June 8th
166 Notable deaths
Aino Sibelius
Wife of jean sibelius.
Born August 10th, 1871 in Helsinki.
Died June 8th, 1969 at 97 years old in Ainola.
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]
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To die will be an awfully big adventure. Peter Pan