December 8th
169 Notable deaths
Hellmuth Reymann
German general.
Born November 4th, 1892 in Prudnik.
Died December 8th, 1988 at 96 years old in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Gilbert Adair
Scottish novelist and journalist (1944-2011).
Born December 19th, 1944 in Edinburgh, Kilmarnock.
Died December 8th, 2011 at 66 years old in London (stroke).
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter (1911-1991).
Born November 12th, 1911 in Parsons. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1991 at 80 years old in New York City. [ref]
Walter Molino
Italian illustrator.
Born November 5th, 1915 in Reggio Emilia.
Died December 8th, 1997 at 82 years old in Milan.
Yevgeny Shaposhnikov
Soviet air force marshal.
Born February 3rd, 1942 in Bolshoi Log.
Died December 8th, 2020 at 78 years old in Moscow (COVID-19).
Hans Hartung
French painter (1904-1989).
Born September 21st, 1904 in Leipzig. [ref]
Died December 8th, 1989 at 85 years old in Antibes. [ref]
Alfredo Moreno
Argentinian association football player.
Born January 12th, 1980 in Santiago del Estero.
Died December 8th, 2021 at 41 years old in Aguascalientes City (stomach cancer). [ref]
Ulanhu
Former vice president of people republic of china (1906-1988).
Born December 23rd, 1906 in Tumed-Tsi.
Died December 8th, 1988 at 81 years old in Beijing.
Lars Høgh
Danish footballer.
Born January 14th, 1959 in Odense.
Died December 8th, 2021 at 62 years old in Odense (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Elmārs Zemgalis
American chess player (1923-2014).
Born September 9th, 1923 in Riga.
Died December 8th, 2014 at 91 years old
Deaths 61 to 70 of 169
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir