In deaths:
| February 8th 1987 | | Hendrik Koekoek, founder (Dutch Boer party), dies at 74
| | February 8th 1987 | | Harriet MacGibbon, actress (Mrs Drysdale-Beverly Hillbillies), dies
| | February 8th 1987 | | Bronislawa Wajs [Papuscha], writer, dies
| | February 8th 1988 | | Allan Cuthbertson, actor (Running Man, 7th Dawn), dies at 67
| | February 8th 1989 | | Maurits Kok, Dutch writer/poet (Railroad Strike), dies at 81
| | February 8th 1990 | | Del Shannon, rock vocalist (Runaway), shoots self at 50
| | February 8th 1991 | | Miran Bux, cricketer (2 Tests for Pakistan 1954-55), dies at 47
| | February 8th 1992 | | Baruch Lumet, actor (Killer Shrews), dies at 93
| | February 8th 1993 | | Paul Brickhill, Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies
| | February 8th 1993 | | Franz Schnyder, Swiss director (10th of May), dies at 82
| | February 8th 1993 | | Eliot Janeway, financial columnist (Eliot Doomsday), dies at 80
| | February 8th 1993 | | Douglas Heyes, director/writer (Kitten with a Whip), dies at 73
| | February 8th 1993 | | Casper van den Berg, Dutch poet (Fashionable inconvenience), dies
| | February 8th 1994 | | Jacob Firet, Dutch theologist (Agogic Moment), dies at 70
| | February 8th 1994 | | Ken Hall, Australian director/producer (Kokoda front line), dies at 92
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