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August 14th
158 Notable deaths
Takayuki Kubota
Japanese martial artist.
Born September 20th, 1934 in Kumamoto.
Died August 14th, 2024 at 89 years old in Glendale.
Angela Buxton
Female tennis player from united kingdom (1934-2020).
Born August 16th, 1934 in Liverpool.
Died August 14th, 2020 at 85 years old in Fort Lauderdale. [ref]
Paul Sabatier
French chemist.
Born November 5th, 1854 in Carcassonne. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1941 at 86 years old in Toulouse. [ref]
Isaak Brodsky
Russian artist (1884-1939).
Born January 6th, 1884. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1939 at 55 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Jules Romains
French writer (1885-1972).
Born August 26th, 1885 in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1972 at 86 years old in Paris. [ref]
Svetozar Gligorić
Serbian and yugoslavian chess player.
Born February 2nd, 1923 in Belgrade.
Died August 14th, 2012 at 89 years old in Belgrade (stroke). [ref]
Natalya Kovshova
Soviet sniper (1920-1942).
Born November 26th, 1920 in Ufa.
Died August 14th, 1942 at 21 years old in Veliky Novgorod.
Robert B. Anderson
American politician (1910–1989).
Born June 4th, 1910 in Burleson.
Died August 14th, 1989 at 79 years old in New York City (esophageal cancer).
Bobby Baun
Canadian ice hockey player (1936–2023).
Born September 9th, 1936 in Lanigan.
Died August 14th, 2023 at 86 years old [ref]
Sigrid Gurie
American actress (1911-1969).
Born May 18th, 1911 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1969 at 58 years old in Mexico City (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 158
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson