deaths
January 8, 1916
Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (born 1884)
Rembrandt Bugatti
Rembrandt Bugatti was an Italian sculptor, known primarily for his bronze sculptures of wildlife subjects. During World War I, he volunteered for paramedical work at a military hospital in Antwerp, an experience that triggered in Bugatti the onset of depression, aggravated by financial problems, which eventually caused him to commit suicide on 8 January 1916 in Paris, France when he was 31 years old.
January 8
January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year.