May 8th
185 Notable deaths
Manny Shinwell
British politician (1884-1986).
Born October 18th, 1884 in London.
Died May 8th, 1986 at 101 years old in London.
Cornell Dupree
American r&b/soul jazz guitarist.
Born December 19th, 1942 in Fort Worth.
Died May 8th, 2011 at 68 years old in Fort Worth. [ref]
Mark Burns
English actor (1936-2007).
Born March 30th, 1936 in Bromsgrove.
Died May 8th, 2007 at 71 years old in London (lung cancer).
Joe Grant
American animator.
Born May 15th, 1908 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 8th, 2005 at 96 years old in Glendale (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Kichisaburō Nomura
Japanese politician (1877-1964).
Born December 16th, 1877 in Wakayama.
Died May 8th, 1964 at 86 years old in Shinjuku.
ClemClem
German freemason and founder of the thule society (1875-1945).
Born November 9th, 1875 in Hoyerswerda.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 69 years old in Istanbul (drowning).
Paul Giesler
German nazi party functionary, premier of bavaria (1895-1945).
Born June 15th, 1895 in Siegen.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 49 years old in Bischofswiesen.
Bernhard Rust
German holocaust perpetrator (1883-1945).
Born September 30th, 1883 in Hanover.
Died May 8th, 1945 at 61 years old in Nübel.
Roman Totenberg
Polish-american musician.
Born January 1st, 1911 in Łódź.
Died May 8th, 2012 at 101 years old in Newton. [ref]
Pierre Samuel du Pont IV
American politician.
Born January 22nd, 1935 in Wilmington.
Died May 8th, 2021 at 86 years old in Wilmington. [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner