In the year 2008
719 Notable deaths
Rob Knox
British actor (1989-2008).
Born August 21st, 1989 in Kent.
Died May 24th, 2008 at 18 years old in Sidcup (stab wound). [ref]
Pippa Bacca
Italian artist.
Born December 9th, 1974 in Milan. [ref]
Died March 31st, 2008 at 33 years old in Gebze (strangling). [ref]
Bernhard Caesar Einstein
American physicist (1930-2008).
Born July 10th, 1930 in Dortmund.
Died September 30th, 2008 at 78 years old in Bern.
Yma Sumac
Peruvian-american singer (1922-2008).
Born September 13th, 1922 in Peru. [ref]
Died November 1st, 2008 at 86 years old in Los Angeles (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Seventh prime minister of india (1931-2008).
Born June 25th, 1931 in Allahabad.
Died November 27th, 2008 at 77 years old in New Delhi (multiple myeloma).
Jesse Helms
American politician (1921-2008).
Born October 18th, 1921 in Monroe.
Died July 4th, 2008 at 86 years old in Raleigh (dementia). [ref]
Baba Amte
Indian freedom fighter, social worker.
Born December 26th, 1914 in Hinganghat.
Died February 9th, 2008 at 93 years old in Chandrapur (cancer). [ref]
Tim Russert
American journalist.
Born May 7th, 1950 in Buffalo. [ref]
Died June 13th, 2008 at 58 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Robert Rauschenberg
American painter and graphic artist.
Born October 22nd, 1925 in Port Arthur. [ref]
Died May 12th, 2008 at 82 years old in Captiva Island, Captiva (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Hua Guofeng
2nd chairman of the chinese communist party, 2nd premier of the people's republic of china.
Born February 16th, 1921 in Jiaocheng County. [ref]
Died August 20th, 2008 at 87 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 719
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks