Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 08

1988  On this day in history allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67   

1989  Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1990  Death of Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50 on this day in history.   

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  Casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies on this day in history.   

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

1995  B G Hooghoudt, radiotelescope build (Dwingeloo/Westerbork), dies at 70 on February - 08.   

1996  On this day in history john Hartford Worlock, RC Bishop (Liverpool), dies at 76   

1997  On February - 08 roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57   

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

1999  On February - 08 death of iris Murdoch, Irish author (b. 1919)   

2000  Death of Sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918) on February - 08.   

2001  Death of Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b. 1920) on February - 08.   

2002  Death of Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b. 1930) on this day in history.   

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

2005  On this day in history death of jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925)   

2006  On this day in history death of elton Dean, English musician (Soft Machine) (b. 1945)   

2007  On this day in history anna Nicole Smith, Playboy playmate and tabloid fixture dies suddenly at 39   

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  On February - 08 death of john Murtha, American politician (b. 1932)   

2017  On this day in history death of viktor Chanov, Ukrainian footballer   

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

2017  On this day in history death of steve Sumner, English-born New Zealand footballer   

2018  On this day in history death of jarrod Bannister, Australian athlete   

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

2020  On February - 08 death of robert Conrad, American actor   

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

2021  On this day in history death of mary Wilson, American singer (b. 1944)   

2023  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 on February - 08.   

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  Death of Shirley Fulton , 71, American jurist, judge of the North Carolina Superior Court (1988–2002), gallbladder cancer on this day in history.   

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1191  Yaroslav II of Russia (d. 1246) was born on February - 08.   

1291  On February - 08 birth of afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57)   

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

1552  Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630) was born on February - 08.   

1577  On February - 08 birth of robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy)   

1586  On this day in history birth of jacob Praetorius, composer   

1612  On February - 08 birth of samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized)   

1649  On February - 08 birth of gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)