Deaths on March 8

This archive lists notable deaths associated with March 8 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on March 8, 2026.

Graham Sissons died at age 91

Graham Sissons, an English footballer who played as a defender, died on March 8, 2026. He made more than 250 Football League appearances for Birmingham City, Peterborough United and Walsall.…

David Rokni died at age 94

David Rokni, an Israeli reserve colonel who served as the commander of the annual Israel Independence Day torch-lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem for nearly four decades, died on…

Sam Scarber dies at age 76

Sam Scarber, an American actor and former football player, died on March 8, 2026, at age 76. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 24, 1949, he played fullback in…

Ernie Mills has died at age 91

Ernie Mills, an American decoy maker, died on March 8, 2026. Ernest Leon Mills Jr. was a third-generation duck decoy maker who made Lower Chesapeake-style decoys. Nationally recognized as a…

Fahad Al-Mejmed died at age 33

Fahad Al-Mejmed, a Kuwaiti footballer and military officer, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 33. Al-Mejmed, a centre-back, played for Al Qadsia SC until 2019 and spent…

Death of Ray Schoenke at age 84

Ray Schoenke, an American football player who played offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins, died on March 8, 2026, at age 84. Born Raymond Frederick Schoenke on…

David Keene, died aged 80

David Keene, an American political consultant, died on March 8, 2026, in Baltimore, Maryland, at the age of 80. He was also a presidential advisor and newspaper editor, and served…

Fahad Al-Mejmed died at age 33

Fahad Al-Mejmed, a Kuwaiti footballer, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 33. Fahad Abdulaziz Al-Mejmed was also a military officer in the General Directorate of Land Border…

Mantana Morakul, died aged 102

Mantana Morakul, the Thai singer and actress known as Mantana Keartiwongs, died on March 8, 2026, at the age of 102. Born on March 30, 1923, she was the first…

Anthony Leggett, Leggett–Garg inequality, Leggett inequality, Superfluid phase of helium-3, died on March 8, 2026

Anthony Leggett died at age 87

Anthony Leggett, the British-American theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, died on March 8, 2026. He was 87. Sir Anthony James Leggett was widely recognised as…

Lilias, Yoga and You, Yoga and You, died on March 8, 2026

Lilias, Yoga and You dies at 90

Lilias Folan, the American yoga teacher and television presenter behind the PBS program Lilias, Yoga and You, died on March 8, 2026. The show, later shortened to Lilias!, first aired…