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August 31st
144 Notable deaths
Ilya Ehrenburg
Soviet writer, bolshevik revolutionary, journalist and historian (1891-1967).
Born January 26th, 1891 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1967 at 76 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
David Farrar
British actor.
Born August 21st, 1908 in London Borough of Newham. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1995 at 87 years old in Durban. [ref]
Dennis O'Keefe
American actor.
Born March 29th, 1908 in Fort Madison. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1968 at 60 years old in Santa Monica (lung cancer). [ref]
Tamara Bunke
Argentinian revolutionary.
Born November 19th, 1937 in Buenos Aires.
Died August 31st, 1967 at 29 years old in Vallegrande (Dies in combat in the guerrilla of Che Guevara in Bolivia).
Joseph Rotblat
Polish-born british-naturalised physicist.
Born November 4th, 1908 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died August 31st, 2005 at 96 years old in London. [ref]
Edward Elmer Smith
Food engineer and author (1890-1965).
Born May 2nd, 1890 in Sheboygan. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1965 at 75 years old in Seaside (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Patricia Owens
Canadian actress (1925-2000).
Born January 17th, 1925 in Golden. [ref]
Died August 31st, 2000 at 75 years old in Lancaster. [ref]
Gloria Jean
American actress, singer (1926-2018).
Born April 14th, 1926 in Buffalo.
Died August 31st, 2018 at 92 years old in Mountain View (heart failure).
Wolfgang Güllich
German rock climber.
Born October 24th, 1960 in Ludwigshafen.
Died August 31st, 1992 at 31 years old in Ingolstadt (traffic collision).
Marguerite Chapman
American actress (1918-1999).
Born March 9th, 1918 in Chatham. [ref]
Died August 31st, 1999 at 81 years old in Burbank (disease). [ref]
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