Famous Deaths for August 1990
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Months in 1990: January February March April May June July September October November December
Deaths 1 - 41 of 41
1st - Norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies
2nd - Norman Mclean, American writer (b. 1902)
2nd - Edwin Richfield, British actor (b. 1921)
3rd - Florida Edwards, dies of pneumonia at 79
5th - Herman Gooding, Suriname police-inspector, dies
6th - Charles Arnt, actor (Double Exposure), dies of pancreatic cancer at 82
6th - Gordon Metcalfe, actor (Monster in the Closet), dies of AIDS at 43
6th - Jacques Soustelle, Fren ethnology/minister of Information, dies at 78
6th - Mario De Andrade, founder (Movimiento Popular of Lib of Angola), dies
6th - Robert Alex, shot to death by robber at 31
7th - Eva Sully Block, actress (Kid Millions), dies of heart failure at 88
9th - Dorothy Appleby, actress (Small Town Boy, Paradise Express), dies
9th - Joe Mercer, English footballer (b. 1914)
10th - Richard Haines, director (Splatter University), dies
12th - Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87
12th - Sara Seegar, [Stone], actor (Mystery of Room 13), dies at 76
12th - B. Kliban, American cartoonist (b. 1935)
13th - Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86
15th - Nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66
15th - Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician (b. 1962)
16th - Pat O'Connor, New Zealand professional wrestler (b. 1925)
17th - Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72
17th - Roderick Cook, actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58
18th - B F Skinner, psychologist (Skinner Box), dies of Leukemia at 86
18th - Raf Reymen, Flemish actor, dies
18th - Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (b. 1938)
19th - Ben Rutgers Van de Loeff-Basenau, children's book writer, dies at 80
20th - Marc Turfkruijer, Flemish movie journalist/writer, dies
21st - George Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Kenya
22nd - Merlin Marston, actor (Blue Sky), dies of non-Hodgkins lymphoma at 45
23rd - David Rose, composer (Holiday for Strings, Stripper), dies at 80
24th - Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (b. 1941)
24th - Gailli AbedElrhman, Sudanese writer (b. 1931)
25th - Morley Callaghan, Canadian writer (b. 1903)
26th - Minoru Honda, Japanese astronomer (b. 1913)
27th - Raymond St Jacques, actor/dir (Falcon Crest), dies of cancer at 60
27th - Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35
28th - Willy Vandersteen, Flemish cartoonist (Suske & Wiske), dies
29th - Sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16
31st - Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947), dies
31st - Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, NY Knick, dies at 65 of a heart attack

