April 8th
205 Notable deaths
Franz Rosenthal
German historian.
Born August 31st, 1914 in Berlin. [ref]
Died April 8th, 2003 at 88 years old in New Haven, Branford. [ref]
Nadezhda Rumyantseva
Soviet actress.
Born September 9th, 1930 in Potapovo.
Died April 8th, 2008 at 77 years old in Moscow (brain cancer). [ref]
Georgy Grechko
Soviet cosmonaut.
Born May 25th, 1931 in Saint Petersburg.
Died April 8th, 2017 at 85 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Mykola Pymonenko
Ukrainian painter (1862-1912).
Born March 21st, 1862 in Kyiv.
Died April 8th, 1912 at 50 years old in Kyiv.
Edwin Cannan
British economist (1861–1935).
Born February 3rd, 1861 in Funchal.
Died April 8th, 1935 at 74 years old in Bournemouth.
Emmanuel III Delly
Patriarch of the chaldean catholic church (1927–2014).
Born October 26th, 1927 in Tel Keppe. [ref]
Died April 8th, 2014 at 86 years old in San Diego (disease).
José Luis Sampedro
Spanish economist and writer (1917-2013).
Born February 1st, 1917 in Barcelona.
Died April 8th, 2013 at 96 years old in Madrid.
Mircea Albulescu
Romanian actor (1934–2016).
Born October 4th, 1934 in Bucharest.
Died April 8th, 2016 at 81 years old in Bucharest (myocardial infarction).
Erwin Engelbrecht
German general.
Born November 12th, 1891 in Wildpark-West.
Died April 8th, 1964 at 72 years old in Munich.
Jean-Claude Turcotte
Canadian catholic cardinal (1936-2015).
Born June 26th, 1936 in Montreal.
Died April 8th, 2015 at 78 years old in Montreal (diabetes).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 205
Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which cannot exist when I do? Epicurus