Deaths in 2008
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The following is a list of notable deaths in 2008. Names are listed by date of death, not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name.
Please note that there is long-standing consensus that deaths of notable animals, i.e. those with their own Wikipedia articles, are reported here.
A typical entry appears in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
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- Boris Efimov, 108, Russian political cartoonist. [1]
- Rob Guest, 58, British-born New Zealand actor and singer, stroke. [2]
- Detlef Lewe, 69, German canoeist and participant of 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. [3] (German)
- Baitullah Mehsud, 34, Pakistani Taliban militia leader, kidney failure (reports of death contested). [4]
[edit] September 2008
[edit] August 2008
[edit] July 2008
See Deaths in July 2008.
[edit] June 2008
See Deaths in June 2008.
[edit] May 2008
See Deaths in May 2008.
[edit] April 2008
See Deaths in April 2008.
[edit] March 2008
See Deaths in March 2008.
[edit] February 2008
[edit] January 2008
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- Hollywood legend Paul Newman dies of cancer age 83
- Silent film actress Anita Page dies at age 98
- Françoise Demulder, French war photographer, dies age 61
- Professional wrestler Walter "Killer" Kowalski dies at age 81
- Former head of comedy for the BBC, Geoffrey Perkins dies in a road accident age 55
- Phil Hill, first American to win the Formula One championship, dies at age 81
- Kevin Duckworth, former NBA All-star and Trail Blazer dies age 44
- Gladys Powers, last female veteran of World War I dies age 109
- US Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones dies at age 58
- President Levy Mwanawasa of Zambia dies at age 59 following stroke
- English language obituaries on the Web
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- UK
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- Specialized websites
For earlier deaths, see Deaths in 2007, Deaths in 2006, Deaths in 2005, Deaths in 2004, Deaths in 2003, Deaths in 2002, Deaths in 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, ...
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