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Deaths in August 2024

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 2, 2026
Entity authorityQ127785869 ↗
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The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2024.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

August 2024

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Jürgen Ahrend, 94, German pipe organ builder (Rysum organ, Schnitker organ (Groningen), Schnitger organ (Hamburg)).

Rex Baxter, 88, American professional golfer.

Steinar Bjølbakk, 77, Norwegian ice hockey player (Vålerenga Ishockey, Sparta Sarpsborg, national team).

Kari Ingulstad Botterud, 81, Norwegian politician, deputy (1989–1997).

Pina Bottin, 94, Italian actress (Marriage, A Hero of Our Times, The Intruder).

Joyce Brabner, 72, American comic book writer (Brought to Light, Our Cancer Year).

Rainer Brandt, 88, German actor (Street Acquaintances of St.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2024, 1989, 1997—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Deaths, August and Wikimedia can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Deaths in August 2024” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.