In the year 2008
719 Notable deaths
Ali Alatas
Foreign minister of indonesia (1932-2008).
Born November 4th, 1932 in Jakarta.
Died December 11th, 2008 at 76 years old in Singapore (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jean Delannoy
French film director, screenwriter, film editor and actor.
Born January 12th, 1908 in Noisy-le-Sec. [ref]
Died June 19th, 2008 at 100 years old in Guainville (disease). [ref]
Xie Jin
Chinese film director (1923-2008).
Born November 21st, 1923 in Shangyu. [ref]
Died October 18th, 2008 at 84 years old in Shangyu. [ref]
Philip Jones Griffiths
Welsh photojournalist.
Born February 18th, 1936 in Rhuddlan. [ref]
Died March 19th, 2008 at 72 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Bo Yang
Chinese author.
Born March 7th, 1920 in Kaifeng.
Died April 29th, 2008 at 88 years old in Taipei (pneumonia). [ref]
Hidetaka Nishiyama
Martial artist.
Born October 10th, 1928 in Tokyo.
Died November 7th, 2008 at 80 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]
Vitaly Fedorchuk
Kgb chairman (1918-2008).
Born December 27th, 1918 in Ruzhyn Raion.
Died February 29th, 2008 at 89 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Josef Tal
Israeli composer (1910-2008).
Born September 18th, 1910 in Pniewy.
Died August 25th, 2008 at 97 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Anatolii Alexeevitch Karatsuba
Russian mathematician (1937-2008).
Born January 31st, 1937 in Grozny.
Died September 28th, 2008 at 71 years old in Moscow.
June Travis
American actress (1914-2008).
Born August 7th, 1914 in Chicago.
Died April 14th, 2008 at 93 years old in Chicago (stroke). [ref]
Deaths 351 to 360 of 719
Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau