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Deaths on the 8th of August in history

Deaths
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08 Aug 0869 Lotharius II: King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869)
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08 Aug 0869 Lothair II, Frankish king (b. 825)
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08 Aug 1303 Henry of Castile the Senator (b. 1230)
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08 Aug 1506 Sesshu Toyo: Zen Monk / painter, dies at 86 in Yamaguchi, Japan
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08 Aug 1555 Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (b. 1494)
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08 Aug 1588 Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter (b. 1532)
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08 Aug 1604 Horio Tadauji, Japanese daimyo (b. 1578)
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08 Aug 1616 Cornelis Ketel: Dutch portrait Painter / poet, buried at 68
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08 Aug 1631 Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)
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08 Aug 1684 George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer, English politician (b. 1622)
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08 Aug 1685 Sassoferrato [Giovanni B Salvi]: Ital Painter (Madonna), dies at 75
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08 Aug 1694 Antoine Arnauld [le grand Arnauld]: French lawyer / theology, dies at 82
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08 Aug 1700 Matthias Henriksen Schacht: Composer, dies at 40
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08 Aug 1705 Willem Roukens: Mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded
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08 Aug 1719 Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (b. 1667)
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08 Aug 1747 Madeleine de Verchères, Canadian raid leader (b. 1678)
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08 Aug 1759 Karl Heinrich Graun: German composer, dies at 55
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08 Aug 1759 Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (b. 1704)
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08 Aug 1788 Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu: French marshal, dies at 92
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08 Aug 1816 Blas de Laserna: Composer, dies at 65
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08 Aug 1827 George Canning, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
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08 Aug 1828 Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist and phycologist (b. 1743)
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08 Aug 1834 Silvestro Palma: Composer, dies at 80
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08 Aug 1863 Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
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08 Aug 1879 Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797)
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08 Aug 1887 Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
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08 Aug 1888 Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns: Composer, dies at 79
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08 Aug 1897 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
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08 Aug 1898 Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
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08 Aug 1902 Jean Y Y Tissot: French Painter / illustrator
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08 Aug 1902 James Tissot, French painter (b. 1836)
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08 Aug 1902 John Henry Twachtman, American painter (b. 1853)
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08 Aug 1908 Joseph [Maria] Olbrich: Architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40
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08 Aug 1909 Mary MacKillop, Australian nun, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
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08 Aug 1911 William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
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08 Aug 1918 Gertrude E Durden Rush: US Composer / playwright, dies at 38
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08 Aug 1921 Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (b. 1861)
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08 Aug 1924 Ernestine von Kirchsberg, Austrian painter (b. 1857)
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08 Aug 1928 Stjepan Radic: Founder / leader (Croatian Boer party)
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08 Aug 1928 Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)
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08 Aug 1930 Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter (b. 1874)
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08 Aug 1934 Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)
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08 Aug 1940 Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)
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08 Aug 1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
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08 Aug 1944 Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914)
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08 Aug 1947 Anton Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
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08 Aug 1950 Ernest F E Douwes Dekker: Founder National-India Party
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08 Aug 1950 Nicolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky: Composer, dies at 69
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08 Aug 1950 Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879)
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08 Aug 1954 Gino Tagliapietra: Composer, dies at 67
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08 Aug 1960 Danton Walker: Columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at 61
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08 Aug 1961 Charlie Gemora: Actor (who portrayed King Kong), dies at 58
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08 Aug 1961 Franc N D Buchman: US theology (Moral Rearms), dies at 83
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08 Aug 1961 Mei Lanfang, Chinese opera singer and actor (b. 1894)
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08 Aug 1962 Elizabeth Ann Duncan, American murderer (d. 1904)
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08 Aug 1963 Sandor Jemnitz: Composer, dies at 72
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08 Aug 1965 Shirley Hardie Jackson: US Author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45
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08 Aug 1965 Shirley Jackson, American author (b. 1916)
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08 Aug 1966 Pierre Charles: Belgian heavyweight boxer, dies at 63
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08 Aug 1969 Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)
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08 Aug 1971 Freddie Spencer Chapman, English soldier (b. 1907)
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08 Aug 1972 Andrea Feldman, American actress (b. 1948)
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08 Aug 1973 Dean Corll, American serial killer (b. 1939)
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08 Aug 1973 Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian and author (b. 1898)
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08 Aug 1974 Alexander Nelke, Estonian-American artist (b. 1894)
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08 Aug 1974 Baldur von Schirach, German nazi leader (b. 1907)
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08 Aug 1975 Julian "Cannonball" Alderly: Sax player, dies of a stroke at 46
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08 Aug 1975 Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
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08 Aug 1976 John Roselli: Hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered
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08 Aug 1979 Nicholas Monsarrat, English author (b. 1910)
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08 Aug 1980 Aga Yahya Khan: Pakistan military / politician, dies at 63
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08 Aug 1980 Jacqueline Cochrane: US pilot / 1st female faster than sound, dies at 70
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08 Aug 1980 Paul Triquet, Canadian soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1910)
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08 Aug 1981 Thomas McElwee, Irish activist (b. 1957)
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08 Aug 1982 Ferre Grignard: Belgian pop singer / Painter (Crucified Jesus)
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08 Aug 1982 Hermine Heijermans: Author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80
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08 Aug 1982 Kurt Edelhagen: West German jazz pianist, dies at 62
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08 Aug 1982 Valeer van Kerkhove: Flemish writer / producer (De Weerlozen)
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08 Aug 1982 Eric Brandon, English race car driver (b. 1920)
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08 Aug 1984 Richard Deacon, American actor (b. 1921)
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08 Aug 1984 Ellen Raskin, American author and illustrator (b. 1928)
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08 Aug 1985 Louise Brooks, American actress and dancer (b. 1906)
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08 Aug 1985 Louis Meeuwessen, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
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08 Aug 1987 Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
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08 Aug 1988 Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1914)
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08 Aug 1988 Alan Napier, English-American actor (b. 1903)
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08 Aug 1991 James B Irwin: Col USAF / Astronaut (Apollo 15), dies at 61
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08 Aug 1991 John Brasser: Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko)
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08 Aug 1991 Magdalena G Schenk: Historical (Vorstenhuizen of our time)
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08 Aug 1991 Julissa Gomez, American gymnast (b. 1972)
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08 Aug 1991 James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
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08 Aug 1992 Abul Qassim Khoei: Iraqi great-ayatollah / leader of Sjiieten
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08 Aug 1992 Alison L Gertz: US aids-activist / Esquire women of year, dies of AIDS
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08 Aug 1992 Arthur Lang: US boxer / businessman, dies at 115
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08 Aug 1992 Eitan Berglas: Israeli banker / advisor
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08 Aug 1992 Lou Krugman: Actor (I Want to Live), dies of cancer at 78
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08 Aug 1992 Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious leader and scholar (b. 1899)
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08 Aug 1992 John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1965)
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08 Aug 1992 Bertalan Papp, Hungarian fencer (b. 1913)
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08 Aug 1993 Harry Bellaver: Actor (Blue Collar, Old Man & the Sea), dies at 88
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08 Aug 1993 Lou van Raised: Impresario, dies at 77
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08 Aug 1993 Roy London: US actor / director (Tiger Warsaw), dies of lymphoma at 50
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08 Aug 1994 Henriette Santer: Clinical psychologist, dies at 62
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08 Aug 1994 Leonid Leonov: Russian playwright (Russky Lesson), dies at 95
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08 Aug 1994 Leonid Maksimovich Leonov: Novelist / Playwright, dies at 94
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08 Aug 1994 Robin Cavendish: Disabled Campaigner, dies at 64
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08 Aug 1995 David Begelman: Film producer, dies at 73
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08 Aug 1995 John Adams, American football player (b. 1937)
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08 Aug 1996 Didi Duprat: French guitarist, dies at 69
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08 Aug 1996 Frank A Whittle: Inventor of the Jet engine, dies at 89
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08 Aug 1996 Herbert Huncke: Writer, dies at 80
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08 Aug 1996 Julian Stryjkowski: Writer, dies at 91
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08 Aug 1996 Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
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08 Aug 1996 Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (b. 1927)
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08 Aug 1997 Duncan Swift: Jazz pianist, dies at 74
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08 Aug 1998 Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist (b. 1968)
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08 Aug 2003 Dirk Hoogendam, Dutch SS officer (b. 1922)
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08 Aug 2003 Falaba Issa Traoré, Malian director and playwright (b. 1930)
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08 Aug 2004 Leon Golub, American painter (b. 1922)
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08 Aug 2004 Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (b. 1934)
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08 Aug 2004 Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (b. 1907)
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08 Aug 2005 Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress and author (b. 1922)
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08 Aug 2005 Ahmed Deedat, South African missionary and author (b. 1918)
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08 Aug 2005 John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (b. 1918)
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08 Aug 2005 Gene Mauch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1925)
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08 Aug 2005 Dean Rockwell, American commander, wrestler, and coach (b. 1912)
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08 Aug 2005 Monica Sjöö, Swedish-English painter (b. 1938)
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08 Aug 2005 Ilse Werner, Indonesian-German actress and singer (b. 1921)
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08 Aug 2007 Ma Lik, Chinese journalist and politician (b. 1952)
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08 Aug 2007 Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
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08 Aug 2008 Orville Moody, American golfer (b. 1933)
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08 Aug 2008 Leonard Pagliero, English pilot and dog breeder (b. 1913)
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08 Aug 2009 Daniel Jarque, Spanish footballer (b. 1983)
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08 Aug 2010 Patricia Neal, American actress (b. 1926)
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08 Aug 2012 Fay Ajzenberg-Selove, German-American physicist and academic (b. 1926)
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08 Aug 2012 Hans R. Camenzind, Swiss-American engineer (b. 1934)
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08 Aug 2012 Ruth Etchells, English poet and academic (b. 1931)
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08 Aug 2012 Sancho Gracia, Spanish actor (b. 1936)
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08 Aug 2012 Surya Lesmana, Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1944)
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08 Aug 2012 Kurt Maetzig, German director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
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08 Aug 2013 Karen Black, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
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08 Aug 2013 Johannes Bluyssen, Dutch bishop (b. 1926)
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08 Aug 2013 Fernando Castro Pacheco, Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1918)
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08 Aug 2013 Jack Clement, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1931)
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08 Aug 2013 Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (b. 1985)
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08 Aug 2013 Barbara Mertz, American author (b. 1927)
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08 Aug 2013 Regina Resnik, American soprano and actress (b. 1922)
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08 Aug 2013 Jaymala Shiledar, Indian actor and singer (b. 1926)
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08 Aug 2014 Ralph Bryans, Irish-Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1942)
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08 Aug 2014 Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (b. 1929)
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08 Aug 2014 Charles Keating, English-American actor (b. 1941)
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08 Aug 2014 Leonardo Legaspi, Filipino archbishop (b. 1935)
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08 Aug 2014 Danny Murphy, American actor (b. 1955)
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08 Aug 2014 Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (b. 1929)
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08 Aug 2014 Red Wilson, American football and baseball player (b. 1929)
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