Artists who died in: 2008

Michael Abbott (Jan 24)

Andrew M. Ackerman (Jul 27)

Forrest J. Ackerman (Dec 4)

Edie Adams (Oct 15)

Jill Adams (May 13)

Bruce Adler (Jul 25)

Phillip Agee (Jan 7)

Chingiz Aitmatov (Jun 10)

Alexandre (Jan 12)

Christopher Allport (Jan 25)

Bob Anderson (Jun 6)

Robert J. Anderson (Jun 6)

Art Aragon (Mar 25)

Eddy Arnold (May 8)

Gerald Arpino (Oct 29)

Robert Arthur (Oct 1)

Eliot Asinof (Jun 10)

Neil Aspinall (Mar 23)

Rafael Azcona (Mar 23)

Richard Baer (Feb 22)

Saban Bajramovic (Jun 8)

Clint Ballard, Jr. (Dec 23)

Barry Barclay (Feb 18)

Irina Baronova (Jun 28)

Majel Barrett-Roddenberry (Dec 18)

Majel Barrett (Dec 18)

Bebe Barron (Apr 20)

Sidney Bartholomew Jr. (Jun 15)

Nicolas Bataille (Oct 28)

Jonathan Bates (Oct 31)

Joe Beck (Jul 22)

Sidney Beckerman (Feb 25)

Henry Beckman (Jun 17)

Freddie Bell (Feb 10)

Paul Benedict (Dec 1)

Valentin Berlinsky (Dec 15)

Lynn Bernay (Dec 9)

Harry Bernsen (May 31)

César Bertrand (Jan 11)

Natalya Bessmertnova (Feb 19)

Jimmy Carl Black (Nov 1)

Mr. Blackwell (Oct 19)

John Bliss (Feb 28)

Tommy Bolt (Aug 30)

Samuel Bottoms (Dec 16)

Christopher Bowman (Jan 10)

Margaret Boyd (May 20)

Delaney Bramlett (Dec 27)

Christian Brando (Jan 26)

Howard Brandy (Jun 23)

Gianluigi Braschi (Oct 23)

Irving Brecher (Nov 17)

Bernie Brillstein (Aug 7)

Philip Broadley (Nov 30)

Kirk Browning (Feb 10)

Robert Bruning (Mar 4)

Baird Bryant (Nov 13)

Chris Bryant (Oct 27)

William F. Buckley, Jr. (Feb 27)

Algis Budrys (Jun 9)

Sally Bulloch (Apr 10)

Hiram Bullock (Jul 25)

Ken Campbell (Aug 31)

Nino Candido (Apr 26)

Pete Candoli (Jan 11)

Skip Caray (Aug 3)

George Carlin (Jun 22)

Julius J. Carry III (Aug 19)

Bertrand Castelli (Aug 1)

Page Cavanaugh (Dec 19)

Dorival Caymmi (Aug 16)

Youssef Chahine (Jul 25)

Ben Chapman (Feb 21)

Cyd Charisse (Jun 17)

Sofiko Chiaureli (Mar 2)

B.R. Chopra (Nov 5)

Tony Church (Mar 25)

Arthur C. Clarke (Mar 19)

Hugo Claus (Feb 19)

William Claxton (Oct 11)

Richard Clayton (Sep 29)

Sandy Cobe (Feb 20)

Norman Cohen (Jul 19)

Ruth Cohen (Aug 23)

Francis Coleman (Apr 10)

Richard Coleman (Dec 16)

Ian Collier (Oct 1)

Alvin Colt (May 4)

Bruce Conner (Jul 7)

Peter Copley (Oct 7)

Albert Cossery (Jun 22)

John Costelloe (Dec 16)

Alexander Courage (May 15)

Hazel Court (Apr 15)

Fred Crane (Aug 21)

Les Crane (Jul 13)

Oliver Crawford (Sep 24)

Michael Crichton (Nov 4)

James Crumley (Sep 17)

Todd Cruz (Sep 2)

Frank D'Amico (Jun 1)

Augusta Dabney (Feb 4)

Eva Dahlbeck (Feb 8)

Irene Dailey (Sep 24)

John Daly (Oct 31)

Gerard Damiano (Oct 25)

Erik Darling (Aug 7)

Jules Dassin (Mar 31)

Don S. Davis (Jun 29)

Luther Davis (Jul 29)

Nate Davis (Oct 22)

Nathan Davis (Oct 22)

Paul Davis (Apr 22)

Marpessa Dawn (Aug 25)

Michael De Bakey (Jul 11)

Ennio de Concini (Nov 17)

Jean Delannoy (Jun 18)

Norman Dello Joio (Jul 24)

Guillaume Depardieu (Oct 13)

Richard De Roy (Mar 8)

Jean Desailly (Jun 11)

Bo Diddley (Jun 2)

Thomas M. Disch (Jul 4)

Giuseppe di Stefano (Mar 3)

Ivan Dixon (Mar 16)

Lauren Dombrowski (Oct 8)

Robert DoQui (Feb 9)

Jack Douglas (Dec 18)

Mikey Dread (Mar 15)

Kevin Duckworth (Aug 25)

Jack Duffy (May 19)

Charles Dugan (Oct 10)

Dino Dvornik (Sep 7)

Jack Eagle (Jan 10)

Milton Ebbins (Mar 4)

Julie Ege (Apr 29)

Mark Eiges (Jun 8)

Ray Ellis (Oct 27)

John Esmonde (Aug 10)

Claude Faraldo (Jan 29)

Manny Farber (Aug 18)

Sylvia Fay (Aug 22)

Danny Federici (Apr 17)

Marilyn Ferguson (Oct 19)

Elizabeth Warnock Fernea (Dec 2)

Mel Ferrer (Jun 2)

Bill Finnegan (Nov 28)

Bobby Fischer (Jan 17)

Nina Foch (Dec 5)

William Fox (Sep 20)

George MacDonald Fraser (Jan 2)

Wayne Frost (Apr 3)

George Furth (Aug 11)

Chris Gaffney (Apr 17)

Beverly Garland (Dec 5)

George Garrett (May 26)

Jim Gates (Jun 8)

Leyla Gencer (May 9)

Steve Gerber (Feb 10)

Irving Gertz (Nov 14)

Erwin Geschonneck (Mar 12)

Estelle Getty (Jul 22)

William Gibson (Nov 25)

David Gilbert (Apr 13)

Madeleine Lee Gilford (Apr 14)

Jimmy Giuffre (Apr 24)

Willoughby Goddard (Apr 11)

Raymond Goldstone (Mar 13)

Dercy Goncalves (Jul 19)

Dody Goodman (Jun 22)

Peter Gordeno (Oct 18)

Alan Gordon (Nov 22)

Roberta Gorski (Mar 13)

Elizabeth "Libba" Grant (Oct 13)

Johnny Grant (Jan 10)

Alex Grasshoff (Apr 5)

Simon Gray (Aug 6)

Grits Gresham (Feb 18)

David Groh (Feb 12)

Claudio Guzman (Jul 12)

Earle Hagen (May 26)

Jim Hager (May 1)

Connie Haines (Sep 22)

Fred Haines (May 4)

Larry Haines (Jul 17)

Oakley Hall (May 12)

Ted Hall (Jul 26)

Teddy Hall (Jul 26)

Bernie Hamilton (Dec 30)

Larry Harmon (Jul 3)

Huntington Hartford (May 19)

Don Haskins (Sep 7)

Isaac Hayes (Aug 10)

John Michael Hayes (Nov 19)

William Hayward (Mar 9)

Robert Hazard (Aug 5)

Jeff Healey (Mar 2)

Neal Hefti (Oct 11)

W.C. Heinz (Feb 27)

Jesse Helms (Jul 4)

Dwight Hemion (Jan 28)

Eileen Herlie (Oct 8)

Lawrence Hertzog (Apr 19)

Charlton Heston (Apr 5)

John Hewer (Mar 16)

Richard Hickox (Nov 23)

Michael Higgins (Nov 5)

Jennifer Hilary (Aug 6)

Phil Hill (Aug 28)

Edmund Hillary (Jan 11)

Tony Hillerman (Oct 26)

Leonard Hirschfield (Aug 15)

Tony Hoare (Oct 2)

Edward D. Hoch (Jan 24)

Clive Hornby (Jul 4)

Jim Horne (Dec 29)

Peter Howard (Apr 18)

Freddie Hubbard (Dec 29)

J.Paul Huntsman (Feb 21)

Joe Hyams (Nov 8)

Jun Ichikawa (Sep 12)

Kon Ichikawa (Feb 13)

Sally Insul (Aug 4)

Stefan Iordache (Sep 14)

Dennis Irwin (Mar 10)

Bette Iverson (Dec 12)

Pervis Jackson (Aug 18)

Seaman Jacobs (Apr 8)

Jamelao (Jun 14)

Robert Jessup (Aug 14)

Jin-Sil Choi (Oct 2)

Charles H. Joffe (Jul 9)

Van Johnson (Dec 12)

Ollie Johnston (Apr 14)

Charlie Jones (Jun 12)

David Jones (Sep 19)

George Justin (Mar 9)

Robert H. Justman (May 28)

David Kahn (Jul 3)

Kenneth Keith Kallenbach (Apr 24)

Stanley Kamel (Apr 8)

Peter Kass (Aug 4)

Peter Kastner (Sep 18)

Milton Katselas (Oct 31)

Sheldon Keller (Sep 1)

Herb Kenwith (Jan 30)

Shell Kepler (Feb 1)

Ted Key (May 3)

Evelyn Keyes (Jul 4)

Kim Chan (Oct 5)

Frederic Kimball (Oct 4)

Eartha Kitt (Dec 25)

Gertan Klauber (Aug 1)

Edward Klosinski (Jan 5)

Barbara Knox (Jan 1)

Rob Knox (May 24)

Harvey Korman (May 29)

Killer Kowalski (Aug 30)

Don La Fontaine (Sep 1)

Nelly Lainez (May 31)

Lloyd Lamble (Apr 9)

Jacqui Landrum (Aug 29)

Harry Lange (May 22)

John Phillip Law (May 13)

Robert Warnes Leach (Mar 30)

Ron Leavitt (Feb 10)

Raymond LeBlanc (Mar 21)

Heath Ledger (Jan 22)

Michael Lee (Nov 25)

John Leonard (Nov 5)

Dennis Letts (Feb 22)

Sean Levert (Mar 30)

Eric Lieber (Jun 2)

Kay Linaker (Apr 18)

Hugh Lloyd (Jul 14)

Joe LoCicero (Jun 24)

Eric Longworth (Aug 20)

Perry Lopez (Feb 14)

Kermit Love (Jun 21)

Robert Lucas (Nov 23)

Jane Lumb (Feb 8)

Carole Lynne (Jan 17)

Humphrey Lyttelton (Apr 25)

Bernie Mac (Aug 9)

Teo Macero (Feb 19)

Brice Mack (Jan 2)

Jeff MacKay (Aug 22)

Miriam Makeba (Nov 9)

John Malcolm (Jun 13)

Angel Tavira Maldonado (Jul 1)

Abby Mann (Mar 25)

Howard Mann (Sep 18)

Zekial Marko (May 9)

Maria Elena Marques (Nov 12)

Del Martin (Aug 27)

Dick Martin (May 24)

Melissa Martin (Aug 29)

Mario Maya (Sep 27)

MC Breed (Nov 22)

Molly McClure (Aug 15)

Gregory McDonald (Sep 7)

Guy McElwaine (Apr 2)

Jim McKay (Jun 7)

Dave McKenna (Oct 18)

Beverlee McKinsey (May 2)

Fakir Chand Mehra (Jul 29)

Bill Melendez (Sep 2)

Esteban Mellino (Jun 9)

Breno Mello (Jul 14)

Tony Melody (Jul 26)

Allan Melvin (Jan 17)

Mae Mercer (Oct 29)

Marisa Merlini (Jul 27)

Buddy Miles (Feb 26)

Jaren Millard (Apr 5)

Jon Miller (Jul 30)

Anthony Minghella (Mar 18)

Howard Minsky (Aug 10)

Mitch Mitchell (Nov 12)

David Mitton (May 16)

Jeanne L. Mizzy (Oct 27)

Richard Monette (Sep 9)

Robert Monroe (Sep 6)

Isaac Montero (Sep 10)

Orville Moody (Aug 8)

Leroi Moore (Aug 19)

Robin Moore (Feb 19)

Rudy Ray Moore (Oct 19)

Betty Moos (Oct 4)

Byron Morgan (Feb 13)

Barry Morse (Feb 2)

Tad Mosel (Aug 24)

Mitch Mullany (May 25)

Robert Mulligan (Dec 20)

Farlan Myers (May 27)

Daniel Nagrin (Dec 29)

M.N. Nambiar (Nov 19)

Jack Narz (Oct 15)

Gladys Nederlander (Jul 21)

David Nettheim (Mar 11)

Lois Nettleton (Jan 18)

Pete Newell (Nov 17)

Paul Newman (Sep 26)

Inga Nielsen (Feb 10)

Carlos Alberto "Chango" Nieto (Jan 31)

Victor Nieto (Nov 28)

Larry Norman (Feb 24)

Maila "Vampira" Nurmi (Jan 10)

Odette (Dec 2)

Ken Ogata (Oct 5)

Stig Olin (Jun 28)

Steven Oliver (Mar 5)

Ethan Ormsby (Jun 12)

Anita Page (Aug 6)

Bettie Page (Dec 11)

Joy Page (Apr 18)

Earl Palmer (Sep 19)

Ike Pappas (Jul 31)

Park Kwang-jung (Dec 15)

Michael Pate (Sep 1)

Konstantin Pavlov (Sep 28)

John Pearse (Oct 31)

Leonard Pennario (Jun 27)

Geoffrey Perkins (Aug 29)

Emily Perry (Feb 19)

Gene Persson (Jun 6)

House Peters, Jr. (Oct 1)

Joseph Pevney (May 18)

Carl Pingitore (Feb 23)

Harold Pinter (Dec 24)

Ugo Pirro (Jan 18)

Larry Pizer (Feb 27)

Suzanne Pleshette (Jan 19)

Sydney Pollack (May 26)

John Polonia (Feb 26)

Ken Pople (Nov 1)

Oliver Postgate (Dec 8)

Dave Powers (Jul 3)

Dith Pran (Mar 30)

Hana-Maria Pravda (May 22)

Robert Prosky (Dec 8)

Bruce Purchase (Jun 8)

George Putnam (Sep 12)

Max Raab (Feb 21)

Mansour Rahbani (Jan 13)

Dottie Rambo (May 11)

Robert Randell (Jul 13)

Sujatha Rangarajan (Feb 27)

Eldon Rathburn (Aug 30)

Robert Rauschenberg (May 12)

Paul Raymond (Mar 2)

Jerry Reed (Sep 1)

Roger Reid (Jul 16)

James E. Reilly (Oct 12)

Estelle Reiner (Oct 25)

Brad Renfro (Jan 15)

Gayne Rescher (Feb 29)

Nicola Rescigno (Aug 4)

John T. Reynolds (Jul 14)

Nick Reynolds (Oct 1)

Hanon Reznikov (May 3)

Terence Rigby (Aug 10)

Dino Risi (Jun 7)

Alain Robbe-Grillet (Feb 18)

Gail Robinson (Oct 19)

Gian Franco Romagnoli (Dec 15)

Lawrence Roman (May 18)

Leonard Rosenman (Mar 4)

Gil Rossellini (Oct 3)

Jonathan Routh (Jun 4)

Lita Roza (Aug 14)

Stanislaw Rozewicz (Nov 9)

Robert Russell (May 12)

Tim Russert (Jun 13)

Randa Chahal Sabbag (Aug 25)

Yves Saint Laurent (Jun 1)

Tommy Sampson (Oct 20)

Mitsugu Saotome (Dec 23)

Merl Saunders (Oct 24)

Ann Savage (Dec 25)

Roy Scheider (Feb 10)

Robert Schlitt (Nov 25)

Paul Scofield (Mar 19)

Herb Score (Nov 11)

Barbara Sears (May 19)

Mort Segal (Jan 11)

Jiri Sequens (Jan 21)

Leopoldo Serran (Aug 20)

Marilyn Shapiro (Jul 20)

Mark Shivas (Oct 11)

Lydia Shum (Feb 19)

Robert Sidney (Mar 26)

Tony Silver (Feb 1)

Lionel Mark Smith (Feb 13)

Mike Smith (Feb 28)

Wonderful Smith (Aug 28)

Humberto Solas (Sep 17)

Yonty Solomon (Sep 26)

Alexander Solzhenitsyn (Mar 8)

Nicolaus Sombart (Jul 14)

Paul Sorensen (Jul 17)

Paul Sorenson (Jul 17)

Dr. Mark Speight (Apr 13)

Lew Spence (Jan 9)

Bob Spiers (Dec 8)

Elizabeth Spriggs (Jul 2)

Sridhar (Oct 20)

Kathy Staff (Dec 14)

Jo Stafford (Jul 16)

Paul Starr (Aug 19)

Horst Stein (Jul 27)

Timothy Stetson (Jan 21)

Dave Stevens (Mar 10)

John Stewart (Jan 19)

Roy Stewart (Oct 27)

Shakir Stewart (Nov 1)

Richard Stiles (Nov 24)

Bud Stone (Apr 18)

Gil Stratton (Oct 11)

Levi Stubbs (Oct 17)

Greg Suddeth (Dec 19)

Morris F. Sullivan (Aug 24)

Yma Sumac (Nov 1)

Dick Sutcliffe (May 11)

Arthur Swerdloff (Jan 14)

Herbert Bayard Swope, Jr. (Jan 4)

Evan Tanner (Sep 8)

Chase Tatum (Mar 23)

Jud Taylor (Aug 6)

Barbara Ann Teer (Jul 21)

Louis Teicher (Aug 3)

Rudy Tellez (Nov 22)

Stacey Tendeter (Oct 26)

Vijay Tendulkar (May 19)

Studs Terkel (Oct 31)

Lloyd Thaxton (Oct 5)

Benny Thomas (Sep 18)

Sam Thomas (Dec 22)

Jack Thompson (Oct 28)

Artie Traum (Jul 20)

Robert Tronson (Nov 27)

Noriaki Tsuchimoto (Jun 24)

Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (Aug 20)

Ira Tucker, Sr. (Jun 24)

Tasha Tudor (Jun 18)

Michael Turner (Jun 27)

Mark Tuttle (Jun 2)

Bob Ulland (Feb 15)

Elmer Valentine (Dec 3)

Richard van Allan (Dec 4)

Margot Van der Burgh (Jul 14)

Georgia van der Rohe (Dec 10)

Janwillem van de Wetering (Jul 4)

Pierre van Dormael (Sep 3)

Maria Vaner (Jul 21)

Reg Varney (Nov 16)

William Vince (Jun 21)

Malvin Wald (Mar 6)

Marvin Wald (Mar 6)

Charlie Walker (Sep 12)

David Walker (Dec 27)

David Foster Wallace (Sep 12)

Jerry Wallace (May 5)

Dale Wasserman (Dec 21)

David Watkin (Feb 19)

Delmar Watson (Oct 26)

Hillary Waugh (Dec 8)

Warren E. Welch (Oct 15)

Donald E. Westlake (Dec 31)

Kathy Wetherell (Dec 20)

Jerry Wexler (Aug 15)

William Wharton (Oct 29)

Donald James Wheal (Apr 28)

John Wheeler (Apr 13)

Norman Whitfield (Sep 17)

Christopher Wicking (Oct 13)

Richard Widmark (Mar 24)

Gerald Wiggins (Jul 27)

Brian Wilde (Mar 19)

Pollack Williams (Feb 8)

Trevor Williams (Feb 14)

Stan Winston (Jun 15)

Rick Wright (Sep 15)

Richard "Popcorn" Wylie (Sep 9)

Xie Jin (Oct 18)

Dennis Yost (Dec 7)

Ralph Young (Aug 22)

Hector Zazou (Sep 8)