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Celebrity Deaths - August
August 3
Bubba Smith - 2011
A former professional football player who became an actor after retiring from the football career died of acute drug intoxication and heart disease. He was 66.
August 5
Marilyn Monroe - 1962
An actress, singer and model who became a sex symbol and cultural icon died of Barbiturate overdose officially ruled probable suicide in Brentwood, California. She was 36.
August 12
Henry Fonda - 1982
The patriach of an acting family that includes daughter Jane, son Peter, granddaughter Bridget and grandson Troy Garity who won an Oscar and was active until his death died of heart disease in Los Angeles, California. He was 77.
August 16
Elvis Presley - 1977
A singer and an actor who was one of the most important figures in American pop culture and known as "King of Rock and Roll" was found unresponsive in his bathroom and was pronounced dead at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 42.
August 25
Edward Moore Kennedy - 2009
The youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy who served in the U.S. Senate for more than 46 years died of brain cancer at his home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. He was 77.
August 29
Ingrid Bergman - 1982
A Swedish actress who was best known for her role in "Casablanca" co-starring Humphrey Bogart and nominated seven times and won three Oscars died of breast cancer in London, England. She was 67.
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