Deaths August 30 | History by KabAstro

Louis XI (1423-1483)

King of France (1461-83), dies at 60

1529 Juan del Encina, Spanish author and composer, dies at 61
1580 Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1553-80, regained lands of Savoy), dies at 52
1619 Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord, dies at 84
1666 Benedictus Carpzovius [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies at 71
1745 Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault, French composer, dies at 57
1751 Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (b. 1661)
1808 Joseph Anton Bauer, Czech harpsichordist and composer, dies at 83
1809 Ignacy Potocki, Polish politician and influential nobleman (co-wrote 3 May Constitution), dies at 59
1826 Theodor Zwetler, Austrian composer, dies at 67
1844 Francis Baily, English astronomer and describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse, dies at 70
1855 Feargus O'Connor, Leader of English Chartists, dies at 61
1856 Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (b. 1811)
1856 John Ross, Scottish naval officer and Artic explorer (he rediscovered Baffin Bay), dies at 79
1862 Charles Bernard Desormes, French physicist and chemist who determined the ratio of the specific heats of gases and the composition of carbon monoxide and carbon disulfide, dies at 91
1877 Raphael Semmes, American Rear Admiral (Confederate Navy), dies at 67
1879 John Bell Hood, American Confederate general during the American Civil War (Army of Tennessee), dies of yellow fever at 48
1883 Ángela Peralta, Mexican operatic soprano, harpist, pianist, and composer, dies of yellow fever at 38
1886 Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American military officer and politician (US Representative from New York 1881-83), dies at 50
1896 Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian statesman (b. 1824)
1903 Vicente Fidel López, Argentine historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87
1904 Kate Fanny Loder, English composer and pianist, dies at 79
1906 Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, dies at 59
1908 Alexander P. Stewart, American Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), dies at 86
1910 Albert Vandal, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 57
1914 Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
1914 Alexander Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide after Russian defeat at the Battle of Tannenberg at 54
1914 Lucy Lloyd, English-born creator (with Wilhelm Bleek) of archive of Bushman ǀxam and !kun texts, dies at 79 [1]
1917 Moisei Uritsky, Russian Bolshevik revolutionary (leader of Petrogradse Cheka), assassinated at 45
1919 Jóhann Sigurjónsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies at 39
1928 Franz Stuck, German painter (The Sin), dies at 65
1928 Wilhelm Wien, German physicist (laws of motion, Nobel Prize for Physics 1911), dies at 64
1932 Willem Marinus van Rossum, Dutch cardinal and prefect of Propaganda Fide, dies at 77
1934 Earnest L. Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79
1935 Henri Barbusse, French novelist (Le feu), dies at 62
1938 Max Factor, Polish-American make-up artist, inventor and founder of cosmetics manufacturer Max Factor & Company, dies at 60

J. J. Thomson (1856-1940)

English physicist who discovered the electron (Nobel 1906), dies at 83

1941 Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer and physicist, dies at 67
1943 Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary in Brazil, dies at 52
1944 (William) Crickett Smith, American ragtime, and jazz cornetist and trumpeter (James Reese Europe's Clef Club; Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolics; Louis Mitchell's Jazz Kings), and bandleader, dies at 53
1944 Morten Nielsen, Danish poet and resistance fighter, dies resisting German occupation at 22
1946 Grigory Semyonov, Russian counter-revolutionary (executed) (b. 1890)
1949 Arthur Fielder, English cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies at 72
1950 Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center), dies at 57
1952 (Joseph) "Arky" Vaughan, American Baseball HOF shortstop (9 × MLB All-Star; NL batting champion 1935; NL stolen base leader 1943; Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers), dies in a boating accident at 40
1953 Dimitar Nenov, Bulgarian composer, pianist and architect, dies at 51
1956 Anita Donostia [Jose Antonio de Donostia], Spanish composer, musicologist and priest, dies at 70
1957 Harold Gatty, Australian aviator, navigator with Wiley Post, dies of a stroke at 54
1961 Charles Coburn, American actor (Around the World in 80 Days, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 84
1963 Axel Stordahl, American arranger (Tommy Dorsey; Frank Sinatra), orchestra leader (Eddie Fisher), and composer (McHales's Navy theme), dies of cancer at 50
1963 Guy Burgess, English-born Soviet spy, dies of acute liver failure at 52
1968 William Talman, American actor (Crashout, The Hitch-Hiker, Perry Mason), dies of lung cancer at 53
1970 Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41
1970 Del Moore, American comedian and actor (Life With Elizabeth; Bachelor Father - "Cal"; Cinderfella), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 54
1974 Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87
1979 Jean Seberg, American actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40
1981 Mohammad-Ali Rajai, President of Iran (1981), assassinated by a bomb at 48

Vera-Ellen (1921-1981)

American actress and dancer (White Christmas; Big Leaguer; On the Town), dies of cancer at 60

1982 Leo Pappenheim, Dutch conductor, dies at 86
1984 Wesley Lau, American actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 63
1985 "Philly" Joe Jones, American jazz drummer (Miles Davis Quintet), dies of a heart attack at 62
1985 Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Russian-American Mayan archaeologist who helped decipher Maya hieroglyphs, dies at 76
1985 Taylor Caldwell [Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell], Anglo-American novelist (Dynasty of Death, Dear and Glorious Physician), dies at 84
1986 Ellis Achong, West Indian cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 8 wickets; Trinidad; 1st of Chinese descent to play a Test match), dies at 82
1986 Otto Mortensen, Danish composer and musicologist, dies at 79
1987 George Mikes, Hungarian-British writer and humorist (How to Be an Alien), dies at 75
1988 Albert F. Frey-Wyssling, Swiss botanist and pioneer of submicroscopic morphology and the discipline of molecular biology, dies at 87
1989 Dorothy Schiff, American owner and publisher (NY Post), dies at 86
1989 Joe Collins, American baseball first baseman (World Series 1949–53, 56; New York Yankees), dies at 66
1989 Joe De Santis, American actor, dies at 80
1989 Seymour Krim, American journalist, essayist, and literary critic (b. 1922)
1990 Edmund G. Love, American historian and author (A Small Bequest, Subways Are for Sleeping), dies at 78
1991 Alan Wheatley, British actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies from a heart attack at 84
1991 Hans Koetsier, Dutch sculptor artist (KLM-Schiphol), dies at 61
1991 Jean Tinguely, Swiss sculptor artist (moving objects), dies at 66
1993 Richard Jordan, American actor (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies at 55
1994 Lindsay Anderson, British director (If ...), dies at 71
1994 Michael Gribble, American film animator (Mike & Spike Festival), dies of cancer at 42
1995 Fischer Black, American economist and one of the authors of the Black–Scholes equation, dies of throat cancer at 57
1995 Pattie Menzies, Australian wife of PM Robert Menzies, dies at 96
1995 Sterling Morrison, American musician (Velvet Underground), dies at 53
1995 Thomas Chalmers, British broadcaster, dies at 82
1996 Christine Pascal, French actress and director (Smile, Elsa), commits suicide at 43
1996 José Toribio Merino, Chilean admiral (one of the principal leaders of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état), dies at 80
1996 Josef Muller-Brockmann 'Father of Swiss Graphic Design', Swiss graphic designer and writer, dies at 82 [1]
1999 Raymond Poïvet, French cartoonist, dies at 89
2000 Willie Maddren, English soccer defender (Middlesborough 293 games) and manager (Middlesborough 1984-86), dies from motor neurone disease at 49
2001 Govan Mbeki, South African leader (Head of the ANC, imprisoned with Mandela, father of Thabo Mbeki), dies at 91
2001 Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor, dies at 94
2001 Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat), dies of pneumonia at 87
2002 J. Lee Thompson, English film director (b. 1914)

Charles Bronson (1921-2003)

American actor (Magnificent Seven, Death Wish, The Dirty Dozen), dies at 81 [1]

2003 Donald Davidson, American philosopher (b. 1917)
2004 Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer (dirty-snowball theory), dies at 97
2004 Indian Larry, American motorcycle builder and stuntman (b. 1949)
2005 Andor Kovach, Romanian composer (Médée), dies at 90
2005 James H. Scheuer, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- 93), dies of heart and kidney failure at 85
2006 Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway), dies at 90
2006 Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian novelist (Palace Walk, Sugar Street) and first Arabic writer to win a Nobel Prize (1988), dies at 94
2006 Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand jurist (President of Court of Appeal, 1986-96), and member of the British House of Lords, dies at 80
2007 Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough, dies at 89
2007 Charles Vanik, American politician (Rep-D-Ohio 1955-81), dies at 94
2007 Michael Jackson, British beer and whiskey author and expert, dies at 65
2007 Roef Ragas, Dutch actor (Missing Link, Red Rain, Juju, Mykosch), dies at 42
2008 Tommy Bolt, American golfer (US Open 1958), dies at 92
2008 Walter "Killer" Kowalski, Canadian professional wrestler, dies at 81
2010 Alain Corneau, French filmmaker (La Menace), dies of cancer at 67
2010 Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (played for Argentina 1930-37), dies at 100
2012 Chris Lighty, American music executive and manager (Violator), dies of a gunshot wound at 44
2013 Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri, Persian opera director (Canadian Opera Company, 1976-88; introduced opera surtitles, 1983; San Francisco Opera, 1988-2001), dies at 84

Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)

Irish poet and playwright (Nobel Prize in Literature 1995), dies at 74 [1] [2]

2015 Brad Anderson, American cartoonist (Marmaduke), dies at 91
2015 Oliver Sacks, English Neurologist and author (Awakenings), dies at 82

Wes Craven (1939-2015)

American filmmaker (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream), dies at 76

2016 Joe Sutter, American engineer and head of the Boeing 747 program, dies at 95
2016 Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast (7 Olympic gold 1964, 68), dies of pancreatic cancer at 74
2019 Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder, powerlifter, actor and author (Mr. Olympia 1976, 81), dies at 78
2019 Hans Rausing, Swedish-British industrial billionaire (Tetra Pak), and philanthropist, dies at 93
2019 Valerie Harper, American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Rhoda), dies of cancer at 80
2020 John Thompson Jr., American Basketball HOF coach (Georgetown Uni 1972–99, NCAA Division I tournament 1984) and center (NBA C'ship 1965, 66 Boston Celtics), dies at 78
2022 Don Lind, American USN Commander, and pilot, and NASA astronaut (STS-51-B), dies at 92
2022 Gheorghe Berceanu, Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold light-flyweight 1972, silver 1976; World C'ship gold 1969, 72), dies at 72

Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022)

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985-91), dies after an unspecified long and grave illness at 91 [1]

2023 Gennady Sapunov, Russian Greco-Roman wrestler (World C'ship gold lightweight 1963, 65; silver 1966) and coach (Soviet GR wrestling team 1979-90), dies at 84
2023 Jack Sonni, American guitarist (Dire Straits, 1985-88), dies at 68
2023 Jan Jongbloed, Dutch soccer goalkeeper (24 caps; DWS 353 games, FC Amsterdam, Roda JC, Go Ahead Eagles), dies at 82
2023 Mohamed Al Fayed, Egyptian business magnate (Harrods - London; The Ritz Hotel - Paris), dies at 94

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