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09 Aug 0117
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Trajan, Roman emperor (b. 53) |
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09 Aug 0378
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death
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Flavius Valens: Emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50
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09 Aug 0378
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Traianus, Roman general |
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09 Aug 0378
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death
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Valens, Roman emperor (b. 328) |
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09 Aug 0803
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Irene: Byzantine empress / Wife of Emperor Leo IV
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09 Aug 0803
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Irene of Athens (b. 752) |
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09 Aug 0833
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death
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Al-Ma'mun, Iraqi caliph (b. 786) |
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09 Aug 1048
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death
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Damasius II [Poppo]: Pope (1047-48)
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09 Aug 1048
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Pope Damasus II |
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09 Aug 1107
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death
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Emperor Horikawa of Japan (b. 1079) |
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09 Aug 1173
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Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Kurdish soldier and politician |
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09 Aug 1250
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death
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Eric IV of Denmark (b. 1216) |
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09 Aug 1516
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death
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Jeroen Bosch: Painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66
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09 Aug 1534
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death
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Thomas Cajetan, Italian cardinal and philosopher (b. 1470) |
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09 Aug 1580
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death
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Patriarch Metrophanes III of Constantinople (b. 1520) |
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09 Aug 1601
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death
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Michael the Brave, Romanian prince (b. 1558) |
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09 Aug 1612
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death
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Ottavio M Frangipani: Pope elect
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09 Aug 1613
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death
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Giovanni Righi: Composer, dies at 36
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09 Aug 1634
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death
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Pieter I de Jode: Flemish publisher
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09 Aug 1634
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death
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William Noy, English lawyer and judge (b. 1577) |
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09 Aug 1652
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death
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John Both: Landscape Painter / etcher, dies at about 37
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09 Aug 1668
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death
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Francois Anguier: French sculptor, dies at about 64
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09 Aug 1672
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death
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Jose Ximenez: Composer, dies at 70
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09 Aug 1710
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death
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Gabriel Schutz: Composer, dies at 77
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09 Aug 1720
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death
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Simon Ockley, English orientalist (b. 1678) |
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09 Aug 1727
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death
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Johann Philipp Treiber: Composer, dies at 52
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09 Aug 1738
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death
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Pierre Drevet: French engraver
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09 Aug 1744
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death
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James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1673) |
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09 Aug 1763
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death
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John Althuysen: Fries vicar / Poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47
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09 Aug 1806
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death
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Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian: Composer, dies at 33
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09 Aug 1816
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death
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Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771) |
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09 Aug 1835
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death
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Claus Nielsen Schali: Composer, dies at 78
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09 Aug 1837
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death
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Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787) |
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09 Aug 1848
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death
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Frederick Marryat: English captain / Author (Mr Midshipman Easy)
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09 Aug 1854
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death
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Frederik Augustus II: King of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57
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09 Aug 1862
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death
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Joseph Bennett Plummer: US Union Brigadier General, dies at 42 or 46
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09 Aug 1886
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death
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Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810) |
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09 Aug 1888
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death
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Charles Cros: French Mathematician / chemist / poet, dies at 45
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09 Aug 1888
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death
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Isaac Strauss: Composer, dies at 82
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09 Aug 1892
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death
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Matthias de Vries: Linguistic (spelling)
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09 Aug 1896
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death
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Otto Lilenthal: Aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48
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09 Aug 1904
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death
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Friedrich Ratzel: German social-geographer (Lebensraum), dies at 59
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09 Aug 1910
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death
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Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868) |
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09 Aug 1915
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death
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Henry Longbottom: English lieutenant, dies in battle
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09 Aug 1919
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death
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Ernst Haeckel: German philosopher (Social Darwinism), dies at 85
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09 Aug 1919
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death
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Ruggiero Leoncavallo: Italian Composer (Pagliacci), dies at 62
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09 Aug 1919
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death
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Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (b. 1857) |
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09 Aug 1924
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death
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Jacob P Vis: Dutch founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66
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09 Aug 1928
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death
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Frederik II W: Grand Duke of Baden (1907-18), dies at 71
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09 Aug 1929
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death
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Heinrich Zille: German cartoonist (Simplicissimus), dies at 71
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09 Aug 1932
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death
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John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863) |
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09 Aug 1942
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death
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Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891) |
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09 Aug 1943
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death
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Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter (b. 1893) |
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09 Aug 1945
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death
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Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917) |
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09 Aug 1945
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death
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Harry Hillman, American runner (b. 1881) |
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09 Aug 1946
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death
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Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876) |
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09 Aug 1948
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death
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Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885) |
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09 Aug 1949
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death
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Harry Davenport: Actor (Cowboy & Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83
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09 Aug 1949
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death
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Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874) |
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09 Aug 1955
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death
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Marion Eugene Bauer: Composer, dies at 57
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09 Aug 1957
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death
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Carl Clauberg, German physician (b. 1898) |
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09 Aug 1958
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death
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Felipe Boero: Composer, dies at 74
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09 Aug 1959
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death
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Emil Frantisek Burian: Composer, dies at 55
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09 Aug 1961
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death
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Walter Bedell Smith: US General / WWII Chief of Staff, dies at 75
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09 Aug 1962
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death
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Hermann Hesse, German-Swiss author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877) |
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09 Aug 1963
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death
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Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963) |
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09 Aug 1965
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death
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Creighton Hale: Silent film actor (Cat & Canary), dies at 83
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09 Aug 1966
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death
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Gosta Nystroem: Composer, dies at 75
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09 Aug 1967
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death
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Anton Walbrook: Actor (Laura, I Accuse), dies of heart attack at 66
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09 Aug 1967
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death
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Joe Orton, English author and playwright (b. 1933) |
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09 Aug 1969
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death
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George P Marshall: NFL President (Washington Redskins), dies at 72
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09 Aug 1969
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death
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Robert Lehman: US multi-millionaire / director (Met Museum of Art)
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09 Aug 1969
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death
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Voyteck Freykowski: US director, murdered
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09 Aug 1969
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death
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Abigail Folger, American heiress and activist (b. 1943) |
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09 Aug 1969
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death
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Wojciech Frykowski, Polish-American actor and author (b. 1936) |
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09 Aug 1969
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death
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Jay Sebring, American hair stylist, founded Sebring International (b. 1933) |
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09 Aug 1969
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death
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Sharon Tate, American actress (b. 1943) |
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09 Aug 1969
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death
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Steven Parent, American student (b. 1951) |
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09 Aug 1969
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death
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C. F. Powell, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) |
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09 Aug 1972
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death
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Bill Berns: Commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53
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09 Aug 1972
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death
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Richard Elsasser: Composer, dies at 45
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09 Aug 1973
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death
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Charlie Daniels: US swimmer (1904, 08 Olympics - 4 Gold Medals), dies at 88
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09 Aug 1973
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death
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Dean Corll: Shot, he raped and killed 26 boys
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09 Aug 1974
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death
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Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (Chase) (b. 1934) |
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09 Aug 1975
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death
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Dimitri D Shostakovitch: Composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68
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09 Aug 1975
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death
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Julian "Cannonball" Adderly: Saxophonist / bandleader, dies at 46
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09 Aug 1975
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death
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Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1906) |
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09 Aug 1976
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death
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Jose Lezama Lima: Cuban Poet / Novelist, dies at 65
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09 Aug 1976
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death
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Max Vredenburg: Composer, dies at 72
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09 Aug 1977
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death
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Edward Chapman: Actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75
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09 Aug 1978
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death
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James G Cozzens: US writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74
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09 Aug 1978
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death
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Johan Daisne [Thiery]: Belgian writer (Lago Maggiore), dies at 66
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09 Aug 1978
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death
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James Gould Cozzens, American author (b. 1903) |
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09 Aug 1979
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death
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Allan Frank: Actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64
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09 Aug 1979
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death
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Walter O'Malley, American businessman (b. 1903) |
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09 Aug 1979
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death
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Raymond Washington, American gang leader, founded the Crips (b. 1953) |
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09 Aug 1980
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death
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Elliott Nugent: Actor (Romance)
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09 Aug 1980
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death
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Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko: Russian Cosmonaut, dies at 41
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09 Aug 1980
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death
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Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot (b. 1906) |
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09 Aug 1982
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death
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Aleksandr A Alekseyev: Russian director
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09 Aug 1985
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death
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Clive Churchill, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1927) |
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09 Aug 1986
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death
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Joseph "Poeske" Scherens: Belgian cyclist, dies at 77
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09 Aug 1987
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death
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Kees de Galan: Dutch economist, dies at 55
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09 Aug 1988
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death
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Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (b. 1905) |
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09 Aug 1988
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death
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Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1923) |
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09 Aug 1990
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death
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Dorothy Appleby: Actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express)
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09 Aug 1990
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death
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Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager (b. 1914) |
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09 Aug 1991
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death
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Corrie Hartong: Dance pioneer
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09 Aug 1992
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death
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Christopher Todd [Todd Wangberg]: Dies of AIDS at 30
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09 Aug 1992
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death
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Jan van Baal: Antropologist / gov Dutch New-Guinea
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09 Aug 1992
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death
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Patrick A Devlin: England, judge / lead house of Lords
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09 Aug 1992
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death
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Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and actor (b. 1938) |
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09 Aug 1993
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death
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Mohamed M Tabet: Commissar of Casablanca, raped 518, executed at 54
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09 Aug 1994
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death
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Aartje W "Mien" van It Sant-van Bommel: Author, dies at 93
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09 Aug 1994
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death
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Clarence Ford: Sax player, dies at 64
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09 Aug 1994
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death
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Toby Rowland: Theatrical manager, dies at 77
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09 Aug 1995
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death
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John Schofield: Journalist, dies at 29
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09 Aug 1995
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death
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Willem Noordhoek: Photographer, dies at 78
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09 Aug 1995
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death
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Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Legion of Mary, and Old and in the Way) (b. 1942) |
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09 Aug 1996
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death
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James Whitman McLamore: Businessman, dies at 70
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09 Aug 1996
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death
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Kenneth Fleetwood: Fashion Designer, dies at 65
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09 Aug 1996
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death
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Ruth Holland: Journalist, dies at 54
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09 Aug 1996
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death
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Frank Whittle, English soldier and engineer, invented the jet engine (b. 1907) |
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09 Aug 1999
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death
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Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (b. 1910) |
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09 Aug 2000
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death
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John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920) |
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09 Aug 2000
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death
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Nicholas Markowitz, American murder victim (b. 1984) |
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09 Aug 2002
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death
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Paul Samson, English guitarist (Samson) (b. 1953) |
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09 Aug 2003
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death
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Jacques Deray, French director and screenwriter (b. 1929) |
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09 Aug 2003
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death
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Ray Harford, English footballer and manager (b. 1945) |
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09 Aug 2003
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death
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Gregory Hines, American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1946) |
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09 Aug 2003
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death
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Chester Ludgin, American opera singer (b. 1925) |
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09 Aug 2003
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death
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R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan lawyer, journalist, and academic (b. 1931) |
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09 Aug 2004
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death
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Robert Lecourt, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1908) |
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09 Aug 2004
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death
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Tony Mottola, American guitarist (b. 1918) |
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09 Aug 2004
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death
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David Raksin, American composer and educator (b. 1912) |
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09 Aug 2005
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death
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Matthew McGrory, American actor (b. 1973) |
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09 Aug 2005
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death
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Judith Rossner, American author (b. 1935) |
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09 Aug 2006
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death
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Philip E. High, English author (b. 1914) |
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09 Aug 2006
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death
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James Van Allen, American physicist and academic (b. 1914) |
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09 Aug 2007
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death
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Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist (b. 1922) |
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09 Aug 2008
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death
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Bernie Mac, American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1957) |
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09 Aug 2008
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death
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Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian author and poet (b. 1941) |
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09 Aug 2009
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death
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John Quade, American actor (b. 1938) |
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09 Aug 2010
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death
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Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (The Legendary Blues Band) (b. 1926) |
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09 Aug 2010
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death
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Ted Stevens, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1923) |
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09 Aug 2012
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death
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Carl Davis, American record producer (b. 1934) |
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09 Aug 2012
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death
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Gene F. Franklin, American theorist (b. 1927) |
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09 Aug 2012
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death
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Al Freeman, Jr., American actor, director, and educator (b. 1934) |
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09 Aug 2012
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death
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Dale Olson, American publicist (b. 1934) |
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09 Aug 2012
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death
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David Rakoff, Canadian-American actor and journalist (b. 1964) |
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09 Aug 2012
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death
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Carmen Belen Richardson, Puerto Rican actress (b. 1930) |
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09 Aug 2012
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death
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Mel Stuart, American director and producer (b. 1928) |
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09 Aug 2013
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death
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Haji, Canadian-American actress (b. 1946) |
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09 Aug 2013
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death
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Harry Elliott, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923) |
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09 Aug 2013
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death
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Eduardo Falú, Argentinian guitarist and composer (b. 1923) |
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09 Aug 2013
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death
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Glen Hobbie, American baseball player (b. 1936) |
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09 Aug 2013
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death
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Louis Killen, English singer (b. 1934) |
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09 Aug 2013
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death
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William Lynch, Jr., American politician (b. 1947) |
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09 Aug 2013
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death
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Phill Nixon, English darts player (b. 1956) |
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09 Aug 2013
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death
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John H. Ross, American caption (b. 1918) |
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09 Aug 2014
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death
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J. F. Ade Ajayi, Nigerian historian and academic (b. 1929) |
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09 Aug 2014
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death
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Michael Brown, American shooting victim (b. 1996) |
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09 Aug 2014
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death
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Andriy Bal, Ukrainian footballer and coach (b. 1958) |
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09 Aug 2014
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death
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Arthur G. Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Arlen Realty and Development Corporation (b. 1930) |
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09 Aug 2014
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death
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Ed Nelson, American actor (b. 1928) |
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