In the year 2008
799 Notable deaths
Tano Cimarosa
Italian actor and director (1922–2008).
Born January 1st, 1922 in Messina.
Died May 24th, 2008 at 86 years old in Messina. [ref]
Milan Kymlicka
Czechoslovakian and canadian arranger, composer and conductor.
Born May 15th, 1936 in Louny. [ref]
Died October 10th, 2008 at 72 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Paulo Amaral
Brazilian association football player (1923-2008).
Born October 18th, 1923 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died May 1st, 2008 at 84 years old in Rio de Janeiro (cancer).
Jan Machulski
Polish actor and stage director.
Died November 20th, 2008 at 80 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ralph Klein
Israeli basketball player-coach.
Born July 29th, 1931 in Berlin.
Died August 7th, 2008 at 77 years old in Ramat Gan (colorectal cancer).
Graham Higman
British mathematician (1917–2008).
Born January 19th, 1917 in Louth.
Died April 8th, 2008 at 91 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Dieter Eppler
German actor (1927–2008).
Born February 11th, 1927 in Stuttgart.
Died April 12th, 2008 at 81 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
Nunzio Gallo
Italian singer (1928-2008).
Born March 25th, 1928 in Naples.
Died February 22nd, 2008 at 79 years old in Telese Terme (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Mikhail Tanich
Soviet and russian poet (1923—2008).
Born September 15th, 1923 in Taganrog.
Died April 17th, 2008 at 84 years old in Moscow (kidney failure). [ref]
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel