Famous People Who Died in 2008 (Part 3)

Deaths 401 - 600 of 681

• Jul 25 Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker, dies at 63
• Jul 25 Jeff Fehring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1955)
• Jul 25 Johnny Griffin III, American jazz saxophonist (A Blowin' Session), dies of a heart attack at 80

• Jul 25 Randy Pausch, American professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, known for his "Last Lecture" (b. 1960)
• Jul 25 Tracy Hall, American inventor (b. 1919)
• Jul 27 Horst Stein, German conductor (Hamburg State Opera, 1963-77), dies at 80
• Jul 27 Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican Businessman (b. 1923)
• Jul 27 Julius B. Richmond, 12th US Surgeon General (1977-81) created Head Start program, dies at 91
• Jul 27 Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director (b. 1926)
• Jul 28 Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (Studio El Fan), murdered in her apartment in Dubai at 30
• Jul 29 Eric Varley, British politician and cabinet minister, dies at 75
• Jul 29 Ishmeet Singh [Sodhi], Indian playback singer (Voice of India, 2007), drowns in a Maldives hotel swimming pool at 19
• Jul 30 Anne Armstrong U.S. ambassador to Britain and first female counsel to the President, dies at 80
• Aug 1 Ashok Mankad, Indian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 6 x 50; Bombay), dies at 61
• Aug 1 Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian politician (b. 1916)
• Aug 2 Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese cartoonist, dies of pneumonia at 72

• Aug 2 John F. Seiberling, American politician (Rep-D-OH, 1971-86), dies at 89

• Aug 3 Erik Darling, American folk musician (Rooftop Singers), dies at 74
• Aug 3 Skip Caray, American TV and radio broadcaster (b. 1939)
• Aug 5 Reg Lindsay, Australian country and western singer-songwriter ("Armstrong"; "Close The Door Lightly"), dies of pneumonia, at 79
• Aug 5 Robert Hazard [Rimato], American singer-songwriter ("Escalator Of Life"; "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"), dies after surgery at 59
• Aug 6 Jud Taylor, American actor (Dr. Kildare (TV series) - "Dr. Gerson"), and director (Tail Gunner Joe), dies at 76
• Aug 7 Andrea Pininfarina, Italian engineer (CEO of Pininfarina S.p.A.), dies in a road accident at 51
• Aug 7 Bernie Brillstein, American talent agent, manager and producer (The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd), dies of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 77
• Aug 8 Frank Cornish, American NFL center/guard, 1990-95 (San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, and 3 other teams), dies of heart disease at 40
• Aug 8 Joseph Gelineau, French Catholic Jesuit priest and composer, dies at 87
• Aug 8 Orville Moody, American golfer (US Open 1969), dies of multiple myeloma at 74
• Aug 9 Bernie Mac, American comedian and actor (The Bernie Mac Show, Ocean's Eleven), dies of cardiac arrest at 50
• Aug 9 Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian prominent poet and writer, dies at 66

• Aug 11 Don Helms, American steel guitarist (Hank Williams's Drifting Cowboys), dies at 81
• Aug 11 Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician (Chancellor of Austria, 1983-86; Vice-Chancellor, 1981-83; Minister of Education 1971-83), dies at 79
• Aug 11 George Furth, American actor and director (Tammy, Good Guys, Dumplings), dies at 75
• Aug 11 Günther Schifter, Austrian music journalist and radio host, dies at 84
• Aug 11 Sir William "Bill" Cotton, British television producer and executive (Noel Gay TV), dies at 80
• Aug 12 (June) "Christie" Allen, British-Australian pop singer (Goosebumps), dies of pancreatic cancer at 54
• Aug 12 Donald Erb, American composer known for large orchestral works, dies at 81
• Aug 13 Bill Gwatney, American political figure, assassinated at 48
• Aug 13 Dino Toso, Italian Dutch Formula-1 engineer, dies of cancer at 39
• Aug 13 Henri Cartan, French Mathematician, dies at 104
• Aug 13 Jack Weil, American oldest working CEO (Rockmount Ranch Wear), dies at 107
• Aug 13 Roy Prosser, Australian rugby union prop (25 caps; Northern Suburbs), dies at 66
• Aug 13 Sandy Allen, American second-tallest woman in the world at 7 feet 7 inches (231 cm), dies at 53
• Aug 14 Lita Roza, British singer ("How Much is That Doggie in the Window"), dies at 82
• Aug 15 James Orthwein, American businessman (owner of the New England Patriots), dies at 84
• Aug 15 Jerry Wexler, American music producer who coined the term "rhythm and blues" (Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan), dies from congestive heart failure at 91
• Aug 15 Leroy Sievers, American journalist (CBS News, Nightline), dies of cancer at 53
• Aug 15 Vic Toweel, South African boxer (undisputed world bantamweight champion), dies at 79
• Aug 16 Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer and songwriter, dies at 94 [1]
• Aug 16 Elena Leuṣtean, Romanian gymnast and Olympic medalist (b. 1935)
• Aug 16 Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, Filipina composer (Filiasiana), concert pianist, and educator (Bayanihan Dance Company), dies of pneumonia 89
• Aug 16 Ronnie Drew, Irish singer (The Dubliners), dies at 73
• Aug 17 Franco Sensi, Italian oil tycoon and president of A.S. Roma, dies at 82
• Aug 17 František Zvarík, Slovakian stage actor (Slovak National Theatre), dies at 87
• Aug 18 Pervis Jackson, American pop and R&B singer (The Spinners, 1954-2008 - "Games People Play"), dies of brain and liver cancer at 70
• Aug 19 Clea Bradford, American jazz singer, dies of breast cancer at 67
• Aug 19 LeRoi Moore, American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band - "Too Much"), dies from injuries sustained in a farm vehicle accident at 46
• Aug 19 Levy Mwanawasa, Zambian politician (3rd President of Zambia), dies at 59
• Aug 19 Marguerite Empey [Diane Webber], American model and Playboy playmate (May 1955, Feb 1956), dies at 76
• Aug 20 Gene Upshaw, American NFL guard (Oakland Radiers) and NFLPA leader, dies at 63

• Aug 20 Margaret Douglas, chief political adviser (BBC), dies at 73
• Aug 20 Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American politician (b. 1949)
• Aug 21 "Huckle" Jerry Finn, American sound engineer and record producer (Blink-182), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage and heart attack at 39
• Aug 21 Buddy Harman, American country music drummer (Grand Ole Opry, Elvis Presley), dies at 79
• Aug 22 Gladys Powers, Canadian World War I veteran (b. 1899)
• Aug 23 John Russell, British-born American art critic and author
• Aug 24 Tristram Ogilvie Cary, British-Australian composer, electronic music pioneer, and educator, dies at 82
• Aug 25 John Thoday, British geneticist, dies at 91
• Aug 25 Josef Tal, Israel composer (Israeli art music), dies at 97
• Aug 25 Kevin Duckworth, American basketball center (NBA All-Star 1989, 91; Portland Trail Blazers), dies of heart failure at 44
• Aug 25 Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1959)
• Aug 25 Pehr Henrik Nordgren, Finnish composer (The Whole World Will Lament; Kwaidan-balladit), dies at 64
• Aug 27 Mark Priestley, Australian actor (b. 1976)
• Aug 28 Phil Hill, American auto racer (F1 world champion 1961; 24 Hours of Le Mans 1958, 61, 62), dies at 81
• Aug 29 Geoffrey Perkins, British comedy producer (b. 1953)
• Aug 30 Tommy Bolt, American golfer (US Open 1958), dies at 92
• Aug 30 Walter "Killer" Kowalski, Canadian professional wrestler, dies at 81
• Aug 31 Ike Pappas, American news correspondent (CBS), dies at 75
• Aug 31 Jerry Reed, American country music singer ("When You're Hot, You're Hot") and actor (Bat 21; Smokey and the Bandit), dies of complications from emphysema at 71
• Sep 1 Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (b. 1940)
• Sep 2 Bill Meléndez, American character animator (b. 1916)
• Sep 2 Denis Rooke, British engineer and CEO (British Gas), dies at 84
• Sep 3 Donald Blakeslee, American aviator who led 4th Fighter Group during World War II, dies at 90
• Sep 3 Matthew Peaceman, American oboist, conductor, composer (Abyss/Scorched Earth), and teacher, dies of cancer at 56
• Sep 6 Anita Page, American silent screen actress (Our Dancing Daughters), dies at 98
• Sep 6 Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (b. 1917)
• Sep 7 Don Haskins, American College Basketball Hall of Fame coach (Texas El Paso 1961-99; NCAA Tournament 1966), dies at 78
• Sep 7 Ilarion Ciobanu, Romanian actor (Ultimul cartus), dies at 76
• Sep 7 Miljenko "Dino" Dvornik, Croatian singer known as "the Croatian King of Funk", dies of an overdose at 44
• Sep 7 Nagi Noda, Japanese pop artist and director, dies after surgery at 34
• Sep 7 Richard "Popcorn" Wylie, American R&B and soul pianist, bandleader, songwriter, and record producer, dies of congestive heart failure at 69
• Sep 8 Evan Tanner, American mixed martial arts fighter and UFC Champion, dies of heat exposure in the California desert at 37
• Sep 9 Warith Deen Muhammad, American Muslim leader and theologian (American Society of Muslims), dies at 74
• Sep 12 Bob Quinn, Australian Football Hall of Fame rover (All Australian captain 1947; SA captain 1945-47; Magarey Medal 1938, 45; Port Adelaide FC), dies at 93
• Sep 12 David Foster Wallace, American author and essayist (b. 1962)
• Sep 14 Domagoj Kapeć, Croatian hockeyplayer (b. 1989)
• Sep 14 Ştefan Iordache, Romanian actor (b. 1941)
• Sep 15 Richard Wright, British progressive rock keyboardist, arranger, composer, and occasional vocalist (Pink Floyd - "Time"; "Echoes"; "The Art Of Conversation"), dies of cancer at 65
• Sep 16 Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer for Motown ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"), dies at 68
• Sep 18 Humberto Solás, Cuban film director and writer (Lucia), dies at 66
• Sep 19 Alois Pinos, Czech composer, dies at 82
• Sep 19 David Jones, English director (Betrayal), dies at 74
• Sep 19 Earl Palmer, American session drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (The Wrecking Crew), dies at 83
• Sep 22 Connie Haines [Yvonne Jasme], American pop and big-band singer (Harry James; Abbott and Costello Show; Tommy Dorsey), dies of myasthenia gravis at 87 [1]
• Sep 22 Thomas Doerflein, German Zookeeper (b. 1963)
• Sep 23 Peter Leonard, Australian journalist and newsreader, dies of cancer at 66
• Sep 24 Bengt Anderberg, Swedish poet and writer (Kain), dies at 88
• Sep 24 Irene Dailey, American actress (Another World, Grissom Gang), dies of colon cancer at 88
• Sep 24 Mickey Vernon, American baseball first baseman (7 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1960; AL batting champion 1946, 53), dies at 90
• Sep 24 Vinko "Vice" Vukov, Croatian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963 & 1965), dies from head injury at 72
• Sep 25 (Gerrit Cornelis) "Kees" Otten, Dutch flautist and recorder player, dies at 83
• Sep 26 Marc Moulin, Belgian jazz and rock pianist (Placebo), and journalist, dies of throat cancer at 66

• Sep 27 Mahendra Kapoor, Indian playback singer, dies at 74
• Sep 28 Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete (400 metres)
• Sep 29 Hayden Carruth, American poet (The Crow and the Heart), dies at 87
• Sep 29 Relus ter Beek, Dutch Labour Party politician (House of Representatives, 1971-89; Minister of Defense, 1989-94; Queen's Commissioner of Drenthe, 1995-2008), dies of lung cancer at 64
• Sep 30 Christa Reinig, German poet and writer (Idleness is the Root of All Love, The Tightrope Walker), dies at 82
• Sep 30 Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Singaporean opposition leader and former Secretary-General of Singapore's Worker's Party, dies at 82
• Oct 1 House Peters Jr., American actor (King of the Rocket Man), dies at 92
• Oct 1 Nick Reynolds, American folk singer, tenor guitarist, and bongo player (The Kingston Trio, 1957-67 - "Tom Dooley"; "M.T.A."), dies from respiratory disease at 75
• Oct 2 Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress (b. 1968)
• Oct 2 Rob Guest, New Zealand entertainer (b. 1950)
• Oct 3 Aurel Stroe, Romanian composer, dies at 76
• Oct 3 Karam ud Din, Pakistani Navy officer (b. 1941)
• Oct 3 Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (9 Tests, 20 wickets; Punjab, Bahawalpur), dies at 81
• Oct 5 Ken Ogata [Akinobu Ogata], Japanese actor (Okinawan Boys, Taikōki), dies of liver cancer at 71
• Oct 6 Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean actor and model (b. 1985)
• Oct 6 Nadia Nerina [Nadine Judd], South African-British ballerina (Sadler's/Royal Ballet, 1949-68), dies at 80
• Oct 7 Leslie Hardman, Jewish Orthodox rabbi (b. 1913)
• Oct 7 Peter Copley, British actor (Victim, Kingdom of Heaven, King & Country), dies at 93
• Oct 8 Bob Friend, British newscaster (BBC, 1969-89; Sky News, 1989-2003), dies from a brain tumor at 70
• Oct 8 Eileen Herlie [Herlihy], Scottish-American actress (All My Children; The Angel with the Trumpet), dies of complications from pneumonia at 90
• Oct 8 George E. Palade, Romanian-American cell biologist (ribosomen, Nobel 1974), dies at 95
• Oct 8 Gidget Gein [Bradley Stewart], American hard rock bassist (Marilyn Manson), dies of a suspected drug overdose at 39
• Oct 9 Albert Hall, American hammer throw athlete, dies at 74
• Oct 10 Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (b. 1947)
• Oct 10 Sid Hudson, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1941, 42; Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox), dies at 93
• Oct 11 Jörg Haider, Austrian far-right politician (b. 1950)
• Oct 11 Neal Hefti, American jazz trumpeter, arranger (Woody Herman; Count Basie); bandleader (Kate Smith Show) and composer ("Li'l Darlin"; The Odd Couple; Batman theme), dies at 85
• Oct 12 Cliff Nobles American soul singer ("The Horse"), dies at 67
• Oct 12 Karl Chircop, Maltese politician (b. 1965)
• Oct 12 Marta Pan, Hungarian-French sculptor (Great spiral), dies at 85
• Oct 13 Alexei Cherepanov, Russian hockey player (b. 1989)
• Oct 13 Matthew J. Rinaldo, American politician (Rep-R-NJ, 1973-93), dies at 77
• Oct 14 Barrington J. Bayley, English sci-fi author (Collision Course), dies at 71
• Oct 14 Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, British peer and businessman, dies at 82
• Oct 14 Richard Cooey, American murderer and rapist (executed) (b. 1967)
• Oct 15 Chris Mims, American NFL defensive end, 1992-99 (San Diego Chargers; Washington Redskins), dies of cardiomegaly (enlarge heart) at 38
• Oct 15 Edie Adams [Edith Enke], American businesswoman, singer, actress and comedian (Murial Cigar), dies at 81
• Oct 15 Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish poet, dies at 94
• Oct 15 Jack Narz, American TV game show host (Dotto, Video Village), dies at 85
• Oct 15 Nathan Davis, American actor (Dunston Checks In, Holes, Code of Silence), dies from emphysema and pneumonia at 91
• Oct 15 Tom Tresh, American baseball utility (MLB All-Star 1962, 63; AL Rookie of Year & World Series 1962 NY Yankees), dies from a heart attack at 70
• Oct 17 Ben Weider, Canadian businessman and author (The Murder of Napoleon), dies at 85
• Oct 17 Levi Stubbs [Stubbles], American baritone singer (The Four Tops - "It's the Same Old Song"; "Standing In The Shadows of Love"), dies at 72
• Oct 18 (Deliah) "Dee Dee" Warwick, American soul singer, dies of complications from diabetes at 66
• Oct 19 Doreen Wilber, American archer (Olympic gold individual 1972), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 78
• Oct 19 Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic, dies at 86
• Oct 19 Rudy Ray Moore, American comedian and actor (Dolemite) (b. 1937)
• Oct 20 Gene Hickerson, American football Hall of Famer (b. 1935)
• Oct 20 Pierre Sancan, French composer (Sonatine for flute and piano; La Légende de Icare), pianist, conductor, and teacher (Conservatoire de Paris, 1956-85), dies at 92
• Oct 20 Sœur Emmanuelle, Belgian-French religious sister, dies at 99
• Oct 24 Ankie Peypers, Dutch author and poet, dies at 80
• Oct 24 Merl Saunders, American Hammond B-3 organ player and pianist (Jerry Garcia Band; Saunders/Garcia), and composer, dies at 74
• Oct 24 Moshe Cotel, American composer and pianist (b. 1943)
• Oct 25 Anne Pressly, American news anchor (b. 1982)
• Oct 26 Delmar Watson, American child actor (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Heidi, Annie Oakley), dies at 82
• Oct 26 Tony Hillerman, American writer Navajo Tribal Police), dies at 83
• Oct 27 Bernard W. Rogers, United States Army general who served as the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, dies at 87
• Oct 28 George Sopkin, American cellist (Fine Arts Quartet, 1941-79), and teacher, dies at 94
• Oct 29 Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (co-founder of Joffrey Ballet), dies from prostate cancer at 85
• Oct 29 Mike Baker, American heavy metal singer and bass player (Shadow Gallery), dies of a heart attack at 45
• Oct 30 Pedro Pompilio Argentinian businessman (b. 1950)
• Oct 31 Studs Terkel, American writer, historian and radio host (Stud's Place, Working), dies at 96
• Nov 1 Jacques Piccard, Swiss deep sea explorer (one of the first to explore the Mariana Trench), dies at 86
• Nov 1 Jimmy Carl Black [Inkanish], American rock drummer (Mothers Of Invention, 1965-69; Muffin Men, 1993-2008), dies of lung cancer at 70
• Nov 1 Nathaniel Mayer, American R&B singer ("Village of Love"; "Leave Me Alone"), dies after multiple strokes at 64
• Nov 1 Shakir Stewart, American record executive (Def Jam), dies of a self-inflicted gun wound at 34
• Nov 1 Yma Sumac [Chavarri], Peruvian-American 5 octave soprano and exotica singer (Omar Khayyam), dies at 85
• Nov 3 Alan Ford, American swimmer (world 100m freestyle record 55.4; Olympic silver 1948), dies of emphysema at 84
• Nov 3 Jean Fournet, French conductor (Rotterdam Philharmonic, 1968-73; Orchestre National de l’Île, 1973-82; Tokyo Metropolitan, 1983-86), dies at 95
• Nov 4 Juan Camilo Mouriño, Mexican politician (Secretary of the Interior, January-November, 2008), dies in a Mexico City plane crash at 37

• Nov 5 Michael Higgins, American actor (Angel Heart, 1918, Wanda, Black Stallion), dies of heart failure at 88
• Nov 5 Paul Greening, Royal Navy officer and master of Queen's household, dies at 80
• Nov 7 Hedley Howarth, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (30 Tests, 86 wickets; Auckland CA), dies of cancer at 64
• Nov 9 Preacher Roe, American baseball pitcher (5 × MLB All-Star Brooklyn Dodgers; NL strikeout leader 1945 Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 92
• Nov 10 Howard Reig, American radio and television announcer, dies at 87
• Nov 10 Miriam Makeba, South African singer and civil rights activist (Grammy for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording, 1965), dies of a heart attack at 76
• Nov 11 Herb Score, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1955, 56; Cleveland Indians) and announcer (Cleveland Indians 1964-97), dies at 75
• Nov 12 (John) "Mitch" Mitchell, British drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience), dies at 62
• Nov 12 Catherine Baker Knoll, American politician (30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 2003-08 - 1st female to hold the office), dies of cancer at 78
• Nov 12 Serge Nigg, French composer (Timor; Jérôme Bosch Symphony), and administrator (French Ministry of Culture, 1967-82), dies at 84
• Nov 14 Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Dutch foreign minister (KVP), dies at 87
• Nov 15 Glen Brand, American wrestler (Olympic gold middleweight 1948), dies at 85
• Nov 16 Ralph "Rusty" Gill, American singer (Polka Time), dies at 89
• Nov 16 Reg Varney, English actor (On the Buses), dies at 92

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