August 26th
165 Notable deaths
Warner Anderson
American actor (1911–1976).
Born March 10th, 1911 in Brooklyn.
Died August 26th, 1976 at 65 years old in Santa Monica (cancer).
Frederick Reines
American physicist (1918–1998).
Born March 16th, 1918 in Paterson.
Died August 26th, 1998 at 80 years old in Orange.
Ismail al-Azhari
President of sudan from 1965 to 1969.
Born October 20th, 1901 in Omdurman.
Died August 26th, 1969 at 67 years old in Khartoum.
Dušan Simović
First prime minister of yugoslavia in exile (1882-1962).
Born October 28th, 1882 in Kragujevac.
Died August 26th, 1962 at 79 years old in Belgrade (disease).
Pal Benko
Hungarian-american chess player.
Born July 15th, 1928 in Amiens. [ref]
Died August 26th, 2019 at 91 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Remo Giazotto
Italian musicologist and composer.
Born September 4th, 1910 in Rome.
Died August 26th, 1998 at 87 years old in Pisa.
Clyde Walcott
West indian cricketer (1926-2006).
Born January 17th, 1926 in Bridgetown.
Died August 26th, 2006 at 80 years old in Bridgetown. [ref]
Thomas Gordon
American psychologist (1918-2002).
Born March 11th, 1918 in California.
Died August 26th, 2002 at 84 years old in California, Solana Beach.
Lotte Lehmann
German soprano (1888–1976).
Born February 27th, 1888 in Perleberg.
Died August 26th, 1976 at 88 years old in Santa Barbara (disease).
Atulprasad Sen
Indian musician and activist (1871-1934).
Born October 20th, 1871 in Dhaka.
Died August 26th, 1934 at 62 years old in Lucknow.
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Death is a distant rumor to the young. Andrew A. Rooney