August 31st
149 Notable deaths
Willie Cunningham
Northern irish footballer and manager (1930-2007).
Born February 20th, 1930 in Newry.
Died August 31st, 2007 at 77 years old in Dunfermline.
Jóhann Sigurjónsson
Icelandic playwright.
Born June 19th, 1880 in Laxamýri.
Died August 31st, 1919 at 39 years old in Copenhagen (tuberculosis).
Torsten Lindberg
Swedish footballer and manager (1917-2009).
Born April 14th, 1917 in Nässjö.
Died August 31st, 2009 at 92 years old in Malmö.
Derrick Sullivan
Welsh footballer (1930-1983).
Born August 10th, 1930 in Newport.
Died August 31st, 1983 at 53 years old [ref]
Leonidas Proaño
Ecuadorian priest and theologian (1910-1988).
Born January 29th, 1910 in Ibarra Canton.
Died August 31st, 1988 at 78 years old in Quito.
Vasile Belous
Moldovan boxer (1988-2021).
Born August 27th, 1988 in Ocnița.
Died August 31st, 2021 at 33 years old in Calarașovca (traffic collision). [ref]
Mike Magill
Racecar driver.
Born February 8th, 1920 in Haddonfield.
Died August 31st, 2006 at 86 years old in Haddonfield.
Daniela Hodrová
Czech writer.
Born July 5th, 1946 in Prague.
Died August 31st, 2024 at 78 years old in Hospital of the Merciful Sisters of Sts. Karel Boromejský. [ref]
Raymond Smith Dugan
American astronomer.
Born May 30th, 1878 in Montague.
Died August 31st, 1940 at 62 years old in Bryn Mawr.
Miloš Říha
Czechoslovak ice hockey player and ice hockey coach (1958–2020).
Born December 6th, 1958 in Přerov. [ref]
Died August 31st, 2020 at 61 years old in Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine. [ref]
Deaths 121 to 130 of 149
To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi