April 8th
178 Notable deaths
Robert Bárány
Austri-hungarian otologist.
Born April 22nd, 1876 in Vienna. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1936 at 59 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Mykola Pymonenko
Ukrainian painter (1862-1912).
Born March 21st, 1862 in Kyiv.
Died April 8th, 1912 at 50 years old in Kyiv.
Conn Findlay
American rower and sailor.
Born April 24th, 1930 in Stockton.
Died April 8th, 2021 at 90 years old in San Mateo. [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]
Leila Abashidze
Georgian actress, film director, and writer (1929-2018).
Born August 1st, 1929 in Tbilisi.
Died April 8th, 2018 at 88 years old in Tbilisi (stroke). [ref]
Billy Bassett
English footballer (1869-1937).
Born January 27th, 1869 in West Bromwich.
Died April 8th, 1937 at 68 years old in West Bromwich.
Katherine Rawls
American swimmer, diver, olympic silver medalist, aviator (1917-1982).
Born June 14th, 1917 in Nashville.
Died April 8th, 1982 at 64 years old in White Sulphur Springs (cancer).
Josef Weinheber
Austrian poet.
Born March 9th, 1892 in Vienna. [ref]
Died April 8th, 1945 at 53 years old in Kirchstetten (drug overdose). [ref]
Norman I. Platnick
American arachnologist.
Born December 30th, 1951 in Bluefield. [ref]
Died April 8th, 2020 at 68 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Alfred Rahlfs
German biblical scholar (1865-1935).
Born May 29th, 1865 in Linden-Limmer.
Died April 8th, 1935 at 69 years old in Göttingen.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 178
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