Famous Deaths for August 1972
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| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | ||
◀ 1971 1972 1973 ▶ | ||||||
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Deaths 1 - 27 of 27
2nd - Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29
2nd - Paul Goodman, US social critic/writer, dies at 60
2nd - Rudolf Ganz, composer, dies at 95
2nd - Helen Hoyt, American poet (b. 1887)
5th - Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71
5th - Harry Hylton-Foster, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1905)
7th - Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer
8th - Andrea Feldman, American actor (b. 1948)
9th - Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53
9th - Richard Elsasser, composer, dies at 45
11th - Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73
13th - George Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78
14th - Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86
14th - Oscar Levant, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65
14th - Pierre Brasseur, French actor (Quai des Brumes), dies at 66
15th - Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89
16th - John Barnes Chance, composer, dies at 39
17th - Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76
17th - Wampilow, writer, dies
23rd - Balis Dvarionas, composer, dies at 68
24th - Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59
25th - Juan Carlos Paz, composer, dies at 71
25th - Robert Denzler, composer, dies at 80
26th - Jacques Gans, Dutch author/journalist, dies at 63
28th - William HAF, Engl prince/grandson of George V, dies in accident at 29
29th - Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Ger night club performer/singer, dies
29th - Rene Leibowitz, composer, dies at 59
