Famous Deaths for 8th May 2026

1785 – Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman, dies at 65
1806 – Robert Morris, English-born merchant and American founding father who signed the US Declaration of Independence, dies at 72
1887 – Alexander Ulyanov, Russian revolutionary and brother of Vladimir Lenin, hanged for the attempted assassination of tsar Alexander III at 21
1936 – Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies at 55
1979 – Talcott Parsons, American sociologist, dies at 76
2008 – Eddy Arnold, American country music singer (“Make The World Go Away”; “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”), dies at 89
2016 – William Schallert, American character actor (Patty Duke Show – “Martin”; Get Smart – “The Admiral”), dies at 93
2018 – Mahmoud Hammoud, Lebanese politician and diplomat, dies at 82 or 83
2018 – Anne V. Coates, British film editor (Lawrence of Arabia; The Elephant Man), dies at 92
2025 – David Souter, American jurist (105th Supreme Court Justice, 1990-2009), dies at 85

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