Celebrity Deaths in 2008
217 notable figures died in 2008. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Aleksandr Abdulov
1953 – 2008 Jan 1 -
Aleksandr Abdulov
1953 – 2008 · Actors Jan 1 -
Bill Belew
1931 – 2008 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Bill Belew
1931 – 2008 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Carl N. Karcher
1917 – 2008 Jan 1 -
Christian Brando
1958 – 2008 · Actors Jan 1 -
Georgia Frontiere
1927 – 2008 Jan 1 -
Jeremy Beadle
1948 – 2008 · Entertainers Jan 1 -
Maila Nurmi
1922 – 2008 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Philip Burnett Franklin Agee
1935 – 2008 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jan 1 -
Aleksandr Abdulov
1953 – 2008 Jan 3 -
Maila “Vampira” Nurmi
1922 – 2008 · Actresses Jan 10 -
Brad Renfro
1982 – 2008 · Actors Jan 15 -
Allan Melvin
1923 – 2008 · Actors Jan 17 -
Bobby Fischer
1943 – 2008 · Scientists and Inventors Jan 17 -
Lois Nettleton
1927 – 2008 · Actresses, Radio Performers Jan 18 -
Suzanne Pleshette
1937 – 2008 · Actresses Jan 19 -
Heath Ledger
1979 – 2008 · Actors, Celebrities, Director Jan 22 -
Christopher Allport
1947 – 2008 · Actors, Celebrities Jan 25 -
Louisa Horton
1920 – 2008 · Actresses Jan 25 -
Gordon Hinckley
1910 – 2008 · Religious Figures Jan 27 -
Suharto
1921 – 2008 · Politicians Jan 27 -
Shell Kepler
1958 – 2008 · Actresses Feb 1 -
Augusta Dabney
1918 – 2008 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Augusta Dabney
1918 – 2008 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Barry Morse
1918 – 2008 · Actors Feb 2 -
Charles Fernley Fawcett
1915 – 2008 · Actors Feb 2 -
Emily Perry
1907 – 2008 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Eva Elisabet Dahlbeck
1920 – 2008 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Floyd Murray “Toad” Boring
1915 – 2008 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Feb 2 -
Freddie Bell
1931 – 2008 · Entertainers, Musicians and Composers, Rock & Roll Feb 2 -
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
1917 – 2008 · Educators Feb 2 -
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Richard Baer
1928 – 2008 · Authors and Writers Feb 2 -
Robert DoQui
1934 – 2008 · Actors Feb 2 -
William Frank Buckley, Jr
1925 – 2008 · Authors and Writers Feb 2 -
Augusta Dabney
1918 – 2008 · Actresses Feb 4 -
Tamara Desni
1913 – 2008 · Actresses Feb 7 -
Eva Dahlbeck
1920 – 2008 Feb 8 -
David Groh
1939 – 2008 · Actors Feb 12 -
Perry Lopez
1929 – 2008 · Actors Feb 14 -
Johnny Weaver
1935 – 2008 · Wrestler Feb 15 -
Ben Chapman
1925 – 2008 · Actors Feb 21 -
Evan Mecham
1924 – 2008 · Politicians Feb 21 -
Alvin C. Copeland
1944 – 2008 Mar 3 -
Art “Golden Boy” Aragon
1927 – 2008 · Sports Figures Mar 3 -
Erwin Geschonneck
1906 – 2008 · Actors Mar 3 -
Giuseppe Di Stefano
1921 – 2008 · Singer Mar 3 -
Ivan Nathaniel Dixon, III
1931 – 2008 · Actors Mar 3 -
Jorge Guinzburg
1949 – 2008 · Actors Mar 3 -
Sir Arthur C. Clarke
1917 – 2008 · Authors and Writers Mar 3 -
William J. Brice Arnstein
1921 – 2008 · Artists and Architects Mar 3 -
Leonard Rosenman
1924 – 2008 · Musicians and Composers Mar 4 -
Richard Biegenwald
1940 – 2008 · Serial Killer Mar 10 -
George Low
1956 – 2008 · Astronaut Mar 15 -
Gary Hart
1942 – 2008 · Wrestler Mar 16 -
Ivan Dixon
1931 – 2008 · Actors, Director Mar 16 -
Arthur C. Clarke
1917 – 2008 · Scientists and Inventors Mar 19 -
Paul Scofield
1922 – 2008 · Actors Mar 19 -
Brian Wilde
1927 – 2008 · Actors Mar 20 -
John List
1925 – 2008 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Mar 21 -
Richard Widmark
1914 – 2008 · Actors Mar 24 -
Jules Dassin
1911 – 2008 · Director, Film Director Mar 31 -
Sherry Britton
1918 – 2008 · Sex Goddess Apr 1 -
Joy Page
1924 – 2008 · Actresses Apr 4 -
June Travis
1914 – 2008 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Kay Linaker Phillips
1913 – 2008 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Madeline Lee Gilford
1923 – 2008 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Madeline Lee Lederman Gilford
1923 – 2008 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Oni Faida Lampley
1959 – 2008 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Charlton Heston
1923 – 2008 · Actors Apr 5 -
Stephen Oliver
1941 – 2008 · Actors Apr 5 -
Stanley Kamel
1943 – 2008 Apr 8 -
Stanley Kamel
1943 – 2008 · Actors Apr 8 -
Hazel Court
1926 – 2008 · Actresses Apr 15 -
Nicolette Goulet
1956 – 2008 · Actresses Apr 17 -
Joy Page
1924 – 2008 Apr 18 -
Dora Ratjen
1918 – 2008 · Athletes Apr 22 -
Julie Ege
1943 – 2008 · Actresses, Model Apr 29 -
Jim Hager
1941 – 2008 · Actors, Comedian, Country Music May 1 -
Beverlee McKinsey
1940 – 2008 · Actresses May 5 -
Dorothy Green
1920 – 2008 · Actresses May 5 -
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Hana Maria Pravda
1918 – 2008 · Actresses May 5 -
Hana Maria Pravda
1918 – 2008 · Actresses May 5 -
Harry Lange
1930 – 2008 · Artists and Architects May 5 -
Irv Robbins
1917 – 2008 · Business Magnates May 5 -
J. R. “Jack” Simplot
1909 – 2008 · Business Magnates May 5 -
Lydia Bruce
1931 – 2008 · Actresses May 5 -
Robert Gerald Mondavi
1913 – 2008 · Business Magnates May 5 -
Robert Lynn Asprin
1946 – 2008 · Authors and Writers May 5 -
Ted Key
1912 – 2008 · Business Magnates May 5 -
Eddy Arnold
1918 – 2008 · Country Music May 8 -
Leyla Gencer
1928 – 2008 · Singer May 10 -
Dottie Rambo
1934 – 2008 · Gospel Music May 11 -
John Phillip Law
1937 – 2008 · Actors May 13 -
Alexander Courage
1919 – 2008 · Musicians and Composers May 15 -
Lloyd Moore
1912 – 2008 · Race Car Driver May 18 -
Herb Hash
1911 – 2008 · Baseball May 20 -
Hana Pravda
1916 – 2008 · Actresses May 22 -
Rob Knox
1989 – 2008 · Actors May 24 -
Tom McHale
1963 – 2008 · Football Players May 25 -
Earle Hagen
2008 · Musicians and Composers May 26 -
Sydney Pollack
1934 – 2008 · Actors, Movie/TV Producer May 26 -
Harvey Korman
1927 – 2008 · Actors May 29 -
Harvy Korman
1927 – 2008 · Actors May 29 -
Mel Ferrer
1917 – 2008 · Actors Jun 2 -
Bill Finegan
1917 – 2008 · Musicians and Composers Jun 4 -
Travis Alexander
1977 – 2008 · Victims of crime and disaster Jun 4 -
Algis Budrys
1931 – 2008 · Authors and Writers Jun 6 -
Don S. Davis
1942 – 2008 · Actors Jun 6 -
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Eliot Asinof
1919 – 2008 · Authors and Writers Jun 6 -
Mel Agee
1968 – 2008 · Sports Figures Jun 6 -
Robert J. Anderson
1933 – 2008 · Actors Jun 6 -
Sir Henry Beckman
1921 – 2008 · Actors Jun 6 -
Dino Risi
1916 – 2008 · Director, Film Director Jun 7 -
Chingiz Aĭtmatov
1928 – 2008 · Politicians Jun 10 -
Ove Andersson
1938 – 2008 · Athletes Jun 11 -
Cyd Charisse
1922 – 2008 · Actresses Jun 17 -
Wilbur Hardee
1918 – 2008 · Business Magnates Jun 20 -
Dody Goodman
1914 – 2008 · Actresses, Model Jun 22 -
George Carlin
1937 – 2008 · Actors, Comedian Jun 22 -
Lilyan Chauvin
1925 – 2008 · Actresses, Educators Jun 26 -
Ruslana Korshunova
1987 – 2008 · Model Jun 28 -
Mark Dean Schwab
1968 – 2008 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jul 1 -
Evelyn Keyes
1916 – 2008 · Actresses Jul 4 -
Thomas Disch
1940 – 2008 · Authors and Writers Jul 4 -
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Bruce Conner
1933 – 2008 · Artists and Architects Jul 7 -
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Bruce Conner
1933 – 2008 · Artists and Architects Jul 7 -
Dorian Leigh
1917 – 2008 · Authors and Writers, Model Jul 7 -
Elizabeth Spriggs
1929 – 2008 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Natasha Shneider
1956 – 2008 · Actresses Jul 7 -
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Nonna Viktorovna Mordyukova
1925 – 2008 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Nonna Viktorovna Mordyukova
1925 – 2008 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Rocky Aoki
1938 – 2008 · Business Magnates Jul 7 -
Bobby Murcer
1946 – 2008 · Baseball Jul 12 -
Larry Haines
1918 – 2008 · Actors Jul 17 -
Estelle Getty
1923 – 2008 · Actresses Jul 22 -
Mike Berniker
1935 – 2008 · Music Producer Jul 25 -
Marisa Merlini
1923 – 2008 · Actresses Jul 27 -
Bruce Edwards Ivins
1946 – 2008 · Scientists and Inventors Jul 29 -
Nicola Rescigno
1916 – 2008 · Singer Aug 4 -
Eva Pflug
1929 – 2008 · Actresses Aug 5 -
Rita Quigley
1923 – 2008 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Sandy Elaine Allen
1955 – 2008 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Aug 8 -
Bernie Mac
1957 – 2008 · Actors, Comedian, Entertainers Aug 9 -
Isaac Hayes
1942 – 2008 · Actors, R&B Singer, Song Writers Aug 10 -
George Furth
1932 – 2008 · Actors, Authors and Writers Aug 11 -
Jack Weil
1901 – 2008 · Business Magnates Aug 13 -
Julius Carry
1952 – 2008 · Actors Aug 19 -
Fred Crane
1918 – 2008 · Actors, Radio Performers Aug 21 -
Rita Quigley
1923 – 2008 Aug 25 -
Kevin Duckworth
1964 – 2008 · Athletes, Basketball Aug 25 -
Phil Hill
1927 – 2008 · Race Car Driver Aug 28 -
Jerry Reed
1937 – 2008 · Actors, Country Music Aug 31 -
Michael Pate
1920 – 2008 · Actors Sep 1 -
Bill Melendez
1916 – 2008 · Artists and Architects Sep 2 -
Anita Page
1910 – 2008 · Actresses Sep 6 -
Ralph Plaisted
1927 – 2008 · Explorers and Adventurers Sep 8 -
Anita Page
1910 – 2008 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Hayden Carruth
1921 – 2008 · Authors and Writers Sep 9 -
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Henry Ziegler Steinway
1915 – 2008 · Business Magnates Sep 9 -
Irene Dailey
1920 – 2008 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Oliver Crawford
1917 – 2008 · Authors and Writers Sep 9 -
Plato Gus Andros
1921 – 2008 · Sports Figures Sep 9 -
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Thomas John Bata
1914 – 2008 · Business Magnates Sep 9 -
Richard Henyard
1974 – 2008 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Sep 23 -
Irene Dailey
1920 – 2008 Sep 24 -
Paul Newman
1925 – 2008 · Actors, Sports Figures Sep 26 -
Dr. Ernest Beutler
1928 – 2008 · Authors and Writers, Educators, Scientists and Inventors Oct 5 -
Eileen Herlie
1918 – 2008 · Actresses Oct 8 -
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Estelle Lebost Reiner
1914 – 2008 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Estelle Lebost Reiner
1914 – 2008 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Guillaume Depardieu
1971 – 2008 · Actors Oct 10 -
Peter Copley
1915 – 2008 · Actors Oct 10 -
Hayley Marie Kohle
1982 – 2008 · Model Oct 11 -
Edie Adams
1927 – 2008 · Actresses, Celebrities, Entertainers, Singer Oct 15 -
Tom Tresh
1938 – 2008 · Athletes, Baseball Oct 15 -
Gianni Raimondi
1923 – 2008 · Theater Actor Oct 19 -
Richard Blackwell
1922 – 2008 · Actors, Artists and Architects, Entertainers Oct 19 -
Estelle Reiner
1914 – 2008 · Actresses Oct 25 -
Eric Nenno
1961 – 2008 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Oct 28 -
Rosetta Reitz
1924 – 2008 · Music Producer Nov 1 -
Michael Crichton
1942 – 2008 · Athletes, Basketball, Celebrities, Film Director Nov 4 -
Michael Hinz
1939 – 2008 · Actors Nov 6 -
Joe Hyams
1923 – 2008 · Authors and Writers Nov 8 -
Arthur Shawcross
1945 – 2008 · Serial Killer Nov 10 -
Miriam Makeba
1932 – 2008 · Celebrities, Musicians, Musicians and Composers, Singer Nov 10 -
Grace Hartigan
1922 – 2008 · Artists and Architects Nov 11 -
Jheryl Busby
1949 – 2008 · Business Magnates Nov 11 -
Maria Elena Marques
1926 – 2008 · Actresses Nov 11 -
Reg Varney
1916 – 2008 · Actors Nov 16 -
Gregory Bryant-Bey
1955 – 2008 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Nov 19 -
June Vincent
1920 – 2008 · Actresses Nov 20 -
William Gibson
1914 – 2008 · Authors and Writers Nov 25 -
Paul Benedict
1938 – 2008 · Actors Dec 1 -
Beverly Garland
1926 – 2008 · Actresses Dec 5 -
Beverly Garland
1926 – 2008 · Actresses Dec 5 -
Nina Foch
1924 – 2008 · Actresses Dec 5 -
Robert Prosky
1930 – 2008 · Actors, Comedian Dec 8 -
Dorothy Porter
1954 – 2008 · Poet Dec 10 -
Bettie Page
1923 – 2008 · Model, Sex Goddess Dec 11 -
Ann Savage
1921 – 2008 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Bernie Hamilton
1928 – 2008 · Actors Dec 12 -
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Forrest James Ackerman
1916 – 2008 · Authors and Writers Dec 12 -
John Costelloe
1961 – 2008 · Actors Dec 12 -
Lady Pauline Laetitia Tennant Rumbold
1927 – 2008 · Actresses Dec 12 -
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Robert Graham
1938 – 2008 · Artists and Architects Dec 12 -
Vera Laroche
1912 – 2008 · Actresses Dec 12 -
William Mark Felt, Sr
1913 – 2008 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Dec 12 -
Kathy Staff
1928 – 2008 · Actresses Dec 13 -
Sam Bottoms
1955 – 2008 · Actors Dec 16 -
Majel Barrett
1932 – 2008 · Actresses Dec 18 -
Majel Barrett
1932 – 2008 · Actresses Dec 18 -
Harold Pinter
1930 – 2008 · Actors, Theater Actor Dec 24 -
Harold Pinter
1930 – 2008 · Actors, Authors and Writers, Director Dec 24 -
Eartha Kitt
1927 – 2008 · Actresses, Comedian, Singer Dec 25 -
Freddie Hubbard
1938 – 2008 · Musicians and Composers Dec 29 -
Brad Sullivan
1931 – 2008 · Actors Dec 31