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Marcel Neven dead at age 82
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Dariya Alioshkina dead at age 44
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Tommy John dead at age 83
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Patricia Baird dead at age 88
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Alexander Danilin dead at age 66
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Joanna Rawik dead at age 92, Polish singer, actress, and journalist
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Barry “Reazar” Richards dead at age 83
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died on August 15, 2026, aged 83. Born in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1946, Richards…
Jacques Grandon dead at age 99
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 99. Born in Saint-Benoît on May 9, 1927, he studied at the Collège Stanislas de…
Jason Arday dead at age 41
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 41. A former sociology professor, he taught at…
Anatoly Mikhaylov dead at age 89
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 89. Born on November 3, 1936, in…
Butch Huskey dead at age 54
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 54. Robert Leon Huskey was born on…
Dave Marsh dead at age 76
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died on August 14, 2026, at age 76. Born in Detroit on March 1, 1950, he grew…
Mark Rydell dead at age 97
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 97. Born Mortimer H. Rydell in New…
Stanisław Adamiak dead at age 93
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 93. Born on November 12, 1932,…
Werner Breitwieser dead at age 89
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 89. A member…
Yevhen Shaho dead at age 84
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 84. Born…
Francis Campaner dead at age 80
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Finlay Tarling dead at age 19, Welsh racing cyclist, traffic collision
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 19, following a traffic collision. Tarling, born on 2 October 2006, rode for the UCI Continental…
George W. Cave dead at age 97
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 97. Cave was a retired CIA operations officer and an authority on Iran…
Samai Charoenchang dead at age 71, Thai politician, senator
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 71. A member of the Democrat Party, he served in Thailand’s House of Representatives…
Heinz Cibulka dead at age 83
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 83. Born in Vienna on January 16, 1943, he worked as a photographer and…
Anna Parzymies dead at age 87
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died on August 14, 2026, aged 87. Born in Sofia on January 5, 1939, she was also a…