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Deaths on the 15th of August in history

Deaths
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15 Aug 0423 Flavius Honorius: Emperor East Roman Republic (395-423)
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15 Aug 0423 Honorius, Roman emperor (b. 384)
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15 Aug 0465 Libius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 420)
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15 Aug 1022 Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine magnate and rebel
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15 Aug 1038 Stefanus I [Arpad]: 1st King of Hungary
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15 Aug 1038 Stephen I of Hungary (b. 975)
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15 Aug 1057 Macbeth, King of Scotland
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15 Aug 1118 Alexius I Comnenus: Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118)
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15 Aug 1118 Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1048)
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15 Aug 1196 Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
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15 Aug 1274 Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (b. 1201)
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15 Aug 1369 Philippa of Hainault (b. 1314)
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15 Aug 1464 Pius II [Aenea S Piccolomini]: Italian Pope (1458-64), dies at 58
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15 Aug 1528 Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (b. 1485)
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15 Aug 1552 Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477)
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15 Aug 1576 Baliny Valentin Bakfark: Composer
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15 Aug 1600 Johann Baptista Serranus: Composer, dies at 60
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15 Aug 1615 Cornelis C Vrancx: Flemish Poet / writer (Comfort of Soles)
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15 Aug 1619 Miriam Bella: Head of Jewish community of Cracow
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15 Aug 1621 John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
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15 Aug 1666 Johann A Schall von Bell: German Missionary / astronomer
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15 Aug 1666 Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
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15 Aug 1714 Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
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15 Aug 1725 Gerard Noodt: Lawyer, dies at 77
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15 Aug 1728 Marin Marias: Composer, dies at 72
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15 Aug 1728 Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
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15 Aug 1729 Benjamin Neukirch: German Poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau), dies at 64
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15 Aug 1758 Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
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15 Aug 1798 Felice Alessandri: Composer, dies at 50
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15 Aug 1799 Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)
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15 Aug 1807 Johann N Tetens: German / Danish philosopher / mathematician, dies at 70
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15 Aug 1848 Timothy Olmstead: Composer, dies at 88
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15 Aug 1852 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
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15 Aug 1853 Giovanni Battista Polledro: Composer, dies at 72
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15 Aug 1859 Nathaniel Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777)
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15 Aug 1864 Daniel Phineas Woodbury: US engineer / Union General Major
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15 Aug 1880 Adelaide Neilson, English actress (b. 1848)
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15 Aug 1901 Karl Weinhold: Germany -- Sociologist, dies at 77
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15 Aug 1907 Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
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15 Aug 1909 Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
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15 Aug 1915 Albert Siegfried Bettelheim: Jew convicted of murder, lynched
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15 Aug 1917 Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
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15 Aug 1918 Peter Gast: Composer, dies at 64
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15 Aug 1925 Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (b. 1878)
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15 Aug 1928 Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College (b. 1854)
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15 Aug 1931 Nigar Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijani nurse (b. 1878)
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15 Aug 1934 Leo O'Connell, American soccer player (b. 1883)
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15 Aug 1935 Gerard Brucken Fock: Composer, dies at 75
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15 Aug 1935 Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
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15 Aug 1935 Will Rogers, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
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15 Aug 1935 Paul Signac, French painter (b. 1863)
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15 Aug 1936 Stanislaw Niewiadomski: Composer, dies at 76
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15 Aug 1936 Grazia Deledda, Italian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
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15 Aug 1942 Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
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15 Aug 1945 Korechika Anami, Japanese general (b. 1887)
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15 Aug 1951 Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
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15 Aug 1953 Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
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15 Aug 1956 Constantine Freiherr von Neurath: German foreign minister, dies at 83
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15 Aug 1958 William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy: US blues singer / guitarist, dies at 65
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15 Aug 1962 Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
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15 Aug 1963 John Powell: Composer, dies at 80
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15 Aug 1966 Gerhard / Gerhart Pohl: German writer (Battle of Kolbenau), dies at 64
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15 Aug 1966 Jan Kiepura: Actor (Give Us this Night), dies of heart attack at 64
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15 Aug 1966 Seena Owen: Actress / writer (Queen Kelly), dies at 71
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15 Aug 1967 René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
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15 Aug 1968 Edward Kilenyi: Composer, dies at 84
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15 Aug 1969 Stijn Streuvels [F Lateur]: Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97
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15 Aug 1969 Abdul Malek, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1947)
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15 Aug 1970 Karl August Andersen: Composer, dies at 66
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15 Aug 1971 Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (b. 1887)
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15 Aug 1972 Alf Thorbald Hurum: Composer, dies at 89
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15 Aug 1974 Edmund Cobb: Actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82
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15 Aug 1974 Mrs Park Chung Hi: Wife of South Korean President, murdered
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15 Aug 1975 Mujibur Rahiman: Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53
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15 Aug 1975 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
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15 Aug 1975 Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
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15 Aug 1976 Jean P J C Haesaert: Flemish lawyer / sociologist, dies at 84
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15 Aug 1978 Harrison Kerr: Composer, dies at 80
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15 Aug 1981 Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
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15 Aug 1982 Patrick J G McGee: Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60
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15 Aug 1982 Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
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15 Aug 1982 Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
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15 Aug 1983 Anthony Costello: Actor (Blue), dies at 42
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15 Aug 1983 Benjamin V Cohen: US Author of New Deal-legislation, dies at 88
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15 Aug 1985 Richard Yardumian: US Composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68
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15 Aug 1988 Barry Bingham, Sr.: US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82
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15 Aug 1988 Mohammed Zia ul-Haq: President of Pakistan, killed in plane crash
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15 Aug 1988 Ray Buchanan: US blues gitarist, dies at about 48
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15 Aug 1989 F de Jong Edz: Dutch Historian / director (IISG)
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15 Aug 1989 Minoru Genda, Japanese pilot, general, and politician (b. 1904)
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15 Aug 1989 Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general (b. 1897)
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15 Aug 1990 Nina Bara: Actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66
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15 Aug 1990 Viktor Tsoi, Russian singer-songwriter (Kino) (b. 1962)
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15 Aug 1991 Marietta Tree: Ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74
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15 Aug 1992 Evelyn Wesler Zemel: US Author (American Glass Animals)
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15 Aug 1992 Giorgio Perlasca: Italian anti-fascist (saved 5, 200 Jews)
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15 Aug 1992 Marie Paxton: Entertainer, dies after brief illness
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15 Aug 1992 Martha Blackburn: Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press)
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15 Aug 1992 Osamu Inaba: Japanese Minister of Justice
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15 Aug 1992 Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
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15 Aug 1993 Robert W Kempner: German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93
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15 Aug 1994 Shepherd Mead: London England, dies of a stroke at 80
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15 Aug 1994 Simon R Naoli: Tanzanian marathoner, dies in an accident at 28
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15 Aug 1994 Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
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15 Aug 1995 Erbie Bowser: Pianist, dies at 77
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15 Aug 1995 Humphrey Sims Moore: Pacifist / journalist, dies at 86
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15 Aug 1995 Ismay Thomas: Teacher, dies at 74
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15 Aug 1995 John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (b. 1906)
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15 Aug 1996 Agnes Beatrice Read: Medical social worker, dies at 86
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15 Aug 1996 Ernest Leslie Bouts: Motor-racing driver, dies at 93
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15 Aug 1996 Masao Maruyama: Social scientist, dies at 82
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15 Aug 1997 Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet (b. 1905)
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15 Aug 1999 Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)
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15 Aug 2001 Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
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15 Aug 2001 Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist (b. 1919)
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15 Aug 2004 Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
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15 Aug 2004 Semiha Berksoy, Turkish actress and singer (b. 1910)
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15 Aug 2004 Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1941)
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15 Aug 2005 Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (b. 1927)
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15 Aug 2006 Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931)
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15 Aug 2006 Rick Bourke, Australian rugby player (b. 1955)
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15 Aug 2006 Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937)
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15 Aug 2006 Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (b. 1923)
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15 Aug 2007 Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (b. 1944)
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15 Aug 2007 John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)
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15 Aug 2007 Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (b. 1908)
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15 Aug 2007 Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (b. 1925)
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15 Aug 2008 James Orthwein, American businessman (b. 1924)
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15 Aug 2008 Heinz-Ludwig Schmidt, German footballer and manager (b. 1920)
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15 Aug 2008 Leroy Sievers, American journalist (b. 1955)
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15 Aug 2008 Vic Toweel, South African boxer (b. 1929)
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15 Aug 2008 Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (b. 1917)
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15 Aug 2009 Virginia Davis, American actor (b. 1918)
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15 Aug 2010 Denis E. Dillon, American lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
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15 Aug 2011 Michael Legat, English author (b. 1923)
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15 Aug 2011 Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
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15 Aug 2012 Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
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15 Aug 2012 Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
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15 Aug 2012 Biff Elliot, American actor (b. 1923)
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15 Aug 2012 Punch Gunalan, Malaysian badminton player (b. 1944)
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15 Aug 2012 Harry Harrison, American author (b. 1925)
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15 Aug 2012 Müşfik Kenter, Turkish actor (b. 1932)
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15 Aug 2012 Ray Whitney, English politician (b. 1930)
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15 Aug 2013 Bert Lance, American businessman and civil servant, 23rd Director of the Office of Management and Budget (b. 1931)
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15 Aug 2013 William S. Livingston, American political scientist and academic (b. 1920)
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15 Aug 2013 Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b. 1944)
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15 Aug 2013 Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)
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15 Aug 2013 August Schellenberg, Canadian-American actor (b. 1936)
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15 Aug 2013 Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1942)
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15 Aug 2013 Jacques Vergès, Thai-French lawyer (b. 1925)
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15 Aug 2014 Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)
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15 Aug 2014 James Cama, American martial artist (b. 1957)
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15 Aug 2014 James Freeman Gilbert, American geophysicist and academic (b. 1931)
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