August 1st
160 Notable deaths
Bud Powell
American jazz pianist and composer.
Born September 27th, 1924 in New York City. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1966 at 41 years old in New York City (tuberculosis). [ref]
Sviatoslav Richter
Soviet pianist (1915-1997).
Born March 20th, 1915 in Zhytomyr. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1997 at 82 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Lydia Litvyak
Soviet flying ace.
Born August 18th, 1921 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1943 at 21 years old in Donbas (killed in action).
Mary Carlisle
American actress (1914-2018).
Born February 3rd, 1914 in Boston.
Died August 1st, 2018 at 104 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Louis Blériot
French aviator, inventor and engineer.
Born July 1st, 1872 in Cambrai. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1936 at 64 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
D. A. Pennebaker
American filmmaker (1925-2019).
Born July 15th, 1925 in Evanston.
Died August 1st, 2019 at 94 years old in Sag Harbor. [ref]
Lolita Lebrón
Puerto rican activist and nationalist.
Born November 19th, 1919 in Lares.
Died August 1st, 2010 at 90 years old in San Juan. [ref]
Theodore Roethke
American poet (1907-1964).
Born May 25th, 1908 in Saginaw. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1963 at 55 years old in Bainbridge Island (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Adrien Arcand
Canadian journalist (1899-1967).
Born October 3rd, 1899 in Montreal.
Died August 1st, 1967 at 67 years old in Montreal.
Nirad C. Chaudhuri
Indian bengali−english writer and man of letters.
Born November 23rd, 1897 in Bengal. [ref]
Died August 1st, 1999 at 101 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Deaths 21 to 30 of 160
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.