Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Feb-08

Died on This Day (Feb-08)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Twomad Twomad Canadian YouTuber 23 1
  Igor Mangushev Russian nationalist and mercenary 36 2
  Oshadie Kuruppu Oshadie Poornima Kuruppu was a Sri Lankan badminton player. Sri Lankan badminton player 27 3
  Maaher At-Thuwailibi Maaher At-Thuwailibi was an Indonesian Islamic preacher based in Bogor. Indonesian Islamic preacher 28 4
Robert Conrad Robert Conrad Robert Conrad was an American film and television actor, singer, and stuntman. American actor 84 5
Walter Munk Walter Munk Walter Heinrich Munk was an American physical oceanographer. American oceanographer 101 6
  Ebony Reigns Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng , known by her stage name Ebony Reigns, was a Ghanaian dancehall/Afrobeats artist known for her hit songs "Poison" and "Kupe". Ghanaian singer 20 7
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson Tara Palmer-Tomkinson Tara Claire Palmer-Tomkinson , also known as T P-T, was an English socialite and television personality. English socialite 45 8
Margaret Forster Margaret Forster Margaret Forster was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, historian and critic, best known for the 1965 novel Georgy Girl, made into a successful film of the same name, which inspired a hit song by The Seekers. English novelist, biographer and historian 77 9
John Murtha John Murtha John Patrick Murtha Jr. was an American politician from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. US Representative 77 15
Jimmy Smith Jimmy Smith James Oscar Smith was an American jazz musician whose albums often appeared on Billboard magazine charts. Jazz musician 79 20
Sid Abel Sid Abel Sidney Gerald Abel was a Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player, coach and general manager in the National Hockey League, most notably for the Detroit Red Wings, and was a member of three Stanley Cup-winning teams in 1943, 1950, and 1952. Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player, coach 81 25
Kalpana Datta Kalpana Datta Kalpana Datta , also Kalpana Joshi, was an Indian independence movement activist and a member of the armed independence movement led by Surya Sen, which carried out the Chittagong armoury raid in 1930. Indian revolutionary 81 30
Del Shannon Del Shannon Charles Weedon Westover , better known by his stage name Del Shannon, was an American musician, singer and songwriter, best known for his 1961 number-one Billboard hit "Runaway". Singer-songwriter 55 35
François Leduc François Leduc François-Joseph Leduc was a Canadian politician. He was a Member of the provincial legislature and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec. Canadian politician 89 40
Robert Robinson Robert Robinson Sir Robert Robinson OM PRS FRSE was a British organic chemist and Nobel laureate recognised in 1947 for his research on plant dyestuffs and alkaloids. British organic chemist[ 88 50
Aleksandrs Čaks Aleksandrs Čaks Aleksandrs Caks , was a Latvian poet and writer. Caks is arguably the first Latvian writer whose works are distinctly urban, compared to the usual depictions of country life or small villages in earlier Latvian literature. Latvian writer 48 75
Arthur Heffter Arthur Heffter Arthur Carl Wilhelm Heffter was a German pharmacologist and chemist. German phamacologist 65 100
Ludwig Meyer Ludwig Meyer Ludwig Meyer was a German psychiatrist born in Bielefeld. German psychiatrist 72 125
Peter the Great Peter the Great Peter I , most commonly known as Peter the Great, was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from 7 May [O. Emperor of Russia 52 300