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August 19 2023

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Died on This Day

Anker Sørensen🇩🇰
deceased
Danish film editor and director (1926–2010) · 1926–2010
Days lived
30,789
Beda Allemann🇨🇭
deceased
Swiss literary critic and essayist (1926-1991) · 1926–1991
Days lived
23,879
Blind Willie McTell🇺🇸
deceased
singer-songwriter · 1898–1959
Days lived
22,385
Brian Aldiss🇬🇧
deceased
artist · 1925–2017
Days lived
33,604
Claire Rommer🇩🇪
deceased
German actress (1904-1996) · 1904–1996
Days lived
33,493
Egon Bahr🇩🇪
deceased
writer · 1922–2015
Days lived
34,122
Ernst van den Berg🇳🇱
deceased
Dutch field hockey player (1915-1989) · 1915–1989
Days lived
26,923
Federico García Lorca🇪🇸
deceased
Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936) · 1898–1936
Days lived
13,954
Felix Huby🇩🇪
deceased
German author and director (1938–2022) · 1938–2022
Days lived
30,557
Ferdinand Käs🇦🇹
deceased
Austrian soldier (1914–1988) · 1914–1988
Days lived
27,194
George Gamow🇺🇸
deceased
writer · 1904–1968
Days lived
23,544
Jacob Epstein🇺🇸
deceased
American-British sculptor (1880–1959) · 1880–1959
Days lived
28,770
Jay S. Fishman🇺🇸
deceased
served as chairman and chief executive officer of The Travelers Companies. (1952–2016) · 1952–2016
Days lived
23,299
Jean-Albert Grégoire🇫🇷
deceased
French racing driver (1899-1992) · 1899–1992
Days lived
34,011
John Warnock
deceased
Tech CEOs · 1940–2023
Days lived
30,267
Joseph Hill
deceased
singer and songwriter for the reggae group Culture (1949-2006) · 1949–2006
Days lived
21,028
Karl Otto Götz🇩🇪
deceased
artist · 1914–2017
Days lived
37,799
Linus Pauling🇺🇸
deceased
American scientist (1901–1994) · 1901–1994
Days lived
34,140
Michael Malone🇺🇸
deceased
Screenwriter · 1942–2022
Days lived
29,125
Pierre Schaeffer🇫🇷
deceased
French composer and musicologist (1910-1995) · 1910–1995
Days lived
31,051
Rudolf Miele🇩🇪
deceased
entrepreneur · 1929–2004
Days lived
27,317

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