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August 27th
167 Notable deaths
Kim Tai-chung
South korean martial artist, actor and businessman.
Died August 27th, 2011 at 54 years old in Seoul.
Jesse Pintado
Mexican.
Born July 12th, 1969 in Sonora.
Died August 27th, 2006 at 37 years old in Ridderkerk (diabetes). [ref]
Mary Beth Hughes
Actress (1919-1995).
Born November 13th, 1919 in Alton.
Died August 27th, 1995 at 75 years old in Los Angeles.
Pierre Poujade
French politician (1920–2003).
Born December 1st, 1920 in Saint-Céré.
Died August 27th, 2003 at 82 years old in La Bastide-l'Évêque.
María Capovilla
Ecuadorian supercentenarian (1889–2006).
Born September 14th, 1889 in Guayaquil.
Died August 27th, 2006 at 116 years old in Guayaquil (pneumonia). [ref]
Don Sundquist
American politician (1936–2023).
Born March 15th, 1936 in Moline.
Died August 27th, 2023 at 87 years old in Memphis. [ref]
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
Austrian economist (1851-1914).
Born February 12th, 1851 in Brno.
Died August 27th, 1914 at 63 years old in Kramsach.
Ulrich de Maizière
German general (1912–2006).
Born February 24th, 1912 in Stade.
Died August 27th, 2006 at 94 years old in Bonn.
Ebrahim Yazdi
Iranian politician and activist (1931-2017).
Born April 5th, 1931 in Qazvin. [ref]
Died August 27th, 2017 at 86 years old in İzmir (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Victor J. Stenger
American philosopher (1935–2014).
Born January 29th, 1935 in Bayonne.
Died August 27th, 2014 at 79 years old in Hawaii, Honolulu (aortic aneurysm).
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When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson