In the year 2008
719 Notable deaths
Philipp von Boeselager
German wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of adolf hitler.
Born September 6th, 1917 in Burg Heimerzheim. [ref]
Died May 1st, 2008 at 90 years old in Burg Kreuzberg. [ref]
Willis Lamb
American physicist (1913–2008).
Born July 12th, 1913 in Los Angeles.
Died May 15th, 2008 at 94 years old in Tucson.
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
Spanish politician, president of the government from 1981 to 1982.
Born April 14th, 1926 in Madrid. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 2008 at 82 years old in Pozuelo de Alarcón (cardiac arrest).
Simon Hantaï
French painter (1922-2008).
Born December 7th, 1922 in Bia. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2008 at 85 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
William Alston
American christian philosopher.
Born November 29th, 1921 in Shreveport.
Died September 13th, 2008 at 86 years old in Onondaga County.
Bill Brown
Australian cricketer (1912-2008).
Born July 31st, 1912 in Toowoomba.
Died March 16th, 2008 at 95 years old in Brisbane. [ref]
Judah Folkman
American biologist.
Born February 24th, 1933 in Cleveland.
Died January 14th, 2008 at 74 years old in Denver (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Frederick Seitz
American physicist.
Born July 4th, 1911 in San Francisco.
Died March 2nd, 2008 at 96 years old in New York City.
Mauricio Kagel
Argentine-german composer (1931-2008).
Born December 24th, 1931 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died September 18th, 2008 at 76 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Ibrahim Nasir
Maldivian politician, 2nd president of the maldives (1922-2008).
Born September 2nd, 1922 in Malé, Fuvahmulah.
Died November 22nd, 2008 at 86 years old in Singapore. [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 719
For some moments in life there are no words. David Seltzer