August 29th
135 Notable deaths
Mihaela Peneș
Athletics competitor (1947–2024).
Born July 22nd, 1947 in Bucharest.
Died August 29th, 2024 at 77 years old [ref]
Corrado Ursi
Catholic cardinal.
Born July 26th, 1908 in Andria.
Died August 29th, 2003 at 95 years old in Naples. [ref]
Léon-Adolphe Amette
Catholic cardinal.
Born September 1st, 1850 in Douville. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1920 at 69 years old in Antony. [ref]
Adolfo Calisto
Portuguese footballer (1944–2024).
Born January 1st, 1944 in Barreiro.
Died August 29th, 2024 at 80 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Kurt Bendlin
Athletics competitor.
Born May 22nd, 1943 in Stalmierz.
Died August 29th, 2024 at 81 years old in Paderborn. [ref]
Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels
German physicist.
Born June 18th, 1865 in Vicenza.
Died August 29th, 1913 at 48 years old in Heidelberg.
Heinz Wewers
German footballer (1927-2008).
Born July 27th, 1927 in Gladbeck.
Died August 29th, 2008 at 81 years old in Essen.
Juhani Kärkinen
Finnish ski jumper (1935-2019).
Born October 28th, 1935 in Kotka.
Died August 29th, 2019 at 83 years old in Lahti.
Kirill Yevstigneyev
Soviet wwii fighter pilot (1917-1996).
Born February 17th, 1917.
Died August 29th, 1996 at 79 years old in Moscow (cerebrovascular disease).
Vladimír Vašíček
Czech painter (1919-2003).
Born September 29th, 1919 in Mistřín, Svatobořice-Mistřín. [ref]
Died August 29th, 2003 at 83 years old in Svatobořice, Svatobořice-Mistřín. [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 135
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel