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In the year 2008
719 Notable deaths
Reinhard Fabisch
German football manager (1950-2008).
Born August 19th, 1950 in Schwerte.
Died July 12th, 2008 at 57 years old in Münster (cancer). [ref]
Ivan Southall
Australian children's writer.
Born June 8th, 1921 in Canterbury. [ref]
Died November 15th, 2008 at 87 years old in Wantirna (cancer). [ref]
Nikolai Baibakov
Soviet economist (1911-2008).
Born March 7th, 1911 in Sabunçu.
Died March 31st, 2008 at 97 years old in Moscow (pneumonia). [ref]
Masayoshi Nagata
Japanese mathematician (1927-2008).
Born February 9th, 1927 in Aichi Prefecture.
Died August 27th, 2008 at 81 years old in Kyoto.
Paulos Faraj Rahho
Chaldean catholic archbishop of mosul.
Born November 20th, 1942 in Mosul.
Died March 13th, 2008 at 65 years old in Mosul. [ref]
Nadezhda Rumyantseva
Soviet actress.
Born September 9th, 1930.
Died April 8th, 2008 at 77 years old in Moscow (brain cancer). [ref]
Jorge de Bagration
Spanish rally driver.
Born February 22nd, 1944 in Rome.
Died January 16th, 2008 at 63 years old in Tbilisi (hepatitis). [ref]
Mikhail Pugovkin
Soviet and russian actor.
Died July 25th, 2008 at 85 years old in Moscow (diabetes). [ref]
Claude Piron
Swiss translator and esperantist (1931-2008).
Born February 26th, 1931 in Namur.
Died January 22nd, 2008 at 76 years old in Gland. [ref]
Moshe Levi
Israeli general (1936-2008).
Born April 18th, 1936 in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Died January 8th, 2008 at 71 years old in Afula (stroke). [ref]
Deaths 451 to 460 of 719
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