In the year 2008
799 Notable deaths
Detlef Lewe
Canoe racer.
Born June 20th, 1939 in Dortmund.
Died October 1st, 2008 at 69 years old in Munich. [ref]
Bertil Albertsson
Swedish athlete.
Born September 1st, 1921 in Uppsala.
Died March 3rd, 2008 at 86 years old in Upplands Väsby.
Jacques Lunis
French sprinter.
Born May 27th, 1923 in Pierrecourt.
Died November 2nd, 2008 at 85 years old in Le Plessis-Trévise. [ref]
Yuriy Konovalov
Athletics competitor (1929–2008).
Born December 30th, 1929 in Baku.
Died May 25th, 2008 at 78 years old in Smolensk.
Alexey Skvortsov
Russian botanist (1920-2008).
Born February 9th, 1920. [ref]
Died May 8th, 2008 at 88 years old [ref]
German Skurygin
Russian racewalker (1963-2008).
Born September 15th, 1963 in Udmurtia.
Died November 28th, 2008 at 45 years old in Izhevsk (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Juan Ayra Rodríguez
Cuban footballer (1911-2008).
Born June 23rd, 1911 in Guantánamo.
Died October 26th, 2008 at 97 years old
Georgy Yegorov
Soviet admiral of the fleet (1918-2008).
Born October 30th, 1918 in Mestanovo.
Died February 9th, 2008 at 89 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Inga Fischer-Hjalmars
Swedish physicist, chemist, and humanist (1918-2008).
Born January 16th, 1918 in Adolf Fredriks parish.
Died September 17th, 2008 at 90 years old in Lidingö.
Július Strnisko
Czechoslovak wrestler.
Born August 6th, 1958 in Nitra.
Died September 20th, 2008 at 50 years old in Nitra.
Deaths 741 to 750 of 799
All men think that all men are mortal but themselves. Edward Young