Died on This Day (24-Aug)
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Sidney Rittenberg | Sidney Rittenberg was an American journalist, scholar, and Chinese linguist who lived in China from 1944 to 1980. | American journalist | 98 | 1 |
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Jay Thomas | Jay Thomas was an American actor, comedian, and radio personality. | American actor, comedian | 69 | 3 |
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Justin Wilson | Justin Boyd Wilson was a British professional open-wheel racing driver who competed in Formula One in 2003, the Champ Car World Series from 2004 to 2007 and the IndyCar Series from 2008 to 2015. | British professional open-wheel racing driver | 37 | 5 |
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Félix Miélli Venerando | Félix Miélli Venerando was a Brazilian football player, more commonly known as Félix. | Brazilian footballer | 74 | 8 |
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William B. Saxbe | William Bart Saxbe was an American diplomat and politician affiliated with the Republican Party, who served as a U. | United States Ambassador to India | 94 | 10 |
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Mirel Iacob | Mirel Iacob is a Romanian kickboxer who competes in the light heavyweight division. | Karateka and kickboxer | 35 | 20 |
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Sergei Dovlatov | Sergei Donatovich Dovlatov was a Soviet journalist and writer. | Russian/American writer | 48 | 30 |
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Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey | Brigadier Frederick Maurice Watson Harvey, VC, MC was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, Canadian soldier and rugby union player. | Recipient of the Victoria Cross | 91 | 40 |
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Max von Brandt | Maximilian August Scipio von Brandt was a German diplomat, East Asia expert and publicist. | German diplomat, East Asia expert and journalist | 84 | 100 |
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Edwin Gray Lee | Edwin Gray Lee was an American soldier from Virginia and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. | Confederate Army general | 34 | 150 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Robin Leach | Robin Douglas Leach was a British entertainment reporter and writer from London. | English entertainment reporter | 76 | 2 |
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Walter Scheel | Walter Scheel was a German statesman. A member of the Free Democratic Party of Germany , he first served in government as the Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development from 1961 to 1966 and later as President of Germany from 1974 to 1979. | Chancellor of Germany | 97 | 4 |
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Richard Attenborough | Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE, FRSA was an English actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. | British politician, actor, filmmaker | 90 | 6 |
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Clemente Isnard | Clemente José Carlos de Gouvea Isnard, O.S.B. was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. | Catholic bishop | 94 | 9 |
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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross | Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the internationally best-selling book, On Death and Dying , where she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief, also known as the "Kübler-Ross model". | Psychiatrist | 78 | 16 |
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Gary Crosby | Gary Evan Crosby was an American actor and singer. | American actor and singer | 62 | 25 |
Paul Creston | Paul Creston was an Italian American composer of classical music. | Italian American composer of classical music | 78 | 35 | |
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Alfred Salter | Alfred Salter was a British medical practitioner and Labour Party politician. | British politician | 72 | 75 |
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Albert F. Mummery | Albert Frederick Mummery , was an English mountaineer and author. | British mountain climber | 39 | 125 |
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Thomas Chatterton | Thomas Chatterton was an English poet whose precocious talents ended in suicide at age 17. | English poet, forger | 17 | 250 |