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27 Aug 1208
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Irene Angelina: Daughter of Isaac II Angeles
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27 Aug 1521
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death
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Josquin Des Prez: Composer
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27 Aug 1522
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death
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Giovanni A Amadei / Amadeo: Italian Sculptor / architect, dies at about 75
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27 Aug 1576
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death
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Titian [Tiziano Vecelli]: Italian painter, dies of plague
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27 Aug 1576
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death
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Titan Italian artist, dies
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27 Aug 1590
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death
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Sixtus V [Felice Peretti / "Montalto"]: Pope (1585-90), dies at 68
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27 Aug 1608
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death
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Hendrik van Kinschot [Henricus Kinschotus]: Lawyer, dies at 66
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27 Aug 1635
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death
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Lope Felix de Vega dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72
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27 Aug 1651
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death
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Jacob A Backer: Painter, dies at about 43
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27 Aug 1667
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death
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Adriaen Melar: Flemish engraver, buried at 33
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27 Aug 1746
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death
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Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer: Composer
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27 Aug 1748
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James Thomson
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27 Aug 1827
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death
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Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff: Austrian Earl / prince / diplomat
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27 Aug 1828
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death
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Eise J Eisinga: Constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84
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27 Aug 1840
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death
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William Kneass 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office
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27 Aug 1841
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death
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Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried: Composer, dies at 65
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27 Aug 1846
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death
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Frantiszek Scigalski: Composer, dies at 64
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27 Aug 1846
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death
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Gottfied Wilhelm Fink: Composer, dies at 63
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27 Aug 1855
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death
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Francisco Eduardo da Costa: Composer, dies at 36
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27 Aug 1865
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death
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Jozef Nowakowski: Composer, dies at 64
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27 Aug 1867
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death
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Karol Katski: Composer, dies at 51
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27 Aug 1868
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death
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Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee: Composer, dies at 82
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27 Aug 1874
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death
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Johan George Schwartze: Painter
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27 Aug 1874
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death
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John Henry Foley: Sculptor
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27 Aug 1879
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death
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Rowland Hill: Introduced postage stamps, dies at 84
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27 Aug 1879
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death
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Sir Rowland Hill introduced postage stamps, dies at 84
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27 Aug 1883
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death
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August Friedrich Pott: Composer, dies at 76
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27 Aug 1887
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death
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Wilhelm Volkmar: Composer, dies at 74
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27 Aug 1910
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death
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Clement of Maasdijk: 1st Dutch aircraft death
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27 Aug 1914
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death
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John Weiss: German new testament
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27 Aug 1922
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death
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Carl Fuchs: Composer, dies at 83
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27 Aug 1930
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death
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Didericus G van Epen: Genealogist / Dutch Patriarch, dies at 62
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27 Aug 1931
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death
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Willem H Nolens: Priest / 2nd Chamber member
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27 Aug 1943
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death
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Otto Selz: German psychologist (In Auschwitz)
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27 Aug 1948
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death
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Oley Speaks: Composer, dies at 74
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27 Aug 1948
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death
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Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez: Composer, dies at 50
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27 Aug 1949
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death
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Arthur Chesney: Actor (Lodger, Chelsea Life), dies at 67
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27 Aug 1950
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death
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Cesare Pavese: Italian writer (Fuoco Grande), dies at 41
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27 Aug 1953
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death
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Nicolai Berezowsky: Composer, dies at 53
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27 Aug 1955
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death
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Joachim Wach: Philosopher / sociologist (Sociology of Religion)
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27 Aug 1958
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death
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Ernest O Lawrence: Inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57
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27 Aug 1958
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death
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Dr Ernest O Lawrence inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939), dies at 57
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27 Aug 1962
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death
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Carlos Lavin: Composer, dies at 79
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27 Aug 1963
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William Edward Burghardt du Bois: Educational editor / author
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27 Aug 1963
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W E B Du Bois scholar/founder (NAACP), dies at 95 in Accra Ghana
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27 Aug 1964
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Alexey Semyonovich Zhivotov: Composer, dies at 59
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27 Aug 1964
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death
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Gracie Allen: Actress (Burns & Allen), dies at 62
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27 Aug 1965
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death
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Edmond of Dooren: Flemish painter, dies at 68
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27 Aug 1965
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death
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Le Corbusier [Charles Jeanneret]: Swiss / French architect, dies at 77
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27 Aug 1965
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death
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Otto Reinhold: Composer, dies at 66
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27 Aug 1967
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death
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Brian Epstein: Rock manager (Beatles), dies of drug overdose at 32
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27 Aug 1967
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death
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Henri-Georges Adam: French Painter / cartoonist / sculptor, dies at 63
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27 Aug 1968
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Marina: Princess of Greece / Denmark / Dutchess of Kent, dies at 61
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27 Aug 1968
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death
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William E B Dubois: US founder NAACP (Souls of black people)
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27 Aug 1969
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death
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Claire Whitney: Silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79
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27 Aug 1969
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Erika Mann: German / US Author / Daughter of Thomas Mann
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27 Aug 1969
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death
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Henri EJA de Page: Belgian lawyer
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27 Aug 1969
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Ivy Compton-Burnett: Novelist
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27 Aug 1971
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death
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Margaret Bourke-White: US photographer, dies at 67
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27 Aug 1971
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death
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Bennett Cerf (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73
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27 Aug 1975
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Emperor Haile Selassie: Depossed Ethiopian Emperor, strangled at 83
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27 Aug 1975
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Haile Selassie depossed Ethiopian emperor, dies at 83
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27 Aug 1977
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death
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George Merritt: Actor (I Monster, Canterbury Tale), dies at 86
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27 Aug 1977
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Steve Dunne actor (Professional Father), dies at 59
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27 Aug 1978
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death
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Robert Shaw: Actor (Dan-Buccaneers), dies of heart attack at 51
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27 Aug 1979
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Boleslaw Szabelski: Composer, dies at 82
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27 Aug 1979
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Louis Mountbatten: British Admiral of the Fleet, assassinated by IRA
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27 Aug 1979
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Earl Mountbatten British adm of the Fleet, assassinated by IRA
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27 Aug 1980
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death
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Sam Levenson humorist (Sam Levenson Show), dies at 68
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27 Aug 1981
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death
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Joan Edwards singer (Joan Edwards Show), dies at 62
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27 Aug 1984
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death
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Bernard Youens: British actor (Coronation Street), dies at 69
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27 Aug 1984
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death
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Billy Sands actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73
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27 Aug 1990
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death
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Raymond St Jacques: Actor / director (Falcon Crest), dies of cancer at 60
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27 Aug 1990
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Stevie Ray Vaughan blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35
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27 Aug 1991
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death
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Gordon Heath: Actor (Sapphire, Staircase, Animal Farm)
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27 Aug 1991
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death
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Vince Taylor [Brian Holden]: British singer (Brand new Cadillac)
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27 Aug 1993
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death
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Bob Verstraete: Dutch actor / screenwriter / director (Alicia), dies at 71
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27 Aug 1994
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death
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Roberto Goyeneche [El Polaco]: Argentine tango singer (Maria)
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27 Aug 1995
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death
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Carl Ronald Giles: Cartoonist, dies at 78
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27 Aug 1995
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death
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Dick Bentley: Entertainer, dies at 88
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27 Aug 1995
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death
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Martin Louis "Marty" Paich: Jazz arranger, dies at 70
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27 Aug 1996
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death
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Abram Games: Graphic artist, dies at 82
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27 Aug 1996
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death
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Alexander Lanusse: Military President of Argentina (1971-73)
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27 Aug 1996
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death
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Greg Morris: Actor (Mission Impossible), dies at 61
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27 Aug 1997
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death
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Brandon Tartikoff: TV exec (NBC), dies at 48
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27 Aug 1997
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Jeep Swenson: Actor (Batman & Robin), dies of heart failure at 40
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