August 24th
156 Notable deaths
Richard Bruno Heydrich
German opera singer, composer, singer and music educator (1865-1938).
Born February 23rd, 1865 in Leuben.
Died August 24th, 1938 at 73 years old in Halle (Saale).
Lao She
Chinese writer, novelist and playwright.
Born February 3rd, 1899 in Beijing.
Died August 24th, 1966 at 67 years old in Beijing (drowning).
Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski
Polish military leader (1895-1966).
Born June 1st, 1895 in Khorobriv.
Died August 24th, 1966 at 71 years old in Buckley (myocardial infarction).
Kazuo Inamori
Japanese philanthropist, entrepreneur.
Born January 21st, 1932 in Kagoshima.
Died August 24th, 2022 at 90 years old in Fushimi-ku (senility).
Mangala Samaraweera
Sri lankan politician (1956-2021).
Born April 21st, 1956 in Matara.
Died August 24th, 2021 at 65 years old in Colombo (COVID-19). [ref]
Grigory Kulik
Marshal of the soviet union (1890-1950).
Born November 9th, 1890 in Dudnikove.
Died August 24th, 1950 at 59 years old in Moscow.
Shizuichi Tanaka
Japanese general (1887-1945).
Born October 1st, 1887 in Hyogo Prefecture.
Died August 24th, 1945 at 57 years old in Tokyo.
Harry Benjamin
German/american endocrinologist and sexologist.
Born January 12th, 1885 in Berlin.
Died August 24th, 1986 at 101 years old in New York City.
Pascal Lissouba
First president of the republic of the congo.
Born November 15th, 1931 in Tsiguindi.
Died August 24th, 2020 at 88 years old in Perpignan (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Sergey Akhromeyev
Soviet marshal (1923-1991).
Born May 5th, 1923 in Vindrey.
Died August 24th, 1991 at 68 years old in Moscow (hanging).
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We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will. Chuck Palahniuk