Welcome! Check out today's deaths, recent deaths, or our deaths stats.
Feeling experimental? Head on over to our newest (and darkest) feature: Next-2-Die™ predictions
February 8th
207 Notable deaths
Marie Gruber
German actress (1955-2018).
Born June 11th, 1955 in Wuppertal.
Died February 8th, 2018 at 62 years old in Berlin (lung cancer). [ref]
Ferenc Móra
Hungarian writer (1879-1934).
Born July 19th, 1879 in Kiskunfélegyháza. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1934 at 54 years old in Szeged. [ref]
Paul Sophus Epstein
Russian-american mathematician.
Born March 20th, 1883 in Warsaw.
Died February 8th, 1966 at 82 years old in Pasadena.
DeLisle Stewart
American astronomer.
Born March 16th, 1870 in Wabasha. [ref]
Died February 8th, 1941 at 70 years old in Hamilton County. [ref]
Giovanni Cheli
Catholic cardinal (1918–2013).
Born October 4th, 1918 in Turin.
Died February 8th, 2013 at 94 years old in Rome.
Carl Darling Buck
American linguist (1866–1955).
Born October 2nd, 1866 in Orland.
Died February 8th, 1955 at 88 years old in Chicago.
Gerhard Roth
Austrian writer and screenwriter.
Died February 8th, 2022 at 79 years old in Graz. [ref]
Theodor Curtius
German chemist.
Born May 27th, 1857 in Duisburg.
Died February 8th, 1928 at 70 years old in Heidelberg.
Aleksandrs Čaks
Latvian writer (1901–1950).
Born October 27th, 1901 in Riga.
Died February 8th, 1950 at 48 years old in Riga (myocardial infarction).
Alfred Wallenstein
American musician (1898–1983).
Born October 7th, 1898 in Chicago.
Died February 8th, 1983 at 84 years old in New York City.
Deaths 131 to 140 of 207
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.