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In the year 2008
786 Notable deaths
Irina Baronova
Ballerina.
Born March 13th, 1919 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 28th, 2008 at 89 years old in Byron Bay. [ref]
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]
Chiara Lubich
Italian founder of the focolare movement (1920–2008).
Born January 22nd, 1920 in Trento.
Died March 14th, 2008 at 88 years old in Rocca di Papa. [ref]
Aleksandr Abdulov
Soviet and russian actor.
Born May 29th, 1953 in Tobolsk.
Died January 3rd, 2008 at 54 years old in Moscow (lung cancer). [ref]
Louis Guss
American actor (1918-2008).
Born January 4th, 1918 in New York City.
Died September 29th, 2008 at 90 years old in New York City. [ref]
Lennart Bergelin
Swedish tennis player.
Born June 10th, 1925 in Alingsås.
Died November 4th, 2008 at 83 years old in Stockholm (heart failure). [ref]
Christopher Bowman
Figure skater (1967-2008).
Born March 30th, 1967 in Hollywood.
Died January 10th, 2008 at 40 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose). [ref]
Judah Folkman
American biologist.
Born February 24th, 1933 in Cleveland.
Died January 14th, 2008 at 74 years old in Denver (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ken Ogata
Japanese actor.
Born July 20th, 1937 in Ushigome-ku. [ref]
Died October 5th, 2008 at 71 years old in Mibu (liver cancer). [ref]
Mauricio Kagel
Argentine-german composer (1931-2008).
Born December 24th, 1931 in Buenos Aires.
Died September 18th, 2008 at 76 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Deaths 291 to 300 of 786
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