In the year 2008

799 Notable deaths

Don LaFontaine

American voice actor (1940-2008).

Born August 26th, 1940 in Duluth.

Died September 1st, 2008 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (respiratory disease). [ref]

John Archibald Wheeler

American physicist.

Born July 9th, 1911 in Jacksonville.

Died April 13th, 2008 at 96 years old in Hightstown (pneumonia). [ref]

Evelyn Keyes

American film actress.

Born November 20th, 1916 in Port Arthur.

Died July 4th, 2008 at 91 years old in Montecito (uterine cancer).

George Stephen Morrison

American admiral (1919-2008).

Born January 7th, 1919 in Rome.

Died November 17th, 2008 at 89 years old in Coronado. [ref]

Allan Melvin

American actor (1923–2008).

Born February 18th, 1923 in Kansas City.

Died January 17th, 2008 at 84 years old in Brentwood (cancer).

Ruslana Korshunova

Kazakhstani fashion model.

Born July 2nd, 1987 in Almaty.

Died June 28th, 2008 at 20 years old in Manhattan (fall). [ref]

Tony Hillerman

Novelist (1925-2008).

Born May 27th, 1925 in Pottawatomie County.

Died October 26th, 2008 at 83 years old in Albuquerque (respiratory failure). [ref]

Sandy Allen

American female giant (1955–2008).

Born June 18th, 1955 in Chicago.

Died August 13th, 2008 at 53 years old in Shelbyville (pneumonia). [ref]

Richard Rorty

American philosopher (1931–2007).

Born October 4th, 1931 in New York City.

Died April 8th, 2008 at 76 years old in Palo Alto (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Baldev Raj Chopra

Indian film director (1914–2008).

Born April 22nd, 1914 in Ludhiana.

Died November 5th, 2008 at 94 years old in Mumbai. [ref]

Deaths 91 to 100 of 799

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Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi