Aug 7 Anthony Modderman, Dutch politician (Minister of Justice, 1879-83), dies at 46 Aug 12 Georg Curtius, German classical linguist, dies at 65 Aug 12 Helen Hunt Jackson, American author (Ramona), dies at 54 Aug 20 Edouard J. A. Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 Aug 25 Reuben Fenton, American merchant and politician (22nd Governor of New York), dies at 66 Aug 28 Julius Hopp, Austrian composer, dies at 66 Jul 1885 Famous Deaths by Year Sep 1885 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide
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