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August 8th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on August 8th

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2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2010
  • Patricia Neal

    American actress, who became a Broadway star in her Broadway debut in 1945. She had many small roles in the 1950s, but was awarded the Oscar for "Hud" in 1963. She won her second Oscar in 1968 for "The Subject Was Roses."

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

20092008200720052004

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

199819971996
  • At 89, the inventor of the Jet engine dies.

  • English physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905).

  • Left-handed French jazz guitarist.

  • American writer. He was often considered a second-class writer. However, Huncke was an important figure in the Beat Generation. His moniker best describes the generation of writers as well as artists.

  • Writer dies at 91

19951994199319921991

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1988
  • Alan Napier

    American actor, Alfred the Butler on Batman, at 85 years old (born 1903).

  • Quebec singer and songwriter (Born in 1914).

  • Mexican actor (Born in 1923)

19871985
  • Louise Brooks

    American actress, dancer, and film historian (d. 1985).

1984
  • American supporting actor. In 1952, he arrived in Hollywood with $48. He quickly became a master of deadpan and a pompous glare. He was most well-known for his role as Mel Cooley in "The Dick Van Dyke Show", where he appeared in over 100 films.

  • American illustrator and author (d. 1984).

19821980

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

19791977
  • The 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology was shared by Sir Charles Sherrington, an English electrophysiologist. They were awarded for their work on neuron function. He proved the all-or nothing law of nerves with experimental evidence.

1976
  • Fidel Castro was killed by the US Central Intelligence Agency.

197519741973
  • American homicide. A mass murderer from the 1970s, whose horrifying case made waves in the public eye. His victims were young Houston teenagers who visited his candy factory. He claimed that his military service 1964-1965 had made him homosexual and began to rape, kill and torture teenage boys in 1970. Corll hosted glue-sniffing parties prior to the murders because of …

  • General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (Born in 1903)

  • Author and playwright of the Swedish history, journalist and author (d. 1973).

19721971

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

196919661965
  • American Gothic novelist, also known as "Virginia Werewolf" of sA(c),ance fiction. She was a prolific and well-organized writer who kept her typewriter going day after night. In addition to her haunting fictions she also wrote funny domestic works and contributed articles to "Woman's Home Companion", "The Saturday Evening Post" in 1950s. Jackson's chilling thrillers won a huge following. She was …

  • US Author (Road Through the Wall), Dies at 45

196319611960

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

19541950

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

194719441940
  • American clarinet player and Saxophonist (d. 40).

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

19341933
  • Austrian architect and theoretician Villa MA 1/4 ller was designed (d. 33).

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

19281921
  • Fins journalist/writer (Panu Tuomio), reaches death age 59

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

19181911

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on August 8th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1909
  • An Australian saint and nun co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (d. 1909)

19081902
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