June 8th
163 Notable deaths
Afet İnan
Turkish sociologist (1908-1985).
Born November 29th, 1908 in Salonica Vilayet.
Died June 8th, 1985 at 76 years old in Ankara (myocardial infarction).
Qahhor Mahkamov
Soviet politician, then president of tajikistan (1932-2016).
Born April 16th, 1932 in Khujand.
Died June 8th, 2016 at 84 years old in Dushanbe.
Olav Bjaaland
Norwegian skier and antarctica explorer (1873-1961).
Born March 5th, 1873 in Morgedal.
Died June 8th, 1961 at 88 years old in Morgedal.
Per Ahlmark
Swedish politician and writer (1939-2018).
Born January 15th, 1939 in Kungsholms parish.
Died June 8th, 2018 at 79 years old in Skarpnäck.
Eugène Freyssinet
French structural engineer.
Born July 13th, 1879 in Objat. [ref]
Died June 8th, 1962 at 82 years old in Saint-Martin-Vésubie. [ref]
Dale W. Jorgenson
American economist.
Born May 7th, 1933 in Bozeman.
Died June 8th, 2022 at 89 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Liu Yichang
Hong kong writer.
Born December 7th, 1918 in Shanghai.
Died June 8th, 2018 at 99 years old in Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (pneumonia). [ref]
Gottlieb Duttweiler
Swiss businessman (1888-1962).
Born August 15th, 1888 in Zürich.
Died June 8th, 1962 at 73 years old in Rüschlikon.
Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
Nicaraguan-american catholic priest and diplomat (1933-2017).
Born February 5th, 1933 in Los Angeles.
Died June 8th, 2017 at 84 years old in Managua. [ref]
Piet Blom
Dutch architect.
Born February 8th, 1934 in Amsterdam.
Died June 8th, 1999 at 65 years old in Denmark. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 163
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks