Famous Deaths for 8th August 2023

1685 – Sassoferrato [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna), dies at 75
1965 – Shirley Jackson, American author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45
1979 – Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (b. 1910)
1991 – John Brasser, Dutch Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko), dies at 79
1994 – Henriette Santer, Dutch-English clinical psychologist, dies at 62
1997 – Duncan Swift, English jazz pianist, dies at 74
2005 – Ilse Werner [Ilse Charlotte Still], Dutch-German actress (Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow), dies at 84
2008 – Frank Cornish, American NFL center/guard, 1990-95 (San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, and 3 other teams), dies of heart disease at 40
2010 – Patricia Neal, American actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses) and wife of Roald Dahl, dies at 84
2022 – Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer (Holland–Dozier–Holland – “Heat Wave”; “Where Did Our Love Go”; “You Keep Me Hanging On”), dies at 81

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