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Famous People Who Died in August 1956

  • Aug 2 Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109
  • Aug 5 AndrĂ© Milhoux, Belgian racing driver, dies at 27

Person of interestJackson Pollock

Aug 11 Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)

Painter Jackson Pollock
Painter
Jackson Pollock
  • Aug 13 Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies
  • Aug 14 Freiherr Constantine von Neurath, German foreign min (1932-38), dies
  • Aug 14 Bertolt Brecht, German poet and playwright (Mother Courage), dies of a heart attack at 58
  • Aug 15 Constantine Freiherr von Neurath, German foreign minister, dies at 83

Person of interestBela Lugosi

Aug 16 Bela Lugosi, actor (Dracula), dies of heart attack at 73

Actor Bela Lugosi
Actor
Bela Lugosi
  • Aug 24 Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese film director (b. 1898)
  • Aug 25 Alfred Kinsey, American entomologist and sexologist (Kinsey Report), dies from a heart ailment and pneumonia at 62
  • Aug 26 Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist, dies at 75
  • Aug 30 Anita Donostia [Jose Antonio de Donostia], Spanish composer, musicologist and priest, dies at 70

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