Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Aug-08

Died on This Day (Aug-08)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Chi Chi Rodriguez Chi Chi Rodriguez Puerto Rican professional golfer Puerto Rican golfer 88 1
Sixto Rodriguez Sixto Rodriguez American musician American musician 81 2
Olivia Newton-John Olivia Newton-John British-Australian singer British-born Australian singer and actress 73 3
Bobby Bowden Bobby Bowden American football player and coach American college football coach 91 4
Adam Comrie Adam Comrie Canadian ice hockey defenceman Canadian ice hockey player 30 5
Jean-Pierre Mocky Jean-Pierre Mocky French film director and actor French film director 90 6
Nicholas Bett Nicholas Bett Nicholas Kiplagat Bett was a Kenyan track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres hurdles. Kenyan hurdler 28 7
Glen Campbell Glen Campbell American musician American singer 81 8
  Susan Sheridan British actress British actress and voice artist 68 10
  Patricia Neal Patricia Neal was an American actress of stage and screen. American stage and film actress 84 15
Barnett Rosenberg Barnett Rosenberg Barnett Rosenberg was an American chemist best known for the discovery of the anti-cancer drug cisplatin. American chemist 82 16
Bernie Mac Bernie Mac Bernard Jeffrey McCullough , better known by his stage name Bernie Mac, was an American comedian and actor. American comedian, actor and voice artist 50 17
Gene Mauch Gene Mauch Gene William Mauch was an American professional baseball player and manager, who played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers , Pittsburgh Pirates , Chicago Cubs , Boston Braves , St. American baseball player and manager 79 20
Douglas T. Jacobson Douglas T. Jacobson Major Douglas Thomas Jacobson was a United States Marine who earned the United States' highest military honor — the Medal of Honor — for his heroic actions on Iwo Jima during World War II. US Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient 74 25
Carol Hughes Carol Hughes Carol Hughes was an American actress. She is best remembered for her leading roles opposite Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, and for her role as Dale Arden in Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe . American actress 85 30
Louise Brooks Louise Brooks Mary Louise Brooks was an American film actress and dancer during the 1920s and 1930s. Actor/dancer 78 40
  Erzsébet Metzker Vass Erzsébet Vass was a Hungarian politician, who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary between 1963 and 1967. Hungarian politician 65 45
Nicolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky Nicolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky or Miaskovsky or Miaskowsky , was a Russian and Soviet composer. Russian and Soviet composer 69 75
Emil Škoda Emil Škoda Emil Ritter von Škoda was a Bohemian engineer and industrialist, founder of Škoda Works, the predecessor of today's Škoda Auto and Škoda Transportation. Czech businessman 60 125
Joaquín Riascos Joaquín Riascos Manuel Joaquín Riascos García was a Colombian General and politician who became acting President in rebellion of the United States of Colombia in 1867 for 45 days. Colombian politician 41 150