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August 1, 2004 Alexandra Scott, young philanthropist, ", raised over $700,000 for cancer research in 4 years by selling lemonade, ", dies at 8 August 1, 2003 Marie Trintignant, French Actress August 1, 1997 Ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau (1989-92), dies August 1, 1997 Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82 August 1, 1996 John Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75 August 1, 1996 Mohamed Farrah Aidid, President (ANS-CUS)/Somalia, dies August 1, 1996 Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran, dies at 58 August 1, 1996 Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish/Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950), dies at 99 August 1, 1995 Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies August 1, 1995 Robert L "Bob" Talley, pianist, dies at 75 August 1, 1994 George Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85 August 1, 1994 Gerard van de Groenekan, furniture maker/designer, dies at 90 August 1, 1993 Alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81 August 1, 1993 Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered August 1, 1993 Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (Kansas City Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76 August 1, 1993 Lea Verschuuren-Smulders, Dut author (Kleutertje Luister), dies at 72 August 1, 1993 Viktor Polyanitshko, governor of Kaukasus, murdered August 1, 1992 Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72 August 1, 1992 Kenny Sacha, actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), dies of AIDS at 39 August 1, 1992 Stanley Dudek, U.S. platform diver (watershows), dies August 1, 1991 Stuart Wilson, actor (Lethal Weapon 3), dies at 87 August 1, 1990 Norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies August 1, 1989 John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52 August 1, 1988 Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86 August 1, 1988 John Cardinal Dearden, U.S. cardinal, dies at 80 August 1, 1988 Trindad Silva, actor (Hill St. Blues), dies at 38 in an auto accident August 1, 1987 Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70 August 1, 1987 Pola Negri, actress (Forbidden Paradise), dies at 92 August 1, 1986 Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73 August 1, 1985 Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92 August 1, 1983 Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62 August 1, 1981 Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58 August 1, 1981 Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer, dies at 49 August 1, 1980 Strother Martin, actor (Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61 August 1, 1979 Joseph Kotalla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71 August 1, 1977 Francis Gary Powers, U.S. U-2 pilot, dies at 47 August 1, 1975 Howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68 August 1, 1973 Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer, dies at 91 August 1, 1973 Walter Ulbricht, President German DR, dies at 80 August 1, 1970 Frances Farmer, actress (Toast of NY, Come and Get It), dies at 55 August 1, 1966 Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies August 1, 1966 Charles Whitman, former marine, kills 13 at University of Texas, shot by cops August 1, 1965 Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer, dies at 77 August 1, 1964 Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30 August 1, 1963 Theodore Roethke, U.S. poet (Praise to the end!), dies August 1, 1962 Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62 August 1, 1954 Charles-A Cingria, writer, dies August 1, 1946 Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) executed at 45 August 1, 1944 Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, President of Philippines (1935-42), dies at 65 August 1, 1943 Ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68 August 1, 1940 Paul Hirsch, German Politician August 1, 1934 Piotr Maszynski, composer, dies at 79 August 1, 1926 Israel Zangwill, British zionists writer (Ghetto tragedies), dies August 1, 1925 John Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61 August 1, 1922 Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72 August 1, 1920 Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies August 1, 1916 Claude Newberry, South Africa cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies August 1, 1911 Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das grosse Duden Lexicon), dies August 1, 1902 Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies August 1, 1884 Heinrich Laube, writer, dies August 1, 1883 Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies August 1, 1882 Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 August 1, 1857 Charles Turner, engraver, dies August 1, 1846 Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83 August 1, 1837 Walter Geikie, painter, dies August 1, 1834 Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies August 1, 1821 Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68 August 1, 1813 Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60 August 1, 1805 Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51 August 1, 1787 Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 August 1, 1743 Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 August 1, 1714 Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49 August 1, 1667 Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48 August 1, 1628 Francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37 August 1, 1589 Jacques Clement, French monk (Henri III), dies August 1, 1457 Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 August 1, 1190 Floris III, Count of Holland, dies August 1, 1137 Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37) August 1, 527 Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies |