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Deaths on the 12th of August in history

Deaths
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12 Aug 2030 Cleopatra, Egyptian queen (b. 69 BC)
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12 Aug 0875 Louis II of Italy (b. 825)
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12 Aug 1158 Anselmus van Havelberg: Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55)
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12 Aug 1350 Philip VI: King of France
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12 Aug 1424 Yongle Emperor of China (b. 1360)
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12 Aug 1484 Sixtus IV [Francesco della Rovere]: Pope (1471-84)
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12 Aug 1484 Pope Sixtus IV (b. 1414)
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12 Aug 1546 Francisco de Vitoria: Spanish theology / lawyer
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12 Aug 1577 Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513)
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12 Aug 1588 Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian-English composer (b. 1543)
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12 Aug 1612 Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1557)
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12 Aug 1633 Jacopo Peri, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1561)
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12 Aug 1638 Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557)
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12 Aug 1654 Cornelis Haga: Ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76
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12 Aug 1660 Gilbertus van Zinnik: Flemish architect, dies at about 33
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12 Aug 1674 Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b. 1602)
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12 Aug 1675 Karl Rabenhaupt: German / Netherlands Baron of Sucha / army leader, dies at 73
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12 Aug 1676 King Philip [Metacomet]: Leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death
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12 Aug 1689 Innocent XI [Benedetto Odescalchi]: Pope (1676-89), dies at 78
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12 Aug 1689 Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
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12 Aug 1715 Nahum Tate: English Poet / playwright / Poet laureate
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12 Aug 1728 Henricus Zwaardecroon: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies, dies at 61
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12 Aug 1750 Rachel Ruysch: Royal Painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz
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12 Aug 1778 Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (b. 1714)
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12 Aug 1797 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger: Composer, dies at 73
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12 Aug 1809 Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738)
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12 Aug 1810 Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)
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12 Aug 1811 John FE Acton: Cruel Premier of Naples, dies at 77
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12 Aug 1812 Jean Joseph Rodolphe: Composer, dies at 81
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12 Aug 1822 Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1769)
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12 Aug 1827 William Blake, English poet and painter (b. 1757)
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12 Aug 1829 Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (b. 1760)
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12 Aug 1830 Franz de Paula Roser: Composer, dies at 50
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12 Aug 1848 George Stephenson, English engineer (b. 1781)
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12 Aug 1849 Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin: Minister of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88
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12 Aug 1849 Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
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12 Aug 1851 John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, English-Indian lawyer and activist (b. 1801)
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12 Aug 1857 William Daniel Conybeare: Geologist
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12 Aug 1861 Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (b. 1793)
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12 Aug 1864 Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1811)
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12 Aug 1865 William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (b. 1785)
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12 Aug 1877 James Drummond: Historical painter
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12 Aug 1883 Last Quagga: Zebra with less slashes (in Artis)
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12 Aug 1885 Georg Curtius: German classical / linguist / philologist, dies at 65
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12 Aug 1891 James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1819)
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12 Aug 1896 Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841)
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12 Aug 1900 James E Keeler: US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42
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12 Aug 1900 Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (b. 1836)
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12 Aug 1901 Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
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12 Aug 1904 William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)
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12 Aug 1911 Petrus H Hugenholtz: Dutch reformist vicar (Levenslicht), dies at 79
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12 Aug 1914 John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed the HMS Holland 1 (b. 1840)
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12 Aug 1918 Anna Held, Polish-American actress and singer (b. 1872)
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12 Aug 1918 William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848)
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12 Aug 1921 Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
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12 Aug 1922 Arthur Griffith, Irish politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
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12 Aug 1924 Sándor Bródy, Hungarian author and journalist (b. 1863)
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12 Aug 1928 Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)
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12 Aug 1934 Hendrik P Berlage: Architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78
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12 Aug 1934 Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856)
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12 Aug 1935 Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)
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12 Aug 1936 Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina, Spanish educator (b. 1903)
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12 Aug 1938 Ludwig Borchardt: German egyptologist, dies at 74
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12 Aug 1941 Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
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12 Aug 1941 Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
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12 Aug 1943 Georges Martin Witkowski: Composer, dies at 76
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12 Aug 1943 Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
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12 Aug 1944 Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
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12 Aug 1952 David Bergelson, Ukrainian author (b. 1884)
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12 Aug 1955 Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
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12 Aug 1955 James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
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12 Aug 1959 Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (b. 1877)
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12 Aug 1964 Ian L Fleming: British journalist / writer (James Bond), dies at 56
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12 Aug 1964 Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)
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12 Aug 1966 Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet (b. 1923)
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12 Aug 1967 Esther Forbes, American historian and author (b. 1891)
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12 Aug 1968 Pieter J Auld: Mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81
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12 Aug 1973 Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
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12 Aug 1973 Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
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12 Aug 1976 Thomas Edward Driberg: 1st Baron Bradwell, journalist
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12 Aug 1979 Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
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12 Aug 1982 Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska: Composer, dies at 80
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12 Aug 1982 Joe Tex: Rocker, dies at 49
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12 Aug 1982 Henry Fonda, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1905)
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12 Aug 1982 Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
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12 Aug 1984 Lenny Breau, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1941)
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12 Aug 1985 Marcel Mihalovici: Composer, dies at 86
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12 Aug 1985 Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1941)
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12 Aug 1985 Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. 1951)
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12 Aug 1986 Evaline Ness, American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
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12 Aug 1988 Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (b. 1960)
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12 Aug 1989 Samuel Okwaraji, Nigerian footballer (b. 1964)
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12 Aug 1989 William Shockley, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
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12 Aug 1990 Sara Seegar [Stone]: Actor (Mystery of Room 13), dies at 76
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12 Aug 1990 B. Kliban, American cartoonist (b. 1935)
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12 Aug 1990 Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress and singer (b. 1903)
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12 Aug 1991 Irene Campbell: British actress / dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice)
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12 Aug 1991 William Gordon: Screenwriter (Back to Bataan)
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12 Aug 1992 Beverley Brooks: Dies of a stroke at 63
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12 Aug 1992 Lady Rothermere [Bubbles]: Wife of British newspaper magnate
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12 Aug 1992 Queen Mother of Oman
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12 Aug 1992 John Cage, American composer and theorist (b. 1912)
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12 Aug 1993 Jerome Thor: Actor (Riot in Juvenile Prison), dies of cardiac arrest at 69
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12 Aug 1994 Gene Cherico: Bassist, dies at 59
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12 Aug 1994 Manfred Salzgeber: German film distributor / publicist, dies at about 51
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12 Aug 1995 Frank Cvitanovich: Film maker, dies at 68
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12 Aug 1996 Anthony Derrick Parsons: Diplomat, dies at 73
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12 Aug 1996 Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist and academic (b. 1908)
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12 Aug 1996 Robert Gravel, Canadian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1945)
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12 Aug 1996 Mark Gruenwald, American author and illustrator (b. 1953)
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12 Aug 1997 Luther Allison, American singer and guitarist (b. 1939)
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12 Aug 1997 Jack Delano, American photographer and composer (b. 1914)
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12 Aug 1999 Jean Drapeau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1916)
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12 Aug 2000 Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (b. 1955)
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12 Aug 2000 Loretta Young, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
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12 Aug 2002 Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (b. 1916)
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12 Aug 2004 Godfrey Hounsfield, English biophysicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
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12 Aug 2004 Peter Woodthorpe, English actor (b. 1931)
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12 Aug 2005 John Loder, English sound engineer and producer, founded Southern Studios (b. 1946)
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12 Aug 2005 Relangi Selvarajah, Sri Lankan actress and journalist (b. 1960)
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12 Aug 2005 Giorgos Zographos, Greek singer and actor (b. 1936)
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12 Aug 2007 Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1925)
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12 Aug 2007 Mike Wieringo, American author and illustrator (b. 1963)
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12 Aug 2008 Christie Allen, English-Australian singer (b. 1954)
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12 Aug 2009 Les Paul, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1915)
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12 Aug 2010 Isaac Bonewits, American author and activist, founded Ár nDraíocht Féin (b. 1949)
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12 Aug 2010 Guido de Marco, Maltese politician, 6th President of Malta (b. 1931)
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12 Aug 2010 André Kim, South Korean fashion designer (b. 1935)
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12 Aug 2011 Robert Robinson, English journalist and author (b. 1927)
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12 Aug 2012 Jimmy Carr, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
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12 Aug 2012 Prabuddha Dasgupta, Indian photographer and author (b. 1956)
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12 Aug 2012 Jerry Grant, American race car driver (b. 1935)
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12 Aug 2012 Joe Kubert, Polish-American illustrator, founded The Kubert School (b. 1926)
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12 Aug 2012 Frank Martin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
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12 Aug 2012 Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican politician
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12 Aug 2012 Alf Morris, English politician and activist (b. 1928)
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12 Aug 2013 Tereza de Arriaga, Portuguese painter (b. 1915)
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12 Aug 2013 Hans-Ekkehard Bob, German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
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12 Aug 2013 Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (b. 1968)
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12 Aug 2013 David McLetchie, Scottish politician (b. 1952)
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12 Aug 2013 Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov, Russian ecologist and journalist (b. 1930)
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12 Aug 2014 Lauren Bacall, American actress and singer (b. 1924)
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12 Aug 2014 Futatsuryū Jun'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1950)
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12 Aug 2014 Abel Laudonio, Argentinian boxer and actor (b. 1938)
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