Deaths
- January 10 — Vampira
- January 15 — Lynn Lemon
- February 2 — Barry Morse
- February 15 — Jim Begg
- February 19 — Pat Judge
- February 24 — Günther Rücker
- March 5 — Suzie Kaye
- March 18 — Paul Jasiukonis
- March 21 — Alan Roberts
- March 24 — Foster Hood
- April 1 — Floyd Simmons
- April 2 — Johnny Byrne
- April 14 — June Travis
- April 17 — Clifford H. Poland Jr.
- April 27 — Peter Mamakos
- May 13 — John Phillip Law
- May 16 — Sandy Howard
- June 6 — Eugene Persson
- June 12 — Charlie Jones
- June 14 — Alan Wells
- June 15 — Stan Winston
- June 19 — Michael Rougas
- June 26 — Lilyan Chauvin
- June 29 — Hans Caninenberg
- July 12 — Claudio Guzmán
- July 25 — Mikhail Pugovkin
- August 30 — Pamela Raymond
- September 1 — Don LaFontaine
- September 25 — Kent Lipham
- October 1 — David Hooks
- October 8 — Herbert Bötticher
- October 15 — Edie Adams
- October 27 — Roy Stewart
- October 29 — Cynthia Patrick
- November 14 — Irving Gertz
- November 14 — Joyce Terry
- November 17 — Ennio De Concini
- December 2 — James Cawthorn
- December 4 — Forrest J Ackerman
- December 5 — Beverly Garland
- December 9 — Lynette Bernay
- December 12 — Van Johnson
- December 15 — Carl Bengs
- December 31 — Fábio Sabag
Home Media Releases
Events
- July 25 — The MST3K Reunion Panel held at ComicCon '08 in San Diego reunites the key players of Best Brains. It is moderated by future MST3K performer Patton Oswalt.