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August 25th
164 Notable deaths
Stan Kenton
American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader (1911-1979).
Born December 15th, 1911 in Wichita.
Died August 25th, 1979 at 67 years old in Los Angeles (stroke).
Gower Champion
American actor and dancer.
Born June 22nd, 1921 in Geneva. [ref]
Died August 25th, 1980 at 59 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Joe E. Tata
American actor (1936–2022).
Born September 13th, 1936 in Pittsburgh.
Died August 25th, 2022 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
John Chambers
American make-up artist and prosthetic makeup expert.
Born September 12th, 1923 in Chicago.
Died August 25th, 2001 at 77 years old in Woodland Hills.
Ahmad Faraz
Pakistani writer (1931–2008).
Born January 12th, 1931 in Kohat.
Died August 25th, 2008 at 77 years old in Islamabad (kidney failure).
Rainer Weiss
American physicist (1932–2025).
Born September 29th, 1932 in Berlin.
Died August 25th, 2025 at 92 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Marvin Kaplan
American actor (1927-2016).
Born January 24th, 1927 in Brooklyn.
Died August 25th, 2016 at 89 years old in Burbank (heart failure). [ref]
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
Field marshal of the austro-hungarian empire (1852-1925).
Born November 11th, 1852 in Penzing.
Died August 25th, 1925 at 72 years old in Bad Mergentheim.
Lindsay Kemp
British mime (1938-2018).
Born May 3rd, 1938 in South Shields. [ref]
Died August 25th, 2018 at 80 years old in Livorno (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Joey DeFrancesco
American jazz musician.
Born April 10th, 1971 in Springfield Township.
Died August 25th, 2022 at 51 years old in Phoenix. [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir