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August 9, 2004 David Raksin, composer, Laura, dies at 92 August 9, 2003 Gregory Hines, dancer/actor, White Nights, dies at 57 August 9, 2000 John Harsanyi, American Educator August 9, 1996 James Whitman McLamore, businessman, dies at 70 August 9, 1996 Kenneth Fleetwood, fashion Designer, dies at 65 August 9, 1996 Ruth Holland, journalist, dies at 54 August 9, 1996 Frank Whittle, English Inventor August 9, 1995 Jerry Garcia, rock vocalist (Grateful Dead), dies at 53 August 9, 1995 John Schofield, journalist, dies at 29 August 9, 1995 Willem Noordhoek, photographer, dies at 78 August 9, 1994 Aartje W. "Mien" van It Sant-van Bommel, author, dies at 93 August 9, 1994 Clarence Ford, sax player, dies at 64 August 9, 1994 Toby Rowland, theatrical manager, dies at 77 August 9, 1992 Christopher Todd, [Todd Wangberg], dies of AIDS at 30 August 9, 1992 Jan van Baal, antropologist/gov Dutch New-Guinea, dies August 9, 1992 Patrick A Devlin, England, judge/lead house of Lords, dies August 9, 1992 Thomas J McIntyre, (Sen-NH, 1963-79), dies at 77 August 9, 1991 Corrie Hartong, dance pioneer, dies August 9, 1990 Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies August 9, 1988 Alan Napier, (Alfred the Butler-Batman), dies at 85 August 9, 1987 Kees de Galan, Dutch economist, dies at 55 August 9, 1986 Joseph "Poeske" Scherens, Belgian cyclist, dies at 77 August 9, 1982 Aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies August 9, 1980 Elliott Nugent, actor (Romance), dies August 9, 1980 Oleg Grigoryevich Kononenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41 August 9, 1979 Allan Frank, actor (Charade Quiz), dies at 64 August 9, 1979 Walter O'Malley, CEO (Dodgers), dies at 75 August 9, 1978 James G Cozzens, U.S. writer (Guard of Honor, Pulitzer), dies at 74 August 9, 1978 Johan Daisne, [Thiery], Belgian writer (Lago Maggiore), dies at 66 August 9, 1977 Edward Chapman, actor (Promoter, Rembrandt), dies at 75 August 9, 1977 George Kenney, American Soldier August 9, 1976 Jose Lezama Lima, Cuban poet and novelist, dies at 65 August 9, 1976 Max Vredenburg, composer, dies at 72 August 9, 1975 Dimitri D Shostakovitch, composer (Sun Over Motherland), dies at 68 August 9, 1975 Julian "Cannonball" Adderly, saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 46 August 9, 1975 Dimitri Shostakovich, Russian Composer August 9, 1973 Charlie Daniels, U.S. swimmer (Olympics-4 gold-1904, 08), dies at 88 August 9, 1972 Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53 August 9, 1972 Richard Ellsasser, composer, dies at 45 August 9, 1969 Abigail Folger, U.S., coffee magnate (Folgers), murdered August 9, 1969 George P Marshall, NFL president for the Washington Redskins, dies at 72 August 9, 1969 Robert Lehman, U.S. multi-millionaire/director (Met Museum of Art), dies August 9, 1969 Sharon Tate, actress (Valley of Dolls), killed by Manson's gang at 26 August 9, 1969 Voyteck Freykowski, U.S. director, murdered August 9, 1967 Anton Walbrook, actor (Laura, I Accuse), dies of heart attack at 66 August 9, 1967 Jaromir Weinberger, Czech/US composer (Czech Rhapsody), dies August 9, 1967 Joe Orton, English actor and playwright (Leaf, Murdered), dies at 34 August 9, 1966 Gosta Nystroem, composer, dies at 75 August 9, 1965 Creighton Hale, silent film actor (Cat and Canary), dies at 83 August 9, 1962 Hermann Hesse, German/Swiss poet/author (Nobel 1946), dies at 85 August 9, 1962 Herman Hesse, German Author August 9, 1961 Walter Bedell Smith, U.S. general/WW II chief of staff, dies at 75 August 9, 1959 Emil Frantisek Burian, composer, dies at 55 August 9, 1958 Felipe Boero, composer, dies at 74 August 9, 1955 Marion Eugene Bauer, composer, dies at 57 August 9, 1949 Harry Davenport, actor (Cowboy and Lady, Enchanted Forest), dies at 83 August 9, 1949 Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist August 9, 1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged at 62 August 9, 1942 Edith Stein, German philosopher, dies August 9, 1936 Lincoln Steffens, American Journalist August 9, 1929 Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist (Simplicissimus), dies at 71 August 9, 1928 Frederik II W, grand duke of Baden (1907-18), dies at 71 August 9, 1924 Jacob P Vis, Dutch founder (NV Royal Salt Industries), dies at 66 August 9, 1919 Ernst Haeckel, German philosopher (Social Darwinism), dies at 85 August 9, 1919 Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Italian composer (Pagliacci), dies at 62 August 9, 1919 Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian Composer August 9, 1915 Henry Longbottom, English lieutenant, dies in battle August 9, 1904 Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum), dies at 59 August 9, 1896 Otto Lilenthal, aircraft pioneer, killed during a glider test at 48 August 9, 1892 Matthias de Vries, linguistic (spelling), dies August 9, 1888 Charles Cros, French mathematician/chemist/poet, dies at 45 August 9, 1888 Isaac Strauss, composer, dies at 82 August 9, 1862 Joseph Bennett Plummer, U.S. Union-brig-gen, dies at 42 or 46 August 9, 1854 Frederik Augustus II, king of Saxon (1836-54), dies at 57 August 9, 1848 Frederick Marryat, English captain/author (Mr Midshipman Easy), dies August 9, 1835 Claus Nielsen Schali, composer, dies at 78 August 9, 1806 Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia Christian, composer, dies at 33 August 9, 1763 John Althuysen, Fries vicar/poet (Frysk Jierboek), dies at 47 August 9, 1738 Pierre Drevet, French engraver, dies August 9, 1727 Johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52 August 9, 1710 Gabriel Schutz, composer, dies at 77 August 9, 1672 Jose Ximenez, composer, dies at 70 August 9, 1668 Francois Anguier, French sculptor, dies at about 64 August 9, 1652 John Both, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 37 August 9, 1634 Pieter I de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies August 9, 1613 Giovanni Righi, composer, dies at 36 August 9, 1612 Ottavio M Frangipani, Pope elect, dies August 9, 1516 Jeroen Bosch, painter (Garden of the Lusten), dies at 66 August 9, 1420 Pierre d'ailly/Peter de Alliaco, French theologist/cardinal, dies August 9, 1048 Damasius II, [Poppo], Pope (1047-48), dies August 9, 803 Irene, Byzantine empress/wife of emperor Leo IV, dies August 9, 378 Flavius Valens, emperor of Byzantium (364-78), dies in battle at 50 August 9, 117 Mark Ulpius Trajanus, emperor of Rome (98-117) |