Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 08
Saturday, 15 March 2025
1903 On May - 08 eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies
1904 On this day in history eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies
1909 Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies on this day in history.
1915 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1924 On this day in history lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23
1930 Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1932 On this day in history death of albert Thomas, French socialist politician
1936 Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies on this day in history.
1941 Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86 on May - 08.
1943 Death of Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed on May - 08.
1945 On this day in history death of bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (b. 1883)
1947 Death of Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858) on May - 08.
1948 Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1950 Franklin Dyall, dies at 76 on May - 08.
1951 On this day in history margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40
1952 On this day in history death of william Fox, Austrian-born film producer (b. 1879)
1957 Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1958 On this day in history death of nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered
1959 On this day in history death of renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55
1960 Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88 on May - 08.
1961 On this day in history james Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
1965 H T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld), dies on May - 08.
1967 Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39 on this day in history.
1969 On this day in history death of remington Kellogg, American naturalist (b. 1892)
1973 On this day in history ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies
1974 Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train on May - 08.
1975 On this day in history avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87
1976 On this day in history alan Baxter, dies at 67
1979 On this day in history talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76
1981 Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies on this day in history.
1982 On this day in history gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident
1984 On this day in history death of gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916)
1985 Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74 on May - 08.
1987 Death of Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off on May - 08.
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