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August 30th
180 Notable deaths
Abraham Zapruder
Witness to the kennedy assassination (1905-1970).
Died August 30th, 1970 at 65 years old in Dallas (stomach cancer).
Charles Coburn
American film and theater actor (1877-1961).
Born June 19th, 1877 in Savannah. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1961 at 84 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Michael Dunn
American actor and singer (1934–1973).
Born October 23rd, 1934 in Shattuck.
Died August 30th, 1973 at 38 years old in London.
Nigel Terry
English actor.
Born August 15th, 1945 in Bristol.
Died August 30th, 2015 at 70 years old in Newquay (pulmonary emphysema).
Vanessa Marquez
American actress (1968–2018).
Born December 21st, 1968 in Los Angeles.
Died August 30th, 2018 at 49 years old in South Pasadena (gunshot wound). [ref]
Sterling Morrison
American musician.
Born August 28th, 1942 in East Meadow. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1995 at 53 years old in Poughkeepsie (lymphoma). [ref]
Toru Dutt
Indian writer.
Born March 4th, 1856 in Kolkata, Bengal Presidency. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1877 at 21 years old in Kolkata, Bengal Presidency (tuberculosis). [ref]
Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Iranian prime minister and president of iran (1933-1981).
Born June 15th, 1933 in Qazvin.
Died August 30th, 1981 at 48 years old in Tehran (explosive device).
Věra Čáslavská
Czechoslovak sports official, sport gymnast and coach.
Born May 3rd, 1942 in Prague. [ref]
Died August 30th, 2016 at 74 years old in Prague (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Lindsay Anderson
British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, and film critic (1923-1994).
Born April 17th, 1923 in Bengaluru. [ref]
Died August 30th, 1994 at 71 years old in Angoulême (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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