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In the year 2008
786 Notable deaths
Anne Armstrong
American diplomat (1927-2008).
Born December 27th, 1927 in New Orleans.
Died July 30th, 2008 at 80 years old in Houston (cancer). [ref]
Erwin Geschonneck
German actor (1906-2008).
Born December 27th, 1906 in Bartoszyce.
Died March 12th, 2008 at 101 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Paulos Faraj Rahho
Chaldean catholic archbishop of mosul (1942–2008).
Born November 20th, 1942 in Mosul.
Died March 13th, 2008 at 65 years old in Mosul.
Tahereh Saffarzadeh
Iranian academic (1936–2008).
Born November 18th, 1936 in Sirjan.
Died October 25th, 2008 at 71 years old in Tehran. [ref]
Jean Desailly
French actor (1920-2008).
Born August 24th, 1920 in Paris. [ref]
Died June 11th, 2008 at 87 years old in Paris. [ref]
Masayoshi Nagata
Japanese mathematician (1927-2008).
Born February 9th, 1927 in Aichi Prefecture.
Died August 27th, 2008 at 81 years old in Kyoto.
Luciano Pigozzi
Italian actor (1927-2008).
Born January 10th, 1927 in Novellara.
Died June 14th, 2008 at 81 years old in Rome.
Tony Duvert
French writer.
Born July 2nd, 1945 in Villeneuve-le-Roi. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 2008 at 63 years old in Thoré-la-Rochette.
Jun Ichikawa
1948-2008 japanese film director and screenwriter.
Born November 25th, 1948 in Tokyo.
Died September 19th, 2008 at 59 years old in Tokyo (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Yuri Rytkheu
Russian chukchi writer (1930-2008).
Born March 8th, 1930 in Uelen.
Died May 14th, 2008 at 78 years old in Saint Petersburg (multiple myeloma). [ref]
Deaths 481 to 490 of 786
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran