May 8 Deaths |
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| May 8th, 2008 (May 08 2008) | Death | Eddy Arnold, Country music star (born in 1918) | |
| May 8th, 2008 (May 08 2008) | Death | Francois Sterchele, Belgian football player (born in 1982) | |
| May 8th, 2006 (May 08 2006) | Death | Iain Macmillan, Abbey Road photographer (born in 1938) | |
| May 8th, 2005 (May 08 2005) | Death | Nicolas Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (born in 1981) | |
| May 8th, 2000 (May 08 2000) | Death | Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (born in 1918) | |
| May 8th, 2000 (May 08 2000) | Death | Alexander Chislenko, Russian-American transhumanist (born in 1959) | |
| May 8th, 2000 (May 08 2000) | Death | Henry Nicols, AIDS activist (born in 1973) | |
| May 8th, 1999 (May 08 1999) | Death | Dirk Bogarde, British actor (born in 1921) | |
| May 8th, 1999 (May 08 1999) | Death | Ed Gilbert, American actor (born in 1931) | |
| May 8th, 1999 (May 08 1999) | Death | Dana Plato, American actress (born in 1964) | Plato Quotes |
| May 8th, 1998 (May 08 1998) | Death | Bebe Rebozo, American banker and Watergate figure (born in 1912) | |
| May 8th, 1996 (May 08 1996) | Death | Beryl Burton, English cyclist (born in 1937) | |
| May 8th, 1996 (May 08 1996) | Death | Dominguin, Spanish bullfighter (born in 1926) | |
| May 8th, 1996 (May 08 1996) | Death | Garth Williams, American illustrator (born in 1912) | |
| May 8th, 1995 (May 08 1995) | Death | Teresa Teng, Asian superstar (born in 1953) | |
| May 8th, 1994 (May 08 1994) | Death | George Peppard, American actor (born in 1928) | |
| May 8th, 1993 (May 08 1993) | Death | Avram Davidson, American writer (born in 1923) | |
| May 8th, 1991 (May 08 1991) | Death | Jean Langlais, French composer and pianist (born in 1907) | |
| May 8th, 1991 (May 08 1991) | Death | Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (born in 1903) | |
| May 8th, 1990 (May 08 1990) | Death | Luigi Nono, Italian composer (born in 1924) | |
| May 8th, 1988 (May 08 1988) | Death | Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer (born in 1907) | Robert A. Heinlein Quotes |
| May 8th, 1987 (May 08 1987) | Death | Doris Stokes, British psychic medium (born in 1920) | |
| May 8th, 1985 (May 08 1985) | Death | Theodore Sturgeon, American science fiction writer (born in 1918) | Theodore Sturgeon Quotes |
| May 8th, 1985 (May 08 1985) | Death | Dolph Sweet, American actor (born in 1920) | |
| May 8th, 1984 (May 08 1984) | Death | Lila Bell Wallace, American magazine publisher (Reader s Digest) (born in 1890) | |
| May 8th, 1984 (May 08 1984) | Death | Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver (born in 1916) | |
| May 8th, 1982 (May 08 1982) | Death | Neil Bogart, American record executive (born in 1943) | Neil Bogart Quotes |
| May 8th, 1982 (May 08 1982) | Death | Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (born in 1950) | |
| May 8th, 1975 (May 08 1975) | Death | Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee (born in 1887) | |
| May 8th, 1969 (May 08 1969) | Death | Remington Kellogg, American naturalist (born in 1892) | |
| May 8th, 1967 (May 08 1967) | Death | LaVerne Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (born in 1911) | |
| May 8th, 1960 (May 08 1960) | Death | J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (born in 1904) | |
| May 8th, 1952 (May 08 1952) | Death | William Fox, Austrian-born film producer (born in 1879) | |
| May 8th, 1950 (May 08 1950) | Death | Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician (born in 1865) | |
| May 8th, 1948 (May 08 1948) | Death | U Saw, Burmese politician (born in 1900) | |
| May 8th, 1947 (May 08 1947) | Death | Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-born department store founder (born in 1858) | |
| May 8th, 1945 (May 08 1945) | Death | Wilhelm Rediess, SS and Police leader of Nazi-occupied Norway (born in 1900) | |
| May 8th, 1945 (May 08 1945) | Death | Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (born in 1883) | |
| May 8th, 1945 (May 08 1945) | Death | Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of Nazi-occupied Norway (born in 1898) | |
| May 8th, 1943 (May 08 1943) | Death | Mordechaj Anielewicz, Polish Resistance Fighter (born in 1919) | |
| May 8th, 1936 (May 08 1936) | Death | Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (born in 1880) | Philo Quotes |
| May 8th, 1903 (May 08 1903) | Death | Paul Gauguin, French painter (born in 1848) | Paul Gauguin Quotes |
| May 8th, 1891 (May 08 1891) | Death | Helena Blavatsky, Russian-born author (born in 1831) | |
| May 8th, 1880 (May 08 1880) | Death | Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (born in 1821) | Gustave Flaubert Quotes |
| May 8th, 1873 (May 08 1873) | Death | John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (born in 1806) | John Stuart Mill Quotes |
| May 8th, 1853 (May 08 1853) | Death | Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (born in 1785) | |
| May 8th, 1842 (May 08 1842) | Death | Jules Dumont d Urville, French explorer (born in 1790) | |
| May 8th, 1837 (May 08 1837) | Death | Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (born in 1770) | |
| May 8th, 1828 (May 08 1828) | Death | Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (born in 1781) | |
| May 8th, 1819 (May 08 1819) | Death | Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii | |
| May 8th, 1794 (May 08 1794) | Death | Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (executed) (born in 1743) | |
| May 8th, 1788 (May 08 1788) | Death | Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (born in 1723) | |
| May 8th, 1785 (May 08 1785) | Death | Etienne Francois, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (born in 1719) | |
| May 8th, 1785 (May 08 1785) | Death | Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (born in 1701) | |
| May 8th, 1781 (May 08 1781) | Death | Richard Jago, English poet (born in 1715) | |
| May 8th, 1773 (May 08 1773) | Death | Ali Bey Al-Kabir, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (born in 1728) | Kabir Quotes |
| May 8th, 1766 (May 08 1766) | Death | Samuel Chandler, English non-conformist minister (born in 1693) | |
| May 8th, 1672 (May 08 1672) | Death | Jean-Armand du Peyrer, Comte de Treville and French Officer (born in 1598) | |
| May 8th, 1538 (May 08 1538) | Death | Edward Fox, English bishop | |
| May 8th, 1473 (May 08 1473) | Death | John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (born in 1420) | |
| May 8th, 1319 (May 08 1319) | Death | King Haakon V of Norway (born in 1270) | |
| May 8th, 1278 (May 08 1278) | Death | Emperor Duanzong of China (born in 1268) | |
| May 8th, 1192 (May 08 1192) | Death | Duke Ottokar IV of Styria (born in 1163) | |
