Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Oct-08

Died on This Day (Oct-08)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Luis Tiant Luis Tiant Luis Clemente Tiant Vega is a Cuban former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher. Cuban baseball pitcher 83 1
Maude Jacques Maude Jacques Maude Jacques is a Canadian 2.5 point Paralympic wheelchair basketball player who won a gold medal at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Toronto. Canadian paralympic basketball player 31 2
Peter Tobin Peter Tobin Scottish serial killer Scottish serial killer 76 3
Anton Polyakov Anton Polyakov People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 9th convocation Ukrainian politician 33 4
Whitey Ford Whitey Ford American baseball player American baseball pitcher 91 5
Francis S. Currey Francis S. Currey United States Army Medal of Honor recipient US Medal of Honor recipient 94 6
George Taliaferro George Taliaferro American football player American footballer 91 7
Grady Tate Grady Tate American jazz musician American drummer 85 8
  Maximiliano Giusti Maximiliano Jorge Giusti was an Argentine football centre forward. Argentine football centre forward 25 9
  Hugh Scully British television presenter British television presenter 72 10
Karl Prantl Karl Prantl Karl Prantl was an Austrian sculptor. Sculptor 86 15
  Gidget Gein Bradley Mark Stewart , known by his stage name Gidget Gein, was an American musician and artist. American musician 39 17
Zdzisław Peszkowski Zdzisław Peszkowski Polish Army officer, Roman Catholic priest Polish Roman Catholic priest 89 18
Pavol Hnilica Pavol Hnilica Slovak roman catholic bishop Catholic bishop 85 19
Anatoly Shapiro Anatoly Shapiro Anatoliy Pavlovych Shapiro , was a Ukrainian-born Jewish soldier of the Army of the Soviet Union, who led the first elements of the advancing army into the Nazi-developed Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, during the latter stages of World War II. Ukrainian soldier 92 20
Erich Brost Erich Brost Erich Brost was a German journalist and publisher. German journalist and publisher 91 30
William H. Harrison William H. Harrison American politician Wyoming politician 94 35
John Wesley Snyder John Wesley Snyder John Wesley Snyder was an American businessman and senior federal government official. United States Secretary of the Treasury 90 40
William Trufant Foster William Trufant Foster American economist American economist 71 75
Ignazio Porro Ignazio Porro Ignazio Porro was an Italian inventor of optical instruments. Italian inventor 73 150