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August 31st
162 Notable deaths
Henry Moore
English sculptor.
Born July 30th, 1898 in Castleford. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1986 at 88 years old in Much Hadham. [ref]
Sol Bamba
Football player and manager (1985–2024).
Born January 13th, 1985 in Ivry-sur-Seine.
Died August 31st, 2024 at 39 years old in Manisa (non-Hodgkin lymphoma). [ref]
Georges Braque
French painter and sculptor (1882-1963).
Born May 13th, 1882 in Argenteuil. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1963 at 81 years old in Paris. [ref]
Jimi Jamison
American singer (1951–2014).
Born August 23rd, 1951 in Holmes County. [ref]
Died August 31st, 2014 at 63 years old in Raleigh (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Red Adair
Firefighter.
Born June 18th, 1915 in Houston.
Died August 31st, 2004 at 89 years old in Houston.
Aleksandr Zakharchenko
Head and prime minister of the donetsk people's republic.
Born June 26th, 1976 in Donetsk. [ref]
Died August 31st, 2018 at 42 years old in Pushkin Boulevard, Donetsk (explosion). [ref]
Gayle Hunnicutt
American actress (1943–2023).
Born February 6th, 1943 in Fort Worth.
Died August 31st, 2023 at 80 years old in London. [ref]
Lionel Hampton
American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor (1908–2002).
Born April 20th, 1908 in Louisville.
Died August 31st, 2002 at 94 years old in New York City (heart failure). [ref]
Stefan Banach
Polish mathematician (1892–1945).
Born March 30th, 1892 in Kraków.
Died August 31st, 1945 at 53 years old in Lviv (lung cancer). [ref]
Urho Kekkonen
Eighth president of finland (1900–1986).
Born September 3rd, 1900 in Lepikon torppa. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1986 at 85 years old in Tamminiemi. [ref]
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Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan