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July 8th
167 Notable deaths
Tommaso Landolfi
Italian author and translator (1908-1979).
Born August 9th, 1908 in Pico, Lazio. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1979 at 70 years old in Rome. [ref]
Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz y Menduiña
Spanish historian and politician (1893-1984).
Born April 7th, 1893 in Madrid. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1984 at 91 years old in Ávila. [ref]
Shafik Wazzan
Prime minister of lebanon (1925-1999).
Born January 16th, 1925 in Beirut.
Died July 8th, 1999 at 74 years old in Beirut.
Ben-Zion Dinur
Israeli politician (1884-1973).
Born January 14th, 1884 in Khorol.
Died July 8th, 1973 at 89 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
William Hardy McNeill
Canadian historian and writer (1917–2016).
Born October 31st, 1917 in Vancouver.
Died July 8th, 2016 at 98 years old in Torrington. [ref]
Angel Lagdameo
Catholic archbishop.
Born August 2nd, 1940 in Lucban.
Died July 8th, 2022 at 81 years old
Adrian Metcalfe
British sprinter.
Born March 2nd, 1942 in Bradford.
Died July 8th, 2021 at 79 years old [ref]
Franjo Wölfl
Yugoslavian footballer (1918-1987).
Born May 18th, 1918 in Zagreb.
Died July 8th, 1987 at 69 years old in Zagreb.
Pjetër Arbnori
Albanian politician (1935-2006).
Born January 18th, 1935 in Durrës.
Died July 8th, 2006 at 71 years old in Naples (cardiovascular disease).
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot