Famous Deaths for 25th August 2019

1192 – Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
1330 – Sir James Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286)
1556 – David Jorisz, Flemish glass blower/sect leader, dies at about 54
1929 – Frederick Burton, Australian cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies at 63
1939 – Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904)
1945 – John Birch, American intelligence officer and missionary (b. 1918)
1976 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author (Nobel-1974), dies at 76
1993 – Amy Biehl, US activist in South-Africa, murdered at 26
2008 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)
2018 – John McCain, American war hero and Republican politician (Rep-Arizona, 1983-2018, Presidential nominee 2008), dies of brain cancer at 81

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