May 8th
185 Notable deaths
Alan Baxter
American actor.
Born November 19th, 1908 in East Cleveland.
Died May 8th, 1976 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Tom M. Apostol
American mathematician (1923-2016).
Born August 20th, 1923 in Helper.
Died May 8th, 2016 at 92 years old [ref]
Curt Lowens
German actor (1925-2017).
Born November 17th, 1925 in Olsztyn.
Died May 8th, 2017 at 91 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Rutger Gunnarsson
Swedish musician, record producer, music arranger.
Born February 12th, 1946 in Linköping.
Died May 8th, 2015 at 69 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Aeneas Mackintosh
British merchant navy officer and antarctic explorer (1879-1916).
Born July 1st, 1879 in Tirhut division.
Died May 8th, 1916 at 36 years old in McMurdo Sound.
Tomás Carlovich
Argentine footballer (1946-2020).
Born April 19th, 1946 in Rosario. [ref]
Died May 8th, 2020 at 74 years old in Santa Fe (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Kemal Derviş
Turkish economist, politician and academician.
Born January 10th, 1949 in Istanbul.
Died May 8th, 2023 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Wilhelm Rediess
German waffen-ss general and police leader (1900-1945).
Born October 10th, 1900 in Heinsberg. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1945 at 44 years old in Skaugum (gunshot wound). [ref]
Andreas Hillgruber
German historian (1925-1989).
Born January 18th, 1925 in Węgorzewo.
Died May 8th, 1989 at 64 years old in Cologne (esophageal cancer).
Hugo Alfvén
Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (1872-1960).
Born May 1st, 1872 in Jakob and Johannes parish. [ref]
Died May 8th, 1960 at 88 years old in Falun. [ref]
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler