Famous Deaths for 22nd August 2025

1711 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644)
1807 – Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, dies at 71
1879 – Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 82
1942 – Henry Eichheim, American violinist, composer, organologist, and ethnomusicologist dies at 72
1942 – Mikhail Fokine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, dies at 62
1990 – Thomas W. McKnew, American Vice President, Chairman, and Chairman Emeritus of the National Geographic Society (1954-90), dies of pneumonia at 94
2009 – Elmer Kelton, American Western novelist (b. 1926)
2011 – Jack Layton, Canadian politician, dies at 61
2014 – John Akers, American business executive (head of IBM, 1983-93), dies of a stroke at 79
2019 – Bobby Dillon, American NFL defensive back (second to record 50 interceptions), dies of dementia at 89

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