Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 08

1988  Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1989  On February - 08 maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81   

1990  On this day in history death of del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50   

1991  Miran Bux, cricketer (2 Tests for Pakistan 1954-55), dies at 47 on February - 08.   

1992  Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93 on February - 08.   

1993  On February - 08 casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies   

1994  On February - 08 jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70   

1995  On February - 08 b G Hooghoudt, radiotelescope build (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at 70   

1996  On February - 08 john Hartford Worlock, RC Bishop (Liverpool), dies at 76   

1997  Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57 on February - 08.   

1998  On February - 08 william Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78   

1999  On this day in history death of iris Murdoch, Irish author (b. 1919)   

2000  On this day in history death of sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918)   

2001  On this day in history death of ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b. 1920)   

2002  On this day in history death of joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930)   

2004  On February - 08 death of julius Schwartz, American comic book and science fiction editor (b. 1915)   

2005  On February - 08 death of jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925)   

2006  Death of Elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945) on February - 08.   

2007  Anna Nicole Smith, Playboy playmate and tabloid fixture dies suddenly at 39 on this day in history.   

2008  Death of Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (b. 1947) on this day in history.   

2009  Death of Marian Cozma, Romanian handball player (b. 1982) on February - 08.   

2010  Death of John Murtha, American politician (b. 1932) on this day in history.   

2017  Death of Viktor Chanov, Ukrainian footballer on February - 08.   

2017  Death of Peter Mansfield, British Nobel physicist on this day in history.   

2017  Death of Steve Sumner, English-born New Zealand footballer on February - 08.   

2018  Death of Jarrod Bannister, Australian athlete on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history death of walter Munk, Austrian-American oceanographer   

2020  Death of Robert Conrad, American actor on February - 08.   

2021  Death of Jean-Claude Carrière, French novelist and screenwriter (b. 1931) on this day in history.   

2021  Death of Mary Wilson, American singer (b. 1944) on this day in history.   

2023  On February - 08 death of burt Bacharach , 94, American Hall of Fame composer (" Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head ", " Walk On By ", " Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) "), six-time Grammy winner.   

2023  Death of Fritz Enskat , 84, German Olympic diver ( 1960 ) on this day in history.   

2023  On February - 08 death of elena Fanchini , 37, Italian Olympic alpine ski racer ( 2006 , 2010 , 2014 ), cancer.   

2023  On this day in history death of shirley Fulton , 71, American jurist, judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1988–2002), gallbladder cancer.   

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1191  On this day in history birth of yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246)   

1291  Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57) was born on February - 08.   

1487  On February - 08 birth of ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550)   

1552  On this day in history birth of agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630)   

1577  Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy) was born on February - 08.   

1586  On February - 08 birth of jacob Praetorius, composer   

1612  Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized) was born on February - 08.   

1649  On this day in history birth of gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)