People who died on March 08

2005

Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen rebel leader (b: September 21, 1951 ; d: March 8, 2005)
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2004

Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (b: December 10, 1948 ; d: March 8, 2004)
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2003

Adam Faith, English singer and actor (b: June 23, 1940 ; d: March 8, 2003)
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Karen Morley (d: March 8, 2003)
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2001

Edward Winter (d: March 8, 2001)
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1999

Joe DiMaggio, baseball player (b: November 25, 1914 ; d: March 8, 1999)
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Peggy Cass (d: March 8, 1999)
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1998

Ray Nitschke, American football player (b: December 29, 1936 ; d: March 8, 1998)
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1993

Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer and bandleader (b: July 8, 1914 ; d: March 8, 1993)
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1988

Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (b: September 22, 1918 ; d: March 8, 1988)
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1985

Edward Andrews (d: March 8, 1985)
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1983

William Walton, English composer (b: March 29, 1902 ; d: March 8, 1983)
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1976

Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer (b: June 24, 1908 ; d: March 8, 1976)
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1975

George Stevens, American director (b: December 18, 1904 ; d: March 8, 1975)
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1973

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (d: March 8, 1973)
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1971

Harold Lloyd, American actor (b: April 20, 1893 ; d: March 8, 1971)
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1961

Sir Thomas Beecham, English conductor (b: April 29, 1879 ; d: March 8, 1961)
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1942

José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (b: November 19, 1888 ; d: March 8, 1942)
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1941

Sherwood Anderson, writer (b: September 13, 1876 ; d: March 8, 1941)
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1930

William Howard Taft, President of the United States and Supreme Court Justice (b: September 15, 1857 ; d: March 8, 1930)
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1923

Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: November 23, 1837 ; d: March 8, 1923)
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1889

John Ericsson, Swedish inventor and engineer (b: July 31, 1803 ; d: March 8, 1889)
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1887

Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman and reformer (b: June 24, 1813 ; d: March 8, 1887)
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1874

Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States (b: January 7, 1800 ; d: March 8, 1874)
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1869

Hector Berlioz, French composer (b: December 11, 1803 ; d: March 8, 1869)
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1844

King Charles XIV of Sweden, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, Napoleonic general (b: January 26, 1763 ; d: March 8, 1844)
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1771

Louis August le Clerc (d: March 8, 1771)
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1757

Thomas Blackwell, Scottisl classical scholar (b: August 4, 1701 ; d: March 8, 1757)
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1731

Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b: September 12, 1688 ; d: March 8, 1731)
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1702

King William III of England (b: November 14, 1650 ; d: March 8, 1702)
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1674

Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny (d: March 8, 1674)
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1144

Pope Celestine II (d: March 8, 1144)
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1129

Urraca of Castile (d: March 8, 1129)
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