Death year 2008 celebrities
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Diane Hébert (April 26, 1957-June 29, 2008) was the first Quebecer to receive a heart-lung transplant (on November 26, 1985), needed after doctors discovered a pulmonary embolism. After her operation, she became an organ transplant advocate and foun
Abraham Brumberg (November 7, 1926 – January 26, 2008) was a Jewish American writer and editor. He is known for writing about the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and Jewish issues. He was the first editor of Problems of Communism journal (1952–1970)
Estelle Reiner (June 5, 1914 – October 25, 2008), described by The New York Times as “matriarch of one of the leading families in American comedy”, was an actress and singer. She was the wife of Carl Reiner and the mother of actor/comedian/director
Élisabeth Lutz (May 14, 1914 – July 31, 2008) was a French mathematician. She was a student of André Weil at the Université de Strasbourg, from 1934 to 1938. In 1935 she began working on aspects of elliptic curves over p-adic fields.
Mary Margaret Truman Daniel (February 17, 1924 – January 29, 2008), also known as Margaret Truman or Margaret Daniel, was an American singer who later became the successful author of a series of murder mysteries and a number of works on U.S. First
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (12 January 1918 – 5 February 2008) was born Mahesh Prasad Varma and obtained the honorific Maharishi (meaning “Great Seer”) and Yogi as an adult. He developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and was the leader and gur
Jesse Alexander Helms, Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician and a leader in the conservative movement. He was elected five times as a Republican to the United States Senate from North Carolina. As chairman of the Senate
Benjamin “Ben” Weider, OC CQ CD (February 1, 1923 – October 17, 2008) was the co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (IFBB) along with brother Joe Weider. He was a Canadian businessman from Montreal, well known in tw
Alton Kelley (June 17, 1940 in Houlton, Maine – June 1, 2008 in Petaluma, California) was an American artist best known for his psychedelic art, in particular his designs for 1960s rock concerts and albums. Along with artists Rick Griffin, Stanley