2008 in Malaysia - Deaths

Deaths

  • Christopher Fernando – Prominent lawyer
  • Tan Sri Megat Junid Megat Ayub – Former cabinet minister and Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
  • Dato' Ishak Baharom – Selangor state Mufti (1985–1997)
  • Rosli Khamis (Loloq) – Songwriter
  • Richard Ho Ung Hun – Former minister and MCA deputy president
  • Datuk Zakaria Md Deros – Controversial political figure and former Port Klang state assemblyman
  • Dato' Haji Wan Othman, – Sarawak songwriters. writer of the Sarawak state anthem "Ibu Pertiwiku" (My Motherland)
  • Yusni Jaafar – Malaysian comedy actress
  • Ballang Lasung – Malaysian SEA Games javelin gold medalist
  • Rustam Abdullah Sani – Political writers, analysis and former Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) deputy president
  • M. G. Pandithan – President of the Indian Progressive Front (IPF)
  • Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin SM Amin – Naza Group Chairman
  • Nasir P.Ramlee — Actor and son of late P.Ramlee
  • Razak Leman – Former Malaysian hockey player
  • Tan Sri Anuar Zainal Abidin – Former Chief Judge of Malaya
  • Tan Sri Eric Chia – Former Perwaja Steel managing director
  • Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin – Melaka state governor (Yang di-Pertua Negeri) (1984–2004)
  • S. Othman Kelantan – Malaysian writers
  • Michael Chua – Malaysian bowling player
  • Tunku Tan Sri Abdullah – Chairman and founder of the Melewar Corporation
  • Tan Sri A Samad Ismail – Journalist, National Journalism Laureate, writer and editor.
  • Harbans Singh – Malaysian weightlifter
  • Shamsiah Fakeh – Nationalist, feminist and the veteran leader of the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM)
  • Ahmad Mahmud – Malay actors
  • Abdul Samad Mian (Samad Lefthanded) – Former guitarist of Lefthanded's rock band
  • Datuk Razali Ismail – Deputy Minister of Education and Kuala Terengganu member of parliament (MP)
  • Tengku Budriah binti Almarhum Tengku Ismail – Raja Perempuan Perlis and third Raja Permaisuri Agong
  • Datuk Ho Kok Chye – Former Malaysian hockey player and chef de mission of the Malaysian team at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
  • Tuanku Jaafar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman – Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan and 10th Yang di-Pertuan Agong

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