician (1924-1982).
Born September 27th, 1924 in Paramaribo. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1982 at 58 years old in Fort Zeelandia (gunshot wound).
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.
Deaths 101 to 110 of 182
A word is dead when it is said, some say. I say it just begins to live that day. Emily Dickinson