Famous Deaths for 21st August 2026

1935 – John Hartley, English tennis player (Wimbledon 1879-80), dies at 86
1940 – Ernest Thayer, American poet who wrote the famous baseball poem “Casey”, dies at 77
1979 – Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer, dies at 68
1980 – Jack Cheetham, South African cricket batsman and captain (24 Tests; Western Province), dies at 60
1994 – Danitra Vance, American comedienne (SNL, 1985), and actress (Jumpin’ At The Boneyard), dies of breast cancer at 40
1995 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian physicist (Nobel Prize 1983 for work on structure and evolution of the stars), dies at 84
1999 – Leo Castelli, Italian-American art dealer, dies at 91
2007 – Siobhan Dowd, English-Irish writer known for “Bog Child”, dies of cancer at 47
2013 – Sid Bernstein, American music producer, and concert promoter (Beatles; Rolling Stones), dies at 95
2022 – David Armstrong, English soccer midfielder (3 caps; Middlesbrough 359 games, Southampton 222 games), dies at 67

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