In the year 2008
719 Notable deaths
Kim Chan
Chinese actor (1917-2008).
Born December 28th, 1917 in Guangdong.
Died October 5th, 2008 at 90 years old in Brooklyn. [ref]
Alton Ellis
Jamaican musician.
Born September 1st, 1938 in Kingston.
Died October 10th, 2008 at 70 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Alexei Cherepanov
Russian ice hockey player.
Born January 15th, 1989 in Talmensky District.
Died October 13th, 2008 at 19 years old in Chekhov (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Harkishan Singh Surjeet
Politician.
Born March 23rd, 1916 in Jalandhar.
Died August 1st, 2008 at 92 years old in Noida (heart failure). [ref]
Leonid Hurwicz
Polish-american economist and mathematician (1917-2008).
Born August 21st, 1917 in Moscow.
Died June 24th, 2008 at 90 years old in Minneapolis (kidney failure). [ref]
Joseph Weizenbaum
German-american computer scientist.
Born January 8th, 1923 in Berlin. [ref]
Died March 5th, 2008 at 85 years old in Ludwigsfelde. [ref]
Patrick Hillery
6th president of ireland (1923–2008).
Born May 2nd, 1923 in Milltown Malbay.
Died April 12th, 2008 at 84 years old in Dublin. [ref]
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist.
Born September 11th, 1955 in Osaka. [ref]
Died July 25th, 2008 at 52 years old in Manhattan (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Klaus Dinger
German musician.
Born March 24th, 1946 in Warburg.
Died March 21st, 2008 at 61 years old in Düsseldorf (heart failure).
Jimmy Carl Black
American musician.
Born February 1st, 1938 in El Paso.
Died November 1st, 2008 at 70 years old in Siegsdorf (cancer, lung cancer). [ref]
Deaths 201 to 210 of 719
Life has more meaning in the face of death. Robert Greene