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Deaths on August 08

xxxx : Edgar, King of England (959-75), dies
xxxx : Pepin, son of Charlemagne, King of Italy, dies (birth date unknown)
1115 : Petrus van Amiens, French Crusades predictor, dies
1153 : Eugene III, [Bernardo], Italian Pope (1145-53), dies
1249 : Alexander II, king of Scotland (1215-49), dies at 51
1253 : Thibaud IV, poet/count of Champagne/King of Navarra, dies
1496 : Benedetto Bonfiglio, Italian painter, dies
1531 : Tilman Riemenschneider, German sculptor, dies at 71
1538 : Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63
1623 : Gregory XV, [Alessandro Ludovisi], bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69
1656 : Alexander van der Capellen, mister of Aartsbergen, dies at about 64
1679 : Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies
1681 : Georg Neumark, composer, dies at 60
1695 : Christiaen Huygens, inventor/astronomer, dies at 66
1822 : Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet (Prometheus unbound), drowns at 29
1859 : F J Oscar I, King of Sweden/Norway (1844-59), dies at 60
1863 : Francis P Kenrick, Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore, dies at 65
1870 : John D Zocher Jr, architect (Soestdijk Palace), dies at 79
1876 : Josef Dessauer, composer, dies at 78
1882 : Phiz [Habl“t Knight Browne], English artist (David Cupperfield), dies
1885 : Hendrick Waelput, composer, dies at 39
1885 : Henry Waelput, Flemish composer/conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies
1894 : Vladimir Nikitich Kashperov, composer, dies
1909 : Gaston AA marquis de Gallifet, Fren min of War (1899-1900), dies at 79
1919 : Johan A DŠr Mouw, Dutch philosopher/poet, dies at 56
1932 : Florenz Ziegfeld, US theatre producer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies
1939 : [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexologist (Man & Woman), dies at 80
1941 : Philippe Gaubert, composer, dies at 62
1942 : Catherinus Elling, composer, dies at 83
1942 : Louis FMF Franchet d'EspŠrey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90
1943 : Harry Oakes, Canadian ruler of Bahamas, murdered
1943 : Jean "Max" Moulin, French resistance fighter, executed
1946 : Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer/conductor, dies at 63
1948 : Dave Nourse, cricketer (45 Tests for South Africa 1902-24), dies
1949 : Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon
1949 : Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66
1950 : Othmar Spann, Austrian economist/sociologist (Wahre State), dies at 71
1956 : Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, dutch min of Justice (Nobel 54), dies
1956 : Giovanni Papini, Italian author/poet (Un Uomo Finito), dies at 75
1957 : Grace Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29), dies at 78
1957 : Henry Fevrier, composer, dies at 81
1957 : William Cadbury, chocolate maker, dies at 89
1959 : Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War
1961 : Julian Bautista, composer, dies at 60
1969 : Gladys Swarthout, opera singer/actress (Ambush), dies at 64
1973 : Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (4187 1st-class wickets, most ever), dies
1979 : John Reed King, TV host (Why?, Let's See), dies at 64
1979 : Michael Wilding, actor (Waterloo, Zarakm Naked Edge), dies
1981 : Loring Smith, actor (Hartmans), dies at 86
1982 : Isa Miranda, model/actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77
1984 : Christine McIntyre, actress (3 Stooges), dies at 73
1984 : Franz Fhmann, writer, dies at 62
1985 : Gardner Cowles Jr, US publisher (Look Magazine), dies at 82
1985 : Phil Foster, comedian (Frank De Fazio-Laverne & Shirley), dies at 72
1985 : Simon Kuznets, US economist (Nobel 1971), dies at 84
1990 : Howard Duff, actor (Heist, Knots Landing), dies of heart attack at 72
1990 : Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies
1991 : James Franciscus, actor (Mr Novak), dies at of emphysema 57
1991 : Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies
1994 : Christian-Jaque, French director (Babette s'and va-t-and guerre), dies
1994 : Dick Sargent, actor (Darren-Bewitched), dies of cancer at 64
1994 : Dominic Lucero, dancer/singer, dies of lymphatic cancer
1994 : Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82
1994 : Robert E Lee, dies of cancer at 75
1995 : Elizabeth Adams, madam, dies at 65
1996 : Amschel Rothschild, banker, dies at 41
1996 : Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician, dies at 81
1996 : James Woodie Alexander, songwriter/vocalist, dies at 80
1996 : Thomas Mitchell, architect/engineer, dies at 90
1997 : Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack at 92

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