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August 29th
130 Notable deaths
Lee "Scratch" Perry
Jamaican reggae musician and producer.
Born March 20th, 1936 in Kendal.
Died August 29th, 2021 at 85 years old in Lucea. [ref]
Jean Hagen
American actress (1923-1977).
Born August 3rd, 1923 in Chicago. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1977 at 54 years old in Los Angeles (cancer, esophageal cancer).
Clifford Robinson
American basketball player.
Born December 16th, 1966 in Buffalo. [ref]
Died August 29th, 2020 at 53 years old in Portland (stroke). [ref]
Simon Oakland
American actor (1915-1983).
Born August 28th, 1915 in Brooklyn.
Died August 29th, 1983 at 68 years old in Cathedral City (cancer).
Manly Palmer Hall
Canadian writer and mystic.
Born March 18th, 1901 in Peterborough.
Died August 29th, 1990 at 89 years old in Los Angeles.
Astrid of Sweden
Queen consort of the belgians (1905-1935).
Born November 17th, 1905 in Arvfurstens palats.
Died August 29th, 1935 at 29 years old in Küssnacht (traffic collision).
Jimmy Reed
American blues musician and songwriter.
Born September 6th, 1925 in Dunleith. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1976 at 50 years old in Oakland (respiratory failure). [ref]
Stringer Davis
Actor (1899–1973).
Born June 4th, 1899 in Birkenhead.
Died August 29th, 1973 at 74 years old in Chalfont St Giles.
Béla Kun
Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician, the de facto leader of the hungarian soviet republic in 1919, people's commissar of foreign affairs.
Born February 20th, 1886 in Cehu Silvaniei. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1938 at 52 years old in Moscow (execution). [ref]
Félix Guattari
Institutional psychotherapist, philosopher, and semiologist.
Born April 30th, 1930 in Villeneuve-les-Sablons. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1992 at 62 years old in Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin