Notable deaths on August 6

American baseball player (1964–2024)

South African actress and filmmaker (1952–2024)

American physicist (1934–2024)

American musician (1973–2020)

American writer

French chef and restaurateur

American politician (1931–2018)

Australian sprinter (1938–2017)

American baseball player (1962–2017)

German-born Israeli theater actress

American football player (1975–2015)

Sri Lankan diplomat

American biologist

British motorcycle racer

American developer (1927–2013)

American baseball player

American journalist

English physicist and radio astronomer (1913–2012)

American basketball player (1953–2012)

American dramatist

American composer and conductor (1944–2012)

American ballet dancer

Australian art critic (1938–2012)

American violinist (1918–2012)