Famous Deaths In January - 08

1963  Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1964  Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71 on January - 08.   

1965  On January - 08 aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, dies at 74   

1967  On January - 08 zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39   

1969  Death of Albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889) on this day in history.   

1970  Death of Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891) on January - 08.   

1971  On January - 08 adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85   

1972  On January - 08 kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60   

1975  Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66 on January - 08.   

1976  Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), dies of cancer in Beijing at 78 on January - 08.   

1978  Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), dies at 75 on January - 08.   

1980  Oscar Ewing, US govt official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90 on January - 08.   

1981  Matthew Beard, entertainer, dies on January - 08.   

1982  On this day in history gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack   

1983  Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72 on this day in history.   

1986  Yaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984), dies at 84 on January - 08.   

1987  On January - 08 p G Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), dies   

1988  On January - 08 frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), dies at 76   

1989  On this day in history johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64   

1990  Terry Thomas, Engl comic (Heroes), dies of Parkinson's disease at 78 on January - 08.   

1991  On this day in history steve Clark, guitarist (Def Leppard-Hysteria), dies at 30   

1992  Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972), dies on January - 08.   

1993  Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general, dies on this day in history.   

1994  Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), dies of cancer at 40 on this day in history.   

1995  Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Arg medium weight boxing champ (1970-77), dies at 52 on January - 08.   

1996  Francois Mitterrand, Pres of France (1981-95), dies of cancer at 79 on January - 08.   

1997  Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), dies at 68 on January - 08.   

1998  Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) dies at 93 on January - 08.   

2000  On this day in history death of fritz Thiedemann, German equestrianist (b. 1918)   

2002  Death of Alexander Prochorow, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. 1916) on January - 08.   

2003  On January - 08 death of ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor (b. 1925)   

2004  On January - 08 death of john A. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (b. 1930)   

2005  Death of Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (b. 1952) on January - 08.   

2006  Death of Tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943) on January - 08.   

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1081  On this day in history birth of henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)   

1556  On January - 08 birth of uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)   

1583  On January - 08 birth of simon Episcopius, Dutch bishop/theologist   

1587  Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer (discovered sunspots) was born on January - 08.   

1589  Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka) was born on January - 08.   

1601  Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658) was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history birth of francois de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxemburg, French soldier   

1632  Samuel, Freiherr von Pufendorf, German jurist was born on this day in history.