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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2008.
August 2008
31
- Jean-Marie Berckmans, 54, Belgian writer, lung disease. (Dutch)
- Ken Campbell, 66, British actor.
- Jamie Dolan, 39, British footballer (Motherwell F.C.), heart attack.
- Edwin O. Guthman, 89, American Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, amyloidosis.
- Ike Pappas, 75, American CBS journalist, broadcast murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, heart failure.
- Jerry Reed, 71, American country music singer and actor, complications from emphysema.
- Magomed Yevloyev, 37, Ingush journalist and owner of the opposition news website Ingushetiya.ru , shot.
30
- Krishna Kumar Birla, 89, Indian industrialist and politician, after brief illness.
- Tommy Bolt, 92, American professional golfer, 1958 U.S. Open champion, liver failure.
- Robin Bullough, 78, British mathematical physicist.
- Brian Hambly, 71, Australian rugby league player.
- Killer Kowalski, 81, Canadian professional wrestler, heart attack.
- Eldon Rathburn, 92 , Canadian composer, after brief illness.
- Gilberto Rincón Gallardo, 69, Mexican politician, presidential candidate.
- William Howard Wriggins, 90, American academic, ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives (1977–1979).
29
- Bridget Cracroft-Eley, 74, British Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire since 1995.
- Jayshree Gadkar, 66, Indian actress.
- David Lumsden of Cushnie, 75, British Garioch Pursuivant.
- Geoffrey Perkins, 55, British comedy producer, writer and performer, head of comedy for BBC, road accident.
28
- İlhan Berk, 89, Turkish poet.
- Harold Challenor, 86, British war hero (Operation Speedwell) and corrupt Metropolitan police officer.
- Phil Hill, 81, American racing driver, 1961 Formula One world champion, complications of Parkinson's disease.
- Ralph Kovel, 88, American antiques expert and author, complications of broken hip.
- Gilbert Moorer, 67, American rhythm & blues singer (The Esquires), complications from throat cancer.
- Swami Chidananda Saraswati, 91, Indian spiritual leader, president of the Divine Life Society.
- Sigurbjörn Einarsson, 97, Icelandic bishop of the Church of Iceland (1959–1981). (Icelandic)
- Wonderful Smith, 97, American comedian, natural causes.
- Michel Vastel, 68, Canadian journalist and columnist, throat cancer.
27
- Del Martin, 87, American gay rights activist, first legal same-sex marriage in California, complications from bone fracture.
- Isa Meireles, 76, Portuguese journalist and writer. (Portuguese)
- Abie Nathan, 81, Israeli peace activist, founder of Voice of Peace radio station.
- Mark Priestley, 32, Australian actor ( All Saints ), suicide.
- Olavo Setúbal, 85, Brazilian politician and banker, mayor of São Paulo (1975–1979), heart failure.
26
- Pierre Colas, 32, German Mayanist scholar, assistant professor in anthropology at Vanderbilt University, shot.
- Bob Mountford, 56, British footballer (Port Vale, Rochdale), cancer.
- Ed Vega, 72, Puerto Rican novelist.
- Hazel Warp, 93, American stuntwoman ( Gone with the Wind ).
- Barbara Warren, 65, American triathlete, bicycle crash.
25
- Randa Chahal, 54, Lebanese film maker, cancer.
- Marpessa Dawn, 74, American actress ( Black Orpheus ), heart attack.
- Kevin Duckworth, 44, American NBA basketball player, heart failure resulting from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
- Ahmed Faraz, 74, Pakistani poet.
- Hardwicke Knight, 97, New Zealand historian.
- Pavle Kozjek, 49, Slovenian mountaineer, climbing accident.
- Jabir Herbert Muhammad, 79, American businessman, long-time manager of Muhammad Ali, complications from heart surgery.
- Pehr Henrik Nordgren, 64, Finnish composer, after long illness. (Finnish)
- Mario Peña, 56, Peruvian congressman, lymphoma.
- Josef Tal, 97, Israeli composer, natural causes. (German)
- John Thoday, 91, British geneticist.
24
- Gerard W. Ford, 83, American co-founder of Ford Modeling Agency, endocarditis.
- Riitta Immonen, 90, Finnish fashion designer and entrepreneur, co-founder of Marimekko.
- Tad Mosel, 86, American Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright ( All the Way Home ).
- Morris Sullivan, 91, American co-founder of Sullivan Bluth Studios ( An American Tail , The Land Before Time ).
- Wei Wei, 88, Chinese poet and writer, liver cancer.
23
- Jimmy Cleveland, 82, American jazz trombonist.
- Ruth Cohen, 78, American actress and extra ( Seinfeld ), heart attack.
- Leo Elter, 78, American football player, heart failure.
- Steve Foley, 49, American drummer (The Replacements, Bash & Pop), drug overdose.
- Doris Gibson, 98, Peruvian journalist, founder of Caretas magazine.
- Ian Hibell, 74, British cyclist, hit and run car crash.
- Yuri Nosenko, 81, Soviet-born Ukrainian KGB agent who defected to United States, after a long illness.
- John Russell, 89, British-born American art critic and author.
- Thomas Huckle Weller, 93, American virologist, Nobel Prize winner (Medicine, 1954).
22
- Frank Cornish, 40, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), apparent heart attack.
- Jeff MacKay, 59, American film and television actor, ( Magnum, P.I. , Tales of the Gold Monkey ), liver complications.
- Mike J. Manning, 65, Australian-born Papua New Guinean anti-corruption activist and economist, heart attack.
- Muriel Kallis Steinberg Newman, 94, American abstract expressionist art collector, natural causes.
- Ralph Young, 90, American singer (Sandler and Young).
21
- Fred Crane, 90, American film and television actor ( Gone with the Wind ), complications from surgery.
- Iosif Constantin Drăgan, 91, Romanian businessman and historian. (Romanian)
- Jerry Finn, 39, American record producer (Blink-182, Green Day, Morrissey), cerebral hemorrhage.
- Don Fox, 72, British rugby league player (Wakefield).
- Buddy Harman, 79, American session musician, heart failure.
- Lee Eon, 27, South Korean actor and model, motorcycle accident.
- Laurence Urdang, 81, American lexicographer, heart failure.
- Wolfgang Vogel, 82, German lawyer, negotiator in prisoner exchange programs during the Cold War.
20
- Mario Bertok, 79, Croatian chess grandmaster and journalist, drowned. (Croatian)
- Chao Yao-dong, 92, Taiwanese minister of economic affairs, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. (Chinese)
- Ed Freeman, 80, American U.S. Army helicopter pilot, recipient of the Medal of Honor, complications of Parkinson's Disease.
- Phil Guy, 68, American blues guitarist, brother of Buddy Guy, pancreatic cancer.
- Larry Hennessy, 79, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, Syracuse Nationals).
- Hua Guofeng, 87, Chinese premier (1976–1980), chairman of the Communist Party of China (1976–1981).
- Edward Jaworski, 82, American Olympic water polo player (1952).
- Dick Jones, 97, American politician, Wyoming state senator (1955–1974), complications from surgery.
- Eric Longworth, 90, British actor ( Dad's Army ).
- Leopoldo Serran, 66, Brazilian screenwriter, liver cancer.
- Stephanie Tubbs Jones, 58, American member of the House of Representatives from Ohio since 1999, cerebral hemorrhage.
- Gene Upshaw, 63, American NFL player (Oakland Raiders), executive director of NFLPA, pancreatic cancer.
19
- Leo Abse, 91, British politician, MP (1958–1987), reformer of laws on homosexuality and divorce.
- Julius Carry, 56, American actor ( The Last Dragon ), pancreatic cancer.
- Binyamin Gibli, 89, Israeli head of military intelligence.
- Bob Humphrys, 56, British BBC sports presenter, lung cancer.
- Algimantas Masiulis, 77, Lithuanian actor. (Russian)
- Habib Miyan, 139?, Indian claimant to title of world's oldest person.
- LeRoi Moore, 46, American saxophonist (Dave Matthews Band), complications from ATV accident.
- Mikhail Mukasei, 101, Russian spy.
- Levy Mwanawasa, 59, Zambian politician, president since 2002, complications from stroke.
- Diane Webber, 76, American model and actress.
18
- Jeannette Eyerly, 100, American author and columnist.
- Manny Farber, 91, American film critic and painter.
- Genuine Risk, 31, American racehorse, 1980 Kentucky Derby winner.
- Pervis Jackson, 70, American R&B bass singer (The Spinners), cancer.
- Jumoke, 18, American western lowland gorilla, complications of early pregnancy.
- Floyd Peters, 72, American football player, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
17
- Dave Freeman, 47, American author ( 100 Things To Do Before Y
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