Deaths August 10 | History by KabAstro

612 BC Sinsharishkun, Assyrian king

Cleopatra (69-30 BC)

the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide allegedly by inducing an asp (Egyptian cobra) to bite her

258 Saint Lawrence, Christian martyr, burned to death
794 Fastrada, 3rd wife of French King Charles the Great, dies at 30
955 Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle
1250 Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered
1535 Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)
1589 Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49
1628 Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned
1637 Johann Gerhard, German Lutheran leader (b. 1582)

Maarten Tromp (1598-1653)

Dutch admiral (Eighty Years' War, First Anglo-Dutch War), killed in the Battle of Scheveningen by a sharpshooter at 55

1655 Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50
1717 Nicolaas Witsen, Dutch statesman and mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76
1723 Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and statesman, dies at 66
1730 Sebastien de Brossard, French composer and music theorist, dies at 74
1759 Ferdinand VI, the wise, king of Spain (1746-59), dies at 46
1784 Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter, dies at 70
1802 Franz Aepinus, German physician and physicist, dies at 77
1806 Michael Haydn, Austrian composer, dies at 68
1817 Francis Cabot Lowell, American mill owner (founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill), dies at 42
1821 Salvatore Vigano, composer, dies at 52
1839 John St Aubyn, British fossil collector, dies at 81
1841 Hippolyte Monpou, composer, dies at 37
1842 Captain William Hobson, first British Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi, dies of a stroke at 49
1843 Jakob F. Fries, German philosopher, dies at 69
1844 Grand Duchess Alexandra Nikolaevna of Russia, youngest daughter and fourth child of Tsar Nicholas I, Emperor of Russia, and his wife, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, dies at 19
1857 John Wilson Croker, politician
1859 George Staunton, English writer and traveller to China, dies at 68
1861 Nathaniel Lyon, American Brigadier-General (Union Army), 1st Union General to die in battle at 43
1862 Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese professional Go player, dies at 33
1864 Thomas Potter Cooke, English actor, first person to portray Frankenstein on stage, dies at 77 [1]
1867 Ira Aldridge, famed African-American Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies at 63 [1]
1868 Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian military leader and revolutionary who fought against Ottoman rule, killed in battle at 28
1875 Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (founded journal Globus), dies at 66
1876 Edward William Lane, British lexicographer and translator (One Thousand & One Nights), dies at 74
1886 Eduard Grell, German composer, dies at 85
1896 Otto Lilienthal, German aircraft pioneer (explored winged flight through gliders), dies falling to his death from his glider at 48

Thomas Elkins (1818-1900)

African American abolitionist and inventor who held patents for a type of furniture called the chamber commode and the Refrigerating Apparatus, dies at around 82 [1]

1902 George Vernon, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Middlesex CCC, MCC), dies from malaria at 46
1904 Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French politician (29th Prime Minister of France), dies at 57
1910 Joe Gans, American boxer (world lightweight champion 1902–08; International Boxing HOF), dies of tuberculosis at 35
1911 Carl Lumbye, Danish composer, dies at 70
1911 James "Soup" Perkins, American jockey (Kentucky Derby 1985; winningest jockey in America 1895), dies from a heart attack at 32
1915 Henry Moseley, English physicist (relationship between atomic number and charge of the atomic nucleus), shot and killed at Gallipoli during WWI, at 27
1918 Erich Lowenhardt, Germany flying ace of World War I (b. 1897)
1920 Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician, dies at 84
1921 John M Martin, last confederate congress member, dies
1928 Rex Cherryman, American actor (Camille, The Sunshine Trail, In for Thirty Days), dies from septic poisoning at 31
1929 Aletta Jacobs, 1st Dutch female doctor and women's suffrage activist, dies at 75
1929 Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (b. 1878)
1932 Rin Tin Tin, American Hollywood shepherd dog (Clash of the Wolves), dies at 13
1934 John Kane, Scottish-American primitivist painter (Self-Portrait), dies at 73
1938 Joseph Moorat, British composer (Prunella), dies at 73
1943 C. Bergsma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
1943 J. Janzen, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
1943 J. Posthuma, Dutch resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
1944 Berthold Schenk von Stauffenberg, German aristocrat, attempted to assassinate Hitler, executed by Nazi regime at 39

Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945)

American rocket pioneer (invented and built the first liquid-fueled rocket), dies of throat cancer at 62

1948 Andrew Brown, Scottish football coach (b. 1870)
1948 Emmy Hennings-Ball [Emma Cordsen], German poet and performer dies at 63
1948 Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian, writer, and peace activist, dies at 74
1948 Lucille Bogan, American blues singer and songwriter ("Sweet Petunia"; "Black Angel Blues"), dies from coronary sclerosis at 51
1948 Montague Summers, English clergyman and writer (Malleus Maleficarum), dies at 68
1958 Frank Demaree, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 1936, 37; Chicago Cubs, NY Giants), dies of internal haemorrhage at 48
1960 Emil Strauss, German writer (Vaterland), dies at 94

Frank Lloyd (1886-1960)

Scottish actor and director (Mutiny on Bounty, Oliver Twist, Blood on the Sun), dies at 74

1960 Oswald Veblin, mathematician
1962 Ted Husing, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights CBS), dies at 60
1963 Ernst Wetter, Member of the Swiss Federal Council, dies at 85
1963 Estes Kefauver, American politician (Sen-D-Tn), dies at 60
1963 Patrick Kennedy, son of US President JFK, dies at only 3 days
1965 Ray Robinson, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; NSW, South Australia, Otago), dies at 51
1966 (Jacobus) "J.C." Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels - Embers), dies at 79
1966 Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (black force), dies at 79
1967 John Francis Larchet, Irish arranger (Irish national anthem), composer (By the Waters of Moyle), and musical director (Abbey Theatre - Dublin, 1908-35), dies at 83
1969 Leno LaBianca, American businessman (murdered) (b. 1925)
1969 Rosemary LaBianca, American housewife (murdered) (b. 1930)
1970 Alexander Gode, German-American linguist, dies at 63
1970 Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (The Soldiers Requiem), commits suicide at 52
1973 Douglas Kennedy, American actor (Dark Passage, The Lone Ranger & the Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer at 57
1974 Ivor Dean, British stage and screen actor (Treasure Island; The Saint - "Inspector Teal"), dies at 56
1974 Pedro Regas, Greek stage actor (Only Angels Have Wings, Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour), dies at 77
1976 Bert Oldfield, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (54 Tests, 130 dismissals, 4 x 50; NSW CA), dies at 81
1976 Ray "Crash" Corrigan, American actor (Crash Corrigan's Ranch), dies at 74
1977 Vince Barnett, American actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75
1979 John Nicholas "Dick" Foran, American actor (OK Crackerby, Fort Apache, Winners of the West), dies at 69
1979 Walther Gerlach, German physicist who, with Otto Stern, co-discovered spin quantization in a magnetic field (Stern–Gerlach effect), dies at 90
1986 Don McRae, New Zealand cricket medium pace bowler (1 Test; Canterbury CA) and soccer goalkeeper (1 cap; Nomads United FC), dies at 71
1987 Calvin Culver, actor (Score), dies
1987 I W Able, CEO (United Steel Workers of America, 1965-77), dies at 87
1987 Raquel Torres, actress (Duck Soup, Sea Bat), dies
1987 Uys Krige, South African playwright and novelist (Orphan of the Desert), dies at 77
1988 Adela Rogers St John "The World's Greatest Girl Reporter", American journalist, screenwriter and author (Free Soul, Honeycomb), dies at 94
1988 Arias Arnulfo, 3 time president of Panama (1940-41, 49-51, 68), dies at 86
1990 Cookie Lavagetto, American baseball third baseman (MLB All Star 1938-41; Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers) and manager (Washington Senators 1957-61), dies at 77
1990 Richard Haines, director (Splatter University), dies
1991 (Henry) "Buster" Smith, American jazz alto saxophonist, arranger, and bandleader (Blue Devils; Count Basie), dies of a heart attack at 86
1991 Josef Lipski, Polish Senator, anti-Communist dissident, and human rights advocate, dies of heart disease at 65
1992 Aribert Heim, Austrian SS physician (served at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Mauthausen, known as Dr. Death), dies at 78
1993 Euronymous [Øystein Aarseth], Norwegian black-metal guitarist and producer (Mayhem), stabbed to death by a musical rival at 25
1993 Ken England, American screenwriter (Good Girls Go to Paris), dies at 82
1994 Bill Baker, American doo-wop singer The Five Satins - "In The Still Of The Night"), dies at 58
1994 Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curacao, murdered at 58
1995 Donald Bisset, British children book writer, illustrator (Upside Down Stories) and actor (Battle of the Sexes), dies of natural causes at 84
1995 Fay Honey Knopp, American activist (founded a Quaker ministry for men and women in prisons), dies of complications from ovarian cancer at 76
1995 Peter Lancelot Williams, English dance journalist, dies at 81
1996 Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest, dies at 78
1996 Rex Tucker, British TV writer and director, dies at 83
1997 Conlon Nancarrow, American composer (Soundings 4), dies at 84
1997 Jean-Claude Lauzon, director/writer (Leola), dies in air crash at 43
1999 Padma Bhushan Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, Eminent Sanskrit Scholar in India (b. 1899)
2000 Gilbert Parkhouse, Welsh cricket batsman (7 Tests England, 2 x 50; Glamorgan CCC, MCC), dies at 74
2001 Lou Boudreau, American Baseball HOF shortstop (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series & AL MVP 1948; AL batting champion 1944; Cleveland Indians) and manager (Cleveland, Boston RS, KC A's, Chicago Cubs), dies at 84
2002 Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist, dies at 75

Michael Houser (1962-2002)

American guitarist (Widespread Panic), dies of pancreatic cancer at 40

2003 Bill Perkins, American cool jazz tenor saxophonist (Woody Herman; Stan Kenton; Bud Shank; The Tonight Show Band, 1970-82), and recording engineer, dies of cancer at 79
2003 Carmita Jiménez, Puerto Rican singer (Tierra Rica"; "La Vida En Rosa"), dies of cancer at 64
2007 Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American member of Tuskegee Airmen and civil rights activist (b. 1925)
2007 James E. Faust, Second Councilor of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (b. 1920)
2007 Tony Wilson, British music personality, record label owner and radio broadcaster, dies of a heart attack at 57

American Southern soul musician, singer-songwriter, Grammy and Academy Award-winning composer ("Theme from Shaft"), and actor (The Rockford Files - "Gandolf Fitch"; South Park -"Chef"), dies of a likely stroke at 65

2010 Antonio Pettigrew, American athlete (World C'ship gold 400m 1991), dies by overdose medication containing diphenhydramine at 42
2010 David L Wolper, American television and film producer (Roots; The Thorn Birds; Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; Welcome Back, Kotter), dies at 82
2012 Al Freeman Jr, American actor, dies at 78
2012 Carlo Rambaldi, Italian Special effects artist, dies at 86
2013 Eydie Gormé [Edithe Gormezano], American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning pop singer ("Blame It On The Bossa Nova"; Steve and Eydie), dies at 84
2014 Graham Gedye, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests, 2 x 50; Auckland), dies at 85
2015 Buddy Baker, American auto racer (Daytona 500 1980; 19 x NASCAR Cup Series wins), dies at 74
2017 Kim Wall, Swedish journalist killed investigating Danish inventor Peter Madsen, dies at 30 [or 11th Aug]
2017 Xavier Benguerel, Catalan composer (Llibre Vermell; Jo, Dalí), dies at 86
2020 Lorna Beal (née Larter), Australian cricket wicket-keeper (7 Tests; 16 dismissals), dies at 96
2020 Vladimir Popović, Serbian soccer midfielder (20 caps, Yugoslavia; Red Star Belgrade) and manager (Intercontinental Cup, Red Star Belgrade 1991), dies at 85
2021 Tony Esposito, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (6 x NHL All Star; Vezina Trophy 1970, 72, 74; Chicago Blackhawks), dies from pancreatic cancer at 78
2022 Abdul Wadud [Ronald DeVaughn], American jazz, avant-garde, and classical cellist (Camille; By Myself), dies at 75
2022 Fernando Chalana, Portuguese soccer winger (27 caps; Benfica, Bordeaux), dies from degenerative disease at 63