August 9th
170 Notable deaths
Nicholas Evans
British journalist, producer and writer.
Born July 26th, 1950 in Bromsgrove. [ref]
Died August 9th, 2022 at 72 years old (myocardial infarction). [ref]
David Raksin
American composer (1912-2004).
Born August 4th, 1912 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died August 9th, 2004 at 92 years old in Van Nuys. [ref]
Leo Frobenius
German ethnologist and archaeologist (1873-1938).
Born June 29th, 1873 in Berlin. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1938 at 65 years old in Verbania. [ref]
Felix Nussbaum
German jewish painter, murdered by nazis in the holocaust (1904–1944).
Born December 11th, 1904 in Germany. [ref]
Died August 9th, 1944 at 39 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Sergei Kovalev
Russian politician.
Born March 2nd, 1930 in Seredyna-Buda.
Died August 9th, 2021 at 91 years old in Moscow. [ref]
May Ayim
German poet.
Born May 3rd, 1960 in Hamburg.
Died August 9th, 1996 at 36 years old in Berlin (falling).
Graham Wallas
English socialist, social psychologist, educationalist.
Born May 31st, 1858 in Sunderland.
Died August 9th, 1932 at 74 years old in Portloe.
Fahrudin Jusufi
Serbian footballer (1939-2019).
Born December 8th, 1939.
Died August 9th, 2019 at 79 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
C. F. Powell
British physicist.
Born December 5th, 1903 in Tonbridge.
Died August 9th, 1969 at 65 years old in Lake Como.
Lester Bird
Prime minister of antigua and barbuda (1938-2021).
Born February 21st, 1938 in New York City.
Died August 9th, 2021 at 83 years old in Antigua. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 170
Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare