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August 9th
170 Notable deaths
Jenny Gröllmann
German actress.
Born February 5th, 1947 in Hamburg.
Died August 9th, 2006 at 59 years old in Berlin (breast cancer).
Colette Besson
French sprinter.
Born April 7th, 1946 in Saint-Georges-de-Didonne.
Died August 9th, 2005 at 59 years old in Angoulins (lung cancer).
Eduardo Falú
Argentine folk musician (1923-2013).
Born July 7th, 1923 in El Galpón, Salta. [ref]
Died August 9th, 2013 at 90 years old in Córdoba. [ref]
Vitaliy Starukhin
Soviet footballer (1949-2000).
Died August 9th, 2000 at 51 years old in Donetsk (pneumonia).
Hermann Sasse
Lutheran pastor, theologian, professor of theology.
Born July 17th, 1895 in Sonnewalde.
Died August 9th, 1976 at 81 years old in Adelaide.
Aleksandar Matanović
Chess player.
Born May 23rd, 1930 in Belgrade.
Died August 9th, 2023 at 93 years old in Belgrade.
Princess Marie of Windisch-Graetz
Austrian princess and archeologist (1856-1929).
Born December 11th, 1856 in Vienna.
Died August 9th, 1929 at 72 years old in Ludwigslust.
Harry Hillman
American athletics competitor.
Born September 8th, 1881 in Brooklyn.
Died August 9th, 1945 at 63 years old in Hanover.
Sergei Tretyakov
Russian writer-artist.
Born June 20th, 1892 in Kuldīga. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1939 at 47 years old in Moscow (ballistic trauma). [ref]
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