Died on This Day (19-Aug)
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Gina Lopez | Regina Paz "Gina" La'o Lopez was a Filipino environmentalist and philanthropist who served as Secretary of the Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources in an ad interim basis under the Duterte administration. | Filipino politician | 65 | 1 |
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Brian Aldiss | Brian Wilson Aldiss OBE was an English writer, artist, and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. | English sci fi writer | 92 | 3 |
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James Foley | James Wright Foley was an American journalist and video reporter. | ISIL Victim | 40 | 6 |
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Tony Scott | Anthony David Leighton Scott was an English film director and producer. | Film director | 68 | 8 |
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Dom Moselle | Dominic Angelo "Dom" Moselle was an American football defensive back and halfback who played in the National Football League during the early 1950s. | Player of American and Canadian football | 84 | 10 |
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Idi Amin | Idi Amin Dada Oumee was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. | President of Uganda | 55 | 17 |
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Robert C. Frasure | Robert C. Frasure was an American diplomat and the first United States Ambassador to Estonia following Estonia's regained independence from the Soviet Union. | American diplomat | 53 | 25 |
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Otto Frank | Otto Heinrich Frank was a German businessman who later became a resident of the Netherlands and Switzerland. | German-born father of Anne and Margot Frank | 91 | 40 |
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Paweł Jasienica | Paweł Jasienica was the pen name of Leon Lech Beynar , a Polish historian, journalist, essayist and soldier. | Polish historian, journalist and soldier | 60 | 50 |
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Eduard Frankfort | Eduard Salomon Frankfort was a Dutch Jewish painter during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. | Dutch painter | 56 | 100 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Khaira Arby | Khaira Arby, known as The Nightingale of Timbuktu , was a Malian singer. | Malian singer | 58 | 2 |
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Jack Riley | John Albert "Jack" Riley Jr. was an American actor, comedian and writer. | American actor and comedian | 80 | 4 |
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Cedar Walton | Cedar Anthony Walton Jr. was an American hard bop jazz pianist. | American hard bop jazz pianist, composer | 79 | 7 |
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Janusz Kierzkowski | Janusz Kazimierz Kierzkowski was a Polish cyclist. | Polish racing cyclist | 64 | 9 |
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Bernardo Ibáñez | Bernardo Ibáñez Águila was a Chilean schoolteacher and political figure. | Chilean politician | 103 | 15 |
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Harry Oppenheimer | Harry Frederick Oppenheimer was a prominent South African businessman, industrialist and philanthropist. | South African businessman | 91 | 20 |
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Bobby Reynolds | Bobby Reynolds was an American football player known among University of Nebraska Cornhuskers fans as "Mr. | American football player | 54 | 35 |
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Mark Donohue | Mark Neary Donohue Jr. , nicknamed "Captain Nice," and later "Dark Monohue," was an American race car driver and engineer known for his ability to set up his own race car as well as driving it to victories. | American racing car driver | 38 | 45 |
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Jack Marks | John Joseph "Jack" Marks was a Canadian professional Hockey player who played professional ice hockey from 1906 until 1920, including 2 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Wanderers, Torontos and Quebec Bulldogs. | Canadian ice hockey player | 63 | 75 |
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William Strong | William Strong was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1870 to 1880. | American politician | 87 | 125 |