List of Famous people who died in 2008

Hasan Doğan was the 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation. He died of a heart attack in Bodrum, a popular tourist destination in the southwest Turkish Riviera, where he was on vacation. He was incumbent for a relatively short period, beginning on 14 February 2008 and serving until his death on 5 July 2008.

Yuri Ivanovich Nosenko was a KGB officer who defected to the United States in 1964. Controversy arose in the CIA over whether he was a bona fide defector and he was held in detention for over three years before he was finally accepted as a legitimate defector by the CIA. After his release, he became an American citizen, working as a consultant for the CIA.

Oswaldo Louzada was a Brazilian actor. He was also known as Louzadinha.

Alfonso López Trujillo was a Colombian Cardinal Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and president of the Pontifical Council for the Family.

Bernardo Neustadt was an Argentinian journalist born in Romania. For 30 years he was the TV host of the famous New Time news program.

Anthony Minghella, was a British film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007.

Kurt Weinzierl was an Austrian television actor. He played Franz Jägerstätter in the biopic of 1971, but is most famous for his portrayal of the head of the Viennese police forces in Kottan ermittelt.

José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos was a Mexican lawyer, politician and civil servant.

José "Pepín" Bello Lasierra was a Spanish intellectual and writer.

Fawwaz bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was a senior member of the House of Saud. In 2006, Fawwaz became one of the members of the Allegiance Commission. However, he died on 19 July 2008, some six months after the establishment of the council.