June 8th
182 Notable deaths
Emiliano Tardif
Canadian priest.
Born June 6th, 1928 in Saint-Zacharie. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1999 at 71 years old in San Antonio de Arredondo.
Carlos Quintanilla
Bolivian diplomat (1888-1964).
Born January 22nd, 1888 in Cochabamba.
Died June 8th, 1964 at 76 years old in Cochabamba.
Sergey Dmitriyevich Merkurov
Soviet sculptor (1881-1952).
Born November 7th, 1881 in Gyumri.
Died June 8th, 1952 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Leslie Johnson
British racing driver.
Born March 22nd, 1912 in Walthamstow.
Died June 8th, 1959 at 47 years old in Gloucestershire.
George Turner
Australian writer (1916–1997).
Born October 15th, 1916 in Melbourne.
Died June 8th, 1997 at 80 years old in Ballarat.
Frederick Converse
American classical music composer (1871-1940).
Born January 5th, 1871 in Newton.
Died June 8th, 1940 at 69 years old in Westwood.
Charles LeMaire
American costume designer.
Born April 22nd, 1897 in Chicago.
Died June 8th, 1985 at 88 years old in Palm Springs.
Liu Tianhua
Chinese musician.
Born February 4th, 1895 in Jiangyin.
Died June 8th, 1932 at 37 years old in Beijing (streptococcal infection).
Erik Chisholm
20th century scottish composer and conductor (1904–1965).
Born January 4th, 1904 in Glasgow.
Died June 8th, 1965 at 61 years old in Cape Town (myocardial infarction).
Togrul Narimanbekov
Azerbaijani artist (1930-2013).
Born August 7th, 1930 in Baku. [ref]
Died June 8th, 2013 at 82 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 182
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran