Deaths in August 2024

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• Joe Brincat, 80, Maltese politician, minister of justice and governance (1979–1981) and member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1971–1992).
• Alun Carter, 59, Welsh rugby union player (Pontypool RFC, national team).
• John Clegg, 90, British actor (It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Tom & Viv, Shooting Fish).
• Sergio Codognato, 80, Italian football player (Ravenna, Cosenza) and manager (Cosenza).
• James H. Coleman, 91, American judge, associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey (1994–2003).
• Abdulai Conteh, 78, Sierra Leonean lawyer and politician, chief justice of Belize (2000–2010), vice-president (1991–1992).
• Nicu Covaci, 77, Romanian rock musician (Transsylvania Phoenix).
• Paul Darling, 64, English barrister, chairman of the Levy Board (since 2020).
• Galboda Gnanissara Thera, 80, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, chief of Gangaramaya Temple (since 1959).
• Michel Godard, 90, French politician, deputy (1993–1997), mayor of Ploemeur (1983–1995).
• Barbara Howar, 89, American author and socialite, complications of dementia.
• Sheik-Umarr Mikailu Jah, 88, Sierra Leonean surgeon and politician, stroke.
• Soe Tin Latt, Burmese major general, helicopter crash.
• Henry Lim Bon Liong, 72, Filipino businessman.
• Ivica Mavrenski, 58, Serbian basketball player (Vojvodina, Crvena zvezda) and coach (Železničar Inđija).
• Ruth Montague, 85, British Air Force officer, director of the Women's Royal Air Force (1989–1994).
• Matthew Ngosa, 46, Zambian singer-songwriter.
• Walter Orthmann, 102, Brazilian textile worker.
• Ajay Sastry, 50, Indian film director (Nenu Meeku Telusa).
• Bernard Seillier, 83, French politician, senator (1989–2008).
• Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain, 63, Malaysian politician, Johor State MLA (since 2018), internal bleeding.
• Chandrakant Sheth, 86, Indian poet and literary critic.
• James C. Swanson, 90, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1969–1984).
• Ross Terrill, 85, Australian-American sinologist.

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• Tim Ambler, 87, British organizational theorist.
• Jean Battlo, 85, American playwright (Terror of the Tug).
• Morton Brown, 92, American mathematician.
• Lionel Crawford, 91–92, British cancer expert and virologist.
• Salvatore Giannone, 88, Italian Olympic sprinter (1960).
• Endre Gyulay, 93, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Szeged–Csanád (1987–2006).
• Sir Ernest Hall, 94, English businessman, pianist and composer.
• Pasi Ikonen, 44, Finnish orienteering competitor, world champion (2001), brain tumour.
• Yamini Krishnamurthy, 83, Indian Bharatanatyam dancer.
• Shaun Martin, 45, American musician (Snarky Puppy) and record producer, seven-time Grammy winner.
• Alan McRitchie, 81, Australian rugby league footballer (St. George, Cronulla-Sutherland).
• Antônio Meneses, 66, Brazilian cellist (Beaux Arts Trio) and academic teacher (Bern Academy of Arts), brain cancer.
• Mustapha Moussa, 62, Algerian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1984), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
• Roald Muggerud, 92, Norwegian footballer (Lyn, national team)
• Jody O'Neill, 87, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Coalisland Na Fianna, Tyrone).
• José Agustín Ortiz Pinchetti, 87, Mexican politician, deputy (2003–2006).
• Phloen Phromdaen, 85, Thai singer.
• Ronald Roberts, 83, Scottish veterinary scientist and parasitologist.
• George Schenck, 82, American television writer and producer (NCIS).
• Teófilo Serrano, 74, Spanish politician, senator (1991–1994) and member of the Assembly of Madrid (1991–1994).
• Mark Slater, 73, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
• Kalin Stepanyan, 69, Russian football player (Oryol, Spartak Vladikavkaz) and manager (Astrakhan).
• Dimitris Theofanis, 91, Greek footballer (Panathinaikos, national team) and manager (Panegialios).
• Jim Umbarger, 71, American baseball player (Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics), heart failure.
• Eyvind W. Wang, 81, Norwegian politician, mayor of Asker (1980–1995).
• Paul Graham Wilson, 95–96, Australian botanist. (death announced on this date)
• Faye Yager, 75, American community activist.

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• Nicodème Barrigah-Benissan, 61, Togolese Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Lomé (since 2019) and bishop of Atakpamé (2008–2019).
• Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn, 82, British dentist and peer, member of the House of Lords (1967–2022), COVID-19.
• Granville Crabtree, 94, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1966–1976).
• Charles Cyphers, 85, American actor (Halloween, Assault on Precinct 13, Major League).
• James E. Dalton, 93, American general.
• Jim Doherty, 65, Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock, Clyde, Queen of the South).
• Mark Edward, 73, American mentalist and author (Psychic Blues).
• Alan Fowler, 95, American physicist.
• Alvin Goldman, 85, American philosopher ("A Causal Theory of Knowing").
• Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, 74, Spanish conductor and composer.
• Sir David Harcourt-Smith, 92, British air force officer, commander-in-chief Support Command (1984–1986).
• Martin Heavey, 81, Irish Gaelic footballer (Rhode, Offaly).
• Valentin Ioviță, 40, Romanian footballer (Dunărea Galați, Gloria Buzău, Sportul), stroke.
• Steve Kragthorpe, 59, American football coach (Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Louisville Cardinals), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Tsung-Dao Lee, 97, Chinese-American physicist (Lee–Yang theory, Kinoshita–Lee–Nauenberg theorem, Lee–Yang theorem), Nobel Prize laureate (1957).
• Juan Ramón Martínez, 76, Salvadoran footballer (Municipal, Águila, national team).
• Lily Monteverde, 85, Filipino film producer (Mano Po, Shake, Rattle & Roll), founder of Regal Entertainment.
• Golam Nafiz, 16, Bangladeshi student activist, shot.
• Shobhana Ranade, 99, Indian Gandhian social worker.
• Emanoil Savin, 65, Romanian politician, senator (2016–2020) and mayor of Bușteni (since 2024), heart attack.
• Terry Snow, 80, Australian real estate developer (Canberra Airport) and philanthropist.
• Jeremy Strong, 74, British writer, bone cancer.
• Duane Thomas, 77, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins), pulmonary embolism.
• Graham Thorpe, 55, English cricketer (Surrey, national team), suicide by train.

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• Black Caviar, 17, Australian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse, world's best racehorse (2013), euthanised.
• Blanca Flor Bonilla, 72, Salvadoran politician, deputy (2000–2009) and mayor of Ayutuxtepeque (2009–2012).
• Justyna Burska, 29, Polish swimmer, traffic collision.
• Federico Caballero, 88, Filipino epic chanter, National Living Treasures Awardee.
• Miquel Caminal i CerdÃÂ, 71, Spanish politician, senator (2019–2023).
• Pierre Cartier, 92, French mathematician (Cartier divisors, Cartier duality, Cartier isomorphism).
• Hans Eijkenbroek, 84, Dutch football player (Sparta Rotterdam, national team) and manager (AZ Alkmaar).
• Giulio Fiou, 86, Italian politician, mayor of Aosta (1992–1995).
• Helen Fisher, 79, American anthropologist and researcher, endometrial cancer.
• Mahesh Chandra Guru, 67, Indian mass communication scholar.
• Hammoudi Al-Harithi, 88, Iraqi actor (Tahit Moos Al-Hallaq).
• Max Hengel, 47, Luxembourgish politician, deputy (since 2022), colon cancer.
• Truus Hennipman, 81, Dutch Olympic sprinter (1968).
• Landon Jones, 80, American editor (People) and author, complications from myelofibrosis.
• Sirak Melkonian, 93, Iranian-Armenian painter.
• Roy Minton, 90, English playwright (Scum).
• Evgeny Mishin, 48, Russian bodybuilder and actor (Power, The Punisher, The Blacklist).
• Park Ji-weon, 90, South Korean politician, MP (1988–1992).
• Eugene Quilban, 58, Filipino basketball player (Pepsi Mega Bottlers, Alaska Milkmen, Davao Eagles), pancreatic cancer.
• Johnny "Dandy" Rodríguez, 78, American bongo player (Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez, Ray Barretto).
• Silvio Santos, 93, Brazilian television presenter (Programa Silvio Santos) and broadcasting network executive, founder of Grupo Silvio Santos and SBT, bronchopneumonia.
• Zhou Guangzhao, 95, Chinese theoretical physicist and politician, president of CAS (1987–1997) and vice chairperson of the NPCSC (1998–2003).

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• Ronny Borchers, 67, German football player (Eintracht Frankfurt) and manager (Kickers Offenbach, FSV Frankfurt).
• Jim Brady, 88, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) and academic, president of Jacksonville University (1989–1996).
• Bob Brinker, 78, American radio host.
• Boris Bystrov, 79, Russian actor (Aladdin and His Magic Lamp, Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase, TASS Is Authorized to Declare...).
• John Claro, 93, Indian writer, tiatr director and actor.
• Ruth Johnson Colvin, 107, American philanthropist, founder of ProLiteracy.
• Elly Cordiviola, 84, Argentine ichthyologist.
• Alain Delon, 88, French-Swiss actor (Rocco and His Brothers, The Leopard, Le Samouraï) and film producer, B-cell lymphoma.
• Phil Donahue, 88, American talk show host (The Phil Donahue Show) and filmmaker (Body of War).
• Vladislav Gostishchev, 83, Russian actor (At the Beginning of Glorious Days, A Cruel Romance).
• Ulrike Hoffmann-Richter, 66, German psychiatrist.
• Julyan Holmes, 75, British scholar and poet.
• Michael Ernest Kassner, 73, American materials science engineer.
• Kevin Kehily, 74, Irish Gaelic footballer (Cork).
• George Latimer, 89, American politician, mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota (1976–1990).
• Toussaint Natama, 41, Burkinabé footballer (Al Ittihad Alexandria Club, K.V.C. Westerlo).
• Victor Okuley Nortey, 65–66, Ghanaian politician, MP (1999–2009).
• Rakesh Pal, 58, Indian flag officer, director general of the Coast Guard (since 2023), heart attack.
• Christian Pommerenke, 90, German mathematician.
• Kenneth Rollin, 86, English rugby league player (Wakefield Trinity, Leeds Rhinos).
• Baruj Salinas, 89, Cuban-American contemporary visual artist and architect.
• DuÅ¡an Å inigoj, 90, Slovene economist and politician, president of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia (1984–1990).
• Franciszek Smuda, 76, Polish football player (Legia Warsaw) and manager (Widzew Łódź, national team).
• Konstantin Zagorsky, 91, Russian production designer (Aladdin and His Magic Lamp, The Scarlet Flower, Mio in the Land of Faraway).

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• Berhane Abrehe, 79, Eritrean politician, minister of finance (2001–2012).
• Maria Branyas, 117, American-born Spanish supercentenarian, world's oldest person (since 2023).
• Klaus Dockhorn, 71, German Olympic swimmer (1972).
• Lalo Gomes, 68, Brazilian-born Paraguayan politician, deputy (since 2023), shot.
• Michel Guérard, 91, French chef, inventor of cuisine minceur.
• David Hadley, 75, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs).
• Mike Lynch, 59, British businessman, co-founder of Autonomy Corporation and Darktrace, suffocation.
• Kiddu Makubuya, 75, Ugandan politician, attorney general (2005–2011).
• Mosco de la Merced, 60, Mexican professional wrestler (AAA).
• R. Peter Munves, 97, American record executive.
• Guy de Muyser, 98, Luxembourgish jurist, economist, and diplomat, chief of staff to Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1969–1981).
• Sundararajan Padmanabhan, 83, Indian general officer, chief of the Army Staff (2000–2002).
• Luca Persiani, 40, Italian race car driver (European Le Mans Series), traffic collision.
• Richard Pettibone, 86, American artist, complications from a fall.
• Néstor Salvador Quintana, 90, Argentine journalist and politician, mayor of Salta (1982–1983) and member of the Chamber of Deputies of Salta (1985–1989).
• Somaya Ramadan, 73, Egyptian writer and translator.
• Võ Tòng Xuân, 83, Vietnamese agricultural expert.
• Wang Qimin, 86, Chinese petroleum engineer.
• Dink Widenhouse, 92, American racecar driver.

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• Al Attles, 87, American basketball player, executive and coach (Golden State Warriors), NBA champion (1975).
• Emmanuel Ayoola, 90, Nigerian lawyer and judge, chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (2005–2010).
• Werner Bokelberg, 86, German photographer (Stern) and film actor.
• Antonio Carmine Centi, 80, Italian politician, member of the Regional Council of Abruzzo (1990–1994), mayor of L'Aquila (1994–1998).
• Utpalendu Chakrabarty, 76, Indian filmmaker (Chokh, Debshishu).
• Benoîte Crevoisier, 86, Swiss writer and schoolteacher.
• Graciela De Pierris, 74, American philosopher.
• Yvonne Delcour, 92, Belgian actress (Moscow, Belgium).
• Bob Fitzharris, 78, British Anglican priest, archdeacon of Doncaster (2001–2011).
• Alice Green, 84, American activist and prison reform advocate.
• Hushang Harirchiyan, 92, Iranian actor (The Wind Carpet, A Little Kiss, The Chef) and comedian.
• Charles A. Heimbold Jr., 91, American diplomat and pharmaceuticals CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb (1994–2001).
• Sam Landsberger, 35, Australian journalist (Herald Sun, Fox Footy), traffic collision.
• Józef Maroszek, 73, Polish historian.
• Humberto Maschio, 91, Argentine-Italian football player (Racing Club, Atalanta, Argentina national team) and manager, kidney failure.
• Manju Mehta, 79, Indian sitar player.
• Zenbee Mizoguchi, 78, Japanese politician, governor of Shimane Prefecture (2007–2019).
• Ramiro Moliner Inglés, 83, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, apostolic nuncio to Guatemala (1997–2004), Papua New Guinea (1993–1997), and Albania (2008–2016).
• Charin Nantanakorn, 91, Thai singer.
• Marc Pilisuk, 90, American scholar.
• Pilot Baba, 86, Indian air force officer and spiritual leader.
• Mary Sey, 72, Gambian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court of Vanuatu (2014–2017) and justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia (since 2017).
• James Soletski, 75, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2007–2011).
• Atsuko Tanaka, 61, Japanese voice actress (Ghost in the Shell, Naruto, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure).
• Raly Tejada, 53, Filipino diplomat and lawyer, abdominal aortic aneurysm.
• Roger Theisen, 92, Luxembourgian Olympic fencer (1956, 1960).
• Ratomir Tvrdić, 80, Croatian basketball player (Jugoplastika Split, Yugoslavia national team, 1972 Olympics).

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• Thelma Davidson Adair, 103, American educator and Presbyterian church leader, moderator of the General Assembly of the UPCUSA (1976).
• John Amos, 84, American actor (Good Times, Roots, The West Wing), heart failure.
• David Anfam, 69, English art historian.
• Don Aslett, 89, American businessman and author.
• Rolf Bækkelund, 99, Norwegian violinist and conductor.
• Henryk Blaszka, 66, Polish Olympic sailor (1988).
• Didier Borotra, 86, French politician, senator (1992–2011), mayor of Biarritz (1991–2014).
• Roger Cook, 70, American landscaper and television personality (This Old House).
• Howard Dee, 93, Filipino businessman, president of Unilab (1965–1972), ambassador to the Holy See (1986–1990), stroke.
• Diana, 76, Brazilian singer.
• James Duderstadt, 81, American nuclear engineer and university administrator, president of the University of Michigan (1988–1996).
• Gösta Eriksson, 93, Swedish rower, Olympic silver medallist (1956).
• Paquito García, 86, Spanish football player (Valencia, national team) and manager (Villareal).
• Tim Hinkley, 78, English musician and record producer.
• Imbert Jebbink, 77, Dutch Olympic field hockey player (1976).
• Euan MacDonald, 50, Scottish disability rights activist (Euan's Guide, Euan MacDonald Centre), complications from motor neurone disease.
• Nell McCafferty, 80, Irish journalist (The Irish Press, The Irish Times, Sunday Tribune), playwright and activist, complications from a stroke.
• Eddie McKay, 86, Northern Irish Gaelic football player (Down) and manager (RGU Downpatrick, Longstone).
• Bradley McStravick, 68, British Olympic decathlete (1980, 1984), traffic collision.
• Nick Mileti, 93, American sports team owner (Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Barons).
• Ken Miller, 82, American football coach (Saskatchewan Roughriders), cancer.
• Sonja Pachta, 83, Austrian tennis player.
• Bill Pascrell, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (since 1997) and New Jersey General Assembly (1988–1997), mayor of Paterson, New Jersey (1990–1997).
• Manuel Pérez Castell, 76, Spanish academic and politician, mayor of Albacete (1999–2007) and deputy (2008–2011).
• Oleksiy Prylipka, 80, Ukrainian agronomist and political scientist. (death announced on this date)
• Harold Raley, 89, American Hispanist and philosopher.
• Dave Rearick, 92, American rock climber and mathematician.
• Gary Rulon, 83, American jurist, judge (1988–2011) and chief judge (2001–2011) of the Kansas Court of Appeals.
• William Smith, 85, South African science and mathematics teacher, cancer.
• Rodney Smithson, 80, English football player (Oxford United, Arsenal) and manager (Witney Town).
• Robert Stern, 62, British philosopher, brain cancer.
• Russell Stone, 77, English singer (R&J Stone).
• Vesla Vetlesen, 93, Norwegian weaver and politician, minister of international development (1986–1988).
• Hans Weiner, 73, German footballer (Hertha BSC, Bayern Munich, Chicago Sting).
• Per Werenskiold, 80, Norwegian Olympic sailor (1968, 1972).
• Delwyn Williams, 85, British politician and solicitor, MP (1979–1983).
• Primo Zamparini, 85, Italian bantamweight boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1960), complications from a fall.

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• Elio Battaglia, 90, Italian baritone, teacher, and author.
• Bette Bourne, 84, British actor, drag queen and activist.
• John Isaiah Brauman, 86, American chemist.
• Nathan Dahlberg, 59, New Zealand racing cyclist.
• Abraham H. de Vries, 87, South African Afrikaans short story writer.
• Trude Dybendahl, 58, Norwegian cross-country skier, Olympic silver medallist (1988, 1992, 1994).
• Nari Hira, 85–86, Indian publisher (Stardust, Society) and film producer (Bhram).
• Ralph Lewis Knowles, 95, American academic.
• Russell Malone, 60, American jazz guitarist, heart attack.
• Predrag Matić, 62, Croatian politician, MP (2015–2019) and MEP (since 2019).
• Christian Obi, 57, Nigerian football player (Julius Berger F.C., 1988 Olympics) and manager (Heartland), traffic collision.
• Wojciech Paszkowski, 64, Polish actor.
• Noel Pullen, 79, Australian politician, Victoria MLA (2002–2004).
• Catherine Ribeiro, 82, French singer (Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes) and actress (The Carabineers, Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West).
• Mike Stensrud, 68, American football player (Iowa State University, Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs).
• Shlomo Sternberg, 87, American mathematician and academic.
• Chalongphob Sussangkarn, 74, Thai economist, minister of finance (2007–2008).
• Victoria Thompson, 76, American author.
• Cunnie Williams, 61, American R&B singer. (death announced on this date)

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• Michael Bawtree, 86, Canadian playwright (The Last of the Tsars) and theatre director.
• Kathie Conway, 69, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2011–2019), brain cancer.
• Christoph Daum, 70, German football player (1. FC Köln II) and manager (Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Romania national team), lung cancer.
• Luis Escobar Cerda, 97, Chilean economist and politician, minister of finance (1984–1985) and of economy, development and reconstruction (1961–1963).
• Betty Halbreich, 96, American personal shopper (Bergdorf Goodman), cancer.
• Karel Heřmánek, 76, Czech actor (Fešák Hubert, Give the Devil His Due, Forbidden Dreams), suicide by gunshot.
• Hu Ping-chuan, 87, Chinese table tennis player.
• Siegfried Lorenz, 78, German operatic baritone.
• Cesar Mangawang, 71, Filipino journalist, heart failure.
• Mickey, 76, Brazilian footballer (São Paulo, Fluminense).
• Eric Moten, 56, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
• Ishaque Ali Khan Panna, 58, Bangladeshi politician and businessman.
• Bobby Rascoe, 84, American basketball player (Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, Phillips 66ers, Kentucky Colonels).
• George Rhoden, 97, Jamaican sprinter, two-time Olympic champion (1952).
• Víctor Roqueme Quiñonez, 26, Colombian politician and presidential advisor, mayor of Aguachica (since 2024), leukemia.
• Hans-Ulrich Schmincke, 86, German volcanologist.
• Rukman Senanayake, 76, Sri Lankan politician, MP (1973–1977, 1994–2010).
• Stephen E. Thorpe, 54, English-born New Zealand entomologist, stabbed.
• Christine Weidinger, 78, American operatic soprano.
• Alex Xydias, 102, American hot rod car racer.
• Christos Yannaras, 89, Greek philosopher and Eastern Orthodox theologian.

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• John Bilbija, 65, Australian rugby league player (Balmain Tigers, Western Suburbs Magpies, South Sydney Rabbitohs).
• Joe D'Alessandris, 70, American football coach (San Diego Chargers, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens).
• Glenda Ecleo, 87, Filipino politician, member of the house of representatives (1987–1995, 2001–2010), governor of the Dinagat Islands (2010–2019).
• Amadeo Francis, 92, Puerto Rican Olympic hurdler (1952, 1956).
• Roger Groom, 87, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly (1976–1997).
• Gu Angran, 94, Chinese politician.
• Salim Al-Huss, 94, Lebanese politician, acting president (1988–1989) and three-time prime minister.
• Claus Jönsson, 94, German physicist.
• Oh Seung-myung, 78, South Korean actor (Pillar of Mist, Passion Portrait, Seoul Evita).
• Maciej Orlik, 86, Polish Olympic sport shooter (1976).
• David Raju Palaparthi, 66, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA (1999–2004, 2014–2019), kidney disease.
• Rob Pitts, 45, American car salesman and reality television personality, cancer.
• Brian Seeley, 90, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (Clan na Gael Gaelic Athletic Club, Armagh).
• Michel Siffre, 85, French explorer (Punta Marguareis).
• Wang Ying, 66, Chinese actor (Battle of Xiangjiang River).
• Don Wert, 86, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Washington Senators), 1968 World Series champion.
• Sugathapala Senarath Yapa, 88, Sri Lankan director (Hanthane Kathawa).

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• Gholam Reza Afkhami, 87, Iranian-American scholar and author.
• Nabil Elaraby, 89, Egyptian politician, minister of foreign affairs (2011), secretary general of the Arab League (2011–2016) and judge at the International Court of Justice (2001–2006).
• Mahal Baloch, 22–23, Pakistani militant, suicide bomb.
• Danelle Barrett, 57, American rear admiral, brain cancer.
• Fabio Biancalani, 62, Argentine businessman and politician, senator (2007–2013), heart attack and stroke.
• Dominique Bulamatari, 69, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Kinshasa (1999–2009) and bishop of Molegbe (2009–2023).
• Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan, 70, Indian politician, MP (since 2024), Maharashtra MLA (2009–2019).
• Paul Dwayne, 60, Canadian singer-songwriter.
• Sven-Göran Eriksson, 76, Swedish football player and manager (IFK Göteborg, Benfica, England national team), pancreatic cancer.
• Sid Eudy, 63, American professional wrestler (WWF, WCW), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
• Reza Ghotbi, 86, Iranian engineer.
• Bernard Glieberman, 84, American businessman and sports team owner, acute myeloid leukemia and stroke.
• Alexander Goehr, 92, German-born English composer (Behold the Sun, Arianna) and professor of music at the University of Cambridge (1976–1999).
• Lutz Hachmeister, 64, German media historian, filmmaker, and journalist, founder of the Institute for Media and Communication Policy.
• Medo Halimy, 19, Palestinian social media personality, airstrike.
• Rana Afzaal Hussain, 77, Pakistani politician, MNA (2008–2018), heart attack.
• Kō Bun'yÅ«, 85, Taiwanese author. (death announced on this date)
• Santiago Machuca, 95, Puerto Rican Olympic sports shooter (1972).
• Richard Macphail, 73, English musician (Anon), road manager (Genesis) and businessman.
• Nojim Maiyegun, 83, Nigerian boxer, Olympic bronze medallist (1964).
• Oleksii Mes, 30, Ukrainian fighter pilot, plane crash.
• K. C. Potter, 85, American academic administrator (Vanderbilt University).
• Benji Radach, 45, American mixed martial artist.
• Bijili Ramesh, 46, Indian actor (Natpe Thunai, Nenjamundu Nermaiyundu Odu Raja, Zombie), comedian, and YouTuber, liver failure.
• Eugene Rousseau, 92, American saxophonist.
• Oleg Rydny, 57, Russian footballer and manager (Shakhtar Donetsk, Dynamo, FC Lokomotiv-KMV Mineralnye Vody).
• Kristin Bervig Valentine, 91, American academic.
• Frank Warren, 89, American racing driver.
• Susan Cotts Watkins, 85, American demographer and professor.
• Howard Ziehm, 84, American pornographic film director and producer (Flesh Gordon).

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• Attilio Bitondo, 96, American labor leader and gangster (Genovese crime family).
• Bob Carr, 81, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1981, 1983–1995).
• Howard Crook, 77, American lyric tenor.
• Les Earnest, 93, American computer scientist.
• Thomas Geve, 94, German-born Israeli engineer, author and Holocaust survivor.
• Ron Hale, 78, American actor (Ryan's Hope, General Hospital, All the President's Men).
• Jim Houghton, 75, American actor (Knots Landing, The Young and the Restless) and television writer (The Bold and the Beautiful), mesothelioma.
• René Hourquet, 82, French rugby union referee and administrator, treasurer of the French Rugby Federation (2000–2012).
• Kazuko Ito-Yamaizumi, 89, Japanese table tennis player.
• Juan Izquierdo, 27, Uruguayan footballer (Nacional, Cerro, Montevideo Wanderers), cardiac arrhythmia.
• Mark Jury, 80, American photographer and filmmaker, heart failure.
• Charlotte Kretschmann, 114, German supercentenarian, oldest living person in Germany (since 2023).
• Holly Lisle, 63, American author (Fire in the Mist).
• Mohan, 76, Indian film director (Pakshe, Isabella, Oru Katha Oru Nunakkatha).
• Moniruzzaman, 84, Bangladeshi linguist.
• Makaya Ntshoko, 84, South African jazz drummer.
• Charles Pittman, 76, American politician, member of the Mississippi State Senate (1980–1984).
• Renato Ricci, 84, Australian footballer (Richmond).
• Leonard Riggio, 83, American art collector and businessman, chairman of Barnes & Noble (1971–2019), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Rena Rolska, 92, Polish singer, dancer and actress.
• Serhiy Serhiychuk, 53, Ukrainian politician, governor of Cherkasy Oblast (2020), missile strike.
• Pete Wade, 89, American guitarist, complications from hip surgery.
• Colt Wynn, 39, American bodybuilder.

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• Adolf Antrich, 83, Austrian footballer (SK Rapid Wien, Kapfenberger SV, national team).
• Maizie Barker-Welch, 96, Barbadian women's rights activist and politician, MP (1986–1991).
• Donald A. Bryant, 74, American bioscientist.
• Chiyotenzan Daihachirō, 48, Japanese sumo wrestler.
• Jack Conaty, 77, American broadcast journalist and political reporter (WFLD-TV).
• Tom Donchez, 72, American football player (Chicago Bears).
• Andreas Dückstein, 97, Austrian chess grandmaster.
• K. C. Fox, 70, American set decorator (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Speed, Criminal Minds), pancreatic cancer.
• Stephen Freese, 64, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1991–2007), cancer.
• Iryna Glibko, 34, Ukrainian handball player (CSM București, SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea, national team).
• Andrew C. Greenberg, 67, American video game developer (Wizardry).
• Abdulrahman Mohammed Jamsheer, 80, Bahraini politician, member of the Consultative Council (since 2002).
• Denzil Keelor, 90, Indian air force officer, Vir Chakra recipient (1965).
• Léon Klares, 88, Luxembourgish Olympic sprint canoer (1960).
• Michael Lerner, 81, American political activist and magazine editor (Tikkun).
• Mary Ann Mansigh, 91, American computer programmer.
• Renato Moura, 75, Portuguese politician and tax administrator, member of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores.
• Obi Ndefo, 51, American actor (Dawson's Creek, Stargate SG-1).
• Michael Pak Jeong-il, 97, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Jeju (1977–1982), Jeonju (1982–1988) and Masan (1988–2002).
• Salath Rasasack, 90, Laotian politician and political prisoner, cholangiocarcinoma.
• Karl N. Snow, 94, American politician, member of the Utah State Senate (1973–1984).
• Renzo de' Vidovich, 90, Italian journalist and politician, deputy (1972–1976).
• Behzod Yoldoshev, 79, Uzbek physicist, president of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan (2000–2005, since 2017).

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• Kevin Abley, 89, Australian footballer (Glenelg).
• Abu Shujaa, 26, Palestinian militant, leader of the Tulkarm Brigade (since 2022), shot.
• Kurt Bendlin, 81, German decathlete, Olympic bronze medallist (1968).
• Adolfo Calisto, 80, Portuguese football player (Benfica, national team) and manager (CD Alcains).
• Debbie Drake, 94, American fitness and nutrition guru and television host (The Debbie Drake Show).
• Derek Draper, 81, Welsh footballer (Swansea City, Bradford Park Avenue, Chester City), complications from dementia.
• Johnny Gaudreau, 31, American ice hockey player (Calgary Flames, Columbus Blue Jackets), traffic collision.
• Javier Gómez-Navarro, 78, Spanish politician, minister of trade and tourism (1993–1996).
• Brent Hassert, 71, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1993–2009).
• Sir John Jennings, 87, British geologist and businessman.
• Hervé Laurent, 67, French sailor.
• Alban Liechti, 89, French anti-colonial activist.
• Darrel J. McLeod, 67, Canadian Cree writer.
• Max Nemni, 89, Canadian political scientist and writer (Young Trudeau).
• A. G. Noorani, 93, Indian lawyer and political commentator.
• Mihaela Peneș, 77, Romanian javelin thrower, Olympic champion (1964) and silver medallist (1968).
• Ronald Shusett, 89, American screenwriter (Alien, Total Recall, Above the Law).
• Steve Silberman, 66, American writer (NeuroTribes) and editor (Wired), heart attack.
• Gerlinde Stobrawa, 75, German Stasi informant and politician, member (1990–2009) and vice president (2005–2009) of the Landtag of Brandenburg.
• Jean-Charles Tacchella, 98, French film director (Cousin Cousine, Seven Sundays) and screenwriter (Typhoon Over Nagasaki).
• ĒvÄ« Upeniece, 99, Latvian sculptor.
• Pilar Marie Victoriá, 28, Puerto Rican volleyball player (Texas Longhorns, Arkansas Razorbacks).
• Villano V, 62, Mexican professional wrestler (UWA, AAA, WCW).

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• George Berci, 103, Hungarian-American surgeon, COVID-19.
• Janusz Marian Danecki, 72, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Campo Grande (since 2015).
• Hans Danuser, 71, Swiss visual artist and photographer.
• Michelle Fazzari, 37, Canadian Olympic wrestler (2016), cancer.
• Nicky Gavron, 82, British politician, deputy mayor of London (2000–2003, 2004–2008).
• Jack Hibberd, 84, Australian playwright (Dimboola) and physician.
• Daniela Hodrová, 78, Czech writer and literary scholar.
• Edmund Kaczor, 67, German footballer (SC Preußen Münster).
• Robert Otto Pohl, 94, German-American physicist.
• Oswaldo Ramos Soto, 77, Honduran jurist, politician, and academic administrator, MP (2006–2022), chief judge of the Supreme Court (1990–1992), and rector of UNAH (1982–1988).
• Sir Shridath Ramphal, 95, Guyanese diplomat, politician, and academic administrator, Commonwealth secretary-general (1975–1990), minister of foreign affairs (1972–1975), and chancellor of the UWI (1989–2003).
• Simone Roganti, 21, Italian road racing cyclist, heart attack.
• Neale Thompson, 87, New Zealand cricketer (Southland, Otago).
• TÅ«heitia, 69, New Zealand Māori monarch, king (since 2006), complications from heart surgery.
• William Glover, 98, American actor.
• Zhong Qihuang, 80, Chinese politician.
• Robertas Žulpa, 64, Lithuanian swimmer, Olympic champion (1980).
• Jack Zussman, 100, British crystallographer and mineralogist (An Introduction to the Rock-Forming Minerals).

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• Maria do Carmo Alves, 83, Brazilian politician, senator (1999–2023), pancreatic cancer.
• Sol Bamba, 39, Ivorian-French footballer (Hibernian, Cardiff City, Ivory Coast national team), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
• Mislav Bezmalinović, 57, Croatian water polo player, Olympic champion (1988).
• Stevie Cameron, 80, Canadian journalist (Ottawa Journal, Ottawa Citizen) and author.
• Euan Clarkson, 87, British palaeontologist and writer.
• John Devaney, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (EHC Visp, 1980 Winter Olympics).
• Ivan Deveson, 90, Australian businessman and politician, lord mayor of the City of Melbourne (1996–1999).
• Ros Evans, 74, British athlete.
• Fatman Scoop, 56, American hip hop artist ("Be Faithful", "Lose Control", "It's Like That"), heart disease.
• Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Israeli-American Hamas hostage. (body discovered on this date)
• Peter Gresham, 91, New Zealand politician, MP (1990–1999), minister of social welfare (1993–1996) and senior citizens (1993–1996).
• Hvaldimir, Norwegian beluga whale. (body discovered on this date)
• Jay Justin, 84, Australian rock singer-songwriter.
• Len Kent, 94, Australian footballer (Footscray).
• Sonny King, 79, American professional wrestler (WWWF).
• Henri Leclerc, 90, French criminal defense lawyer.
• Christoph Lehmann, 77, German musician.
• Karl-Heinz Luck, 79, German nordic combined skier, Olympic bronze medallist (1972).
• Daniel Anthony Manion, 82, American jurist and politician, judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (since 1986), member of the Indiana Senate (1978–1982).
• Sir Harold Marshall, 92, New Zealand acoustician and architect, Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (since 1994).
• Jessica Mbangeni, 47, South African imbongi and singer.
• Arnold Oberschelp, 92, German mathematician.
• Noel Parmentel, 98, American essayist.
• Thabiso Sikwane, 50, South African radio and television personality.
• Phil Swern, 76, English radio producer (Sounds of the 60s, Pick of the Pops).
• Willie Zingani, 70, Malawian author and journalist.

References

External links

• List of August 2024 deaths at IMDb