Yōhei Kōno dead at age 89
Yōhei Kōno, a Japanese politician who served as deputy prime minister from 1994 to 1995 and as speaker of the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2009, died on June…
Deaths on June 8
This archive lists notable deaths associated with June 8 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on June 8, 2026.
Divine Adili dead at age 21
Divine Adili, a Nigerian basketball player for the Ateneo Blue Eagles, died on June 8, 2026, after drowning during a team-building activity at a beach resort in Dipaculao, Aurora, Philippines.…
Rene Baterbonia dead at age 28
Rene Baterbonia, a Filipino basketball player for the Ateneo Blue Eagles, died on June 8, 2026, at age 28. He was among two student athletes who drowned during a team-building…
Jean Fourié dead at age 81
Jean Fourié, a French writer and community activist, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Espéraza on November 20, 1944, he worked for the Caisse…
Divine Adili dead at age 21
Divine Adili, a 21-year-old Nigerian basketball player for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of Ateneo de Manila University, died on June 8, 2026, after drowning during a team-building activity at a…
Turgun Mashrapova dead at age 98
Turgun Mashrapova, a Kyrgyz politician and former member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 98. Born on May 16,…
Paolo Manunza dead at age 71
Paolo Manunza died on June 8, 2026. He was an Italian footballer. Tags Athletes, 08 June 2026, Italy, Manunza, Paolo, June 2026, June 8
Masahiro Futahashi dead at age 84
Masahiro Futahashi, a Japanese politician and former bureaucrat, died June 8, 2026, at age 84. He served twice as deputy chief cabinet secretary, from 2003 to 2006 and again from…
Monika Silva Koniuszek dead
Monika Silva Koniuszek, a Polish activist focused on anticorruption, environmental issues and human rights, died on June 8, 2026. Based in Ecuador for many years, she founded and directed Fundación…
Tim Mountford dead at age 80
Tim Mountford died on June 8, 2026, at age 80. He was an American sport cyclist, born in Los Angeles on April 2, 1946. Tags Athletes, 08 June 2026, America,…
Hans Kaufmann dead at age 77
Hans Kaufmann, a Swiss politician and business consultant who served in the Swiss National Council from 1999 to 2014, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 77. Born…
Myktybek Abdyldayev dead at age 72
Myktybek Abdyldayev, a Kyrgyz politician, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 72. Also known as Myktybek Yusupovich Abdyldayev, he was born on August 17, 1953, in Kara-Jygach…
Sylwia Rajchert dead at age 82
Sylwia Rajchert died on June 8, 2026. She was a Polish singer. Tags Musicians, 08 June 2026, Poland, Rajchert, Sylwia, June 2026, June 8
Juan Andres Larré dead at age 58
Juan Andres Larré, an Uruguayan footballer who played for Chamois Niortais, Gazélec Ajaccio and the national team, died on June 8, 2026. He was 58. Born in Montevideo on August…
Alain Schifres dead at age 87
Alain Schifres, a French journalist who worked for Réalités and Le Nouvel Observateur, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Montmorency on February 14, 1939,…
Bo Brown dead at age 81
Bo Brown, an American politician and member of the Missouri House of Representatives since 2020, died on June 8, 2026. He was 81. Known also as William R. Brown and…
Nikke Ström dead at age 75
Nikke Ström, the Swedish musician best known as bassist for Nationalteatern, died on June 8, 2026, from complications of heart surgery. He was 75. Born in Karlskoga on June 8,…
Robert Greenidge dead at age 76
Robert Greenidge, a Trinidadian steelpan player and composer, died on June 8, 2026, at age 76. Born on April 28, 1950, in Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago, he began performing as…
Mauro Viviani dead at age 76
Mauro Viviani died on June 8, 2026. He was an Italian footballer. Tags Athletes, 08 June 2026, Italy, Mauro, Viviani, June 2026, June 8
Roberto Soffritti dead at age 84
Roberto Soffritti died on June 8, 2026. He was an Italian politician. Born in Ferrara on October 11, 1941, he studied at the University of Bologna. Tags Politicians, 08 June…
Hans Maier dead at age 94
Hans Maier died on June 8, 2026. He was a German politician. Tags Politicians, 08 June 2026, Germany, Hans, Maier, June 2026, June 8, München
Julian Garrett dead at age 85
Julian Garrett, an American politician and Iowa state senator, died on June 8, 2026, at the age of 85. Garrett represented the 11th district in the Iowa Senate after winning…
Guy Liebmann dead at age 90
Guy Liebmann, the American politician who served as mayor of Oklahoma City from 2003 to 2004, died on June 8, 2026. He was 90. Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in 1936,…
Orlando Watters dead at age 54
Orlando Watters, an American football player who played for the Seattle Seahawks, died on June 8, 2026, at age 54. Born on October 26, 1971, in Anniston, Alabama, he was…
Piero Pasini dead at age 84
Piero Pasini died on June 8, 2026. He was an Italian basketball coach. Tags Athletes, 08 June 2026, Italy, Pasini, Piero, June 2026, June 8
Josip Milković dead at age 83
Josip Milković died on June 8, 2026. He was a Croatian handballer. Tags Other, 08 June 2026, Croatia, Josip, June 2026, June 8, Milković
Oto Neubauer dead at age 95
Oto Neubauer died on June 8, 2026. He was a Czech politician who served as a senator from 1996 to 1998 and as mayor of Trmice from 1998 to 2006.…
Mom Chim Huy
Cambodian politicianDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Dennis Dauttman
Brazilian politicianDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Viktor Pimushin
Russian footballer (Spartak KostromaDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Marcel Sabou
Romanian footballer (Dinamo BucureștiDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Sir William Davis
English juristDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Frederick Forsyth
English novelist (The Day of the Jackal)Died on Monday June 9th 2025
Dennis Dauttmam
Brazilian politicianDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Ferdi Zeyrek
Manisa metropolitan municipality mayor. Died on Monday June 9th 2025
Kimiko Nishimoto
Brazilian-born Japanese internet celebrity and photographerDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Francis Giacobetti
French photographer and film director (Emmanuelle 2)Died on Monday June 9th 2025
Charles Miller
American politicianDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Diana Domingues
77–78Died on Monday June 9th 2025
Anthony D. Jordan
English badminton playerDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Peter Easterby
British racehorse trainerDied on Monday June 9th 2025
S. Gunasekaran
Indian politicianDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Antioco Piseddu
Italian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Partho Ghosh
Indian filmmaker (100 DaysDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Nicole David
Saint Lucian soca music artistDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Virgil Nemoianu
Romanian essayist and philosopherDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman
British politicianDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Anthony Reid
New Zealand-born Australian historian and academicDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Raymond Destin
Martinican footabller (RC Rivière-PiloteDied on Monday June 9th 2025
Henry Gunstone
Australian football (South Melbourne) and cricket player (Richmond Cricket Club)Died on Sunday June 9th 2024
Michael Lovell
President of Marquette University (2014-2024)Died on Sunday June 9th 2024
Frank Carroll
American former competitive skater and figure-skating coachDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Charlie Lennon
Irish traditional fiddler and composerDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Reiner Uthoff
German writer and stage directorDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Warren Winiarski
American winemakerDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Ahmed Zitouni
Algerian authorDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Daniel Etounga-Manguelle
Cameroonian economist and writerDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Jean-Kasongo Banza
Congolese footballer (AS Vita ClubDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Ewald Frank
German preacherDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
William
Brazilian footballer (national team)Died on Sunday June 9th 2024
Sergei Beshukov
Russian chess grandmaster (1994)Died on Sunday June 9th 2024
Michael Mosley
British television journalist and writerDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Kim Kwang-lim
South Korean poetDied on Sunday June 9th 2024
Frank Arnold
American basketball coach (BYU Cougars)Died on Sunday June 9th 2024
Floyd Martin
Canadian Olympic ice hockey playerDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Robert Holmes Bell
American judgeDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Niel Immelman
South African pianistDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Ron Richard
American politicianDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Helmar Müller
German athleteDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Aud Inger Aure
Norwegian politicianDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Charles Kimberlin Brain
South African paleontologistDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Louis LeBel
Canadian juristDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Lim Kean Chye
Malaysian lawyer and independence activistDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Denis Kessler
French businessmanDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Alain Touraine
French sociologist (Critique of Modernity)Died on Friday June 9th 2023
Serajul Alam Khan
Bangladeshi philosopher and political activistDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Guido Bodrato
Italian politicianDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Naga
Indian film director (MarmadesamDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Leon Kovalsky
Russian politicianDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Jack Baldschun
American baseball player (Philadelphia PhilliesDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Banani Ghosh
Indian classical singerDied on Friday June 9th 2023
Nugroho Wisnumurti
Indonesian diplomatDied on Friday June 9th 2023
John Pangkey
Indonesian military officer and politicianDied on Thursday June 9th 2022
Mubarak Al-Zwair
94–95Died on Thursday June 9th 2022
Luis Heriberto Rivas
Argentine priest and catholic prelateDied on Thursday June 9th 2022
Ewonne Winblad
Swedish journalistDied on Thursday June 9th 2022