Died on This Day (08-Jan)

Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
Larry Langford	Larry Paul Langford was an American politician who had a one-term tenure as the mayor of the city of Birmingham, Alabama.	Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama	72	1
Maria Teresa de Filippis	Maria Teresa de Filippis was an Italian racing driver, and the first woman to race in Formula One.	Italian racing driver	89	4
Antonino P. Roman	Antonino Pascual Roman, Jr. was a Filipino politician.	Filipino politician	74	6
Alexis Weissenberg	Alexis Sigismund Weissenberg was a Bulgarian-born French pianist.	Bulgarian musician	82	8
Art Clokey	Arthur "Art" Clokey was an American pioneer in the popularization of stop-motion clay animation, best known as the creator of the character Gumby and the original voice of Gumby's sidekick, Pokey.	American animator	88	10
Simeon Aké	Simeon Aké was an Ivorian politician.Simeon Aké studied law in the University of Dakar in Senegal, and gained his certificate in 1957.	Ivorian politician	71	17
Carlos Monzon	Carlos Roque Monzón , nicknamed Escopeta , was an Argentine professional boxer who held the undisputed world middleweight championship for 7 years.	Boxer	52	25
Eva Bowring	Eva Kelly Bowring was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska.	American politician	92	35
Louis P. Lochner	Ludwig "Louis" Paul Lochner was an American political activist, journalist, and author.	American journalist	87	45
Maud Powell	Minnie "Maud" Powell was an American violinist who gained international acclaim for her skill and virtuosity.	American musician	52	100

Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic who was the fourth president of Iran from 3 August 1989 until 3 August 1997.	President of Iran	82	3
Andrae Crouch	Andraé Edward Crouch was an American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, record producer and pastor.	American gospel singer	72	5
Kenojuak Ashevak	Kenojuak Ashevak, , is celebrated as a leading figure of modern Inuit art.	Canadian artist	85	7
François Patriat	François Patriat is a member of the Senate of France, representing the Côte-d'Or department.	French politician	67	9
Tom Kindness	Thomas Norman Kindness was a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohio from January 3, 1975 to January 3, 1987.	American politician	74	16
Alexander Prokhorov	Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov was an Australian-born Soviet-Russian physicist known for his pioneering research on lasers and masers in the Soviet Union for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Charles Hard Townes and Nikolay Basov.	Soviet physicist	85	18
Terry Thomas	Terry-Thomas was an English comedian and character actor who became known to a worldwide audience through his films during the 1950s and 1960s.	English comic actor	78	30
Tryggve Gran	Jens Tryggve Herman Gran was a Norwegian aviator, explorer and author.	British flying ace	91	40
Chuck Braidwood	Charles "Chuck" Grant Braidwood was a professional American football player who played end for four seasons for the Portsmouth Spartans, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cardinals, and Cincinnati Reds.	American football player	41	75
John Michael Rysbrack	Johannes Michel or John Michael Rysbrack, original name Jan Michiel Rijsbrack, often referred to simply as Michael Rysbrack , was an 18th-century Flemish sculptor, who spent most of his career in England where he was one of the foremost sculptors of monuments, architectural decorations and portraits in the first half of the 18th century.	Sculptor	75	250

Anniversary Date: 08-Jan

Died on This Day (08-Jan)