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Notable deaths of 2008 roll call of world figures
A 2008 obituary roster honors Sir Edmund Hillary and Michael DeBakey among many prominent figures. The list includes Solzhenitsyn, Heston, Newman, Buckley, Russert, Fischer, Solzhenitsyn, Solzhenitsyn, and Dunham, noting their impact in exploration, medicine, literature, politics, film, and science.
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Everest
Edmund Hillary
Michael DeBakey
Arthur C. Clarke
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Mildred Loving
U.S. Supreme Court
Madelyn Payne Dunham
Barack Obama
Charleton Heston
Ben-Hur
Michelangelo
Paul Newman
William F. Buckley
Tim Russert
Anne Armstrong
Jesse Helms
Howard Metzenbaum
Tom Lantos
Congress
World of Science
Judah Folkman
Edward Lorenz
Albert Hofmann
Watergate
Throat
Bobby Fischer
Cyd
Erich Kaestner
Germany
Pramod Karan Sethi
Philip Agee
CIA
Sir Edmund Hillary
Mount Everest
Richard Knerr
Wham-O Toy Company
Suzanne Pleshette
Bob Newhart