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July 8th
163 Notable deaths
Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem
President of bangladesh.
Born March 26th, 1916 in Rangpur.
Died July 8th, 1997 at 81 years old in Dhaka.
Lennart Skoglund
Swedish association football player (1929-1975).
Born December 24th, 1929 in Stockholm. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1975 at 45 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Thomas Meighan
American actor.
Born April 9th, 1879 in Pittsburgh. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1936 at 57 years old in Great Neck (cancer). [ref]
Philippe Gaubert
French musician.
Born July 3rd, 1879 in Cahors.
Died July 8th, 1941 at 62 years old in Paris (stroke). [ref]
Robert Freitag
Swiss-austrian actor (1916-2010).
Born April 7th, 1916 in Vienna.
Died July 8th, 2010 at 94 years old in Munich. [ref]
Charlie Shavers
Jazz trumpeter.
Born August 3rd, 1920 in New York City.
Died July 8th, 1971 at 50 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Christian-Jaque
French filmmaker.
Born September 4th, 1904 in 19th arrondissement of Paris.
Died July 8th, 1994 at 89 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt (myocardial infarction).
Carlo Vanzina
Italian film director, producer and screenwriter (1951–2018).
Born March 13th, 1951 in Rome.
Died July 8th, 2018 at 67 years old in Rome (melanoma). [ref]
Felipe Calderón
Filipino lawyer and politician (1868-1908).
Born April 4th, 1868 in Tanza.
Died July 8th, 1908 at 40 years old in Manila.
Józef Mehoffer
Polish artist (1869-1946).
Born March 19th, 1869 in Ropczyce. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1946 at 77 years old in Kraków, Wadowice. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 163
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