- Aug 4 Walter Massey, Canadian stage and screen actor (Shoestring Theatre; Arthur), dies at 85
Robin Williams (1951-2014)
Aug 11 American actor and comedian (Mork & Mindy, Jumanji, Dead Poets Society, Good Will Hunting), commits suicide by hanging himself at 63
Lauren Bacall (1924-2014)
Aug 12 American actress and singer named the 20th greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema (Dark Passage, Key Largo), dies of a stroke at 89
- Aug 18 Don Pardo, TV announcer (Jeopardy, Saturday Night Live), dies at 96
Richard Attenborough (1923-2014)
Aug 24 English actor and director (Gandhi, Young Winston), dies at 90
- Aug 28 Bill Kerr, South African-born Australian actor (Hancock's Half Hour), dies at 92
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