Peter Jennings (1938-2005)
Aug 7 Canadian-American news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies of lung cancer at 67
- Aug 8 Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (Vertigo, Dallas, Caught), dies at 82
- Aug 8 Ilse Werner [Ilse Charlotte Still], Dutch-German actress (Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow), dies at 84
- Aug 9 Matthew McGrory, American actor (worlds's tallest actor at 7 ft 6 in), dies at 32
- Aug 11 James Booth [David Geeves], British actor and screenwriter (Zulu, Keeping Mum), dies at 77
- Aug 16 Joe Ranft, American screenwriter and animator (Toy Story, Cars), dies at 45
- Aug 18 Chri$ Ca$h [Christopher Bauman], American professional wrestler, dies in a motorcycle accident at 23
- Aug 18 Gao Xiumin, Chinese comedy actress (b. 1959)
- Aug 23 Brock Peters [George Fisher], American actor and singer (Carmen Jones; To Kill a Mockingbird), dies at 78
- Aug 25 Terence Morgan, British actor (Sir Francis Drake, Curse of the Mummy's Tomb), dies of a heart attack at 83
- Aug 26 Ed White, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1949)
- Aug 28 Jacques Dufilho, French actor (b. 1914)
- Aug 31 Michael Sheard, Scottish actor (The Empire Strikes Back), dies at 67
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