Patricia Neal (1926-2010)
Aug 8 American actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses) and wife of Roald Dahl, dies at 84
- Aug 10 David L Wolper, American television and film producer (Roots; The Thorn Birds; Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; Welcome Back, Kotter), dies at 82
- Aug 12 Paul Ryan Rudd, American stage and screen actor, dies at 70
- Aug 13 Lance Cade, American pro wrestler who was WWE Tag Team Champion (with Trevor Murdoch) 2005, dies from accidental drug overdose at 29
- Aug 14 Abbey Lincoln [Anna Wooldridge], African-American jazz vocalist, songwriter, actress (Nothing But a Man), and civil rights activist, dies at 80
- Aug 15 James J. Kilpatrick, American newspaper journalist and columnist (60 Minutes), dies at 89
- Aug 21 Conny Stuart [Cornelia van Meygard], Dutch cabaret performer, and actress, dies at 96
- Aug 21 Nancy Dolman, Canadian actress and comedienne (b. 1950)
- Aug 24 Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime film director, dies at 46
- Aug 27 Luna Vachon, Professional Wrestler (b. 1962)
- Aug 28 William P. Foster, notable band director and founder of the Marching 100 of Florida A&M University
- Aug 30 Alain Corneau, French filmmaker (La Menace), dies of cancer at 67
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