Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Nov-08

Died on This Day (Nov-08)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
June Spencer June Spencer June Rosalind Spencer CBE is an English actress best known for her role as Peggy Woolley in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers. English actress 105 1
  Matt Ulrich Matthew James Ulrich is a former American football offensive guard for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. American football player 41 2
Evelyn de Rothschild Evelyn de Rothschild Sir Evelyn Robert Adrian de Rothschild FKC was a British financier and a member of the Rothschild family. British financier 91 3
Desiet Kidane Desiet Kidane Desiet Kidane was an Eritrean professional racing cyclist, who rode for UCI Women's Continental Team WCC Team. Eritrean racing cyclist 21 4
Howie Meeker Howie Meeker Howard William Meeker CM was a Canadian professional hockey player in the National Hockey League, youth coach and educator in ice hockey, and a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament. Canadian ice hockey player 97 5
Thích Trí Quang Thích Trí Quang Thích Trí Quang was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk best known for his role in leading South Vietnam's Buddhist population during the Buddhist crisis in 1963, and in later Buddhist protests against subsequent South Vietnamese military regimes until the Buddhist Uprising of 1966 was crushed. Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk 6
Wallace Triplett Wallace Triplett Wallace Triplett was a professional American football player, the first African-American draftee to play for a National Football League team. American football player 92 7
Antonio Carluccio Antonio Carluccio Antonio Carluccio, OBE OMRI was an Italian chef, restaurateur and food expert, based in London. Italian chef 80 8
Emilio Eduardo Massera Emilio Eduardo Massera Emilio Eduardo Massera was an Argentine Naval military officer, and a leading participant in the Argentine coup d'état of 1976. Argentine military officer 85 15
Vitaly Ginzburg Vitaly Ginzburg Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg, ForMemRS was a Russian physicist who was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2003, together with Alexei Abrikosov and Anthony Leggett for their "pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids. Russian Physicist 93 16
James Byrne James Byrne James Byrne was an Irish farmer and fiddle playing icon from Donegal. Irish musician 62 17
John Arpin John Arpin John Francis Oscar Arpin was a Canadian composer, recording artist and entertainer, best known for his work as a virtuoso ragtime pianist. Canadian ragtime pianist 70 18
Robert Eugene Bush Robert Eugene Bush Robert Eugene Bush , at age 18, was the youngest member of the United States Navy in World War II to receive the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor. United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient 79 20
John Levitow John Levitow John Lee Levitow was a United States Air Force Loadmaster who received the Medal of Honor for exceptional heroism during wartime. United States Air Force Medal of Honor recipient 55 25
Veselin Petrović Veselin Petrović Veselin Petrovic was a Serbian cyclist. Serbian racing cyclist and cycle racing executive 66 30
Jacques Hnizdovsky Jacques Hnizdovsky Jacques Hnizdovsky , was a Ukrainian-American painter, printmaker, graphicdesigner, illustrator and sculptor. American artist 70 40
Claudio Bincaz Claudio Bincaz Claudio Bincaz was an Argentine sportsman who competed in sailing, association football and rugby union for the Club Atlético San Isidro during the decade of 1920. Sportsman 83 45
Esther Vilenska Esther Vilenska Esther Vilenska was a Lithuanian Jewish Israeli communist politician, journalist and author who served as a member of the Knesset for Maki between 1951 and 1959 and then again from 1961 to 1965. Israeli politician 57 50
Edwin M. Schaefer Edwin M. Schaefer Edwin Martin Schaefer was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. American politician 63 75
Domício da Gama Domício da Gama Domício da Gama was a Brazilian journalist, diplomat and writer. Brazilian journalist and diplomat 63 100