page_title: 2008
section_title: June
hierarchical_section_title: 2008 / Deaths / June
caption_attribution_description: Carlin performing one of his last shows in 2008
context_page_description: 2008 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium, the 8th year of the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.
  2008 was designated as:
  International Year of Languages
  International Year of Planet Earth
  International Year of Sanitation
  International Year of the Potato
context_section_description: June 1
  Tommy Lapid, Israeli television presenter, journalist, and politician (b. 1931)
  Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b. 1936)
  June 2
  Bo Diddley, American musician (b. 1928)
  Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1917)
  June 4 – Agata Mróz-Olszewska, Polish volleyball player (b. 1982)
  June 5 – Jameson Mbilini Dlamini, 7th Prime Minister of Swaziland (b. 1932)
  June 7
  Mustafa Khalil, 40th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1920)
  Dino Risi, Italian director (b. 1916)
  June 8 – Šaban Bajramović, Serbian musician (b. 1936)
  June 9
  Karen Asrian, Armenian chess grandmaster (b. 1980)
  Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American science fiction writer (b. 1931)
  June 10 – Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani writer (b. 1928)
  June 11
  Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1939)
  Võ Văn Kiệt, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
  June 13 – Tim Russert, American journalist (b. 1950)
  June 15 – Stan Winston, American special effects and makeup artist (b. 1946)
  June 17 – Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (b. 1922)
  June 18 – Jean Delannoy, French film director (b. 1908)
  June 22 – George Carlin, American author, actor, and comedian (b. 1937)
  June 23 – Arthur Chung, 1st President of Guyana (b. 1918)
  June 24 – Leonid Hurwicz, American Nobel economist and mathematician (b. 1917)
  June 26 – Lilyan Chauvin, French-American actress, television host, and director (b. 1925)
  June 27 – Sam Manekshaw, Indian Field Marshal (b. 1914)
  June 28 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (b. 1987)
  June 29 – Don S. Davis, American actor (b. 1942)
caption: George Carlin
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