Famous Deaths on January 8

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• 482 Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies
• 1107 Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)
• 1198 Pope Celestine III [Giacinto Bobo], Italian pope and friend of Peter Abélard, reigned 1191-98, dies at about 91

• 1337 Giotto di Bondone, Italian Proto-Renaissance painter (Scrovegni Chapel), and Gothic architect (Florence Cathedral bell tower), dies at about 70 [birthdate uncertain]
• 1456 St. Laurence Justinian [Lorenzo Giustiniani], Italian catholic bishop and 1st Patriarch of Venice, dies at 74
• 1464 Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. 1385)
• 1557 Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth, dies at 34
• 1567 Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, dies at about 37
• 1570 Philibert de l'Orme, French royal architect (Château de Chenonceau), dies at about 55
• 1598 Johan Georg, Elector of Brandenburg (1571-91), dies at 72

• 1651 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, Italian composer, dies at 56
• 1666 Adriaen A. Bloemaert, Dutch landscape painter, buried at about 56
• 1696 Michael de Ronghe, composer, dies at 75
• 1707 John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648)
• 1711 Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral (battle at La Hougue), dies at 66
• 1713 Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer and violinist (Concerti Grossi), dies at 59
• 1775 John Baskerville, English printer and type designer (printer to the University of Cambridge), dies at 68
• 1789 Jack Broughton, English bare knuckle boxer (Champion of England 1736-50; published first boxing code), dies at 85
• 1790 John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, dies at 81
• 1794 Justus Möser, German statesman and writer, dies at 73
• 1796 Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, French revolutionary and President of the National Convention, dies at 46
• 1808 Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters, dies
• 1811 Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies
• 1811 Samuel Story, Dutch rear admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58
• 1815 Edward Pakenham, Engl general (Battle of New Orleans), dies in battle
• 1819 Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, dies at 55

• 1831 Franz Krommer, Czech composer, dies at 71
• 1842 Pierre Cambronne, French General during the wars of the Revolution and the Napoleonic Era, dies at 71
• 1854 William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician, dies at 85
• 1855 Diponegoro, Javanese prince who opposed Dutch colonial rule and Indonesian national hero, dies at 69
• 1858 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, dies at 48
• 1859 Antoine Schayes, Belgian historian and archaeologist, dies at 50
• 1864 Victor Dourlen, French composer, dies at 83
• 1865 Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general and statesman, dies at 85
• 1874 Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian, dies at 59
• 1879 Baldomero Espartero, Spanish general, statesman and Regent of Spain for Isabella II (1840-43), dies at 85

• 1891 Fredrik Pacius, German-Finnish composer (Finnish and Estonian national anthems), conductor, and music educator, known as "the Father of Finnish music", dies at 81
• 1892 Johannes Heykamp, Dutch Old-Catholic archbishop of Utrecht (The Decalaryion of Utrecht), dies at 67
• 1894 Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Belgian paleontologist (life cycle of tapeworms), dies at 84
• 1896 Paul Verlaine, French lyric poet (Sagesse; Clair de lune; Hombres), dies at 51
• 1896 William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
• 1900 Billy Bates, English cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 5 x 50, 50 wickets, BB 7/28, hat-trick 1883; Yorkshire CCC), dies from pneumonia at 44
• 1901 John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, dies during the Second Boer War at 27
• 1907 Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, dies at 57
• 1914 Simon Bolivar Buckner, American soldier, Confederate lieutenant general and 30th governor of Kentucky (1887-91), dies of uremic poisoning at 90
• 1916 Ada Rehan, Irish-American stage actress and comedian (Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre), dies from arteriosclerosis and cancer at 58
• 1916 Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1918 Ellis H. Roberts, American Treasurer of the United States (1897-1905) and politician (Rep-R-New York), dies at 90
• 1919 Jim O'Rourke, American Baseball HOF left fielder (NL HR leader 1880 Boston Red Caps; NY Giants) and manager (Buffalo Bisons 1881-84, Washington Sens 1893), dies at 68
• 1919 Peter Altenberg, writer, dies at 59
• 1921 Luis Villalba Muñoz, Spanish organist, sacred music composer, Augustinian priest, and musicologist, dies at 48
• 1922 Charles R Young, colonel, dies at 58, in Lagos Nigeria
• 1926 Emile Paladilhe, composer, dies at 81
• 1928 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, Romanian composer known for sacred choral works, and ethnomusicologist, dies at 61
• 1932 Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic (model of holiness in the daily life of a Catholic family), dies at 65
• 1934 Alexandre Stavisky, French swindler, dies
• 1934 Andrei Bely [Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev], Russian writer (Petersburg), dies at 53
• 1937 Felix Körling, Swedish sacred and children's music composer, dies at 72
• 1938 Christian Rohlfs, German painter and artist, dies at 88
• 1938 Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880)

• 1942 Arvo Hannikainen, Finnish violinist and composer, dies at 44
• 1942 Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American religious publisher (b. 1869)
• 1943 Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby league five eighth (RL pioneer; Hunslet 713 games), dies at 71
• 1943 Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (The Last Enemy), dies in a crash during a night training at 23
• 1944 William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)
• 1945 Jac[obus] P. Thijsse, Dutch biologist and educator (Omgang met planten), dies at 79
• 1945 Karl Krafft, Swiss astrologer who was manipulated by the Nazi regime, dies of typhus fever enroute to Buchenwald concentration camp at 44

• 1947 Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general during the Second Polish Republic, dies at 61
• 1948 John Lomax, American folk song collector and ethnomusicologist (American Folklore Society), and educator, dies of a stroke at 83
• 1948 Kurt Schwitters, German-British dada-artist and poet (collages), dies at 60
• 1948 Richard Tauber [Denemy], Austrian-British operatic tenor and film actor, dies of lung cancer at 56
• 1950 George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies
• 1950 Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66
• 1950 Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies
• 1951 Samuel D. Riddle, American thoroughbred owner (Man 'o War, War Admiral), dies at 89
• 1952 Antonia Maury, American astronomer (created own stellar classification, one of the Harvard Observatory human computers), dies at 85
• 1952 Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 66
• 1953 Admiral Sir Hugh Binney, British naval commander and Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)
• 1953 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, German composer, dies at 78
• 1956 Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary, dies at 28
• 1958 Mary Colter, American architect and designer (Fred Harvey Company, Santa Fe Railroad), dies at 88
• 1958 Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (Olympic gold 1904, 06), dies at 74
• 1961 Lynwood Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe, American baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 50
• 1963 Kay [Katherine Linn] Sage, American artist and poet commits suicide aged 64
• 1963 Stark Young, American writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81
• 1964 Arnoldus JC Krafft, Dutch theologist, historian, and geographer (Atlas of Netherlands Antilles), dies at 71
• 1964 Julius Raab, Austrian politician (Chancellor 1953-61), dies at 72
• 1964 Martin Stixrud, Norwegian figure skater and coach (Olympic bronze 1920, coached Sonja Henie), dies at 87
• 1965 Albert Asher, New Zealand dual-code rugby union and rugby league winger (RU 11 caps; RL Australasia 2 Tests, NZ 1), dies at 85
• 1965 Aloÿs-Henri-Gérard Fornerod, Swiss composer, dies at 74
• 1967 Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (Ashes and Diamonds), dies at 39
• 1969 Albert Hill, English athlete (Olympic gold 800m, 1500m 1920), dies at 79
• 1970 Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891)
• 1971 Adriano Lualdi, Italian composer (Il diavolo nel campanile), and conductor, dies at 85

• 1972 Wesley Ruggles, American actor, producer and director (I'm No Angel, Arizona, Too Many Husbands), dies at 82
• 1975 Anthony Warde, American actor (Dangers of the Canadian Mounted, Buck Rogers, Black Widow), dies at 66
• 1975 John Dierkes, American actor (Shane, Daughter of Dr Jekyll, Hanging Tree), dies from emphysema at 69
• 1975 John Gregson, British actor (Gideon CID, The Longest Day, Shirley's World), dies from a heart attack at 55
• 1975 Louis de Bourbon, Dutch poet (Gypsy Blood), dies at 66
• 1975 Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker], American tenor (La Gioconda), dies at 61
• 1976 Herman van der Horst, Dutch cinematographer (Faja Lobbi), dies at 75
• 1976 Robert Forgan, British fascist (b. 1891)

• 1978 Walter Keirnan, American TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75
• 1979 Sara Carter, American country musician, songwriter and vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 81
• 1980 John Mauchly, American physicist who with J. Presper Eckert, designed the first general purpose electronic digital computer (ENIAC), dies at 72
• 1980 Oscar Ewing, US government official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
• 1981 Matthew Beard, American actor (Our Gang shorts - "Stymie"). dies of pneumonia after a stroke and fall, at 56
• 1981 Woody Chamblis, American actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), dies at 66
• 1982 Grégoire Aslan, American actor (The Return of the Pink Panther, King of Kings), dies of a heart attack at 73
• 1982 Reta Shaw, American actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir, Mary Poppins, Picnic), dies of emphysema at 69
• 1983 Gale Page [Sally Rutter], American actress (Four Daughters, Knute Rockne, All-American), and countess-by-marriage, dies of lung cancer at 72
• 1983 Ron Frazer, Australian character actor and screenwriter (The Mavis Bramston Show), dies at 54
• 1983 Tom McCall, American journalist and politician (Governor of Oregon (R), 1967-75), dies of prostate cancer at 69
• 1986 Mansel Treharne Thomas, Welsh composer, dies at 76
• 1986 Pierre Fournier, French cellist, and teacher (Paris Conservatoire, 1937-49), dies at 79
• 1986 Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84
• 1987 Manuel Blancafort, Spanish-Catalan pianist and composer, dies at 89
• 1987 Nana Joshi, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (12 tests, 27 dismissals, 1 x 50; Maharashtra CC), dies at 60
• 1987 Peter Adams [James H Adams II], American actor (Zorro, Kraft Mystery Theater, Alternative), dies of cancer at 69
• 1988 Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76
• 1989 Johnny Jordaan [Johannes van Musscher], Dutch pop and levenslied singer, dies at 64
• 1989 Kenneth McMillan, American actor (Malone, Concrete Beat), dies of liver disease at 56
• 1990 Terry-Thomas [Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens], English comedian and actor (I'm All Right Jack, Private's Progress), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78
• 1991 Steve Clark, English rock guitarist (Def Leppard), dies at 30
• 1992 Abderrahim Bouabid, Moroccan politician (Socialist Union of Popular Forces) and an opponent of French Imperialism and King Hassan II, dies at 69
• 1992 Johnny Meijer, Dutch accordionist known as the King of Accordions (Body & Soul), dies at 79
• 1993 Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies
• 1993 Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
• 1993 Theo Bruins, Dutch concert pianist and composer (Sei Studi; Syncope), dies at 63
• 1994 Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40
• 1994 Harvey Haddix, American baseball pitcher (12 perfect inning game), dies at 68
• 1994 Jay Blackton, American conductor and arranger (Guys & Dolls; Oklahoma!), dies at 84
• 1994 Lady Caithness, wife of British undersecretary, commits suicide
• 1994 Pat Buttram, American actor (Mr Haney-Green Acres), dies of kidney failure at 78
• 1994 Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, dies at 99
• 1995 Carlos Monzón, Argentine boxer (Undisputed world middleweight champion 1970-74, 76-77), dies in a car accident at 52
• 1995 Joyce McCartan, Irish peace campaigner, dies at 68
• 1996 (William) Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, dies at 52

• 1996 Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic, dies at 88
• 1996 Ian Dawson-Shepherd, British disabilities campaigner (cerebrally palsied people), dies at 80
• 1996 Kurt Schmucker, member (Union of Christian Democrats), dies
• 1997 Carole Carr [Carless], British singer and actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies of cancer at 68
• 1997 George Handy [Hendleman], American bebop jazz arranger, pianist and composer Handyland, U.S.A.), dies at 76
• 1997 Jesse White [Weidenfeld], American character actor (Bedtime for Bonzo; Harvey; Maytag repairman, 1967-88), dies of a heart attack at 80

• 1997 Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor, dies at 90
• 1998 Michael Tippett, British conductor and composer (Child of Our Time), dies shortly after suffering a stroke at 93
• 1998 Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), dies of heart failure at 93
• 2000 Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrianist (b. 1918)
• 2002 Alexander Prochorow, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. 1916)
• 2002 Dave Thomas, American businessman who founded Wendy's Restaurants, dies at 69
• 2003 Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick, Irish peer and public servant, dies at 72
• 2003 Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor, dies at 77
• 2004 John A. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (b. 1930)
• 2005 Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster, dies at 52
• 2005 Michel Thomas, Polish linguist (b. 1914)
• 2005 Warren Spears, American choreographer and dancer
• 2006 Otis Clay, American gospel, soul, and R&B-singer ("That's How It Is (When You're In Love)"), dies at 73
• 2006 Tony Banks, British politician (Labour), dies after a stroke at 63
• 2007 Arthur Cockfield 'The Father of the Single Market, British politician '(European Commissioner), dies at 90
• 2007 David Ervine, Northern Irish politician (b. 1953)
• 2007 Iwao Takamoto, American animator (b. 1925)
• 2007 Jane Bolin, first African American female judge, dies at 98
• 2007 Ken Cranston, English cricket all-rounder (8 Tests, 18 wickets, BB 4/12; Lancashire CCC), dies at 89
• 2007 Yvonne De Carlo [Middleton], Canadian-American actress (10 Commandments; The Munsters-Lily), dies of heart failure at 84
• 2008 Clyde Otis, American songwriter and music producer (b. c. 1924)
• 2008 George Moore, Australian jockey (Epsom Derby 1967, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1959, Prix du Jockey Club 1960, Irish 1000 Guineas 1959, 5 x Doomben 10,000, 3 x Sydney Cup), dies at 84
• 2009 Don Galloway, American actor (Arrest & Trial, Ironside), dies at 71
• 2009 Richard John Neuhaus, Canadian-American Christian writer and editor (b. 1936)
• 2010 Monica Maughan, Australian actor (b. 1933)
• 2010 Tony Halme, Finnish boxer and politician (b. 1963)
• 2011 Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia), dies at 79
• 2011 John Roll, United States Federal Judge (b.1947)
• 2011 Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1924)
• 2011 Vang Pao, charismatic Laotian general who commanded a secret army of his mountain people in a long, losing campaign against Communist insurgents, dies at 81
• 2012 Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian born pianist (Levintritt Prize, 1948), and composer, dies at 82
• 2013 Jeanne Manford, American gay rights activist, dies at 92
• 2013 Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian Inuit artist, dies from lung cancer at 85
• 2014 Ben Garrido Blaz, American politician (Rep-R-Guam, 1985-93), dies at 85
• 2015 Andraé Crouch, American Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, songwriter (The Color Purple; The Lion King), and pastor, dies following a heart attack at 72
• 2015 Curtis Lee, American doo wop singer (Pretty Little Angel Eyes), dies at 75
• 2015 Richard Meade, British equestrian (3 x Olympic gold eventing 1968, 72; World C'ship gold team 1970, 82), dies from cancer at 76
• 2015 Virginia "Patsy" Garrett, American singer and actress (Nanny & the Professor, Fred Waring's Pleasure Time), dies at 93
• 2016 Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing car driver (first woman to complete in Formula One), dies at 89
• 2017 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 4th President of Iran (1989-97) and de facto commander-in-chief of the Iranian military during the Iran-Iraq War, dies of a heart attack at 82
• 2017 Buddy Bregman, American orchestra leader and arranger (Eddie Fisher Show; Ella Fitzgerald's Cole Porter Songbook), dies of Alzheimer's disease complications at 86 [1]
• 2017 Peter Sarstedt, British pop-folk singer-songwriter and guitarist ("Where Do You Go To (My Lovely?"; "I Am A Cathedral"), dies at 75
• 2017 Roy Innis, American activist, leader of the Congress of Racial Equality, dies at 82
• 2018 Denise LaSalle [Ora Denise Allen], American blues and R&B singer recognized as the "Queen of the Blues" ("Trapped by a Thing Called Love"), dies from complications from surgery at 83
• 2018 Donnelly Rhodes, Canadian actor (Da Vinci's Inquest, Danger Bay), dies of cancer at 80
• 2019 Patricia McBride Lousada, American ballerina (Ballet Society/New York City Ballet, 1946-51), and cookbook author (Pasta Italian Style), dies at 89

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