Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 08
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
1903 On this day in history eugene-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies
1904 On May - 08 eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies
1909 On May - 08 friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies
1915 Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82 on May - 08.
1924 On May - 08 lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23
1930 Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61 on May - 08.
1932 On this day in history death of albert Thomas, French socialist politician
1936 On this day in history oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies
1941 Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1943 Death of Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed on May - 08.
1945 Death of Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (b. 1883) on this day in history.
1947 On this day in history death of harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858)
1948 Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1950 On May - 08 franklin Dyall, dies at 76
1951 On this day in history margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40
1952 On May - 08 death of william Fox, Austrian-born film producer (b. 1879)
1957 Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75 on May - 08.
1958 On May - 08 death of nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered
1959 Death of Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55 on this day in history.
1960 On this day in history hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88
1961 James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63 on May - 08.
1965 On this day in history h T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld), dies
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 On this day in history graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train
1975 Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87 on this day in history.
1976 Alan Baxter, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1979 On May - 08 talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76
1981 On May - 08 margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies
1982 On this day in history gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident
1984 Death of Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1916) on this day in history.
1985 On this day in history dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74
1987 On May - 08 death of pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
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