April 8th
205 Notable deaths
Billy Bassett
English footballer (1869-1937).
Born January 27th, 1869 in West Bromwich.
Died April 8th, 1937 at 68 years old in West Bromwich.
Valeriu Muravschi
Moldovan politician (1949-2020).
Born July 31st, 1949 in Sirota. [ref]
Died April 8th, 2020 at 70 years old in Chișinău. [ref]
Uwe Bohm
German actor (1962–2022).
Born January 23rd, 1962 in Wilhelmsburg.
Died April 8th, 2022 at 60 years old in Berlin (sudden cardiac death). [ref]
Svetlana Gerasimenko
Ukrainian soviet and tajik astronomer.
Born February 23rd, 1945 in Baryshivska Hromada. [ref]
Died April 8th, 2025 at 80 years old [ref]
Robert L. Carroll
American paleontologist.
Born May 5th, 1938 in Kalamazoo. [ref]
Died April 8th, 2020 at 81 years old in Montreal (COVID-19). [ref]
Kyoshi Takahama
Japanese writer (1874–1959).
Born February 22nd, 1874 in Matsuyama.
Died April 8th, 1959 at 85 years old in Yuigahama (intracranial hemorrhage).
Valentine Telegdi
American physicist (1922–2006).
Born January 11th, 1922 in Budapest.
Died April 8th, 2006 at 84 years old in Pasadena.
Miguel Jones
Spanish footballer (1938-2020).
Born October 27th, 1938 in Malabo.
Died April 8th, 2020 at 81 years old in Bilbao (COVID-19). [ref]
Ioannis Paraskevopoulos
Greek politician (1900-1984).
Born December 25th, 1900 in Theisoa.
Died April 8th, 1984 at 83 years old in Greece. [ref]
Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
Polish painter (1854–1893).
Born December 8th, 1854 in Zlatopil. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1893 at 38 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 205
The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude. Thornton Wilder