Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2008

Philippe Khorsand was a French actor. His father was Iranian and his mother was French. He first appeared in a number of small roles in the 1970s. One of his most memorable roles as husband and father in Tableau d'honneur (1992).

David Lawrence Groh fue un actor estadounidense, conocido principalmente por su interpretación de Joe Gerard en la serie televisiva de la década de 1970 Rhoda, actuando junto a Valerie Harper.

Evan Mecham was an American businessman and the 17th governor of Arizona, serving from January 5, 1987, until his impeachment conviction on April 4, 1988. A decorated veteran of World War II, Mecham was a successful automotive dealership owner and occasional newspaper publisher.

Jun Ichikawa was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was first a director of television commercials before adding filmmaking to his creative activities. His most famous film outside Japan was Tony Takitani, an adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage after suddenly collapsing at a restaurant, shortly before his latest film, Buy a Suit, was to premier at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Ali Al-Mufidi was a Kuwaiti actor and movie director.

Jayshree Gadkar was a noted Marathi and Hindi movie actress and a star of Marathi cinema from the 1950s up to the 1980s.

Guennadi Gueórguievich Volnov, en ruso: Геннадий Георгиевич Вольнов, fue un jugador soviético de baloncesto. Consiguió doce medallas en competiciones internacionales con la Unión Soviética.

Marie Castello, who was known as Madam Marie, was an American fortune teller and psychic reader who worked on the Asbury Park, New Jersey, boardwalk from 1932 until 2008. Madam Marie was the longest running tenant on the Asbury Park boardwalk.

Oliver Sunday Akanite, better known by the stage name Oliver De Coque, was a Nigerian guitarist and one of Africa's most prolific recording artists.

Joseph Luc Bourdon fue un defensor profesional canadiense de hockey sobre hielo que jugó para los Vancouver Canucks de la Liga Nacional de Hockey desde 2006 hasta 2008. Después de superar la artritis infantil, fue seleccionado tercero en la clasificación general de la Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) de Quebec en 2003 y jugó para los Val-d'Or Foreurs, Moncton Wildcats y Cape Breton Screaming Eagles, pasando cuatro temporadas en la QMJHL. Los Canucks reclutaron a Bourdon con su primera selección, décima en la general, en el 2005 NHL Entry Draft, y dividió su carrera profesional con los Canucks y su afiliado de la Liga Americana de Hockey, el Manitoba Moose. Conocido como un fuerte defensor que podía contribuir a la ofensiva, Bourdon representó a Canadá en tres torneos internacionales, ganando dos medallas de oro en el Campeonato Mundial Sub-20 de la IIHF y una medalla de plata en el Campeonato Mundial Sub-18 de la IIHF. Bourdon murió a la edad de 21 años cerca de su ciudad natal de Shippagan, Nuevo Brunswick, cuando su motocicleta chocó con un remolque.