Josh Becker
American director (Xena: Warrior Princess) and screenwriterDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Deaths on December 8
This archive lists notable deaths associated with December 8 across multiple years.
Hiroaki Inoue
Japanese baseball player (Hiroshima ToyoDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Jean-Pierre Winter
French psychoanalyst and writerDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Hans Roericht
German designerDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Lesley Walker
British film editor (Mona LisaDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
George Mira
American football player (Miami HurricanesDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Jubilant Sykes
American singerDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Bernie Toorish
Canadian-American singer (The Four Lads)Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Roger Lumont
French artistic director and actor (Gendarme in New YorkDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Pierre-Paul Geoffroy
Canadian Quebec nationalist militant (Front de libération du Québec)Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Piotr Cieplak
Polish stage directorDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Lajos Marton
Hungarian anti-communist activistDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Tito Topin
French writer and illustratorDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
David Best
English footballer (BournemouthDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Ludovic Assemoassa
Togolese footballer (Clermont FootDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Béatrice Picard
Canadian actress (Once Upon a Time in the EastDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
José Filomeno Monteiro
Cape Verde diplomat and politicianDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Emile van Rouveroy van Nieuwaal
Dutch constitutional lawyer and AfricanistDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Gordon Goodwin
American musicianDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Erzsébet Csajbók
Hungarian Olympic handball player (1976Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Adnan Mroueh
Lebanese physician and politicianDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Claude Boucher
Canadian politicianDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Iain Douglas-Hamilton
British zoologist and wildlife conservationist (Save the Elephants)Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
William Yap
Malaysian actor (The Kid from the Big Apple)Died on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Emil Šneberg
Czech fighter pilot and Chief of Staff of the Air ForceDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Clara Pinto-Correia
Portuguese novelist and journalistDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Peter McFarlane
Australian rock drummer (FinchDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Wolfgang Baake
German journalistDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Dixie Deans
Scottish footballer (MotherwellDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Baba Adhav
Indian socialist leader and marathi writerDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Matylda Růžičková-Šínová
Czech gymnastDied on Tuesday December 9th 2025
Stan Shillington Canadian lacrosse historian and sportswriter dead at age 90
Stan Shillington, a Canadian lacrosse historian, sportswriter and statistician, died on December 8, 2025, at age 90. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on January 21, 1935, he was inducted into…
Bill Hauritz Australian festival director dead at age 73
Bill Hauritz, an Australian festival director, died on December 8, 2025. He directed the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland from its inception in 1994 until his retirement in 2022, when…
Tom Copeland American politician, member and speaker of the Washington House of Representatives dea…
Tom Copeland, an American politician and member and speaker of the Washington House of Representatives, died on December 8, 2025, at age 101. Born Thomas Lenox Copeland in Pendleton, Oregon,…
Erwin Nypels
Dutch politicianDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Iosif Vitebskiy
Soviet fencerDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Jody Gormley
Irish Gaelic footballer (TyroneDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Héctor Recalde
Argentine politicianDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Mazen al-Hamada
-Died on Monday December 9th 2024
Ali Mahmoud
Syrian military officerDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Clarke Reed
95–96Died on Monday December 9th 2024
Ed Khayat
American football player and coachDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Tony Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick
British juristDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Hisham Kabbani
Lebanese-American Islamic scholarDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Dmitry Buchkin
Russian painterDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Roberto Gómez
Dominican baseball player (San Francisco Giants)Died on Monday December 9th 2024
David McMurtry
Irish businessmanDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Leonid Rudnytzky
Ukrainian-born American linguistDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Jack Hennessy
American politicianDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Marshall Rutter
American lawyer and choral administrator (Los Angeles Master Chorale)Died on Monday December 9th 2024
Jean Khamsé Vithavong
Laotian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Julie Stevens
English actressDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Frederik Finisie
Surinamese politicianDied on Monday December 9th 2024
Jean-Claude Lecourieux
French CyclistDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Nevzad Atlığ
Turkish doctor and choir conductorDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Aleksandr Dronov
Russian chess grandmasterDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Joe Hicks
American baseball player (Chicago White SoxDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Jean Garnault
French PoliticianDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Stan Rogow
American television producer (Lizzie McGuireDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Joanne Hewson
Canadian Olympic alpine skier (1952)Died on Saturday December 9th 2023
Frank Fiscalini
American politician and educatorDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Ladislav Županič
Czech actorDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Carles Soler Perdigó
Spanish Roman Catholic prelateDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Peter-Michael Kolbe
German rowerDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Mainul Hosein
Bangladeshi lawyer and politicianDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Clyde Butts
Guyanese cricketer (West Indies)Died on Saturday December 9th 2023
Andrei Nemzer
Russian literary critic and scholarDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Maxim Gustik
Belarusian freestyle skierDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Joe Solomon
Guyanese cricketer (West Indies)Died on Saturday December 9th 2023
Wei Jinshan
Chinese vice admiralDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Carlos Jurado
Uruguayan football player (national team) and manager (CiencianoDied on Saturday December 9th 2023
Antonio Recalcati
Italian painter and sculptorDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Scott M. Bennett
American politicianDied on Friday December 9th 2022
David Young, Baron Young of Graffham
British politicianDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Ademar José Gevaerd
Brazilian ufologistDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Franco Gaudenzi
Italian film producer (RobowarDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Joseph Kittinger
American officer in the United States Air Force (USAF) and a Command PilotDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Kevin Schamehorn
Canadian ice hockey playerDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Erasmus Desiderius Wandera
Ugandian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Djalma Corrêa
Brazilian instrumentalist and composerDied on Friday December 9th 2022
René Snelders
Belgian footballer and businessmanDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Patrick Delsemme
Belgian snooker playerDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Abraham Nehmé
Syrian archbishopDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Helen Slayton-Hughes
American actress (Parks and RecreationDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Gordon Bradt
American art designerDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Andrée Damant
French actress (Plus belle la vieDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Yoshishige Yoshida
Japanese film director and screenwriterDied on Friday December 9th 2022
Aleksandr Neumyvakin
Russian politicianDied on Thursday December 9th 2021