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March 8th
195 Notable deaths
Giovan Battista Carpi
Italian comic book writer and illustrator (1927–1999).
Born November 16th, 1927 in Genoa.
Died March 8th, 1999 at 71 years old in Genoa.
Gordon Carpenter
American basketball player (1919–1988).
Born September 24th, 1919 in Ash Flat.
Died March 8th, 1988 at 68 years old in Lakewood.
Emory Leon Chaffee
American physicist.
Born April 15th, 1885 in Somerville.
Died March 8th, 1975 at 89 years old in Waltham.
Hartmut Briesenick
East german athlete.
Born March 17th, 1949 in Luckenwalde.
Died March 8th, 2013 at 63 years old in Berlin, Luckenwalde.
Abdul Rashid
Pakistani field hockey player (1922-1988).
Born June 1st, 1922 in Rawalpindi.
Died March 8th, 1988 at 65 years old in Rawalpindi.
Li Yuan-tsu
8th vice president of the republic of china.
Born September 24th, 1923 in Pingjiang County.
Died March 8th, 2017 at 93 years old in Toufen City (kidney failure).
Juliette Wytsman
Belgian painter (1866-1925).
Born July 14th, 1866 in Brussels metropolitan area. [ref]
Died March 8th, 1925 at 58 years old in Ixelles - Elsene. [ref]
José Serrano
Spanish composer (1873–1941).
Born October 14th, 1873 in Sueca.
Died March 8th, 1941 at 67 years old in Madrid (esophageal cancer).
Ella Zeller
Romanian table tennis player (1933–2025).
Born November 26th, 1933 in Moldova Nouă.
Died March 8th, 2025 at 91 years old in Hanau. [ref]
Masuo Ikeda
Japanese artist (1934–1997).
Born February 23rd, 1934 in Shenyang.
Died March 8th, 1997 at 63 years old
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