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In the year 2008
719 Notable deaths
Lennart Bergelin
Swedish tennis player.
Born June 10th, 1925 in Alingsås.
Died November 4th, 2008 at 83 years old in Stockholm (heart failure). [ref]
Edna Parker
American supercentenarian (1893–2008).
Born April 20th, 1893 in Morgan County.
Died November 26th, 2008 at 115 years old in Shelbyville. [ref]
Mikey Dread
Jamaican musician, record producer, and broadcaster.
Born June 4th, 1954 in Port Antonio.
Died March 15th, 2008 at 53 years old in Stamford (brain cancer). [ref]
Dan Shomron
Israeli chief of staff.
Born August 5th, 1937 in Ashdot Ya'akov.
Died February 26th, 2008 at 70 years old in Tel Aviv (stroke). [ref]
Ann Savage
American actress.
Born February 19th, 1921 in Columbia. [ref]
Died December 25th, 2008 at 87 years old in Hollywood (stroke). [ref]
Francis Pym
British politician (1922–2008).
Born February 13th, 1922 in Abergavenny.
Died March 7th, 2008 at 86 years old in Sandy.
Alexander Lowen
American psychotherapist.
Born December 23rd, 1910 in New York City. [ref]
Died October 28th, 2008 at 97 years old in New Canaan. [ref]
Franz Künstler
German centenarian, austro-hungarian military personnel of world war i.
Born July 24th, 1900 in Șoșdea.
Died May 27th, 2008 at 107 years old in Bad Mergentheim. [ref]
Algis Budrys
American writer.
Born January 9th, 1931 in Königsberg. [ref]
Died June 9th, 2008 at 77 years old in Evanston (melanoma). [ref]
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka
Soviet politician (1912-2008).
Born January 1st, 1912 in Kyzyl-Dag.
Died November 4th, 2008 at 96 years old in Kyzyl. [ref]
Deaths 261 to 270 of 719
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou