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August 20th
145 Notable deaths
Shahan Shahnour
Armenian writer.
Born August 3rd, 1903 in Üsküdar. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1974 at 71 years old in Saint-Raphaël. [ref]
Etelka Gerster
Hungarian soprano and voice teacher.
Born June 27th, 1855 in Košice.
Died August 20th, 1920 at 65 years old in Sasso Marconi.
Maly Delschaft
German actress (1898–1995).
Born December 4th, 1898 in Hamburg.
Died August 20th, 1995 at 96 years old in Berlin.
Rudolf Gellesch
German footballer (1914-1990).
Born May 1st, 1914 in Gelsenkirchen.
Died August 20th, 1990 at 76 years old in Kassel.
Benjamin Jones
English racing cyclist (1882-1963).
Born January 2nd, 1882 in Wigan.
Died August 20th, 1963 at 81 years old in Johannesburg.
Eliezer Shostak
Israeli politician (1911–2001).
Born December 16th, 1911 in Volodymyrets. [ref]
Died August 20th, 2001 at 89 years old in Israel.
Detlev Blanke
German interlinguistics lecturer.
Born May 30th, 1941 in Neumünster.
Died August 20th, 2016 at 75 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Amélie Lundahl
Finnish artist (1850–1914).
Born May 26th, 1850 in Oulu. [ref]
Died August 20th, 1914 at 64 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Haydée Tamzali
Tunisian actress (1906-1998).
Born August 23rd, 1906 in Tunis.
Died August 20th, 1998 at 91 years old in Tunis.
Deaths 121 to 130 of 145
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