Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 08
Saturday, 22 March 2025
1914 Death of Maximilian von Spee, German naval officer (b. 1861) on December - 08.
1917 Death of Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian writer (b. 1836) on this day in history.
1923 Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88 on December - 08.
1924 Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74 on December - 08.
1926 On this day in history jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies
1934 Bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1938 On December - 08 death of friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896)
1939 On December - 08 ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63
1940 On December - 08 death of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican Bishop and theologian (b. 1861)
1952 On this day in history death of charles Lightoller, English second officer on the Titanic (b. 1874)
1954 Gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50 on December - 08.
1955 On this day in history jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69
1956 On this day in history edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76
1957 Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55 on this day in history.
1958 Death of Tris Speaker, American baseball player (b. 1888) on this day in history.
1961 On this day in history william Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78
1963 On December - 08 death of field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)
1966 Death of Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (b. 1899) on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32
1969 On this day in history vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80
1970 On this day in history christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77
1972 George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash on December - 08.
1975 On December - 08 death of gary Thain, New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (b. 1948)
1978 On December - 08 golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80
1980 Death of John Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40 on this day in history.
1981 Shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64 on December - 08.
1982 On this day in history death of andre Kamperveen, Suriname minister, murdered
1983 Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 on December - 08.
1984 Luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1988 Anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79 on this day in history.
1989 Hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies on this day in history.
1990 Martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1991 Buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies on December - 08.
1992 William Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85 on December - 08.
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