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August 4th
118 Notable deaths
Nuon Cthea
Cambodian politician and convicted war criminal (1926-2019); pol pot's right hand man.
Born July 7th, 1926 in Voat Kor. [ref]
Died August 4th, 2019 at 93 years old in Phnom Penh. [ref]
Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Russian revisionist zionist leader (1880–1940).
Born October 17th, 1880 in Odesa.
Died August 4th, 1940 at 59 years old in Hunter, Greene County (cardiovascular disease).
Mary Miles Minter
American actress (1902-1984).
Born April 25th, 1902 in Shreveport.
Died August 4th, 1984 at 82 years old in Santa Monica (stroke). [ref]
Isaac Levitan
Russian artist (1860-1900).
Born August 30th, 1860 in Kybartai. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1900 at 39 years old in Moscow (lung disease).
Ernst Bloch
German philosopher (1885-1977).
Born July 8th, 1885 in Ludwigshafen. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1977 at 92 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
Raul Hilberg
Austrian-born american political scientist and historian (1926-2007).
Born June 2nd, 1926 in Vienna. [ref]
Died August 4th, 2007 at 81 years old in Williston (lung cancer). [ref]
Eugène Atget
French photographer (1857-1927).
Born February 12th, 1857 in Libourne. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1927 at 70 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Roy Thomson
Canadian newspaper proprietor and media entrepreneur (1894-1976).
Born June 5th, 1894 in Toronto.
Died August 4th, 1976 at 82 years old in London.
Ebrahim Alkazi
Indian theatre director.
Born October 18th, 1925 in Pune.
Died August 4th, 2020 at 94 years old in New Delhi (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Pearl White
American actress (1889–1938).
Born March 4th, 1889 in Green Ridge. [ref]
Died August 4th, 1938 at 49 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner