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August 13th
212 Notable deaths
Tigran Petrosian
Soviet armenian grandmaster and world chess champion.
Born June 17th, 1929 in Tbilisi.
Died August 13th, 1984 at 55 years old in Moscow (stomach cancer).
Jules Massenet
French composer (1842–1912).
Born May 12th, 1842 in Montaud.
Died August 13th, 1912 at 70 years old in Paris (cancer).
Alison Hargreaves
British mountain climber (1962–1995).
Born February 17th, 1962 in Mickleover. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1995 at 33 years old in K2.
King Curtis
American saxophonist (1934–1971).
Born February 7th, 1934 in Fort Worth.
Died August 13th, 1971 at 37 years old in Manhattan (stab wound).
Gerry Spence
American lawyer.
Born January 8th, 1929 in Laramie.
Died August 13th, 2025 at 96 years old in Montecito. [ref]
Unshō Ishizuka
Japanese voice actor, narrator, director (1951-2018).
Born May 16th, 1951 in Katsuyama.
Died August 13th, 2018 at 67 years old in Tokyo (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Sandra Ravel
Italian actress (1910-1954).
Born January 16th, 1910 in Milan.
Died August 13th, 1954 at 44 years old in Milan.
Joe Tex
American singer-songwriter.
Born August 8th, 1935 in Baytown.
Died August 13th, 1982 at 47 years old in Navasota (myocardial infarction).
Helen Gurley Brown
American author, publisher, and businesswoman (1922–2012).
Born February 18th, 1922 in Green Forest.
Died August 13th, 2012 at 90 years old in New York City. [ref]
Vladimir Solovyov
Russian philosopher (1853-1900).
Born January 28th, 1853 in Moscow.
Died August 13th, 1900 at 47 years old in Uzkoye.
Somnath Chatterjee
Indian politician and former speaker of the lok sabha (1929-2018).
Born July 25th, 1929 in Tezpur.
Died August 13th, 2018 at 89 years old in Kolkata (myocardial infarction).
Sergiu Celibidache
Romanian conductor (1912–1996).
Born July 11th, 1912 in Roman. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1996 at 84 years old in Nemours.
David Lange
Prime minister of new zealand from 1984 to 1989.
Born August 4th, 1942 in Ōtāhuhu.
Died August 13th, 2005 at 63 years old in Middlemore (kidney failure, amyloidosis).
William Stanley Jevons
English economist and logician.
Born September 1st, 1835 in Liverpool.
Died August 13th, 1882 at 46 years old in Bulverhythe (drowning).
Samir Amin
Egyptian-french economist and political theorist (1931-2018).
Born September 3rd, 1931 in Cairo.
Died August 13th, 2018 at 86 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington
Duke of wellington (1807-1884).
Born February 3rd, 1807 in Harley Street.
Died August 13th, 1884 at 77 years old in Brighton railway station.
W. O. Bentley
British automotive engineer (1888-1971).
Born September 16th, 1888 in London.
Died August 13th, 1971 at 82 years old in Woking.
Johnny Pesky
American baseball player and coach (1919–2012).
Born February 27th, 1919 in Portland.
Died August 13th, 2012 at 93 years old in Danvers. [ref]
August Bebel
German social democrat politician (1840–1913).
Born February 22nd, 1840 in Deutz. [ref]
Died August 13th, 1913 at 73 years old in Passugg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Hans Hermann Junge
Ss officer (1914–1944).
Born February 11th, 1914 in Preetz.
Died August 13th, 1944 at 30 years old in Dreux.
Tompall Glaser
American country singer (1933–2013).
Born September 3rd, 1933 in Spalding.
Died August 13th, 2013 at 79 years old in Nashville (disease).
Octavia Hill
English social reformer (1838-1912).
Born December 3rd, 1838 in Wisbech.
Died August 13th, 1912 at 73 years old in Marylebone (cancer).
Mary Hunter Austin
Memoirist, novelist, poet, essayist, critic, playwright (1868–1934).
Born September 9th, 1868 in Carlinville.
Died August 13th, 1934 at 65 years old in Santa Fe.
Hayato Ikeda
Prime minister of japan from 1960 to 1964.
Born December 3rd, 1899 in Yoshina.
Died August 13th, 1965 at 65 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia, laryngeal cancer).
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot