August 9th
186 Notable deaths
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]
Giorgi Leonidze
Georgian poet.
Born January 8th, 1900 in Patardzeuli. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1966 at 66 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
Emil František Burian
Czech poet, journalist, singer, actor, musician, composer, playwright adviser, playwright and director communist.
Born June 11th, 1904 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1959 at 55 years old in Prague (gastrointestinal system disease). [ref]
Schubert Gambetta
Uruguayan footballer (1920-1991).
Born April 14th, 1920 in Montevideo.
Died August 9th, 1991 at 71 years old in Montevideo.
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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