Events in Film & TV
- Aug 21 American actress Lori Loughlin sentenced to two months in prison along with her husband for her role in US college admissions bribery scandal
Weddings in Film & TV
- Aug 29 American actress Niecy Nash (50) weds American R&B singer Jessica Betts (38)
Deaths in Film & TV
- Aug 1 Wilford Brimley, American character actor (Our House; Cocoon; Quaker Oats commercials), dies at 85 [1]
- Aug 7 Tony Charmoli, American dancer, choreographer, and director (Dinah Shore, Danny Kaye), dies at 99
- Aug 11 Sumner Redstone, American media mogul (ViacomCBS), dies at 97
- Aug 11 Trinidad "Trini" Lopez, American singer and guitarist ("If I Had A Hammer"; "Lemon Tree"), and actor (The Dirty Dozen), dies of COVID-19 at 83
- Aug 18 Ben Cross, English actor (Chariots of Fire, Star Trek), dies at 72
- Aug 26 Joe Ruby, American animator (co-creator of Scooby-Doo), dies at 87
- Aug 27 'Bullet' Bob Armstrong, American pro wrestler (WWE Hall of Fame), dies from bone cancer at 80
Chadwick Boseman (1976-2020)
Aug 28 American actor (Black Panther), dies of colon cancer at 42
- Aug 31 John Thompson, American Basketball Hall of Fame center, coach and broadcaster (NBA C'ship 1965, 66, Boston Celtics; coach NCAA C'ship 1984, Georgetown), dies at 78
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