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May 8th
194 Notable deaths
Kichisaburō Nomura
Japanese politician (1877-1964).
Born December 16th, 1877 in Wakayama.
Died May 8th, 1964 at 86 years old in Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine.
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.
Alan Baxter
American actor (1908–1976).
Born November 19th, 1908 in East Cleveland.
Died May 8th, 1976 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Roman Totenberg
Polish-american musician.
Born January 1st, 1911 in Łódź.
Died May 8th, 2012 at 101 years old in Newton. [ref]
Géza Vermes
British scholar.
Born June 22nd, 1924 in Makó. [ref]
Died May 8th, 2013 at 88 years old in Oxford (cancer). [ref]
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]
Tom M. Apostol
American mathematician (1923-2016).
Born August 20th, 1923 in Helper.
Died May 8th, 2016 at 92 years old [ref]
Kemal Derviş
Turkish economist and statesperson (1949–2023).
Born January 10th, 1949 in Istanbul.
Died May 8th, 2023 at 74 years old in Washington, D.C.. [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).
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]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 194
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