April 8th
205 Notable deaths
Josef Weinheber
Austrian poet (1892–1945).
Born March 9th, 1892 in Vienna.
Died April 8th, 1945 at 53 years old in Kirchstetten (drug overdose).
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]
Alfred Rahlfs
German biblical scholar (1865-1935).
Born May 29th, 1865 in Linden-Limmer.
Died April 8th, 1935 at 69 years old in Göttingen.
Conn Findlay
American rower and sailor.
Born April 24th, 1930 in Stockton.
Died April 8th, 2021 at 90 years old in San Mateo. [ref]
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).
Stefania Turkevych-Lukiianovych
Ukrainian pianist, composer, and musicologist (1898-1977).
Born April 25th, 1898 in Lviv.
Died April 8th, 1977 at 78 years old in Cambridge.
Norman I. Platnick
American arachnologist (1951–2020).
Born December 30th, 1951 in Bluefield. [ref]
Died April 8th, 2020 at 68 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Viktor de Kowa
German actor (1904-1973).
Born March 8th, 1904 in Przesieczany.
Died April 8th, 1973 at 69 years old in Berlin (cancer).
August Czartoryski
Blessed of the catholic church (1858-1893).
Born August 2nd, 1858 in Paris.
Died April 8th, 1893 at 34 years old in Alassio (tuberculosis).
Louis Pergaud
French writer (1882–1915).
Born January 22nd, 1882 in Belmont.
Died April 8th, 1915 at 33 years old in Fresnes-en-Woëvre.
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I want to be all used up when I die. George Bernard Shaw