In the year 2008
719 Notable deaths
Jürgen Ehlers
German physicist.
Born December 29th, 1929 in Hamburg.
Died May 20th, 2008 at 78 years old in Potsdam.
Ahmed al-Mirghani
Sudanese politician (1941-2008).
Born August 16th, 1941 in Khartoum, Khartoum North.
Died November 2nd, 2008 at 67 years old in Alexandria.
Prince Ludwig of Bavaria
Bavarian prince (1913-2008).
Born June 22nd, 1913 in Nymphenburg Palace.
Died October 17th, 2008 at 95 years old in Starnberg. [ref]
Sasha Gabor
Hungarian-norwegian pornographic actor.
Born June 6th, 1945 in Hungary.
Died June 27th, 2008 at 63 years old in Thailand (heart failure). [ref]
Raúl Reyes
Colombian guerilla (1948–2008).
Born September 30th, 1948 in La Plata, Huila.
Died March 1st, 2008 at 59 years old in Santa Rosa de Sucumbíos. [ref]
Anuradha Ghandy
Indian politician (1954-2008).
Born March 28th, 1954 in Mumbai.
Died April 12th, 2008 at 54 years old in Mumbai.
Cachao
Cuban musician.
Born September 14th, 1918 in Havana.
Died March 22nd, 2008 at 89 years old in Coral Gables (kidney failure). [ref]
Michael Martin Hammer
American academic.
Born April 13th, 1948 in Annapolis.
Died September 3rd, 2008 at 60 years old in Boston. [ref]
Lazare Ponticelli
World war i veteran, piping and metal worker.
Born December 7th, 1897 in Bettola. [ref]
Died March 12th, 2008 at 110 years old in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre. [ref]
Andrew Bertie
Grand master of the knights hospitaller and servant of god.
Born May 15th, 1929 in London.
Died February 7th, 2008 at 78 years old in Rome (cancer). [ref]
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I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather