Deaths Date 2008 P 2 | History by KabAstro

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Charlton Heston (1923-2008)

Apr 5 American actor (The Ten Commandments; Ben-Hur; Planet of Apes)Ben-Hur), dies at 84

Apr 8 John Button, Australian politician (Button car plan), dies at 74
Apr 8 Stanley Kamel, American actor (b. 1943)
Apr 8 Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (b. 1928)
Apr 11 Merlin German, United States Marine
Apr 12 Cecilia Colledge, British figure skater (World C'ship gold ladies singles 1937; Olympic silver 1936; first female to land a two rotation jump), dies at 87
Apr 12 Danny Davis [George Nowlan], American session trumpeter, pop-country music bandleader (The Nashville Brass - "I Saw the Light"), singer (Speed Racer theme), and record producer (Connie Francis), dies of a heart attack at 83
Apr 12 Jerry Zucker, Israeli-born American businessman (b. 1949)
Apr 12 Patrick 'Paddy' Hillery, 6th President of Ireland, EEC Commissioner and Irish Minister (b. 1923)
Apr 13 John Archibald Wheeler, American physicist (first American involved in the theoretical development of the atomic bomb), dies at 96
Apr 14 Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (Seven Days Of Falling), dies in scuba diving accident at 44
Apr 14 Miguel Galvan, Mexican actor/comedian. (b. 1957)
Apr 14 Ollie Johnston, American animator and the last living member of Disney's Nine Old Men, dies at 95
Apr 14 Tommy Holmes, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1945, 48; NL HR leader 1945; Boston Braves) and manager (Boston Braves), dies at 91
Apr 14 Werner Groebli, Swiss ice skating clown, (Frick in ice skating act Frick & Frack), dies at 92 [1]
Apr 15 Benoît Lamy, Belgian film director, dies at 62
Apr 15 Brian "Blinky" Davison, British rocker (The Nice), dies at 65
Apr 15 Krister Stendahl, Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop, dies at 86
Apr 15 Sean Costello, American blues guitarist and singer, dies of multiple drug intoxication at 28
Apr 16 Edward Norton Lorenz, American mathematician and meteorologist, dies at 90
Apr 16 Joseph Solman, American painter
Apr 17 Aimé Césaire, French Martinican poet and politician, dies at 94
Apr 17 Danny Federici, American rock organist, accordionist, and glockenspieler (E Street Band), dies of melanoma at 58
Apr 19 Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 72
Apr 19 Germaine Tillion, French anthropologist, member of French Resistance (b. 1907)
Apr 19 Richard de Bois, Dutch songwriter ("Ik Hou Van Jou"), record producer (Dollly Dots); Ivy Green), and drummer (Roek's Family; Ginger Ale), dies of cancer at 59
Apr 20 Frank Michael Beyer, German composer, organist, and educator, dies at 80
Apr 20 Monica Lovinescu, Romanian essayist, literary critic and journalist (b. 1923)
Apr 20 VL Mike [Michael Allen], American rapper, shot to death by unknown assailant at 32
Apr 21 Al Wilson, American soul singer ("Show and Tell"; "The Snake"), dies of kidney failure at 68
Apr 22 Cameron Argetsinger, American auto racing executive (created Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course; F1 US Grand Prix 1961-80), dies from a stroke at 87
Apr 22 Dora Ratjen, German man who posed as a female high jumper (Olympic 4th 1936), dies at 89
Apr 22 Ed Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey executive, dies at 66
Apr 22 Paul Davis, American country-rock-pop singer-songwriter and piano player ("I Go Crazy"; "65 Love Affair"), dies of a heart attack at 60
Apr 23 William H. Stewart, 10th US Surgeon General (1965-69), dies at 86
Apr 25 Humphrey Lyttelton, British jazz trumpeter and bandleader ("Bad Penny Blues"), and broadcaster (BBC2 - Best Of Jazz, 1967-2007; BBC4 - I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, 1972-2008), dies at 86
Apr 26 Henry Brant, American composer (Great American Goot), dies at 94

Albert Hofmann (1906-2008)

Apr 29 Swiss chemist who first synthesized and ingested LSD, dies of a heart attack at 102

Apr 29 Michael "Micky" Waller, British blues and rock drummer (Long John Baldry; Jeff Beck Group), dies of liver failure at 66
Apr 30 John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919)
Apr 30 Juancho Evertsz, Dutch Antillean politician Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles (1973-77), dies at 85
May 1 Anthony Mamo, Malta's first President (b. 1909)
May 1 Buzzie Bavasi, American MLB executive (Brooklyn & LA Dodgers, San Diego Padres, California Angels), dies at 93
May 1 Deborah Jeane Palfrey, American escort owner, commits suicide at 52
May 2 Beverlee McKinsey (née Magruder), American actress (Another World, 1972-80 - "Iris Carrington"; Guiding Light, 1984-92 - "Alexandra Spaulding"), dies from kidney transplant complications at 72
May 3 Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo, Spanish former Primer Minister (b. 1926)
May 3 Michael Kaye, British arts director (LSO, South Bank), dies at 83
May 3 Uroš Krek, Slovenian composer, dies at 85
May 5 Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (co-founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain), dies at 90
May 5 Jerry Wallace, American country and pop singer ("Primrose Lane"; "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry"), dies of heart failure at 79
May 5 Thomas Boggs, American rock drummer (Box Tops), dies at 63
May 8 Eddy Arnold, American country music singer ("Make The World Go Away"; "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"), dies at 89
May 8 François Sterchele, Belgian football player (b. 1982)
May 8 Larry Levine, American sound engineer (Phil Spector's wall of sound; Herb Alpert; Beach Boys), dies of emphysema on his 80th birthday
May 9 Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach, dies at 79
May 9 Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist, dies at 68
May 10 Jessie Jacobs, Australian Actress (b. 1990)
May 10 Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
May 11 Bruno Neves, Portuguese cyclist, dies in competition at 26
May 11 Dottie Rambo [Joyce Luttrell], American gospel singer, dies when her tour bus crashes at 74
May 11 John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (Rush, 1968-1974), dies from a heart attack at 55
May 12 Irena Sendler [née Krzyżanowska], Polish nurse, social worker, and WWII heroine who helped smuggle Jewish ghetto children to safety, dies at 98 [1]
May 12 Robert Rauschenberg, American artist (b. 1925)
May 13 John Phillip Law, American actor (Death Rides a Horse), dies at 70
May 13 Ron Stone, American television reporter, dies at 72
May 13 Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Sheikh of Kuwait, dies at 78
May 15 Alexander Courage, American composer of original Star Trek theme, dies at 88
May 15 Ray Wilson, English footballer (1966 World Cup team), dies at 83
May 15 Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of Joey Dunlop, dies after a crash at 47
May 15 Tommy Burns, Scottish soccer midfielder (8 caps; Celtic, Kilmarnock) and manager (Scotland, Celtic, Kilmarnock, Reading), dies of melanoma at 51
May 15 Walt Dickerson, American jazz vibraphone player, and composer ("To My Queen"), dies of cardiac arrest at 80 [1]
May 15 Willis Lamb, American physicist (Nobel 1955), dies at 94
May 16 Wilfrid Howard Mellers, English musicologist and composer (François Couperin and the French Classical Tradition), dies at 94
May 18 Joseph Pevney, American television director, dies at 96
May 19 George Huntington Hartford II, American heir (A&P), dies at 97
May 19 Vijay Tendulkar, Indian playwright, (b. 1928)
May 20 Ali Sadikin, Indonesian politician and governor of Jakarta (1966-77), dies at 79
May 20 Hamilton Jordan, former Carter White House Chief of Staff (b. 1944)
May 21 Brian Keenan, Irish Provisional IRA member who played a key role in Northern Ireland's peace process (1998), dies of cancer at 66
May 22 Robert Asprin, American sci-fi writer (Thieves World, Cold Cash War), dies at 61
May 23 (Bruce) "Utah" Phillips, American folk singer-songwriter ("Green Rolling Hills"; "The Goodnight-Loving Trail") storyteller, poet, and labor organizer, dies of heart disease at 73
May 23 David Mitton, British television director (b. 1939)
May 24 Dick Martin [Thomas Richard], American actor and comedian (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Carbon Copy), dies of respiratory complications at 86
May 25 David Gahr, American photographer noted for his work with folk, jazz and rock musicians (Time Magazine; Folkways albums), dies at 85 [1]
May 25 Georgette Amowitz, French choreographer and educator, dies at 78
May 25 J. R. Simplot, American potato farmer (b. 1909)
May 26 Earle Hagen, American big band trombonist (Isham Jones; Tommy Dorsey; Benny Goodman), and Emmy Award-winning television composer (The Dick Van Dyke Show; The Andy Griffith Show; I Spy; The Mod Squad; "Harlem Nocturne"), dies at 88
May 26 Harding Lemay, American writer (head writer for soap "Another World"), dies at 96

Sydney Pollack (1934-2008)

May 26 American Academy and Emmy Award-winning director, producer (Tootsie; Out of Africa), and occasional actor, dies of cancer at 73

May 27 Franz Künstler, Last remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire World War I veteran (b. 1900)
May 28 Beryl Cook, British painter, dies at 81
May 28 David Mitton, Scottish-born director (b. 1938)
May 28 Dennis Moss, British jazz tenor saxophonist, dies at 80
May 28 Jerry Cole [Jerald Kolbrak], American session guitarist and arranger (Wrecking Crew), dies of a heart attack at 58
May 28 Robert Justman, American television producer (b. 1926)
May 29 Dianne Odell, American medical figure (b. 1947)
May 29 Harvey Korman, American actor (The Carol Burnett Show; Blazing Saddles; High Anxiety), dies at 81
May 30 Boris Shakhlin, Russian gymnast (Olympic gold, 1956, 1960, 1964; World Champion, 1958; European Champion, 1955), dies at 76
May 30 Lorenzo Odone, American medical figure (b. 1978)
Jun 1 Alton Kelley, American graphic artist, known for concert posters and album cover art (Grateful Dead -"Workingman's Dead"; Steve Miller Band - "Book of Dreams"), dies at 67
Jun 1 Tommy Lapid, Israeli journalist and politician (b. 1931)
Jun 1 Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer, dies at 71

Bo Diddley (1928-2008)

Jun 2 American rock `n' roll pioneer guitarist (Bo Diddley), dies of heart failure at 79

Jun 2 Mel Ferrer, American actor (Longest Day, Eaten Alive, 5th Floor), dies at 90
Jun 4 Bill Finegan, American pianist and big band arranger (Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey), composer and bandleader (Sauter-Finegan Orchestra), dies of pneumonia at 91
Jun 4 Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1952)
Jun 7 Bill Coday, American musician and singer ("You’re Gonna Want Me"), dies of a stroke at 66
Jun 7 Jim McKay, American sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports; American Sportscasters Association HOF), dies at 86
Jun 7 Mustafa Khalil, 40th Prime Minister of Egypt (1978-80), dies at 87
Jun 7 Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (b. 1953)
Jun 8 Peter Rohmkorf, German writer, dies at 78
Jun 8 Šaban Bajramović, Serbian Romani singer-songwriter, dies from a heart attack at 72
Jun 9 Algis Budrys, American writer (b. 1931)
Jun 10 Chinghiz Aitmatov, Soviet-Kyrgyz author and best-known figure in Kyrgyzstan's literature (Jamila), dies of pneumonia at 79
Jun 10 Dieuwke de Graaff-Nauta, Dutch politician (State Secretary for the Interior 1986-94), dies at 78
Jun 11 Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey defenseman (World C'ship gold 1976, 77; Olympic silver 1976; Philadelphia Flyers, TJ Motor České Budějovice), dies from throat cancer at 56
Jun 11 Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1938)
Jun 11 Võ Văn Kiệt, former prime minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
Jun 12 Derek Tapscott, Welsh footballer (b. 1932)
Jun 12 Pam Henning [Cornelia Catharina Pamela Ingenegeren], Indonesian-Dutch cabaret dancer and actress, dies at 90
Jun 13 Gertrude Fröhlich-Sandner, Austrian politician (Social Democratic Party of Austria), dies at 82

Tim Russert (1950-2008)

Jun 13 American television journalist and host of NBC's Meet the Press, dies at 58

Jun 14 Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (b. 1964)
Jun 14 Jamelão, Brazilian samba singer (b. 1913)
Jun 14 Rafael del Pino, Spanish entrepreneur, dies at 87
Jun 15 Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist, and film director (b. 1946)
Jun 16 Mario Rigoni Stern, Italian writer, World War II veteran and Nazi concentration camp survivor (b. 1921)
Jun 16 Tom Compernolle, Belgian athlete (b. 1975)
Jun 17 Cyd Charisse [Tula Finklea], American dancer and actress (Singin' in the Rain), dies at 86
Jun 17 Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
Jun 18 Jean Delannoy, French actor and director (b. 1908)
Jun 18 Miyuki Kanbe, Japanese actor (b. 1984)
Jun 18 Tasha Tudor, American illustrator and children's books author (Pumpkin Moonshine, Corgiville Fair), dies at 92
Jun 19 Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist (b. 1934)
Jun 19 Bennie Swain, American basketball player (b. 1930)
Jun 20 Antonio Bibalo, Italian-Norwegian pianist, contemporary classical and opera composer (The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder; Ghosts), dies at 86
Jun 21 Scott Kalitta, American drag racer (b. 1962)
Jun 22 Dody Goodman, American comedienne (Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - "Martha Shumway"; Max Duggan), dies at 93
Jun 22 George Carlin, American comedian, actor ("7 dirty words" routine), dies of cardiac failure at 71
Jun 22 Jane McGrath, British-Australian cancer support campaigner (wife of Australian Test cricketer Glenn McGrath), dies from cancer at 42
Jun 24 Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician (Ringel–Youngs theorem), dies at 88
Jun 24 Viktor Kuzkin, Soviet ice hockey player (Olympic gold 1964, 68, 72), dies at 67
Jun 25 Alla Kazanskaya, Russian stage and film actress (Burnt by the Sun), dies at 88
Jun 27 Leonard Pennario, American concert pianist (Rózsa's Piano Concerto with L.A. Philharmonic), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 83
Jun 27 Michael Turner, American comic book artist (b. 1971)
Jun 27 Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshal (b. 1914)
Jun 28 Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model, dies aged 20 after falling from the ninth-floor balcony of her Manhattan apartment under unexplained circumstances
Jun 29 Don S. Davis, American actor and artist (b. 1942)
Jul 1 John Pont, American college football coach (Miami, Yale, Northwestern, Indiana), dies at 80
Jul 1 Mel Galley, English guitarist (Whitesnake; Phenomena), dies of esophageal cancer at 60
Jul 2 Elizabeth Spriggs, English-Born Actress (b. 1929)
Jul 2 Natasha Shneider, Russian musician (Eleven), dies at 52
Jul 3 Clive Hornby, English soap actor (Emmerdale), dies of cancer at 63
Jul 3 Colin Cooper, British vocalist and harmonica player (Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't Get It Right"), dies of cancer at 69 [1]
Jul 3 Larry Harmon, American entertainer and TV producer (Bozo the Clown), dies at 83
Jul 3 Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler and composer, dies of leukemia at 52
Jul 4 Charles Wheeler, British journalist (b. 1923)
Jul 4 Evelyn Keyes, American actress (Gone With The Wind), dies at 91
Jul 4 Janwillem van de Wetering, Dutch author (Hugh Pine books; Murder By Remote Control), dies at 77 [1]
Jul 4 Jesse Helms, American politician (Senator -D/R-North Carolina, 1973-2003), dies at 86
Jul 4 Terrence Kiel, American Football Player (b. 1980)
Jul 4 Thomas M. Disch, American sci-fi author (Genocides, 102 H-Bombs), dies at 68
Jul 5 Hasan Doğan, 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation (b. 1956)
Jul 6 Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (b. 1937)
Jul 7 Bruce Conner, American artist (b. 1933)
Jul 7 Dorian Leigh, American supermodel and icon of the fashion industry, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 91
Jul 7 Hugh Mendl, British record label executive (Decca/Deram Records), dies at 88 [1]
Jul 8 Alex d'Arbeloff, Georgian-American entrepreneur who co-founded Teradyne, dies at 80 [1]
Jul 9 Séamus Brennan, Irish Fianna Fáil politician and Minister, dies of cancer at 60
Jul 10 Hiroaki Aoki, founder of Benihana (b. 1938)
Jul 10 Mike Souchak, American golfer (15 PGA Tour titles; Ryder Cup 1959, 61), dies of a heart attack at 81
Jul 11 Michael DeBakey, Lebanese-American cardiac surgeon and artificial heart pioneer, dies at 99
Jul 12 Bobby Murcer, American baseball outfielder (5-time MLB All Star), dies of brain cancer at 62
Jul 12 Tony Snow, former speechwriter for Presidents George H. W. Bush and press secretary for George W. Bush, dies of colon and liver cancer at 53
Jul 13 Bronisław Geremek, Polish social historian and politician (b. 1932)
Jul 14 Bryan Cowgill, British broadcasting executive (BBC, 1963-77; Thames Television, 1977-85), dies at 81
Jul 14 Henki Kolstad, Norwegian actor (b. 1915)
Jul 14 Hugh Lloyd, British actor (Hugh and I, Punch & Judy Man), dies at 85
Jul 15 Gyorgy Kolonics, Hungarian canoeist, Olympics medalist. (b. 1972)
Jul 16 Jo Stafford, American pop singer (The Pied Pipers - "I'll Never Smile Again"; Tommy Dorsey - "Let's Just Pretend"; solo - "You Belong to Me"), dies of heart failure at 90
Jul 17 Larry Haines [Hecht], American actor (The Odd Couple, Search for Tomorrow), dies at 89
Jul 18 Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (Hamoun), dies at 64
Jul 18 Tauno Marttinen, Finnish composer (Dalai Lama Concerto; Elegia), dies at 95
Jul 19 Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedienne, singer and actress, worlds longest acting career (1922-2008), dies at 101
Jul 19 Eddie Fuller, South African cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 22 wickets, BB 5/66; Western Province, Cumbria CCC), dies at 76
Jul 20 Artie Traum, American folk guitarist, songwriter, producer, and filmmaker, dies of ocular cancer at 65
Jul 21 Lord Stokes [Donald Stokes], English industrialist (British Leyland), dies at 94

Estelle Getty (1923-2008)

Jul 22 American actress (The Golden Girls, The Golden Palace), dies of Lewy body disease at 84

Jul 22 Joe Beck, American session and jazz guitarist (Don Sebesky; Gil Evans; Gato Barbieri; Esther Phillips), and bandleader, dies of lung cancer at 62
Jul 23 Kurt Furgler, Swiss politician, President of the Confederation (1977, 1981 and 1985), dies at 84
Jul 24 Norman Dello Joio [Nicodemo DeGioio], American classical composer (Choreography: Three Dances for Strings), dies at 95
Jul 24 Robert T. Herres, American air force officer (Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff), dies at 75
Jul 25 Hiram Bullock, American jazz, funk, and fusion guitarist (The World's Most Dangerous Band), dies of cancer at 52