August 24th
167 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).
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
Surinamese inventor.
Born January 1st, 1852 in Paramaribo. [ref]
Died August 24th, 1889 at 37 years old in Lynn (tuberculosis). [ref]
Sergei Dovlatov
Soviet writer.
Born September 3rd, 1941 in Ufa.
Died August 24th, 1990 at 48 years old in New York City (heart failure). [ref]
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).
Lao She
Chinese writer, novelist and playwright.
Born February 3rd, 1899 in Beijing.
Died August 24th, 1966 at 67 years old in Beijing (drowning).
Kazuo Inamori
Japanese businessman (1932-2022).
Born January 30th, 1932 in Kagoshima.
Died August 24th, 2022 at 90 years old in Fushimi-ku (senility).
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.
Grigory Kulik
Marshal of the soviet union (1890–1950).
Born November 9th, 1890 in Dudnykove.
Died August 24th, 1950 at 59 years old in Moscow.
Gail Sheehy
American journalist and writer.
Born November 27th, 1936 in Mamaroneck. [ref]
Died August 24th, 2020 at 83 years old in Southampton (pneumonia). [ref]
Kallistos (Ware)
English theologian (1934–2022).
Born September 11th, 1934 in Bath.
Died August 24th, 2022 at 87 years old in Oxford. [ref]
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black