Yasser Murtaja
Palestinian journalist
Died on Sunday April 8th 2018
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.
Irina Tokmakova
Russian writer
Died on Sunday April 8th 2018
Minoru Uchida
Japanese actor
Died on Sunday April 8th 2018
Kazimierz Gierżod
Polish pianist
Died on Sunday April 8th 2018
Anri Volokhonsky
Russian poet
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Joaquin Roldan
Mexican lawyer and businessman (AAA
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Christopher Morahan
English stage and television director (The Jewel in the Crown)
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
George Snyder
American politician
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Darren Jones
Australian jockey
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Fernand Tardy
French senator
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Peter Isaacson
Australian media publisher
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Ahmad Dahbour
Palestinian poet
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Libuše Havelková
Czech actress (Closely Watched Trains) and educator (Vice-Dean of Faculty of Theatre in Prague)
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Georgy Grechko
Soviet cosmonaut
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Ryo Kagawa
Japanese folk singer
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Relja Bašić
Croatian actor (One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away)
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Derrick Jensen
American football player (Oakland Raiders)
Died on Saturday April 8th 2017
Gene Salvay
American aircraft engineer
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Doug France
American football player (Los Angeles Rams)
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Dick Alban
American football player (Washington Redskins
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Harry Apted
90. Fijian lawn-bowler
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
David Swift
British actor (Drop the Dead Donkey)
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Fred Middleton
English footballer (Lincoln City)
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Mildred Gordon
British politician
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
George Ilsley
Australian football player (Carlton)
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Allen Webster Hawkins
American newspaper publisher
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Julien Hoferlin
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Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Edward J. Steimel
American lobbyist and fundraiser in Baton Rouge
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Etienne Hugel
French winemaker (Hugel & Fils)
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
William Hamilton
American cartoonist
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Keith Hefner
American actor and television personality (The Girls Next Door)
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Stacy Fawcett
American journalist
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Wei Chueh
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Died on Friday April 8th 2016
David Dore
Canadian figure skater
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Charles Hirsch
American forensic pathologist
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Jim Ridley
American newspaper editor-in-chief (Nashville Scene)
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Daisy Lewellyn
American reality television personality (Blood
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Mircea Albulescu
Romanian actor
Died on Friday April 8th 2016
Hermann Schweppenhäuser
German philosopher
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Nan Inger Östman
Swedish children's book author
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Jean-Louis Crémieux-Brilhac
French resistant
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
José Luis Sampedro
Spanish writer and economist
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Mikhail Beketov
Russian journalist and activist
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
William Royer
American politician
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Abdul Hadi Al-Fadhli
Iraqi writer and academic
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Peter Reveen
Australian-born American stage hypnotist and illusionist
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Frank Panton
British military scientist
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk
British peeress and charity worker
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Sara Montiel
Spanish-Mexican actress and singer
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
François-Wolff Ligondé
Haitian Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Greg Kramer
British-born Canadian actor (300
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Patrick Kankiriho
Ugandan military officer
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Annette Funicello
American actress (The Mickey Mouse Club) and singer ("Tall Paul")
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Yasuhiro Yamada
Japanese footballer
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Waldemar Esteves da Cunha
Brazilian carnival king
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Marian Robertson Wilson
American musician
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Alain de Weck
Swiss immunologist
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Margaret Thatcher
British politician
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Gene Campbell
American Olympic ice hockey player (1956)
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
J. F. A. Soza
Sri Lankan judge
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Richard Brooker
British actor and stuntman (Friday the 13th Part III
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Franco Biondi Santi
Italian winemaker
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Leslie Broderick
British military officer
Died on Monday April 8th 2013
Karlheinz Deschner
German writer and activist
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Emmanuel III Delly
Iraqi Chaldean Catholic hierarch
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Adrianne Wadewitz
American scholar
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Sandy Brown
Scottish footballer
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
The Ultimate Warrior
American Hall of Fame professional wrestler (WWE)
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Cornelius Taiwo
Nigerian academic
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Herbert Schoen
German footballer
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Monte Olsen
American politician
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Ivan Mercep
New Zealand architect (Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Ghiță Licu
Romanian Olympic handball player (1972
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Art Kimball
American politician
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Andrew Intamba
Namibian diplomat and security director
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Eric Harroun
American jihadist
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Phil Hardy
British film and music journalist
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Jay R. Galbraith
American organizational theorist
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Shrish Chandra Dikshit
Indian politician
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Robert Dickson
Australian architect
Died on Tuesday April 8th 2014
Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty
Indian judge
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Dickie Owen
British actor (Zulu)
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Betty Lucas
Australian actress
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Edward Gallenstein
American wood carver and magazine editor (Chip Chats
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Richard Henyekane
South African footballer
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
David L. Kaplan
Canadian professor and conductor
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Kardam, Prince of Turnovo
Bulgarian royal
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Stanley Kutler
American historian
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Geoffrey Lewis
American actor (High Plains Drifter
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Richard F. Post
American physicist
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Torrey Ward
American basketball coach
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Patrick H. Adkins
American fantasy author
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Naomi Wilzig
American writer and museum owner (World Erotic Art Museum Miami)
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Tim Babcock
American politician
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum
Iraqi Shi'a Islamic leader and politician
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015
José Capellán
American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers
Died on Wednesday April 8th 2015