Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In February - 08

1988  Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67 on February - 08.   

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

1990  Death of Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50 on February - 08.   

1991  Miran Bux, cricketer (2 Tests for Pakistan 1954-55), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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

1993  Casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies on February - 08.   

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  John Hartford Worlock, RC Bishop (Liverpool), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1997  Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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 February - 08 death of sid Abel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1918)   

2001  Death of Ivo Caprino, Norwegian animated film director (b. 1920) on this day in history.   

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

2004  Death of Julius Schwartz, American comic book and science fiction editor (b. 1915) on this day in history.   

2005  Death of Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925) on this day in history.   

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  On February - 08 death of chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (b. 1947)   

2009  On February - 08 death of marian Cozma, Romanian handball player (b. 1982)   

2010  On this day in history death of john Murtha, American politician (b. 1932)   

2017  On February - 08 death of viktor Chanov, Ukrainian footballer   

2017  Death of Peter Mansfield, British Nobel physicist on February - 08.   

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

2018  Death of Jarrod Bannister, Australian athlete on February - 08.   

2019  On February - 08 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 February - 08.   

2021  On February - 08 death of mary Wilson, American singer (b. 1944)   

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  On this day in history death of fritz Enskat , 84, German Olympic diver ( 1960 ).   

2023  On this day in history 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  Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1550) was born on February - 08.   

1552  Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet and soldier (d. 1630) was born on this day in history.   

1577  Robert Burton, writer, Anglican clergyman (Anatomy of Melancholy) was born on this day in history.   

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

1612  Samuel Butler, England, poet/satirist (Hudibras) (baptized) was born on this day in history.   

1649  Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728) was born on February - 08.