Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 14
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1926 John h. moffitt: American politician (b. 1843) 

1928 Klabund: [alfred henschke], german writer (spuk/rasputin), 

1932 Rin tin tin: Us hollywood-dog, 

1936 Rainey bethea: Hanged, last us public execution 

1937 Sapper: British soldier/novelist (bull-dog drummond), 

1938 Hugh trumble: Cricketer (32 tests for australia, 141 wickets), 

1941 Josef jakobs: German spy, executed in tower of london 

1943 Joe kelley: American baseball player (b. 1871) 

1946 Susan st james: [susan jane miller], la calif, actress (kate & allie) 

1949 Husni al-barazi: Premier of syria, shot to death 

1951 William randolph hearst: Newspaper publisher, 

1955 Fiske kimball: Us architect/art historian, 

1956 Bertold brecht: German writer (mother courage), 

1958 Big bill broonzy: Rocker, 

1961 Clarke ashton smith: Sci-fi author (lost worlds), 

1963 Clifford odets: Us playwright (golden boy), 

1965 Jan van nijlen: Flemish poet/writer (walk at dawn), 

1966 S j "tip" snooke: S afr cricket all-rounder (26 tests 1905-23), 

1967 Bob anderson: British racing driver (b. 1931) 

1969 Leonard sidney woolf: English publisher/writer, 

1970 Vano il'ich muradeli: Composer, 

1971 Georg von opel: German auto manufacturer, 

1972 Jules romains: French novelist (death of nobody), 

1975 Joris baers: Flemish bibliographer (founder boekengids), 

1978 Nicolas bentley: British writer (b. 1907) 

1980 Dorothy stratten: Playmate, murdered by boyfriend paul snider 

1981 Dudley nourse: Cricketer (34 tests for south africa, 2960 runs), 

1982 Patrick magee: Irish actor (clockwork orange, king lear), 

1984 John boynton priestley: English, stagewriter (magicians), 

1985 Gale sondergaard: Actress (letter), 

1988 Enzo ferrari: Italy, sportscar manufacturer (ferrari), 

1991 Douglas kiker: Newscaster (nbc-tv), 

1992 Alexander rosemeier: Indonesian/dutch painter, 

1994 Bill cowley: Creator (lyke wake walk), 

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