Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: May-08

Died on This Day (May-08)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Josaia Raisuqe Josaia Raisuqe Fijian rugby union player Fijian rugby union player 30 1
Pete McCloskey Pete McCloskey American politician Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 96 2
  Tinagaran Baskeran Malaysian association football player Malaysian footballer 32 3
Dennis Waterman Dennis Waterman English actor and singer English actor and singer 74 4
  Sanda Oumarou Cameroonian footballer Cameroonian footballer 38 5
Roy Horn Roy Horn German-American magician duo German-American magician and entertainer 75 6
  Jim Fowler American zoologist American zoologist 89 7
George Deukmejian George Deukmejian Governor of California from 1983 to 1991 Governor of California 89 8
  Gareth Gwenlan British television producer and director Welsh television producer and director 79 10
Lionel Rose Lionel Rose Lionel Edmund Rose MBE was an Australian former professional boxer who competed from 1964 to 1976. Australian boxer 62 15
  Andor Lilienthal Andor Arnoldovich Lilienthal was a Hungarian and Soviet chess player. Hungarian chess Grandmaster 99 16
  Garth Williams Garth Montgomery Williams was an American artist who came to prominence in the American postwar era as an illustrator of children's books. Book illustrator 84 30
Cedric Tallis Cedric Tallis Cedric Nelson Tallis was an American executive in Major League Baseball who served as the first general manager of the expansion Kansas City Royals and later played an important role in the New York Yankees' dynasty of the late 1970s. American baseball executive 76 35
Manny Shinwell Manny Shinwell Emanuel Shinwell, Baron Shinwell, CH, PC was a British politician who served as a government minister under Ramsay MacDonald and Clement Attlee. British politician 101 40
Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia Russian prince Son of Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich 84 45
Fred McLeod Fred McLeod Frederick Robertson McLeod was a Scottish-American professional golfer who had a distinguished career in the United States, which included victory in the 1908 U. Golfer 94 50
  Eugène Paquet Eugène Paquet, PC was a Canadian parliamentarian. Paquet was born in St-Agapit, Quebec, and prior to entering politics studied medicine and practised as a physician. Canadian politician 83 75
W. A. B. Coolidge W. A. B. Coolidge American historian, theologian and mountaineer American historian, theologian and mountaineer 75 100
G. H. MacDermott G. H. MacDermott Gilbert Hastings MacDermott was an English lion comique, who was one of the biggest stars of the Victorian English music hall. British singer 56 125
Christian Lassen Christian Lassen Christian Lassen was a Norwegian-born, German orientalist and Indologist. Norwegian historian 75 150