Famous Deaths for 31st August 2025

1234 – Go-Horikawa, 86th Emperor of Japan (1221-32), dies at 22
1967 – Michael Fitzmaurice, American radio actor (Superman, Reported Missing, 14 Hours), dies of lymphoma at 59
1973 – Stan Worthington, English cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 128, 8 wickets, BB 2/19; Derbyshire CCC, Northumberland CCC), dies at 68
1995 – Beant Singh, Prime Minister of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73
1995 – Horst Janssen, German graphic artist and printmaker, dies at 65
2000 – Patricia Owens, Canadian-American actress (The Fly), dies at 75
2002 – Lionel Hampton, American Jazz vibraphone player, pianist, drummer, and actor, dies from congestive heart failure at 94
2012 – Sergey Sokolov, Russian-Soviet marshal and Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union (1984-87), dies at 101
2016 – Jacques Leduc, Belgian composer, dies at 84
2019 – Leslie H. Gelb, American journalist and diplomat who helped compile the Pentagon Papers, dies of renal failure at 82

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