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In the year 2008
786 Notable deaths
Sam Tingle
Racecar driver.
Born August 24th, 1921 in Manchester.
Died December 19th, 2008 at 87 years old in Somerset West. [ref]
Sergey Mergelyan
Armenian mathematician.
Born May 19th, 1928 in Simferopol.
Died August 20th, 2008 at 80 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Gabriel París Gordillo
President of colombia (1910-2008).
Born March 8th, 1910 in Ibagué.
Died March 21st, 2008 at 98 years old in Girardot (pneumonia). [ref]
Igor Dmitriev
Soviet and russian actor (1927-2008).
Born May 29th, 1927 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 26th, 2008 at 80 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Nuridin Mukhitdinov
Soviet politician (1917-2008).
Born November 19th, 1917 in Tashkent.
Died August 27th, 2008 at 90 years old in Tashkent.
Tano Cimarosa
Italian actor and director (1922–2008).
Born January 1st, 1922 in Messina.
Died May 24th, 2008 at 86 years old in Messina. [ref]
Milan Kymlicka
Czechoslovakian and canadian arranger, composer and conductor.
Born May 15th, 1936 in Louny. [ref]
Died October 10th, 2008 at 72 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Paulo Amaral
Brazilian association football player (1923-2008).
Born October 18th, 1923 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died May 1st, 2008 at 84 years old in Rio de Janeiro (cancer).
Jan Machulski
Polish actor and stage director.
Died November 20th, 2008 at 80 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ralph Klein
Israeli basketball player-coach.
Born July 29th, 1931 in Berlin.
Died August 7th, 2008 at 77 years old in Ramat Gan (colorectal cancer).
Deaths 541 to 550 of 786
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