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June 8, 2000 Jack Kroll, theater critic, Newsweek, dies at 73 June 8, 2000 Jeff MacNelly, cartoonist, Shoe, dies at 52 June 8, 1996 Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft), dies at 70 June 8, 1996 Michael Fox, actor (Amos-Falcon Crest, Skinheads), dies at 75 June 8, 1996 Percy Edwards, animal imitator, dies at 88 June 8, 1996 Phyllis Stedman, politician, dies at 79 June 8, 1995 Juan Carlos Ongania, President of Argentina (1966-70), dies June 8, 1995 Lord Erskine of Rerrick, peer, dies at 69 June 8, 1995 Sheikh Iman, singer, dies at 76 June 8, 1994 William Marshall, actor and director (Santa Fe Trail), dies at 86 June 8, 1993 Rene Bousquet, French Vichy-police chief deports jews, dies at 84 June 8, 1992 Beverly Carter, entertainer, dies at 51 June 8, 1992 Farag Foeda, Egyptian writer/publicist, murdered June 8, 1992 William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82 June 8, 1992 William McGowan, entrepreneur (MCI), dies at 64 June 8, 1991 Bertice Reading, Dutch actress (Moon in the Gutter), dies June 8, 1991 Heidi Bruhl, German actress (Madels vom Immenhof), dies at 49 June 8, 1991 Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43 June 8, 1990 Alfredo Poveda, president of Consul of Ecuador (1976-79), dies June 8, 1990 Jose Figueres, president of Costa Rica (1948-49, 53-58, 70-74), dies June 8, 1988 Eli Mintz, actor (Boardwalk), dies June 8, 1988 Russell Harty, broadcaster, dies June 8, 1988 Virgil Oliver Jr, entertainer, dies June 8, 1987 Yogi Horton, drummer (Luther Vandross), commits suicide at 33 June 8, 1984 Gordon Jacob, composer, dies at 88 June 8, 1982 Jean Wiener, French composer (Olive chez les negres), dies at 86 June 8, 1982 [Leroy] Satchel Paige, U.S. baseball pitcher, dies at 75 June 8, 1982 Satchel Paige, American Athlete June 8, 1979 Herb Polesie, producer/playwright (20 Questions), dies at 79 June 8, 1979 Louis Salvador Palange, composer, dies at 61 June 8, 1975 William F Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants), dies at 78 June 8, 1973 Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer, dies at 76 June 8, 1972 Jimmy Rushing, U.S. blues singer, dies at 68 June 8, 1971 Harold Lloyd Jr, actor (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies at 40 June 8, 1969 Robert Taylor, actor (Death Valley Days), dies of lung cancer at 57 June 8, 1967 Elliot Griffis, composer, dies at 74 June 8, 1967 Laverne Andrews, vocalist (Andrews Sister), dies June 8, 1956 Marie Laurencin, French Artist June 8, 1954 Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41 June 8, 1953 Godfrey Tearle, actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68 June 8, 1948 Franz Carl Bornschein, composer, dies at 69 June 8, 1948 Hanson Carter, cricket (28 Tests for Aust, caught 44 stumped 21), dies June 8, 1947 Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56 June 8, 1940 Frederick Shepherd Converse, U.S. composer, dies at 69 June 8, 1929 Bliss Carman, poet, dies June 8, 1919 Jacob Fabricius, composer, dies at 78 June 8, 1908 Johan Lindegren, composer, dies at 66 June 8, 1906 Christian Frederik Emil Horneman, composer, dies at 65 June 8, 1889 Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet, dies at 54 June 8, 1884 Henry Clay Work, composer, dies at 51 June 8, 1876 George Sand, French author (Indiana, Consuelo), dies at 71 June 8, 1871 Satank, Kiowa indian chief, shot to death June 8, 1870 Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer, dies at 78 June 8, 1865 Joseph Paxton, designer (Crystal Palace), dies June 8, 1845 Andrew Jackson, (D) 7th President (1828-37), dies at 78 June 8, 1831 Sarah Kemble Siddons, English actress (Lady Macbeth), dies at 75 June 8, 1814 Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer, dies at 48 June 8, 1809 Thomas Paine, writer (Age of Reason, Common Sense), dies at 72 June 8, 1806 George Wythe, U.S. attorney (signed Decl of Indep), dies at about 79 June 8, 1803 Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian, dies at 80 June 8, 1796 Felice de Giardini, composer, dies at 80 June 8, 1795 Louis XVII Charles, king of France (1793-95), dies at 10 June 8, 1794 G A Burger, writer, dies June 8, 1790 Charles-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 75 June 8, 1768 Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist, dies at 50 June 8, 1742 Omobono Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at 62 June 8, 1711 Katharina Lescaille, [Netherlands Sappho], poet, dies at 61 June 8, 1695 Christian Huygens, inventor/astronomer (ring of Saturn), dies at 66 June 8, 1688 Hans Bontemantel, Amsterdams merchant, buried June 8, 1661 John Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39 June 8, 1612 Hans Leo Hassler, composer, dies at 49 June 8, 1376 "Black Prince" of Wales, son of King Edward of England, dies at 46 June 8, 1115 Peter van Amiens, French minister of crusades, dies at about 64 June 8, 1042 Hardicanute, King of England (1040-42), Lambeth June 8, 632 Mohammed, prophet of Islam (Koran), dies (according to tradition) June 8, 218 Opellius Macrinus, emperor of Rome (217-8), dies in battle at 54 |