Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 08
Sunday, 15 June 2025
1903 On May - 08 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 On this day in history henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82
1924 Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23 on this day in history.
1930 On May - 08 lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61
1932 Death of Albert Thomas, French socialist politician on this day in history.
1936 Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86
1943 Death of Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed on this day in history.
1945 Death of Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (b. 1883) on this day in history.
1947 Death of Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (b. 1858) on this day in history.
1948 On May - 08 alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81
1950 Franklin Dyall, dies at 76 on May - 08.
1951 On May - 08 margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40
1952 Death of William Fox, Austrian-born film producer (b. 1879) on May - 08.
1957 On this day in history johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75
1958 On May - 08 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 this day in history.
1961 James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63 on May - 08.
1965 On May - 08 h T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld), dies
1967 On this day in history barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39
1969 On this day in history death of remington Kellogg, American naturalist (b. 1892)
1973 Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies on this day in history.
1974 On this day in history graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train
1975 On May - 08 avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87
1976 Alan Baxter, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1979 Talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76 on May - 08.
1981 On this day in history margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies
1982 On May - 08 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 On May - 08 death of pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next Page »