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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[258]] – [[Pope Sixtus II]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Marianne E. Kalinke|title=The Book of Reykjahólar: The Last of the Great Medieval Legendaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EhBVs4qFYTYC&pg=PA119|date=1 January 1996|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-7814-8|pages=119}}</ref> * [[523]] – [[Pope Hormisdas]] (b. 450)<ref>{{cite book|title=The United States Catholic Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7YPOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA707|year=1844|publisher=J. Murphy|pages=707}}</ref> * [[750]] – [[Marwan II]], Umayyad general and caliph (b. 688) *[[1027]] – [[Richard III, Duke of Normandy]] *[[1162]] – [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona]] (b. 1113) *[[1195]] – [[Henry the Lion]], Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Gospels of Henry the Lion, Count of Saxony, Duke of Bavaria: Helmarshausen Abbey, C. 1173-1175|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UWvsAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Sotheby's|page=7}}</ref> *[[1221]] – [[Saint Dominic]], Spanish priest, founded the [[Dominican Order]] (b. 1170) *[[1272]] – [[Stephen V of Hungary]] (b. 1239) *[[1384]] – [[Francesco I Gattilusio|Francesco I of Lesbos]] *[[1412]] – [[Margherita of Durazzo]], Queen consort of Charles III of Naples (b. 1347)<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles III |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/106912/Charles-III |access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref> *[[1414]] – [[Ladislaus of Naples]] (b. 1377) *[[1458]] – [[Pope Callixtus III]] (b. 1378) *[[1530]] – [[Jacopo Sannazaro]], Italian poet (b. 1458) *[[1553]] – [[Girolamo Fracastoro]], Italian physician (b. 1478) *[[1588]] – [[Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg]], Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1578–1588) (b. 1554)<ref>{{cite book |last=Haarmann |first=Torsten |title=Das Haus Waldeck und Pyrmont. Mehr als 900 Jahre Gesamtgeschichte mit Stammfolge |language=de |location=Werl |publisher=Börde-Verlag |date=2014 |series=Deutsche Fürstenhäuser |volume=Heft 35 |pages=24, 48 |isbn=978-3-981-4458-2-4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Hoffmeister |first=Jacob Christoph Carl |title=Historisch-genealogisches Handbuch über alle Grafen und Fürsten von Waldeck und Pyrmont seit 1228 |language=de |location=Cassel |publisher=Verlag Gustav Klaunig |date=1883 |pages=50 |url=https://digital.ub.uni-duesseldorf.de/urn/urn:nbn:de:hbz:061:1-474762 }}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1628]] – [[Johannes Junius]], German lawyer and politician (b. 1573) *[[1637]] – [[Ben Jonson]], English poet and playwright (b. 1572) *[[1645]] – [[Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex]], English merchant and politician (b. 1575) *[[1657]] – [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]], Ukrainian soldier and politician, 1st [[Hetman of Zaporizhian Host]] (b. 1595) *[[1660]] – [[Diego Velázquez]], Spanish painter and educator (b. 1599) *[[1666]] – [[Tjerk Hiddes de Vries]], Frisian naval hero and commander (b. 1622) *[[1679]] – [[John Snell]], Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the [[Snell Exhibition]] (b. 1629) *[[1694]] – [[Antoine Arnauld]], French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612) *[[1695]] – [[François de Harlay de Champvallon]], French archbishop (b. 1625) *[[1753]] – [[Georg Wilhelm Richmann]], Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711) *[[1757]] – [[Ádám Mányoki]], Hungarian painter (b. 1673) *[[1794]] – [[Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst]], English lawyer and politician, [[Lord Chancellor|Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain]] (b. 1714) *[[1815]] – [[James A. Bayard (elder)|James A. Bayard]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1767) *[[1828]] – [[Konstantin von Benckendorff]], Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785) *[[1850]] – [[Edward Walsh (poet)|Edward Walsh]], Irish poet (b. 1805)<ref>{{cite web |title=Walsh, Edward | Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/walsh-edward-a8871 |website=www.dib.ie |access-date=23 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1866]] – [[John Mason Neale]], English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818) *[[1881]] – [[James Springer White]], American religious leader, co-founded the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] (b. 1821)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Death of Elder James White. |journal=[[Detroit Free Press]] |date=7 August 1881 |page=4 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/117673295 |access-date=12 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1893]] – [[Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel]], Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Eduard Hanslick]], Austrian author and critic (b. 1825) *[[1906]] – [[George Waterhouse (politician)|George Waterhouse]], English-New Zealand politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. 1824)<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060384b.htm|publisher=Australian National Biography|title=Waterhouse, George Marsden|chapter=Waterhouse, George Marsden (1824–1906) |access-date=15 June 2015}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier]], American physician (b. 1841)<ref>{{cite news |title=Deaths |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/54520599 |access-date=6 May 2023 |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=7 August 1915 |page=12}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Stefan Bastyr]], Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite news |title=Katastrofa lotnicza. |url=https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200357/BibliographicResource_3000095233022 |access-date=6 May 2023 |work=[[Kurier Warszawski]] |issue=217 |date=7 August 1920 |page=7 |language=Polish}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[Surendranath Banerjee]], Indian academic and politician (b. 1848) * 1925 – [[Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro]], Italian mathematician (b. 1853) *[[1931]] – [[Bix Beiderbecke]], American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite news |title="Bix" Beiderbecke, Davenport Boy And Former Star Cornetist With Paul Whiteman, Dies in New York |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/302875140 |access-date=7 May 2023 |work=[[Quad-City Times|The Daily Times]] |date=7 August 1931 |pages=1–2}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Richard Bong]], American soldier and pilot, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1920)<ref>''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', among other periodicals, all carried prominent front page stories about Bong's death on August 7, 1945, despite the prevalence of the news on the first atomic bombing. "Jet plane explosion kills Major Bong, Top U.S. Ace," ''The New York Times'' (August 7, 1945), p. 1; "Major Bong, top air ace, killed in crash of Army P-80 jet-fighter," ''The Washington Post'' (August 6, 1945), p.1; "Jet plane explosion kills Maj. Bong; Ace's 'Shooting Star' blows up in test flight over north Hollywood", ''Los Angeles Times'' (August 6, 1945), p.1.</ref> * 1945 – [[Hiram Johnson]], American lawyer and politician, 23rd [[Governor of California]] (b. 1866)<ref>{{cite news |title=Death Ends Career of Sen. Johnson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380676995 |access-date=7 May 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=7 August 1945 |pages=1, 6}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Tony Lazzeri]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jordan Sprechman|author2=Bill Shannon|title=This Day in New York Sports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bXJgqTXTelsC&pg=PA219|year=1998|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-57167-254-4|pages=219}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Betty Allan]], Australian statistician and [[biometrician]] (b. 1905)<ref>{{Citation|last=Heyde|first=C. C.|title=Allan, Frances Elizabeth (Betty) (1905–1952)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/allan-frances-elizabeth-betty-9330|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2019-08-02}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Preston Sturges]], American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Preston Sturges Dies in Hotel |journal=[[Republican Herald]] |date=6 August 1959 |page=13 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/republican-and-herald-obituary-for-prest/70622355/ |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Cedric Hardwicke]], English actor and director (b. 1893) *[[1968]] – [[Ye Gongchuo]], Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite news |work=The Paper |title=纪念｜叶恭绰逝世五十周年：衣被满天下 谁能识其恩 |trans-title=Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Ye Gongchuo's Death: Who Can Recognize His Kindness When His Clothes and Bedding Are All Over the World? |language=zh |url=https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2325465 |last=Qijie |first= |author1-mask=Qijie (奇洁) |date=7 August 2018 |access-date=24 September 2024 |archive-date=24 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924202118/https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_2325465 }}</ref> *[[1969]] – [[Theodor W. Adorno]], German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903) *[[1970]] – [[Nikos Tsiforos]], Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912) *[[1973]] – [[Fulgencio Batista]], Cuban colonel and politician, 9th [[List of Presidents of Cuba|President of Cuba]] (b. 1901) *[[1976]] – [[Gregor Piatigorsky]], Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903) *[[1978]] – [[Pope Paul VI]] (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite news |title=Pope Paul VI who died 40 years ago underscored the centrality of man |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2018-08/pope-paul-vi-40-death-anniversary-marrazzo-postulator.html |access-date=3 August 2020 |work=Vatican News |date=6 August 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Pope Paul VI dead |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1978/08/06/Pope-Paul-VI-dead/5081501733885/ |access-date=3 August 2020 |work=UPI |date=6 August 1978 |language=en}}</ref> * 1978 – [[Edward Durell Stone]], American architect, designed [[Radio City Music Hall]] and the [[Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] (b. 1902)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Architect Edward Stone Is Claimed |journal=[[The Advocate-Messenger]] |date=7 August 1978 |page=3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-advocate-messenger-obituary-for-will/90112381/ |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen]], German biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1911) *[[1983]] – [[Klaus Nomi]], German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944) *[[1985]] – [[Forbes Burnham]], Guyanese politician, 2nd [[President of Guyana]] (b. 1923) *[[1986]] – [[Emilio Fernández]], Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904) *[[1987]] – [[Ira C. Eaker]], American general (b. 1896)<ref>{{cite web |title=EAKER, IRA C |url=https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgVlYWtlchIDaXJhGgFD/ |website=[[United States Army]] |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Gen. Ira Eaker Dies |journal=[[The Paris News]] |date=7 August 1987 |page=1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paris-news/48709167/ |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Jacques Soustelle]], French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912) *[[1991]] – [[Shapour Bakhtiar]], Iranian soldier and politician, 74th [[Prime Minister of Iran]] (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Geist |first1=Dan |title='A Darker Horizon': The Assassination of Shapour Bakhtiar |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2011/08/a-darker-horizon-the-assassination-of-shapour-bakhtiar.html |website=FRONTLINE |publisher=Tehran Bureau, PBS.org |access-date=3 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Roland Michener]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th [[Governor General of Canada]] (b. 1900)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Right Honourable Daniel Roland Michener |url=https://archive.gg.ca/gg/fgg/bios/01/michener_e.asp |website=archive.gg.ca |publisher=Governor General of Canada |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Harry Reasoner]], American journalist, co-created ''[[60 Minutes]]'' (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Journalist Reasoner laid to rest in Iowa town where he grew up |journal=[[Dayton Daily News]] |date=13 August 1991 |page=32 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-obituary-for-harry-rea/129305341/ |access-date=13 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Leszek Błażyński]], Polish boxer (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kalemba |first1=Tomasz |title=Mija 20 lat od śmierci Leszka Błażyńskiego |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/boks/mija-20-lat-od-smierci-leszka-blazynskiego/jcj78g7 |website=[[Przegląd Sportowy]] |access-date=12 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208210837/https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/boks/mija-20-lat-od-smierci-leszka-blazynskiego/jcj78g7 |archive-date=8 December 2022 |language=pl |date=5 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Tex Hughson]], American baseball player (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Former All Star died in San Marcos |journal=[[New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung]] |date=8 August 1993 |page=11 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-braunfels-herald-zeitung/2770053/ |access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Domenico Modugno]], Italian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1928) *[[1997]] – [[Shin Ki-ha]], South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite web |title=In Seoul, Anger Explodes At the Lack of Information |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/06/world/in-seoul-anger-explodes-at-the-lack-of-information.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=12 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527053408/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/06/world/in-seoul-anger-explodes-at-the-lack-of-information.html |archive-date=27 May 2015 |date=6 August 1997 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[André Weil]], French-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burkhart |first1=Ford |title=Andre Weil, Who Reshaped Mathematics, Is Dead at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/10/nyregion/andre-weil-who-reshaped-mathematics-is-dead-at-92.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=10 August 1998}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Jorge Amado]], Brazilian novelist and poet (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Branford |first1=Sue |last2=Treece |first2=David |title=Jorge Amado |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/aug/09/guardianobituaries.books |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=9 August 2001}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Adhar Kumar Chatterji]], Indian Naval officer (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary Events in August 2001 |url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/revents/04/20010408.htm |website=The Hindu |access-date=6 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130102340/http://hindu.com/thehindu/revents/04/20010408.htm |archive-date=30 November 2010}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Wilhelm Mohnke]], German general (b. 1911) * 2001 – [[Shan Ratnam]], Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=S. Shan Ratnam |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1405_2008-12-30.html |website=Infopedia |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Dorothy Tutin]], English actress (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=Actress Dorothy Tutin dies aged 70 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/aug/06/2 |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=6 August 2001}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Edsger W. Dijkstra]], Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=World-renowned University of Texas at Austin computer scientist Edsger Dijkstra dies |url=https://news.utexas.edu/2002/08/07/world-renowned-university-of-texas-at-austin-computer-scientist-edsger-dijkstra-dies/ |website=UT News |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2002}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Julius Baker]], American flute player and educator (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kozinn |first1=Allan |author1-link=Allan Kozinn |title=Julius Baker, Principal Flutist Of Philharmonic, Dies at 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/08/arts/julius-baker-principal-flutist-of-philharmonic-dies-at-87.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=8 August 2003}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Rick James]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldenberg |first1=Suzanne |author1-link=Suzanne Goldenberg |title=Superfreak star Rick James dies, 56 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/aug/07/arts.artsnews |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2004}}</ref> * 2004 – [[Donald Justice]], American poet and academic (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Saxon |first1=Wolfgang |title=Donald Justice, 78, a Poet Admired for Precise Beauty |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/10/arts/donald-justice-78-a-poet-admired-for-precise-beauty.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=10 August 2004}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Robin Cook]], Scottish educator and politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]] (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Brian |title=Robin Cook |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/aug/08/guardianobituaries.labour |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=8 August 2005}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Creme Puff (cat)|Creme Puff]], [[tabby]] [[domestic cat]], [[List of longest-living cats|oldest recorded cat]] (b. 1967)<ref name=G2010>{{cite book |year=2010 |title=Guinness World Records 2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLYzvUvPL3MC&pg=PA320 |publisher=Bantam; Reprint edition |page=320 |isbn=978-0-553-59337-2 |quote=The oldest cat ever was Creme Puff, who was born on August 3, 1967 and lived until August 6, 2005—38 years 3 days in total. }}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Zsolt Daczi]], Hungarian guitarist (b. 1969)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elhunyt Daczi Zsolt - a Bikini halasi származású volt gitárosa |url=https://www.baon.hu/kozelet-bacs-kiskun/2007/08/elhunyt-daczi-zsolt-a-bikini-halasi-szarmazasu-volt-gitarosa |website=BAON |access-date=6 May 2023 |language=Hungarian |date=7 August 2007}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Angelos Kitsos]], Greek lawyer and author (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Angelos Kitsos |url=https://heritage.rizarios.gr/kitsos-en.html |website=[[Rizarios Ecclesiastical School of Athens|Rizaris Institution]] |access-date=11 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211172124/https://heritage.rizarios.gr/kitsos-en.html |archive-date=11 February 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Riccardo Cassin]], Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Douglas |first1=Ed |title=Riccardo Cassin |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/aug/13/obituary-riccardo-cassin |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=13 August 2009}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Willy DeVille]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cartwright |first1=Garth |title=Willy DeVille |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/11/obituary-willy-deville |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=11 August 2009}}</ref> * 2009 – [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=A.O. |author1-link=A. O. Scott |title=The John Hughes Touch |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/movies/08appraisal.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2009}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Fe del Mundo]], Filipino pediatrician and educator (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |title=Philippines' first national scientist dies |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/08/06/11/philippines-first-national-scientist-dies |website=ABS-CBN News |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=6 August 2011}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Richard Cragun]], American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cruickshank |first1=Judith |title=Richard Cragun obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2012/aug/10/richard-cragun |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=10 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Marvin Hamlisch]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sweeting |first1=Adam |author1-link=Adam Sweeting |title=Marvin Hamlisch obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2012/aug/08/marvin-hamlisch |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=8 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Robert Hughes (critic)|Robert Hughes]], Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McNay |first1=Michael |author1-link=Michael McNay |title=Robert Hughes obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/aug/07/robert-hughes |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Bernard Lovell]], English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hoyle |first1=Fred |title=Sir Bernard Lovell obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/aug/07/sir-bernard-lovell |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Mark O'Donnell]], American playwright (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grady |first1=Denise |title=Mark O'Donnell, 'Hairspray' Writer, Dies at 58 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/theater/mark-odonnell-hairspray-writer-dies-at-58.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Ruggiero Ricci]], American violinist and educator (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Inglis |first1=Anne |title=Ruggiero Ricci obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/aug/06/ruggiero-ricci |website=The Guardian |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=6 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Dan Roundfield]], American basketball player (b. 1953)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dan Roundfield drowns in Aruba |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nba/story/_/id/8243982/former-atlanta-hawks-star-dan-roundfield-drowns-aruba |website=ESPN |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2012}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Stan Lynde]], American author and illustrator (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Stan Lynde dies at 81; created 'Rick O'Shay' comic strip |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2013-aug-12-la-me-stan-lynde-20130809-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=12 August 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Mava Lee Thomas]], American baseball player (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mava Lee Thomas |url=https://aagpbl.org/profiles/mava-lee-thomas-tommy/590 |website=AAGPBL |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Jerry Wolman]], American businessman (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |author1-link=Richard Goldstein (writer, born 1942) |title=Jerry Wolman, Eagles and Flyers Owner, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/08/sports/football/jerry-wolman-former-eagles-owner-dies-at-86.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2014}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Ralph Bryans]], Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ralph Bryans |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13177166.ralph-bryans/ |website=Herald Scotland |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=29 August 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Ananda W.P. Guruge]], Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Buddhist scholar Ananda Guruge dies at 85 |url=https://www.lionsroar.com/buddhist-scholar-ananda-guruge-dies-at-85/ |website=Lion's Roar |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[John Woodland Hastings]], American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Slotnik |first1=Daniel |title=J. W. Hastings, 87, a Pioneer in Bioluminescence Research, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/science/j-w-hastings-87-a-pioneer-in-bioluminescence-research-dies.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=9 August 2014}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Ray Hill (American football)|Ray Hill]], American football player (b. 1975)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rexrode |first1=Joe |title=Former MSU cornerback Ray Hill passes away at 39 |url=https://eu.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2015/08/07/michigan-state-football-ray-hill/31298703/ |website=Detroit Free Press |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2015}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Orna Porat]], German-Israeli actress (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yudilovitch |first1=Merav |title=Israel's leading theater diva dies at 91 |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4688263,00.html |newspaper=Ynetnews |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=6 August 2015}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Betty Cuthbert]], Australian sprinter (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite web |title=Australia 'golden girl' Betty Cuthbert dies aged 79 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-40846538 |website=BBC News |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=7 August 2017}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Darren Daulton]], American baseball player (b. 1962)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kelly|first1=Matt|title=Phillies legend Daulton passes away at 55: Wall of Fame catcher 'Dutch' battled brain cancer for 4 years|url=https://www.mlb.com/phillies/news/phillies-legend-darren-daulton-dies-at-55-c246955016|publisher=Major League Baseball|access-date=August 6, 2017|date=August 6, 2017}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Joël Robuchon]], French Chef (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45082668|title=Joël Robuchon, Michelin star French chef, dies aged 73|date=2018-08-06|newspaper=BBC News World Europe}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Margaret Heckler]], American politician (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite news |title=Health secretary who became popular ambassador to Ireland |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/health-secretary-who-became-popular-ambassador-to-ireland-1.3592256 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=6 May 2023 |date=11 August 2018}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Anya Krugovoy Silver]], American poet (b. 1968)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/notable-deaths.html|title=Obituaries: Notable Deaths 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 August 2018 |access-date=2018-09-12}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Billy Bean]], American baseball player (b. 1964)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Alex |date=2024-08-07 |title=Billy Bean Dies at 60; Led Baseball on Diversity After Coming Out as Gay |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/07/sports/baseball/billy-bean-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Connie Chiume]], South African actress and filmmaker (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 6, 2024 |title=Veteran actress Connie Chiume dies |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2024-08-06-veteran-actress-connie-chiume-dies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1722957340-1 |access-date=August 6, 2024 |work=[[The Sowetan]] |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806153338/https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2024-08-06-veteran-actress-connie-chiume-dies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1722957340-1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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