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February 8th
190 Notable deaths
Josef Mengele
Nazi officer and physician (1911-1979).
Born March 16th, 1911 in Günzburg. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1979 at 67 years old in Bertioga (stroke). [ref]
Anna Nicole Smith
American model, actress, and television personality (1967-2007).
Born November 28th, 1967 in Houston.
Died February 8th, 2007 at 39 years old in Hollywood (drug interaction). [ref]
John von Neumann
Hungarian-american mathematician and polymath.
Born December 28th, 1903 in Budapest.
Died February 8th, 1957 at 53 years old in Walter Reed Army Medical Center (brain cancer).
Robert Conrad
American actor (1935–2020).
Born March 1st, 1935 in Chicago.
Died February 8th, 2020 at 84 years old in Malibu (heart failure). [ref]
Burt Bacharach
American pianist, composer, producer (1928–2023).
Born May 12th, 1928 in Kansas City.
Died February 8th, 2023 at 94 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Enoch Powell
British politician (1912-1998).
Born June 16th, 1912 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1998 at 85 years old in King Edward VII's Hospital Sister Agnes (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Luc Montagnier
French virologist and joint recipient of the nobel prize of physiology or medicine (2008).
Born August 18th, 1932 in Chabris. [ref]
Died February 8th, 2022 at 89 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Mary Wilson
American vocalist and founding member of the supremes.
Born March 6th, 1944 in Greenville. [ref]
Died February 8th, 2021 at 76 years old in Las Vegas. [ref]
Charles Curtis
Vice president of the united states from 1929 to 1933.
Born January 25th, 1860 in Topeka. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1936 at 76 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Anthony Sowell
American serial killer and dead row inmate.
Born August 19th, 1959 in Cleveland.
Died February 8th, 2021 at 61 years old in Chillicothe Correctional Institution. [ref]
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks