August 6th
158 Notable deaths
Norman Lane
Canadian sprint canoeist and professor (1919-2014).
Born November 6th, 1919 in Toronto.
Died August 6th, 2014 at 94 years old in Hamilton.
Raúl Sanguineti
Argentine chess grandmaster.
Born February 4th, 1933 in Paraná.
Died August 6th, 2000 at 67 years old in Buenos Aires.
Nikolay Abramov
Russian footballer (1950-2005).
Born January 5th, 1950 in Kotelniki.
Died August 6th, 2005 at 55 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Ilse Pausin
Figure skater (1919-1999).
Born February 7th, 1919 in Vienna.
Died August 6th, 1999 at 80 years old
Anatolii Levchenko
Soviet test pilot and cosmonaut (1941-1988).
Born May 21st, 1941 in Krasnokutsk.
Died August 6th, 1988 at 47 years old in Moscow (brain cancer).
Lidia Korsakówna
Polish actress (1934-2013).
Born January 17th, 1934 in Baranavichy.
Died August 6th, 2013 at 79 years old in Skolimów-Konstancin (disease). [ref]
Ulla Lindkvist
Swedish orienteer.
Born August 30th, 1939.
Died August 6th, 2015 at 75 years old in Flen. [ref]
Knut Østby
Canoe racer (1922-2010).
Born November 12th, 1922 in Modum.
Died August 6th, 2010 at 87 years old in Bærum. [ref]
John Porter
Canadian ice hockey player.
Born January 21st, 1904 in Toronto. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1997 at 93 years old in Toronto. [ref]
Jean-Baptiste Mimiague
French fencer.
Born February 3rd, 1871 in Villefranche-sur-Mer.
Died August 6th, 1929 at 58 years old in Nice.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel