Died on This Day (23-Aug)
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniversary | |
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David Koch | David Hamilton Koch was an American businessman, political activist, philanthropist, and chemical engineer. | American businessman | 79 | 1 |
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Jeannie Rousseau | Jeannie Yvonne Ghislaine Rousseau, married name Jeannie de Clarens, was an Allied intelligence agent in occupied France during World War II, a member of the "Druids" network led by . | WW2 Allied intelligence agent | 98 | 3 |
Annefleur Kalvenhaar | Annefleur Kalvenhaar was a Dutch cyclist and mountain biker. | Dutch cyclist and mountain biker | 20 | 6 | |
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Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang | Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang was a Taiwanese prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. | Catholic bishop | 96 | 8 |
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Bill Phillips | Bill Phillips was an American country music singer. | American singer | 74 | 10 |
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Francesco Minerva | Francesco Minerva was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate; at his death he was the second-oldest living bishop in the Roman Catholic Church, after Corrado Bafile. | Archbishop of Lecce | 100 | 16 |
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Abu Nidal | Sabri Khalil al-Banna , known by his nom de guerre Abu Nidal, was the founder of Fatah: The Revolutionary Council, a militant Palestinian splinter group more commonly known as the Abu Nidal Organization . | Palestinian leader | 79 | 18 |
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Alfred Eisenstaedt | Alfred Eisenstaedt was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. | Photographer | 96 | 25 |
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Gerhard Hanappi | Gerhard Hanappi was an Austrian football midfielder who is often regarded as one of the greatest Austrian footballers. | Association footballer | 51 | 40 |
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James Seccombe | James Seccombe was a United States Representative from Ohio for one term from 1939 to 1941. | American politician | 77 | 50 |
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Russ Heath | Russell Heath Jr. , was an American artist best known for his comic book work, particularly his DC Comics war stories and his 1960s art for Playboy magazine's "Little Annie Fanny" feature. | American comic book artist | 91 | 2 |
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Steven Hill | Steven Hill was an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as district attorney Adam Schiff on the NBC television drama series Law & Order and Dan Briggs on the CBS action television series Mission: Impossible . | American actor | 94 | 4 |
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David Garrick | David Garrick was an English singer who was best known for his 1966 pop hit single, "Dear Mrs. | English pop singer | 67 | 7 |
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June Wayne | June Claire Wayne was an American printmaker, tapestry designer, painter, and educator. | American artist and educator | 93 | 9 |
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Brock Peters | Brock Peters was an American actor and singer, best known for playing the role of Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird and for his role as the villainous "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess. | American actor and singer | 78 | 15 |
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Bobby Bonds | Bobby Lee Bonds was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball from 1968 to 1981, primarily with the San Francisco Giants. | American right fielder in Major League Baseball | 57 | 17 |
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John Holahan | Robert William Collymore was a Guyanese-born Kenyan businessman who served as the chief executive officer at Safaricom, a multi-national telecommunications company based in Kenya. | Guyanese-born British businessman | 83 | 20 |
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David Rose | David Daniel Rose was an American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader. | British musician | 80 | 30 |
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Hank Patterson | Elmer Calvin "Hank" Patterson was an American actor and musician. | American actor and musician | 86 | 45 |
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Princess Stéphanie of Belgium | Princess Stéphanie of Belgium , was by birth a Princess of Belgium and member of the House of Wettin in the branch of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . | Archduchess of Austria | 81 | 75 |