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August 29th
143 Notable deaths
George Erskine
British army officer.
Born August 23rd, 1899 in Hascombe.
Died August 29th, 1965 at 66 years old in Rusper.
René Leibowitz
French composer and conductor (1913–1972).
Born February 17th, 1913 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1972 at 59 years old in Paris.
Georg von Boeselager
German noble and army officer (1915-1944).
Born August 25th, 1915 in Burg Heimerzheim.
Died August 29th, 1944 at 29 years old in Western Bug.
Iván Hindy
Hungarian army officer.
Born June 28th, 1890 in Budapest. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1946 at 56 years old in Budapest.
Bruce C. Murray
American geologist and planetary scientist (1931-2013).
Born November 30th, 1931 in New York City.
Died August 29th, 2013 at 81 years old in Oceanside (Alzheimer's disease).
Louis Darquier de Pellepoix
French holocaust perpetrators (1897-1980).
Born December 19th, 1897 in Cahors. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1980 at 82 years old in Carratraca. [ref]
Michel Constantin
French actor.
Born July 13th, 1924 in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died August 29th, 2003 at 79 years old in Draguignan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Graham Leggat
Scottish footballer and manager (1934-2015).
Born June 20th, 1934 in Aberdeen.
Died August 29th, 2015 at 81 years old in Canada. [ref]
Vladimir Veličković
Serbian painter (1935-2019).
Born August 11th, 1935 in Belgrade. [ref]
Died August 29th, 2019 at 84 years old in Split.
Chaswe Nsofwa
Zambian footballer (1978-2007).
Born October 22nd, 1978 in Lusaka.
Died August 29th, 2007 at 28 years old in Beersheba (cardiovascular disease).
Deaths 61 to 70 of 143
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