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August 20th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on August 20th

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2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on August 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009
  • American pianist and bass player (Bread and The Wrecking Crew), (d. 2009).

20082007
  • American martial artist, bodyguard and trainer. Born 1942.

200620052001

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on August 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

199819971996
  • German singer, musician for the rock band Ton Steine Scherben.

  • At 81, a businessman and entrepreneur in rugby league dies

1995
  • Italian cartoon strip writer, famous for his famous cartoon strips, published first in 1945. Corto Maltese is the creator of Corto Maltese who became famous in "La Bataille de la mer salee".

  • Baseball player dies at 56

  • Singer, dies at 75

  • Playwright/journalist, writer, dies at 64

  • Tenor Saxophonist dies at 63

199419931992
  • Affiliated Publications is an American magazine publication company headed by an American executive. Taylor graduated from Harvard with an AB degree in European History in 1954. He pursued finance and accounting interests, but was unable to get into Harvard's B-school. Taylor decided to start his family business instead. He is known for being a quick and decisive leader, with 146,000 …

  • Cosmonaut dies at 59

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1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on August 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989
  • Born in 1906, India-born English game warden/lion expert

1986
  • Television host, The Big Idea, dies at 76

  • American composer and trumpet player (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra), (d. 1986).

  • Actor (DA Scanlon Green Hornet), dies in 71

198519831982
  • Ulla Jacobsson

    Swedish actress, perhaps most well-known for her role as the only female speaker in the film Zulu.

1980
  • American-born French singer-songwriter, Jules Dassin (1911aEUR”2008), and BA(c]atrice Launer (1913aEUR”2005), a New York-born musician.

  • German physician and physiologist, who made many important contributions to cardiology and cardiac physiology. Ernest Starling and Frank Starling are the names of the Frank-Starling heart law.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on August 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979197819761974
  • Ilona Massey

    Actress (Love HAppy Holiday in Mexico, Actress), dies at 62

1971
  • Pilot officer in Pakistan Air Force during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1991 (d. 1971).

1970
  • Dutch architect who specializes in bridges. He was a co-worker with Hendrick Belage, a Dutch architect. He died August 20, 1970 in Amsterdam, age 86.

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on August 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1968
  • At 69, a US jockey (Kentucky Derby) dies.

1965196319611960

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on August 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

19591952
  • German politician, first chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands; SPD), after World War II.

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on August 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

194819471945

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on August 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

19351932
  • Composer dies at 87

  • Composer dies at the age of 60

  • American homicide. The worst serial arsonist captured in the U.S. Over a hundred fires were set by him, terrorizing Seattle for five months. Three elderly women were killed by one of the firemen in a retirement community. Others caused $22 million worth of damage to homes, churches, and businesses.

19311930

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on August 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1919191719141912
  • British Methodist minister, who left the Church in 1861 to devote his life to the poor. They began their work as evangelicals in London in 1865 with his wife. They founded a mission group that would become the Salvation Army three years later.

1910

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on August 20th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

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