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Celebrities who died on 27 August
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Selassie I Haile
Emperor of Ethiopia

Lord Mountbatten
British statesman and naval officer

Lute Olson
basketball player and coach

Dawda Kairaba Jawara
1st President of the Gambia

Mirka Mora
Australian visual artist

Fredd Wayne
American actor

Jon Dough
American adult entertainment actor

William Neikirk
American journalist and author

Gracie Allen
American actress, comedienne

Darryl Dawkins
American basketball player-coach

Jessi Combs
American racing driver

Mariella Trejos
Colombian-Peruvian actress

Benno Pludra
German children's author

Akis Tsochatzopoulos
Greek politician, minister

Pat Corrales
American baseball player and coach

Ebrahim Yazdi
Iranian politician and activist

Bob Armstrong
American professional wrestler

Jinx Falkenburg
Model, actress, radio personality, columnist

Lenke Lorán
Hungarian actress

Mukesh
Indian singer

Erika Mann
German actress and writer

Don Sundquist
American politician

Johnny Lindell
American baseball player

Jayanta Mahapatra
Indian poet and writer from Odisha

Sergey Mikhalkov
Russian and Soviet writer

Siegfried Matthus
German composer

Edmond H. Fischer
American biochemist

Siah Armajani
American sculptor and architect

M.R. Thanadsri Swastiwat
Thai media personality and singer

Chen Liting
Chinese playwright and film director

Noriyuki Haraguchi
Japanese sculptor

Raymond St. Jacques
American actor

Mary Beth Hughes
actress

Anton Geesink
Judoka

Cesare Pavese
Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator

Milutin Šoškić
Serbian footballer

Fritz Windhorst
American politician and lawyer

Stjepan Babić
Croatian linguist

Greg Morris
American actor

Frances Crowe
American peace activist

Hans Ruesch
Swiss racing driver

Tol Avery
American actor

Bobby Marshall
American football player

Vejaynand Ramlakan
South African general and Doctor

Yitzhak Pundak
Israeli diplomat

Suzanne Kaaren
American actress

Manolo Sanlúcar
Flamenco composer and guitarist

Valeri Petrov
Bulgarian writer, playwright and translator