List of Famous people who died in 2008
June Vincent
June Vincent was an American actress.
Lennart Bergelin
Sven Lennart Bergelin was a Swedish tennis player and coach. As a player, for AIK, Bergelin won nine Swedish championship singles titles between 1945 and 1955, and the French Open doubles title in 1948. Bergelin is best known for his work with Björn Borg, whom he trained between 1971 and 1983, helping him to win 11 Grand Slam tournaments. Bergelin also captained Sweden to its first Davis Cup title.
Yi Chong-jun
Yi Cheong-jun was a prominent South Korean novelist. Throughout his four decade-long career, Yi wrote more than 100 short stories and 13 novels.
Hal Riney
Hal Patrick Riney was an American advertising executive.
John Drake
John Alan Drake was a New Zealand rugby union footballer who represented the All Blacks and Auckland as a tighthead prop.
Ken Murray
Kenneth Stanley Murray Jr. was an American professional basketball player. Murray was selected in the fourth round of the 1950 NBA Draft by the Chicago Stags after a collegiate career at St. Bonaventure. In the 1950–51 season he was selected as an NBA All-Star alternate for the Eastern Conference while playing for the Baltimore Bullets.
Juliette Faber
Juliette Faber (1919–2008) was a Luxembourg-born French stage and film actress.
Milenko Zablaćanski
Milenko Zablaćanski,, , was a Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter.
Robert H. Justman
Robert Harris "Bob" Justman was an American television producer, director, and production manager. He worked on many American TV series including Lassie, The Life of Riley, Adventures of Superman, The Outer Limits, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, and Then Came Bronson.
Renato De Grandis
Renato de Grandis was an Italian composer, musicologist, writer and Theosophist.