Famous Deaths In December - 08
Monday, 25 September 2023
1914 On December - 08 death of maximilian von Spee, German naval officer (b. 1861)
1917 On December - 08 death of mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian writer (b. 1836)
1923 Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88 on this day in history.
1924 Franz X Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74 on this day in history.
1926 On this day in history jan Six, Dutch art historian/collector, dies
1934 On December - 08 bernhard Seklas, composer, dies at 62
1938 On this day in history death of friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896)
1939 On December - 08 ernest Schelling, composer, dies at 63
1940 Death of George Exton Lloyd, Anglican Bishop and theologian (b. 1861) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1955 On this day in history jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69
1956 On December - 08 edgar Leslie Bainton, composer, dies at 76
1957 Reginald Sheffield, actor (Second Chance), dies at 55 on this day in history.
1958 On December - 08 death of tris Speaker, American baseball player (b. 1888)
1961 On this day in history william Beatton Moonie, composer, dies at 78
1963 On this day in history death of field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata, Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)
1966 On this day in history death of ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (b. 1899)
1967 Robert H Lawrence, USAF/astronaut, dies at 32 on December - 08.
1969 Vincenzo Davico, composer, dies at 80 on December - 08.
1970 Christopher K Ingold, English chemist, dies at 77 on this day in history.
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 Golda Meir, Israel's PM (1969-74), dies in Jerusalem at 80 on December - 08.
1980 On December - 08 death of john Lennon, assassinated in NY by Mark David Chapman at 40
1981 On this day in history shakey, [Walter Horton], harmonicist (Everybody's Fishin'), dies at 64
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 On this day in history luther Adler, actor (Dr Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81
1988 On this day in history anne Seymour, actress (Misty, Chevy Mystery Show), dies at 79
1989 On December - 08 hans Hartung, German/French painter, dies
1990 Martin Ritt, US, director/actor (Norma Rae), dies at 70 on December - 08.
1991 On December - 08 buck Clayton, US jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies
1992 William Shawn, US editor-in-chief (New Yorker, 1952-87), dies at 85 on December - 08.
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