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August 9th
174 Notable deaths
Ingemar Erlandsson
Swedish footballer.
Born November 16th, 1957 in Östra Göinge Municipality.
Died August 9th, 2022 at 64 years old [ref]
Fritz Stiedry
Austrian conductor.
Born October 11th, 1883 in Vienna. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1968 at 84 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Donald Machholz
American astronomer.
Born October 7th, 1952 in Portsmouth.
Died August 9th, 2022 at 69 years old in Wikieup (COVID-19). [ref]
Joseph S. Nelson
U.s. biologist and ichthyologist (1937–2011).
Born April 12th, 1937 in San Francisco.
Died August 9th, 2011 at 74 years old in Alberta.
Pyotr Fomenko
Soviet film director (1932-2012).
Born July 13th, 1932 in Moscow.
Died August 9th, 2012 at 80 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Olga Della-Vos-Kardovskaya
Russian artist (1875-1952).
Born September 2nd, 1875 in Chernihiv.
Died August 9th, 1952 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Vladimir Vikulov
Russian ice hockey player (1946-2013).
Born July 20th, 1946 in Moscow.
Died August 9th, 2013 at 67 years old in Moscow.
Lionel Emmett
Field hockey player.
Born January 8th, 1913 in Achalpur.
Died August 9th, 1996 at 83 years old in Colchester.
Jan F. Esser
Doctor, chess master, art collector (1877-1946).
Born October 13th, 1877 in Leiden.
Died August 9th, 1946 at 68 years old in Chicago.
Władysław Orlicz
Polish mathematician.
Born May 24th, 1903 in Okocim. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1990 at 87 years old in Poznań.
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe