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In the year 2008
787 Notable deaths
Josep Palau i Fabre
Catalan poet (1917-2008).
Born April 21st, 1917 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 2008 at 90 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Elena Leușteanu
Gymnast.
Born July 4th, 1935 in Chernivtsi.
Died August 16th, 2008 at 73 years old in Bucharest (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Péter Baczakó
Hungarian weightlifter.
Born September 27th, 1951 in Ercsi.
Died April 2nd, 2008 at 56 years old in Budapest (cancer). [ref]
Giovanni de Riu
Racecar driver.
Born March 10th, 1925 in Macomer.
Died December 11th, 2008 at 83 years old in Stresa.
Maksym Pashayev
Ukrainian footballer (1988-2008).
Born January 4th, 1988 in Khrustalnyi.
Died December 12th, 2008 at 20 years old in Hradyzk (traffic collision). [ref]
Antonio José González Zumárraga
Catholic cardinal.
Born March 18th, 1925 in Ecuador.
Died October 13th, 2008 at 83 years old in Quito. [ref]
František Čapek
Czechoslovak canoeist and speed canoeist (1914–2008).
Born October 24th, 1914 in Branice.
Died January 31st, 2008 at 93 years old in Prague. [ref]
Varazdat Harutyunyan
Armenian architect (1909-2008).
Born November 29th, 1909 in Van.
Died March 20th, 2008 at 98 years old in Yerevan.
Deaths 701 to 710 of 787
Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris