Mario Adorf, died aged 95
Mario Adorf, the German actor and writer known for Major Dundee, Short Night of Glass Dolls and Fedora, died on April 8, 2026, at age 95. Born in Zürich, Switzerland,…
Deaths on April 8
This archive lists notable deaths associated with April 8 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on April 8, 2026.
Mohsina Kidwai dies at age 94
Mohsina Kidwai, an Indian politician and twice-elected member of Parliament who served as minister of health from 1984 to 1986 and minister of urban development from 1986 to 1989, died…
Charles Delhez dies at age 74
Charles Delhez, a Belgian Roman Catholic priest and sociologist, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 74. Born in Uccle on October 30, 1951, he was ordained a…
Obituary: Sherig-ool Oorzhak, dead at age 83
Sherig-ool Oorzhak, a Russian politician, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on July 24, 1942, in Shekpeer, in the Tuvan People's Republic, he was a…
Vaughn Solomon Schofield passes away at age 82
Vaughn Solomon Schofield, Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan from 2012 to 2018, died on April 8, 2026, at age 82. Born in Regina on October 25, 1943, she…
Srećko Bogdan dies at age 69
Srećko Bogdan, a Croatian footballer and former professional defender, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Mursko Središće, Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia, he began his career…
Jimmy Sullivan death at age 44
Jimmy Sullivan, an Australian politician and Queensland MLA, died on April 8, 2026, aged 44. James Anthony Sullivan served as the member for Stafford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from…
Nguyễn Đức Mậu dead at age 78
Nguyễn Đức Mậu died on April 8, 2026. He was a Vietnamese poet. Nguyễn Đức Mậu, 78, Vietnamese poet. Tags Writers, 08 April 2026, 2026-04-08, April 2026, April 8, Mậu,…
Death of Koo Sze-yiu at age 80
Koo Sze-yiu, a Chinese political activist known for anti-communism protests, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 80 from colon cancer. Also known by the nickname "Long Beard,"…
Duško Vujošević passes away at age 67
Duško Vujošević, a Montenegrin basketball coach, died on April 8, 2026, of heart and kidney disease. He was 67. Vujošević coached Partizan Belgrade in four stints and also worked with…
Ali Hussain Khan public figure dies
Ali Hussain Khan, a Pakistani politician and member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab since 2024, died on April 8, 2026. He was elected to the assembly as a…
Ahmet Altay Cengizer death at age 71
Ahmet Altay Cengizer, a Turkish diplomat, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Istanbul on October 22, 1954, he earned a bachelor’s degree in political…
Melchor Peredo, died aged 99
Melchor Peredo, a Mexican muralist, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 99. Born Oscar Melchor Peredo in Mexico City on January 6, 1927, he was a representative…
Obituary: Harald Ofner, dead at age 93
Harald Ofner, an Austrian lawyer and politician, died on April 8, 2026. He was 93. Born in Vienna on October 25, 1932, he studied law and received a doctorate in…
Davey Lopes dead at age 80
Davey Lopes, an American baseball player and coach, died April 8, 2026, of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 80. Lopes played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman…
Doug Allan has died at age 74
Doug Allan, the Scottish wildlife photographer and cameraman, died on April 8, 2026, aged 74–75. Known for his work in polar regions and underwater, he was born in Dunfermline, Scotland,…
Obituary: Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, dead at age 77
Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, an Indian-American medical examiner who served as Los Angeles County chief medical examiner-coroner from 1992 to 2013 and again from 2016 to 2017, died on April 8, 2026.…
Imrich Bugár has died at age 71
Imrich Bugár, Czech Olympic discus thrower, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Ohrady, Czechoslovakia, he represented Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic during a…
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury passes away at age 88
Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, an Indian politician who served as an MP from 2006 to 2024 and as minister of health and family welfare from 2012 to 2014, died on…
Roger Establet dead at age 87
Roger Establet, the French educational sociologist, died on April 8, 2026, aged 87 or 88. Born in 1938, he was a scholar of the sociology of education and an emeritus…
Kostakis Pierides death at age 85
Kostakis Pierides, a Cypriot footballer who played for Pezoporikos Larnaca, Olympiakos Nicosia and the Cyprus national team, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on April…
Mohammed Washah passed away at age 39
Mohammed Washah, a Palestinian journalist, died on April 8, 2026, after an Israeli airstrike targeted the vehicle he was in while driving in Gaza City. He was 39–40 and worked…
Abass Kaboua death at age 63
Abass Kaboua, a Togolese politician and senator since 2025, died on April 8, 2026. He was 63. Kaboua was a member of the Movement of Centrist Republicans (MRC), which he…
Obituary: Mark Weissman, dead at age 77
Mark Weissman, a funeral home director and Democratic politician who served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2002, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of…
Nancy Sheppard passed away at age 96
Nancy Sheppard, an American trick rider and trick roper, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 96. She was born on December 29, 1929, on a ranch in…
Terry Gabinski passes away at age 87
Terry Gabinski, an American politician who served on the Chicago City Council, died on April 8, 2026. He was 87. Gabinski represented the 32nd Ward on the Chicago City Council…
Eldrid Nordbø dies at 83
Eldrid Nordbø, Norwegian politician and minister of trade and shipping from 1990 to 1991, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 83. A member of the Labour Party,…
Leïla Marouane has died at age 65
Leïla Marouane, a Tunisian-born French creative writer and journalist who wrote for El Watan and Jeune Afrique, died on April 8, 2026. She was 65. Born Leyla Zineb Mechentel in…
David Kabua obituary: died at age 74
David Kabua, a Marshallese politician who served as president from 2020 to 2024, died on April 8, 2026, of cancer. He was born in Majuro in 1951 and represented Wotho…
Death of Gerd Winner at age 89
Gerd Winner, a German painter and sculptor, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Braunschweig in 1936, he graduated from the Berlin University of the…
Peter Rull Jr. obituary: died at age 80
Peter Rull Jr., a Hong Kong sports shooter, died on April 8, 2026. Born on November 23, 1945, he competed in the men's 50 metre rifle, prone event at the…
Faleh Al-Nasser has died at age -1
Jordanian politician Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Eid Al-Fayez dead at age 80
Jordanian politician Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Dorin Chelaru dead at age 64
Romanian handball player (Steaua București) Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Obituary: Georg Gölter, dead at age 86
German politician Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Death of Ray Shero at age 62
American ice hockey executive (Pittsburgh Penguins Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Cathy Bernheim passed away at age 78
French novelist and journalist Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Paul Breza passes away at age 87
American Roman Catholic priest and Kashubian American activist Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Joey D. passed away at age 80
American actor (Lassie) Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Obituary: Stéphane Krafft, dead at age 45
French cyclist Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Obituary: Max Kozloff, dead at age 91
American art historian Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Keith Windschuttle died at age 82
82–83 Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Yuriy Korotkov dies at age 69
Russian writer and screenwriter (Crash – Cop's Daughter Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Vitali Tasenko, died aged 50
Russian football player Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Pere Palau obituary: died at age 78
Spanish politician Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Obituary: Jüri Põld, dead at age 68
Estonian judge Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Jenni L. death at age 63
Australian-born American meteorologist and academic Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Obituary: Edith Nawakwi, dead at age 65
Zambian economist and politician Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Barbara Everett dies at age 92
British academic Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Wilhelm Burgsmüller died at age 93
German footballer (Borussia Dortmund) Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Kim Shin-jo death at age 82
North Korean-born South Korean soldier and pastor Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Colin Fox, died aged 86
Canadian actor (Angels in the Infield Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Lee Ek, died aged 91
Singaporean bureaucrat Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Marvin Levy died at age 96
American film publicist Died on Wednesday April 9th 2025
Keith Bakker, died aged 64
American-Dutch mental health practitioner and convicted criminal Died on Tuesday April 8th 2025
Death of William J. at age 96
American priest Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
John Allen death at age 92
Canadian politician Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Sue Stultz death at age 71
Canadian politician Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Death of Hugo de at age 91
Venezuelan politician Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Chryssie Lytton died at age 83
British aristocrat and organizer of the Knebworth Festival Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Terto passes away at age 77
Brazilian footballer (Santa Cruz Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Vladimir Aksyonov, died aged 89
Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 22 Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Peter Higgs, died aged 94
British theoretical physicist Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Edna Solodar death at age 94
Israeli politician Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Dieter Rexroth dead at age 83
German musicologist and dramaturge Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Sara Tafuri death at age 67
Italian actress (City of Women Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Saratu Gidado passed away at age 56
Nigerian actress Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Paolo Pininfarina dead at age 65
Italian car designer Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Toby Simkin death at age 59
English theatrical producer Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Dave Mehmet, died aged 63
English football player (Millwall Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Sujith Raj dead at age 32
Indian actor (Kinavalli Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Sir Paul passes away at age 98
British television producer (BBC Television) Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
R. M., died aged 97
Indian film producer (Kannan En Kadhalan Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Jon Card passes away at age 63
German-born Canadian drummer (SNFU Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Bright Esieme passes away at age 32
Nigerian footballer Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Death of Ron Lord at age 94
Australian goalkeeper Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Abubakar Tabuni died at age -1
Indonesian separatist militant Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Yevgeny Kungurov has died at age 40
Russian opera and pop singer Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Obituary: Babe Cabiita, dead at age 34
Indonesian comedian Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Rocket Norton obituary: died at age 73
Canadian drummer (Prism) Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Edgar Burcksen, died aged 76
Dutch editor (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles) Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Bill Gunter death at age 89
American politician Died on Tuesday April 9th 2024
Michael Lerner obituary: died at age 81
American actor (Barton Fink Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
James Timlin obituary: died at age 95
American bishop Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Baker Abdel passed away at age 80
Palestinian diplomat Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Hidehiko Yamamoto dead at age 87
Japanese politician Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Hobie Landrith has died at age 93
American baseball player (New York Mets) Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Frankie Lucas has died at age 69
Vincentian boxer Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Death of Otto Thomas at age 92
Argentine evolutionary biologist and botanist Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Bola Ajibola dies at age 89
Nigerian jurist Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Jalabala Vaidya has died at age 86
Indian stage actress Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Aram Karam obituary: died at age 93
Iraqi footballer (national team) Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Roberto Camagni dies at 76
Italian economist Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Death of Andres Valdes at age 86
Cuban-born Slovene mime artist Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Djene Kaba, died aged -1
Guinean socialite Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Muhammad Rapsel has died at age 51
Indonesian politician and businessman Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Bruce Haigh dead at age 77
Australian diplomat and political commentator Died on Sunday April 9th 2023
Obituary: Jack Higgins, dead at age 92
British author (The Eagle Has Landed) Died on Saturday April 9th 2022
Gerald Schreck has died at age 83
American Olympic sailor Died on Saturday April 9th 2022