page_title: 2019
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 / Deaths / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Nuon Chea during the last day of Closing Statements in Case 002/001.
context_page_description: 2019 was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the last year of the 2010s.
context_section_description: August 1
  Sadou Hayatou, 4th Prime Minister of Cameroon (b. 1942)
  D. A. Pennebaker, American documentary filmmaker (b. 1925)
  Harley Race, American professional wrestler, promoter, and trainer (b. 1943)
  August 3
  Nikolai Kardashev, Soviet and Russian astrophysicist (b. 1932)
  Thomas Remengesau Sr., 2nd President of Palau (b. 1929)
  Mike Troy, American swimmer (b. 1940)
  August 4 – Nuon Chea, Cambodian politician, Acting Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1926)
  August 5 – Toni Morrison, American Nobel writer (b. 1931)
  August 6
  Alejandro Serrano, Ecuadorian politician, 46th Vice President of Ecuador (b. 1933)
  Sushma Swaraj, Indian politician (b. 1952)
  August 7 – Kary Mullis, American Nobel biochemist (b. 1944)
  August 8
  Manfred Max-Neef, Chilean economist (b. 1932)
  Jean-Pierre Mocky, French film director, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1929)
  August 9
  August 10 – Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender (b. 1953)
  August 11
  Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican cardinal (b. 1931)
  August 13 – Cecilia Caballero Blanco, Colombian socialite, 24th First Lady of Colombia (b. 1913)
  August 16
  Princess Christina of the Netherlands (b. 1947)
  Peter Fonda, American actor (b. 1940)
  Felice Gimondi, Italian racing cyclist (b. 1942)
  José Nápoles, Cuban-born Mexican boxer (b. 1940)
  Richard Williams, Canadian-British animator, voice actor, and writer (b. 1933)
  August 17 – Jacques Diouf, Senegalese diplomat (b. 1938)
  August 19 – Larry Taylor, American bass guitarist (b. 1942)
  August 21 – Dina bint Abdul-Hamid, Queen consort of Jordan (b. 1929)
  August 22
  Tim Fischer, 10th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1946)
  August 23
  David Koch, American businessman, philanthropist and political activist (b. 1940)
  Egon Zimmermann, Austrian ski racer (b. 1939)
  August 24
  Arun Jaitley, Indian politician and attorney (b. 1952)
  Blanca Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine ski racer (b. 1963)
  August 25 – Ferdinand Piëch, Austrian business executive and engineer (b. 1937)
  August 26 – Pal Benko, Hungarian-American chess grandmaster (b. 1928)
  August 27
  Jessi Combs, American professional racer, television personality, and metal fabricator (b. 1980)
  Dawda Jawara, 2nd Prime Minister of Gambia and 1st President of Gambia (b. 1924)
  August 28
  Michel Aumont, French actor (b. 1936)
  Sogyal Rinpoche, Tibetan Dzogchen lama and writer (b. 1947)
  August 29 – Achille Silvestrini, Italian cardinal (b. 1923)
  August 30
  Franco Columbu, Italian bodybuilder and actor (b. 1941)
  Valerie Harper, American actress (b. 1939)
  August 31
  Anthoine Hubert, French racing driver (b. 1996)
  Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist (b. 1930)
caption: Nuon Chea
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