Alec Guinness (1914-2000)
Aug 5 British actor (The Ladykillers, The Bridge on the River Kwai), dies of liver cancer at 86
- Aug 9 Nicholas Markowitz, American teenager kidnapped and murdered by Jesse James Hollywood at 15
Loretta Young (1913-2000)
Aug 12 American actress (Farmer's Daughter, Stranger), dies of ovarian cancer at 87