In the year 2008
799 Notable deaths
Tsvetanka Khristova
Athletics competitor.
Born March 14th, 1962 in Kazanlak.
Died November 13th, 2008 at 46 years old in Kazanlak (cancer). [ref]
Louis Hon
French footballer (1924–2008).
Born September 14th, 1924 in Couches.
Died January 5th, 2008 at 83 years old in Fréjus. [ref]
Glen Brand
Olympic wrestler.
Born November 3rd, 1923 in Iowa.
Died November 15th, 2008 at 85 years old in Omaha. [ref]
Antonio Gava
Italian politician (1930-2008).
Born July 30th, 1930 in Castellammare di Stabia.
Died August 8th, 2008 at 78 years old in Rome. [ref]
Ferenc Fejtő
Historian.
Born August 31st, 1909 in Nagykanizsa. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 2008 at 98 years old in Paris. [ref]
Lipke Holthuis
Dutch carcinologist (1921-2008).
Born April 21st, 1921 in Probolinggo. [ref]
Died March 7th, 2008 at 86 years old in Leiden.
Ibrahim Dossey
Ghanaian footballer (1972-2008).
Born November 24th, 1972 in Accra.
Died December 9th, 2008 at 36 years old in Bucharest (traffic collision). [ref]
Carole Caldwell Graebner
American tennis player.
Born June 24th, 1943 in Pittsburgh.
Died November 19th, 2008 at 65 years old in New York City (cancer). [ref]
Bukhuti Gurgenidze
Soviet chess player (1933–2008).
Born November 13th, 1933 in Surami.
Died May 24th, 2008 at 74 years old in Tbilisi.
Miroslav Dvořák
Czechoslovak professional ice hockey defenseman (1951-2008).
Born October 11th, 1951 in Hluboká nad Vltavou.
Died June 11th, 2008 at 56 years old in České Budějovice (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Deaths 601 to 610 of 799
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson