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Deaths on the 6th of August in history

Deaths
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06 Aug 0258 Sixtus II: Bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded
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06 Aug 0258 Pope Sixtus II
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06 Aug 0523 Hormisdas: Pope (514-23)
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06 Aug 0523 Pope Hormisdas (b. 450)
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06 Aug 0750 Marwan II, Muslim caliph (b. 688)
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06 Aug 0966 Berengarius II: Markgraaf of Ivrea / King of Italy (950-963)
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06 Aug 1162 Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (b. 1113)
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06 Aug 1195 Henry de Leeuw: Duke of Saxon / Bayern
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06 Aug 1195 Henry the Lion, German son of Henry X, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1129)
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06 Aug 1221 Dominicus: Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)
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06 Aug 1221 Saint Dominic, Spanish priest, founded the Dominican Order (b. 1170)
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06 Aug 1272 Stefanus V: Prince of Transylvania / King of Hungary (1270-72)
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06 Aug 1272 Stephen V of Hungary (b. 1239)
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06 Aug 1414 Ladislaus of Naples (b. 1377)
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06 Aug 1458 Callistus III [Alfonso the Borja]: Pope (1455-58), dies at 79
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06 Aug 1458 Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
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06 Aug 1548 Georg Rhau / Rhaw: German cantor / Composer / music publisher
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06 Aug 1623 Anne Hathaway, English wife of William Shakespeare (b. 1555)
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06 Aug 1628 Johannes Junius, German politician (b. 1573)
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06 Aug 1637 Ben Johnson: Dramatist / playwright, dies at 65
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06 Aug 1637 Ben Jonson, English poet and playwright (b. 1572)
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06 Aug 1645 Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant and politician (b. 1575)
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06 Aug 1657 Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1595)
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06 Aug 1660 Diego Rodriguez de Silva Valezquez: Spanish (court)painter, dies at 61
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06 Aug 1660 Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (b. 1599)
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06 Aug 1661 Jacqueline-M-A the Sainte Madeleine Arnauld: French abbess
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06 Aug 1666 Tsjerk H de Vries: Fleet guardian, dies in Battle at 43
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06 Aug 1679 John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (b. 1629)
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06 Aug 1686 Paul Hainlein: Composer, dies at 60
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06 Aug 1694 Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
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06 Aug 1695 François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
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06 Aug 1718 Jacob F Muller [Sjako / Jaco]: German / Netherlands crowd leader, beheaded at 28
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06 Aug 1727 Francois Valentijn: Vicar / writer, dies at 61
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06 Aug 1746 Christian VI: King of Denmark / Norway
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06 Aug 1753 Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist (b. 1711)
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06 Aug 1757 Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
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06 Aug 1775 Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber: Composer, dies at 72
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06 Aug 1783 Willem Bachiene: Vicar / Theologist / geography / astronomer, dies at 70
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06 Aug 1784 Karl Kohaut: Composer, dies at 57
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06 Aug 1794 Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
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06 Aug 1799 Joseph Friebert: Composer, dies at 74
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06 Aug 1815 James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
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06 Aug 1816 Karl Frieberth: Composer, dies at 80
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06 Aug 1820 Antonin Vranicky: Composer, dies at 59
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06 Aug 1820 M A Elisa Bonaparte: Corsican Monarch of Lucca, dies at 43
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06 Aug 1821 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni: Composer, dies at 64
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06 Aug 1828 Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
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06 Aug 1848 Nicola Vaccai: Italian composer, dies at 58
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06 Aug 1850 Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
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06 Aug 1853 Josif Josifovich Genishta: Composer, dies at 57
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06 Aug 1866 John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
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06 Aug 1881 James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
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06 Aug 1884 Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)
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06 Aug 1886 Wilhelm Scherer: German literature historian, dies at 45
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06 Aug 1890 John Hart or William Kemmler: United States -- 1st executed in electric chair (NY)
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06 Aug 1890 William Kemmler, American murderer (b. 1860)
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06 Aug 1893 Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician (b. 1811)
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06 Aug 1895 George Frederick Root: Composer, dies at 74
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06 Aug 1900 Wilhelm Liebknecht: German journalist / socialist, dies at 74
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06 Aug 1904 Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
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06 Aug 1914 Ellen Wilson: 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54
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06 Aug 1914 Ellen Axson Wilson, American wife of Woodrow Wilson, 29th First Lady of the United States (b. 1860)
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06 Aug 1920 Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
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06 Aug 1924 John Henry Roberts: Composer, dies at 76
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06 Aug 1925 Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
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06 Aug 1928 William Henry Grattan Flood: Composer, dies at 68
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06 Aug 1931 Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (The Wolverines) (b. 1903)
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06 Aug 1935 Alexander Gustav Adolfovich Winkler: Composer, dies at 70
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06 Aug 1937 Annie E F Horniman: England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76
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06 Aug 1937 Ferdinand CS Schiller: British philosopher (Mind!), dies at 72
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06 Aug 1938 Warner Oland: Actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57
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06 Aug 1945 Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
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06 Aug 1945 Hiram Johnson, American politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
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06 Aug 1946 Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)
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06 Aug 1957 Ernest Linton, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
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06 Aug 1959 Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
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06 Aug 1961 Jozef E Van Roey: Flemish Cardinal / Archbishop of Mechelen, dies at 87
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06 Aug 1963 Tom Keene: Actor (Our Daily Bread), dies of cancer at 68
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06 Aug 1964 Cedric Hardwicke, English-American actor (b. 1893)
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06 Aug 1965 Aksel Sandemose: Writer
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06 Aug 1965 Everett Sloane: Dies of apparent suicide with barbiturates at 55
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06 Aug 1965 Nancy Carroll: Actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), dies at 60
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06 Aug 1965 Peter Ronnefeld: Composer, dies at 30
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06 Aug 1966 Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger: Sci-fi Author (Space Lords), dies at 53
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06 Aug 1966 Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (b. 1913)
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06 Aug 1968 Ernest Burnelle: Belgian politician, dies at 60
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06 Aug 1969 Theodor Adorno: German philosopher / sociologist, dies at 65
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06 Aug 1969 Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
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06 Aug 1970 Ingolf Dahl: German Composer (Andante & Arioso), dies at 58
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06 Aug 1970 Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
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06 Aug 1973 Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
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06 Aug 1973 Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1897)
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06 Aug 1976 Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
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06 Aug 1978 Edward Durrell Stone: US architect, dies at 76
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06 Aug 1978 Paul VI [Giovanni Montini]: Italian Pope (1963-78), dies at 80
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06 Aug 1978 Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
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06 Aug 1978 Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
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06 Aug 1979 Kurt Kasznar: Actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants), dies at 65
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06 Aug 1979 Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
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06 Aug 1980 Charles Urbanus: Dutch baseball player, dies at 66
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06 Aug 1983 Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
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06 Aug 1985 Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (b. 1923)
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06 Aug 1986 Emilio Fernandez: Director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre), dies at 82
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06 Aug 1986 Manfred Hausmann: Writer, dies at 87
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06 Aug 1986 William J Schroeder: (longest-survivor with permanent artificial) heart, dies at 54, after 620 days with Jarvik VII man-made pump
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06 Aug 1986 Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
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06 Aug 1987 Sherwood Bailey: Actor (Spud-Our Gang)
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06 Aug 1987 Ira C. Eaker, American general (b. 1896)
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06 Aug 1988 Anatoli S Levchenko: Cosmonaut (TM-4), dies of brain tumor at 47
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06 Aug 1988 J Skelly Wright: US judge (anti-segregationist), dies at 77
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06 Aug 1990 Charles Arnt: Actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82
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06 Aug 1990 Gordon Metcalfe: Actor (Monster in the Closet), dies of AIDS at 43
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06 Aug 1990 Mario De Andrade: Founder (Movimiento Popular of Lib of Angola)
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06 Aug 1990 Robert Alex: Shot to death by robber at 31
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06 Aug 1990 Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912)
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06 Aug 1991 Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian politician, 74th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1915)
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06 Aug 1991 Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (b. 1900)
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06 Aug 1991 Harry Reasoner, American journalist, founded 60 Minutes (b. 1923)
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06 Aug 1992 Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (b. 1949)
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06 Aug 1993 Milton "Milt" Thompson: US NASA-test pilot / chief-engineer, dies at 67
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06 Aug 1993 Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916)
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06 Aug 1994 Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (b. 1928)
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06 Aug 1995 Paul James Nunn: Mountaineer, dies at 52
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06 Aug 1995 Youly Algaroff: Ballet dancer, dies at 77
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06 Aug 1996 Buland Al Haidary: Poet, dies at 69
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06 Aug 1996 Hernan Siles Zuazo: President of Bolivia (1956-60, 1982-85), dies at 82
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06 Aug 1996 Muhammad al-Badr: Magnate of Northern Yemen (1962)
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06 Aug 1996 Ossie Raymond Clark: Fashion designer, dies at 54
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06 Aug 1996 Richard Murphey Goodwin: Economist, dies at 83
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06 Aug 1997 Shin Ki-ha, South Korean politician (b. 1941)
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06 Aug 1998 André Weil, French-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
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06 Aug 1999 Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (b. 1934)
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06 Aug 2001 Jorge Amado, Brazilian poet and author (b. 1912)
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06 Aug 2001 Wilhelm Mohnke, German SS officer (b. 1911)
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06 Aug 2001 Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1928)
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06 Aug 2001 Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)
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06 Aug 2002 Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930)
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06 Aug 2003 Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (b. 1915)
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06 Aug 2004 Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Mynah Birds) (b. 1948)
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06 Aug 2004 Donald Justice, American poet and academic (b. 1925)
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06 Aug 2005 Keter Betts, American bassist (b. 1928)
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06 Aug 2005 Robin Cook, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1946)
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06 Aug 2005 Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1927)
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06 Aug 2007 Heinz Barth, German SS officer (b. 1920)
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06 Aug 2007 Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (Bikini) (b. 1969)
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06 Aug 2008 Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and author (b. 1934)
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06 Aug 2009 Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909)
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06 Aug 2009 Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mink DeVille) (b. 1950)
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06 Aug 2009 John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)
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06 Aug 2009 Willibrordus S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (b. 1935)
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06 Aug 2011 Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (b. 1911)
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06 Aug 2012 Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944)
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06 Aug 2012 Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
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06 Aug 2012 Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938)
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06 Aug 2012 Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913)
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06 Aug 2012 Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (b. 1954)
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06 Aug 2012 Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (b. 1918)
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06 Aug 2012 Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (b. 1953)
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06 Aug 2013 Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (b. 1907)
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06 Aug 2013 Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower (b. 1960)
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06 Aug 2013 Jeremy Geidt, English-American actor (b. 1930)
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06 Aug 2013 Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
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06 Aug 2013 Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (b. 1929)
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06 Aug 2013 Dave Wagstaffe, English footballer (b. 1943)
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06 Aug 2013 Jerry Wolman, American businessman (b. 1927)
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06 Aug 2014 Ananda W. P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)
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06 Aug 2014 John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)
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06 Aug 2014 Smita Talwalkar, Indian actress and producer (b. 1954)
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