List of Famous people who died in 2008

Alex Close was a Belgian road bicycle racer who was placed seventh in the Tour de France in 1952. He won the Tour of Belgium in 1955 and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1956.

Mae Mercer was an American blues singer and actress who appeared in many films, including Dirty Harry (1971), The Beguiled (1971), Frogs (1972), Cindy (1978), and Pretty Baby (1978). She was also executive producer of the documentary film Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary (1972).

Beverly Lucy Garland was an American actress. Her work in feature films primarily consisted of small parts in a few major productions or leads in low-budget action or science-fiction movies. On television, she had prominent recurring roles on several popular series.

Elaine Dundy was an American novelist, biographer, journalist, actress and playwright.

Keng Vannsak was a Cambodian scholar, philosopher and Khmer linguist. He invented the Khmer typewriter keyboard in 1952. He had lived in exile in Paris, France, from 1970 until his death in 2008. He died at the age of eighty-three at the hospital of Montmorency in the outskirts of Paris after suffering from a chronic illness.

Georgy Mikhailovich Yegorov was a Soviet Admiral of the Fleet and Hero of the Soviet Union.

John Daly was a British film producer.

George Furth was an American librettist, playwright, and actor.