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June 8th
159 Notable deaths
Danny Kirwan
British musician (1950-2018).
Born May 13th, 1950 in Westminster. [ref]
Died June 8th, 2018 at 68 years old in London (pneumonia).
Trevor Goddard
English boxer and actor (1962-2003).
Born October 14th, 1962 in Croydon.
Died June 8th, 2003 at 40 years old in North Hollywood (barbiturate overdose).
Emmy Göring
German actress (1893-1973).
Born March 24th, 1893 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1973 at 80 years old in Munich. [ref]
Karl Hanke
German general and last reichsführer-ss (1903-1945).
Born August 24th, 1903 in Lubań.
Died June 8th, 1945 at 41 years old in Nová Ves nad Popelkou.
Andrew Irvine
English mountaineer.
Born April 8th, 1902 in Birkenhead. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1924 at 22 years old in Mount Everest (mountaineering). [ref]
Pierre Nkurunziza
Burundian politician (1964-2020).
Born December 18th, 1964 in Ngozi.
Died June 8th, 2020 at 55 years old in Karuzi (COVID-19, cardiac arrest). [ref]
Richard Rorty
American philosopher.
Born October 4th, 1931 in New York City. [ref]
Died June 8th, 2007 at 75 years old in Palo Alto (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Frank Cady
American actor (1915–2012).
Born September 8th, 1915 in Susanville.
Died June 8th, 2012 at 96 years old in Wilsonville. [ref]
Bonnie Pointer
American singer (1950-2020).
Born July 11th, 1950 in Oakland.
Died June 8th, 2020 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Reinhard Gehlen
German general, nazi, spy (1902-1979).
Born April 3rd, 1902 in Erfurt.
Died June 8th, 1979 at 77 years old in Berg.
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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