Death year 2008 celebrities
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John Lyon Burnside III (November 2, 1916 – September 14, 2008) was the inventor of the teleidoscope, the darkfield kaleidoscope and the Symmetricon. Because he rediscovered the math behind kaleidoscope optics, for decades, every maker of optically
Monica Morell (born Monica Wirz-Römer; 6 August 1953, Menziken, Switzerland – 12 February 2008, Zurich, Switzerland) was a Swiss singer.
Robert Thomas Purkey (July 14, 1929 – March 16, 2008) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball known for his use of the knuckleball. From 1954 through 1966, Purkey played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1954–57, 1966), Cincinnati
John Axon (10 September 1960 – 25 October 2008) was an English television and stage actor. Axon trained at the Guildhall school of music and drama after briefly training as a graphic designer. He was perhaps best known for his role as the hospital
Bruce Purchase (2 October 1938 – 5 June 2008) was a New Zealand-born actor known for his roles on stage and television. Born in Thames, New Zealand, he won a scholarship to study acting in England, training at RADA, and went on to become a founding
Geremis Segundo González Acosta (January 8, 1975 – May 25, 2008) was a Venezuelan right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Chicago Cubs (1997–1998), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2003–2004), Boston Red Sox (2005), New York Mets
Billy Lee Sorrell (October 14, 1940 – July 22, 2008) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played for three seasons. He played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1965, the San Francisco Giants in 1967, and the Kansas City Royals in 1970
Akemi Negishi (根岸明美, Negishi Akemi, b. 26 March 1934, Tokyo, Japan – died 11 March 2008, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) was a Japanese actress.
Mário Schoemberger (1952 Curitiba, Paraná – May 14, 2008 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil) was a Brazilian film, television and theater actor.
Terence Christopher Gerald Rigby (2 January 1937 – 10 August 2008) was an English RADA trained actor with a number of film and television credits to his name. In the 1970s he was well known as police dog-handler PC Snow in the long-running series S
Elizabeth Spriggs (18 September 1929 – 2 July 2008) was an English character actress.