Notable Deaths on August 8th
August 8th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
869 |
Lothair II of Lotharingia (855-869) dies at about 34 |
1445 |
Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer |
1506 |
Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 |
1553 |
Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) |
1555 |
Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) |
1588 |
Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter |
1604 |
Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) |
1616 |
Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet, buried at 68 |
1631 |
Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579) |
1684 |
George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622) |
1685 |
Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Ital painter (Madonna), dies at 75 |
1694 |
Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld], French lawyer/theology, dies at 82 |
1700 |
Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer, dies at 40 |
1705 |
Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded |
1747 |
Madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678) |
1759 |
Karl Heinrich Graun, German composer, dies at 55 |
1788 |
Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92 |
1809 |
Akinari Ueda, Ugetsu |
1816 |
Blas de Laserna, composer, dies at 65 |
1827 |
George Canning, British minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 57 |
1828 |
Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743) |
1834 |
Silvestro Palma, composer, dies at 80 |
1863 |
Angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825) |
1864 |
Antonio Somma, Un ballo in maschera |
1879 |
Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797) |
1887 |
Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808) |
1888 |
Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer, dies at 79 |
1897 |
Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79 |
1898 |
Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824) |
1902 |
Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies |
1905 |
Julius Stinde, Familie Buchholz |
1908 |
Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 |
1911 |
William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830) |
1918 |
Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright, dies at 38 |
1921 |
Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio), dies at 59 |
1921 |
Juhani Aho, Juha |
1928 |
Stjepan Radic, founder/leader (Croatian Boer party), dies |
1928 |
Stjepan Radic, |
1930 |
William Colvin, The Ranger |
1930 |
Ilija Stanojevic-Cica, Ulrih Celjski i Vladislav Hunjadi |
1930 |
Les Bates, Big Stakes |
1934 |
Wilbert Robinson, baseball manager (Bkln Dodgers), dies |
1934 |
Wilbert Robinson, World Series Games 1916, Boston vs. Brooklyn |
1934 |
Vladimir Durov, Circus Stars |
1937 |
Edmund Pearson, Bride of Frankenstein |
1940 |
Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892) |
1940 |
Dane Coolidge, Rimrock Jones |
1940 |
Jasper Ewing Brady, The Man She Brought Back |
1942 |
Henryk Szaro, Mocny czlowiek |
1944 |
Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged at 62 |
1944 |
Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski, Luk Erosa |
1944 |
Aino Ackté, Juha |
1944 |
Erich Hoepner, |
1944 |
Peter Graf Yorck von Wartenburg, Prozess 20. Juli 1944 vor dem Volksgerichtshof |
1944 |
Erwin von Witzleben, |
1947 |
Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872) |
1950 |
Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, founder National-India Party, dies |
1950 |
Nicolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky, composer, dies at 69 |
1950 |
Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (b. 1879) |
1950 |
Harry Katherman, The Lady Eve |
1950 |
Nikolai Myaskovsky, The Iron Curtain |
1951 |
Vaso Arabidze, Hasani |
1952 |
Margit Agrell, Frestelse |
1952 |
Lucille Ward, The Quest |
1952 |
Julia Cederblad, The Hell Ship |
1952 |
Lon Poff, Isn't Life Terrible? |
1953 |
Ragnhild Sannom, Dancing Madness |
1953 |
J. Carlton Wetherby, Love Will Out |
1954 |
Gino Tagliapietra, composer, dies at 67 |
1954 |
James Doolittle, The Private Life of Helen of Troy |
1954 |
Charles Morris Martin, Law for Tombstone |
1954 |
C.A. de Lima, American Aristocracy |
1954 |
Phil Ohman, Phil Ohman & Victor Arden (Piano Duetists) |
1955 |
Ralph Angel, The Real Glory |
1955 |
Madge Elliott, Pontius Pilate |
1955 |
Grace Hartman, The Hartmans |
1956 |
Stepán Kopecký, Skola základ zivota |
1956 |
H. Saxon-Snell, A Peep Behind the Scenes |
1957 |
Hans von Kahlenberg, Nixchen |
1957 |
Harley Chambers, By Indian Post |
1958 |
J.P. McEvoy, It's a Gift |
1959 |
Harry Roeck Hansen, The Marriage Game |
1960 |
Danton Walker, columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at 61 |
1960 |
Luis Firpo, Will He Conquer Dempsey? |
1960 |
Sooryanarayana T., Vishwamohini |
1961 |
Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58 |
1961 |
Franc N D Buchman, US theology (Moral Rearms), dies at 83 |
1961 |
Méi Lánfāng, Chinese opera performer (b. 1894) |
1961 |
Ernst Richter, Rosemary |
1961 |
J. Logan Pearson, Young Blood |
1961 |
Muriel Rahn, King for a Day |
1961 |
Einar Söderbäck, Summer with Monika |
1963 |
Sandor Jemnitz, composer, dies at 72 |
1965 |
Shirley Jackson, US author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45 |
1966 |
Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63 |
1967 |
Jaromir Weinberger, Czech/US composer (Czech Rhapsody), dies at 71 |
1968 |
Orovida Camille Pissarro, British painter and etcher (b. 1893) |
1969 |
Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German eugenicist and Nazi physician (b. 1896) |
1972 |
Andrea Feldman, American actor (b. 1948) |
1973 |
Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (b. 1898) |
1974 |
Baldur von Schirach, German author/nazi politician, dies at 67 |
1975 |
Julian "Cannonball" Alderly, saxophonist/bandleader, dies of a stroke at 46 |
1976 |
John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered |
1979 |
Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (b. 1910) |
1979 |
George Pink, Superman |
1979 |
Jonreed Lauritzen, Kiss of Fire |
1980 |
Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician, dies at 63 |
1980 |
Jacqueline Cochrane, US pilot/1st female faster than sound, dies at 70 |
1980 |
Paul Triquet, French Canadian army officer (b. 1910) |
1980 |
Winter Blossom, What Ho, the Cook |
1980 |
David Mercer, Family Life |
1980 |
Simon Lack, The Proud Valley |
1981 |
Ermelinda De Felice, Seven Beauties |
1981 |
Péter Hajnóczy, Death Rode Out of Persia |
1981 |
George Schaefer, Citizen Kane |
1982 |
Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies |
1982 |
Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80 |
1982 |
Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62 |
1982 |
Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer (De Weerlozen), dies |
1982 |
Eric Brandon, British racing driver (b. 1920) |
1982 |
Damian O'Flynn, The Snake Pit |
1982 |
Donald W. Roberson, The War Wagon |
1982 |
Ferre Grignard, Verloren maandag |
1982 |
Gene Law, Where the Buffalo Roam |
1982 |
Tom Chatto, Battle of Britain |
1983 |
Ljuba Kovacevic, SS Strike at Dawn |
1983 |
François Campaux, Ronde de nuit |
1983 |
Emanoil Petrut, Memories of My Childhood |
1984 |
Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show), dies at 62 |
1984 |
Ellen Raskin, American author(b.1928) |
1984 |
Walter Tevis, The Hustler |
1984 |
Al Marineau, Saps at Sea |
1984 |
Denis Johnston, The Unthinking Lobster |
1984 |
Richard Deacon, The Birds |
1984 |
Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game |
1984 |
Stanka Veselinov, Arrive Before Daybreak |
1984 |
Charles E. Moran, Grease |
1985 |
Louise Brooks, actress (Pandora's Box), dies of a heart attack at 78 |
1985 |
Lev Frichinsky, Nashi sosedi |
1985 |
Louise Brooks, Pandora's Box |
1985 |
Milton H. Greene, Love, Marilyn |
1985 |
Toshio Hosokawa, Tora! Tora! Tora! |
1986 |
Margit Andelius, Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar |
1986 |
Gordana Kosanovic, Beach Guard in Winter |
1987 |
Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician (b. 1903) |
1987 |
Mirko Kujacic, Treasure of the Aztecs |
1988 |
Alan Napier, actor (Alfred-Batman), dies at 85 |
1988 |
Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1923) |
1988 |
Avdo Dzinovic, Nights and Days |
1988 |
Maria Cichocka, Gdzie woda czysta i trawa zielona |
1988 |
Ingalill Söderman, Auktionen |
1988 |
George Estregan, Pasukuin si Waway |
1988 |
Jo Henderson, All My Children |
1988 |
Colette Melville, The Flamingo Affair |
1988 |
Alan Napier, The Sword in the Stone |
1988 |
Félix Leclerc, Légendes du Québec |
1988 |
Alan Ameche, The NFL's Greatest Games: '58 Championship |
1989 |
Michael Rittermann, Ich bin nicht der Eiffelturm |
1989 |
Audrey Russell, That Crazy Woman |
1989 |
Irv Cottler, Episode #1.21 |
1989 |
Elsa Vazzoler, The Great War |
1989 |
Laszlo Willinger, Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend |
1990 |
Wallace Douglas, The Wasp's Nest |
1990 |
Andrzej Dobrowolski, Wolne miasto |
1990 |
Douglas Twiddy, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi |
1990 |
Géza Dobrányi, The Boys of Paul Street |
1991 |
Brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express), dies of AIDS at 41 |
1991 |
James B Irwin, Col USAF/astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61 |
1991 |
John Brasser, Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko), dies |
1991 |
Magdalena G Schenk, historical (Vorstenhuizen of our time), dies |
1991 |
Julissa Gomez, American gymnast (b. 1972) |
1991 |
Gianluca Favilla, Un paradiso senza biliardo |
1991 |
Lidia Pstrokonska, Dzis w nocy umrze miasto |
1991 |
Luigi Moretti, Bianca |
1991 |
Gladys Hulette, Tol'able David |
1991 |
Sanford Seeger, Zalmen: or, The Madness of God |
1991 |
James Irwin, For All Mankind |
1991 |
Arkadi Smirnov, Walking the Streets of Moscow |
1991 |
Caroline Cartier, The Nude Vampire |
1991 |
Sheng Chiang, Five Deadly Venoms |
1992 |
Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten, dies |
1992 |
Alison L Gertz, US aids-activist/Esquire women of year, dies of aids |
1992 |
Arthur Lang, US boxer/businessman, dies at 115 |
1992 |
Eitan Berglas, Israeli banker/advisor, dies |
1992 |
Lou Krugman, actor (I Want to Live), dies of cancer at 78 |
1992 |
Thomas J McIntyre, US, senator/writer (Fear Brokers), dies |
1992 |
Allee G. Reed, Panic in Year Zero! |
1992 |
Alison Gertz, Episode dated 25 March 1992 |
1992 |
Lou Krugman, I Want to Live! |
1992 |
Fernand Bellan, Le trésor des Templiers |
1992 |
Lynn Karp, Pinocchio |
1992 |
Bertalan Papp, Mephisto |
1993 |
Harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man & the Sea), dies at 88 |
1993 |
Lou van Raised, impresario, dies at 77 |
1993 |
Roy London, US actor/director (Tiger Warsaw), dies of lymphoma at 50 |
1993 |
Harry Bellaver, Another World |
1993 |
Mickey Morton, The Gamesters of Triskelion |
1993 |
Roy London, Hank's Contract |
1993 |
Roberta Mari, Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeo |
1993 |
Ron Shand, Number 96 |
1993 |
Leo Murphy, RoboCop 3 |
1994 |
Henriette Santer, clinical psychologist, dies at 62 |
1994 |
Leonid Leonov, Russian playwright (Russky Lesson), dies at 95 |
1994 |
Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, novelist/Playwright, dies at 94 |
1994 |
Robin Cavendish, disabled Campaigner, dies at 64 |
1994 |
Leonid Leonov, Begstvo mistera Mak-Kinli |
1995 |
David Begelman, film producer, dies at 73 |
1995 |
Judith Fisher, The Phallic Forest |
1995 |
Carol Hughes, Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe |
1995 |
Frantisek Nepil, Domecek u tri kotatek |
1995 |
Stevan Petrovic, Covek iz hrastove sume |
1996 |
Didi Duprat, French guitarist, dies at 69 |
1996 |
Frank A Whittle, inventor of the Jet engine, dies at 89 |
1996 |
George Richard Samways, children's writer, dies at 101 |
1996 |
Herbert Huncke, writer, dies at 80 |
1996 |
Julian Stryjkowski, writer, dies at 91 |
1996 |
Nevill Francis Mott, physicist, dies at 90 |
1996 |
Julian Stryjkowski, Austeria |
1996 |
Herbert Huncke, What Happened to Kerouac? |
1996 |
Queta Carrasco, Salvador |
1997 |
Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74 |
1997 |
Larry Sturhahn, The Miracle Worker |
1997 |
Orville H. Hampton, Jack the Giant Killer |
1997 |
Jeri Gray, Short Cuts |
1998 |
Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist |
1998 |
Germana Paolieri, Luciano Serra, Pilot |
1998 |
Arthur Rowe, Incident Before Black Pass |
1998 |
David De Haven, Two-Edged Sword |
1998 |
Miroslaw Wienski, U Pana Boga za piecem |
1998 |
Tom Hedegaard, The Olsen Gang - Final Mission |
1998 |
Sam Balter, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man |
1998 |
Bekir Yildiz, The Dark-Veiled Bride |
1998 |
Bjarne Bø, To mistenkelige personer |
1999 |
Harry Walker, Test Pilot |
1999 |
Paavo Rintala, The Boys |
1999 |
Yolanda Vargas Dulché, Ladronzuela |
1999 |
Charles E. Israel, Louisiana |
2000 |
Louis Nucéra, My Father's Glory |
2000 |
Walter Chappell, The Big Sur |
2000 |
Jess Barker, Scarlet Street |
2000 |
John F. Warren, Torn Curtain |
2000 |
Ken Cameron, Tiger Bay |
2000 |
Anatoliy Romashin, Rasputin |
2000 |
Evelyn Kingsley, Toys Are Not for Children |
2001 |
Lothar Bellag, Der Mann von der Cap Arcona |
2001 |
Peter Sinclair, |
2001 |
Robert Jacks, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation |
2001 |
Martin Huston, Return of the Tauregs |
2001 |
Jean Dorst, Winged Migration |
2001 |
Harry Julian Fink, Dirty Harry |
2001 |
Maureen Reagan, The Specialists |
2002 |
Jacques Richard, The Things of Life |
2003 |
Finola Keogh, Rumpole and the Old, Old, Story |
2003 |
Peter Cavanagh, A Couple of Days Away |
2003 |
Ebony Gray, Brookside |
2003 |
Edna Skinner, Friendly Persuasion |
2003 |
Maria Cristina, O Passarinho da Ribeira |
2003 |
Robert J. Donovan, PT 109 |
2003 |
Irene Wyman, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
2003 |
Bhupen Khakhar, The Black Garment |
2004 |
Fay Wray, American actress (b. 1907) |
2004 |
Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor (b. 1934) |
2004 |
Paul 'Mousie' Garner, Cheech and Chong's Next Movie |
2004 |
Leon Golub, The Third of May 1808 |
2004 |
Gypsy Boots, Episode #5.30 |
2004 |
Fay Wray, King Kong |
2004 |
Donald L. Sykes, Secrets of Life |
2004 |
Annemarie Marks-Rocke, Der zerbrochene Krug |
2004 |
Eva Kemlein, Worte muss man sehen können: Die Fotografin Eva Kemlein |
2005 |
Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922) |
2005 |
Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (b. 1918) |
2005 |
John H. Johnson, African-American publisher (b. 1918) |
2005 |
Gene Mauch, American baseball player (b. 1925) |
2005 |
Monica Sjöö, Swedish artist (b. 1938) |
2005 |
Ilse Werner, German actress (b. 1921) |
2005 |
Barbara Bel Geddes, Vertigo |
2005 |
Bob Baker, Episode #1.5 |
2005 |
John H. Johnson, Celebrate the Dream: 50 Years of Ebony Magazine |
2005 |
Gene Mauch, Zen and the Art of the Split-Finger Fastball |
2005 |
Ilse Werner, Great Freedom No. 7 |
2005 |
Mary Ingersoll, The Negotiator |
2005 |
Paul Le Person, A Man and a Woman |
2005 |
Ruprecht Essberger, Vergißmeinnicht |
2006 |
Hélène Hily, The Butterfly |
2006 |
Américo Taricano, A Herança |
2006 |
Andrzej Lachanski, Awantura o Basie |
2006 |
Michael Hurd, Scrubbers |
2006 |
Marion Cajori, Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine |
2006 |
Slavko Brankov, Vruce zagrebacko ljeto |
2006 |
Josef Langmiler, Nedelní dostavenícko |
2006 |
Robert Gundlach, Love Story |
2006 |
Duane Black, The Tempest |
2006 |
Bernard Evein, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
2006 |
Duke Jordan, Les liaisons dangereuses |
2007 |
Joybubbles, A notable phone phreak. (b. 1949) |
2007 |
Ma Lik, Chinese politician (b. 1952) |
2007 |
Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917) |
2007 |
Scott Creedon, The Bondage |
2007 |
Melville Shavelson, Yours, Mine & Ours |
2008 |
Orville Moody, American golfer (b. 1933) |
2008 |
Chester Smith, The Alamo |
2008 |
T.Y. Drake, Terror Train |
2008 |
Sandra Deel, Junior Bonner |
2008 |
Eleo Pomare, Free to Dance |
2008 |
Margot Keune, Spetters |
2008 |
Orville Moody, Lee Trevino |
2009 |
Daniel Jarque, Spanish football player (b. 1983) |
2009 |
Michael Viner, Wilde |
2009 |
David Hillman, The Yeomen of the Guard |
2009 |
Raul Solnado, América |
2009 |
Jeff Prugh, Breaking the Huddle: The Integration of College Football |
2009 |
Hans-Jürgen Wenzel, Kindheit |
2009 |
Rolf Bohnsack, Großwildjagd |
2010 |
Patricia Neal, American actress, dies at 84 |
2010 |
Chuck Hart, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me |
2010 |
Orestes Trucco, La aventura explosiva |
2010 |
Sikandar Alam, Nua Bou |
2010 |
David Ellsworth, Unconditional Love |
2010 |
Sally Palmblad, Svensson ordnar allt! |
2010 |
Patricia Neal, Breakfast at Tiffany's |
2010 |
Don Liberto, Episode dated 28 March 1955 |
2010 |
Charlie Davao, Women in Cages |
2010 |
Jack Parnell, Barbra Streisand and Other Musical Instruments |
2011 |
Jirina Svorcová, Cesta ke stestí |
2011 |
Dorothy Gardner, Lilies |
2011 |
Guillermo Zarur, En la recta final |
2011 |
Corny Cole, The Pink Panther Show |
2011 |
Hend Rostom, Cairo Station |
2011 |
Pino Ferrara, Paso doble |
2012 |
Sancho Gracia, The Crime of Father Amaro |
2012 |
Boris Grigorev, Petrovka, 38 |
2012 |
Kurt Maetzig, First Spaceship on Venus |
2012 |
Michael Sturges, The French Atlantic Affair |
2012 |
Lorenzo Urbiztondo, Adorables mentiras |
2012 |
Magro Waghabi, When Carnival Comes |
2012 |
Josep M. Ainaud de Lasarte, Conxita Badia no existeix |
2012 |
Lourdes Canale, La santa |
2012 |
Jairo Varela, Blood and Wine |
2013 |
Regina Resnik, American operatic singer, dies at 90 |
2013 |
Karen Black, American actress, dies from ampullary cancer at 74 |
2013 |
Regina Resnik, Elektra |
2013 |
Barbara Michaels, The House That Would Not Die |
2013 |
Dejan Kosanovic, Prinudna smena |
2013 |
Eddie Michaels, Donnie Darko |
2013 |
Jirí Krejcík, Higher Principle |
2013 |
Hélène Loiselle, Orderers |
2013 |
Jarod Diamond, The Sex Spirit |
2013 |
Jack Clement, American Gangster |
2013 |
Werner Tietze, Einige Tage ohne Krieg |
2013 |
Tommy Canary, High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story |
2013 |
Karen Black, House of 1000 Corpses |
2014 |
Menahem Golan, The Delta Force |
2014 |
Peter Sculthorpe, Burke & Wills |
2014 |
Mac Newbury, My Girl |
2014 |
Charles Keating, All My Children |
2014 |
Aurel Cioranu, Omul din Buzau |
2014 |
Simon Chung, Hot Water |
2014 |
Budd Lewis, Dark Angel |
2014 |
Wlodzimierz Biernacki, Powódz |
2014 |
J.J. Murphy, Cal |
2014 |
Michelle Frost, Episode dated 21 March 2014 |
2015 |
Ann McGovern, Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson on Film |
2015 |
Susan Sheridan, The Black Cauldron |
2015 |
Viktor Kremlyov, Lesnaya pesnya. Mavka |
2015 |
Sean Price, Grand Theft Auto 3 |
2015 |
Joseph Daly, Hidden Faces |
2016 |
Australia's first world surfing champion, Bernard 'Midget' Farrelly, dies aged 71 |
2017 |
Godzilla actor Haruo Nakajima dies at age 88 |
2018 |
Chicago Blackhawks legend Stan Mikita dies at age 78 |
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