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August 21st
131 Notable deaths
Adelina Domingues
Supercentenarian.
Born February 19th, 1888 in Brava.
Died August 21st, 2002 at 114 years old in San Diego.
Stuart Heisler
American film and television director.
Born December 5th, 1896 in Los Angeles. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1979 at 82 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Paul Juon
Russian composer.
Born March 6th, 1872 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1940 at 68 years old in Vevey. [ref]
Élie Halévy
French philosopher and historian (1870-1937).
Born September 6th, 1870 in Étretat. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1937 at 66 years old in Sucy-en-Brie. [ref]
Dahlia Ravikovitch
Israeli poet (1936-2005).
Born November 17th, 1936 in Ramat Gan. [ref]
Died August 21st, 2005 at 68 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Réjean Ducharme
Canadian artist.
Born August 12th, 1941 in Saint-Félix-de-Valois.
Died August 21st, 2017 at 76 years old in Montreal (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Nanni Loy
Italian film, theatre and tv director (1925-1995).
Born October 23rd, 1925 in Cagliari.
Died August 21st, 1995 at 69 years old in Rome (cancer, myocardial infarction).
Manuel Seoane
Argentine association football player (1902-1975).
Born March 19th, 1902 in Avellaneda.
Died August 21st, 1975 at 73 years old in Quilmes.
Harald Sverdrup
Norwegian oceanographer (1888-1957).
Born November 15th, 1888 in Sogndal.
Died August 21st, 1957 at 68 years old in Oslo.
William Burnside
English mathematician.
Born July 2nd, 1852 in London. [ref]
Died August 21st, 1927 at 75 years old in West Wickham. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 131
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner