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August 9th
197 Notable deaths
Arnold Genthe
American photographer (1869-1942).
Born January 8th, 1869 in Berlin.
Died August 9th, 1942 at 73 years old in New Milford.
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 Osnabrück.
Died August 9th, 1944 at 39 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Ernst von Salomon
German writer and right-wing freikorps member.
Born September 25th, 1902 in Kiel.
Died August 9th, 1972 at 69 years old in Stöckte (myocardial infarction).
C. F. Powell
British physicist.
Born December 5th, 1903 in Tonbridge.
Died August 9th, 1969 at 65 years old in Lake Como.
Richard Alexander
Actor (1902-1989).
Born November 19th, 1902 in Dallas.
Died August 9th, 1989 at 86 years old in Woodland Hills.
May Ayim
German poet.
Born May 3rd, 1960 in Hamburg.
Died August 9th, 1996 at 36 years old in Berlin (falling).
Jack Gold
British film and television director (1930-2015).
Born June 28th, 1930 in Greater London.
Died August 9th, 2015 at 85 years old
Sergei Kovalev
Russian politician.
Born March 2nd, 1930 in Seredyna-Buda.
Died August 9th, 2021 at 91 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Graham Wallas
English socialist, social psychologist, educationalist.
Born May 31st, 1858 in Sunderland.
Died August 9th, 1932 at 74 years old in Portloe.
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