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August 11th
167 Notable deaths
Terele Pávez
Spanish actress.
Born July 29th, 1939 in Bilbao.
Died August 11th, 2017 at 78 years old in Madrid (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Otto Peltzer
German middle distance runner (1900-1970).
Born March 8th, 1900 in Berlin, Drage. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1970 at 70 years old in Eutin.
Antanas Škėma
Lithuanian actor-writer.
Born November 29th, 1910 in Łódź.
Died August 11th, 1961 at 50 years old in Pennsylvania (traffic collision).
Michael E. Krauss
American linguist (1934-2019).
Born August 15th, 1934 in Cleveland.
Died August 11th, 2019 at 84 years old in Needham.
Shmuel Dayan
Israeli politician (1891-1968).
Born August 8th, 1891 in Zhashkiv. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1968 at 77 years old in Nahalal.
Vladimir Gaćinović
Bosnian serb writer and revolutionary (1890-1917).
Born May 25th, 1890 in Kačanj.
Died August 11th, 1917 at 27 years old in Fribourg (poisoning).
Lluís Maria Xirinacs
Catalan politician (1932-2007).
Born August 6th, 1932 in Barcelona.
Died August 11th, 2007 at 75 years old in Ogassa. [ref]
John S. Bull
U.s. navy test pilot, engineer and astronaut (1934–2008).
Born September 25th, 1934 in Memphis.
Died August 11th, 2008 at 73 years old in South Lake Tahoe (asthma). [ref]
Manfred Korfmann
German archaeologist.
Born April 26th, 1942 in Cologne. [ref]
Died August 11th, 2005 at 63 years old in Ofterdingen (lung cancer). [ref]
Franz Antel
Film director (1913-2007).
Born June 28th, 1913 in Vienna.
Died August 11th, 2007 at 94 years old in Vienna. [ref]
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks