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August 21st
137 Notable deaths
Bill Pascrell
U.s. representative from new jersey.
Born January 25th, 1937 in Paterson.
Died August 21st, 2024 at 87 years old in Saint Barnabas Medical Center.
Jerry Finn
American record producer.
Born March 31st, 1969 in Ventura.
Died August 21st, 2008 at 39 years old in Los Angeles (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Palmiro Togliatti
Italian politician.
Born March 26th, 1893 in Genoa.
Died August 21st, 1964 at 71 years old in Yalta (cerebral hemorrhage).
Theodore G. Bilbo
American politician (1877-1947).
Born October 13th, 1877 in Poplarville. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1947 at 69 years old in New Orleans (lip and oral cavity carcinoma). [ref]
Ugyen Wangchuck
King of bhutan (1862-1926).
Born June 11th, 1862 in Bumthang District.
Died August 21st, 1926 at 64 years old in Bumthang District.
Budd Hopkins
American ufo researcher, painter and sculptor (1931-2011).
Born June 15th, 1931 in Wheeling. [ref]
Died August 21st, 2011 at 80 years old in New York City. [ref]
Raul Seixas
Brazilian recording artist; singer and songwriter (1945-1989).
Born June 28th, 1945 in Salvador. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1989 at 44 years old in São Paulo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Babulal Gaur
Indian politician (1930-2019).
Born June 2nd, 1930 in Pratapgarh district.
Died August 21st, 2019 at 89 years old in Bhopal (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William Thurston
American mathematician (1946–2012).
Born October 30th, 1946 in Washington, D.C..
Died August 21st, 2012 at 65 years old in Rochester (cancer). [ref]
Siobhan Dowd
British writer and activist (1960–2007).
Born February 4th, 1960 in London, Leeds.
Died August 21st, 2007 at 47 years old in Oxford (breast cancer). [ref]
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris