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August 3rd
155 Notable deaths
Devdas Gandhi
Indian activist.
Born May 22nd, 1900 in Durban. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1957 at 57 years old in Mumbai.
Robert Hardy
British actor (1925–2017).
Born October 29th, 1925 in Cheltenham. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 2017 at 91 years old in Northwood. [ref]
Henri Cartier-Bresson
French photographer.
Born August 22nd, 1908 in Chanteloup-en-Brie. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 2004 at 95 years old in Montjustin. [ref]
Roger Casement
Irish diplomat, activist, nationalist and poet (1864-1916).
Born September 1st, 1864 in Dublin. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1916 at 51 years old in London (hanging). [ref]
Annette Charles
American actress.
Born March 5th, 1948 in Los Angeles.
Died August 3rd, 2011 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Soviet and polish military commander (1896-1968).
Born September 15th, 1889 in Cieliachany. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1968 at 78 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Ty Hardin
American actor (1930-2017).
Born January 1st, 1930 in New York City.
Died August 3rd, 2017 at 87 years old in Huntington Beach (disease).
Thorstein Veblen
American academic.
Born July 30th, 1857 in Cato, Manitowoc County. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 1929 at 72 years old in Menlo Park.
John Hume
Sdlp politician from northern ireland (1937–2020).
Born January 18th, 1937 in Derry.
Died August 3rd, 2020 at 83 years old in Derry. [ref]
Beryl Clutterbuck Markham
British writer, aviator, adventurer, racehorse trainer (1902–1986).
Born October 26th, 1902 in Ashwell.
Died August 3rd, 1986 at 83 years old in Nairobi. [ref]
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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman