Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Aug-20

Died on This Day (Aug-20)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Humpy Wheeler Humpy Wheeler American auto racing promoter, manager and consultant American motorsports executive 86 1
  Luca Persiani Italian racing driver Italian racing driver 40 2
Isabel Crook Isabel Crook Canadian anthropologist and educator Canadian-British anthropologist 107 3
Darya Dugina Darya Dugina Russian journalist and activist Russian political activist 29 4
Igor Vovkovinskiy Igor Vovkovinskiy America's tallest man Tallest person in the USA 38 5
Chi Chi DeVayne Chi Chi DeVayne American drag queen American drag queen 34 6
Richard Booth Richard Booth Welsh bookseller Welsh bookseller 80 7
Uri Avnery Uri Avnery Israeli politician, journalist and author Israeli writer 94 8
Jerry Lewis Jerry Lewis American comedian, actor and film director American comedian 91 9
  Brian Rix British actor British actor and activist 92 10
Chal Port Chal Port Chalmers "Chal" Port was a college baseball coach at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. American baseball coach 80 15
Conny Mus Conny Mus Coenraad Willem "Conny" Mus was a Dutch journalist, known as a correspondent for RTL Nieuws in Israel and the Middle East. Dutch journalist 59 16
  Gene Upshaw Eugene Thurman Upshaw Jr. , also known as "Uptown Gene" and "Highway 63", was an American professional football player for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League and later the National Football League . American Footballer 63 18
Leona Helmsley Leona Helmsley Leona Roberts Helmsley was an American businesswoman. American businesswoman 87 19
Joe Rosenthal Joe Rosenthal Joseph John Rosenthal was an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his iconic World War II photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, taken during the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima. Photographer 94 20
Fred Hoyle Fred Hoyle Sir Fred Hoyle FRS was an English astronomer who formulated the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and was one of the authors of the influential B2FH paper. English astronomer, writer 86 25
  Rio Reiser Ralph Christian Möbius , known professionally as Rio Reiser, was a German musician and the singer of rock group Ton Steine Scherben. German singer 46 30
Harley Orrin Staggers Harley Orrin Staggers Harley Orrin Staggers Sr. was an American politician who served 16 terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1981, representing West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District as a Democrat. American politician 84 35
H. O. West H. O. West Investigation of potential copyright issue Please note this is about the text of this Wikipedia article; it should not be taken to reflect on the subject of this article. American philanthropist 81 45
Billy Trew Billy Trew Billy Trew was a Welsh international centre, outside half and wing who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club. Welsh rugby player 48 100