Notable deaths on August 9

American business executive (1968–2024)

Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist (1943–2023)

South African rapper, dancer, and producer (1998–2021)

British-American actress and producer (1928–2021)

Malaysian freelance voice actress (1972–2021)

British landowner, businessman, aristocrat and Territorial Army officer (1951–2016)

English comedy writer (1935–2015)

Turkish journalist, writer and painter

American football player and television commentator (1930–2015)

American researcher in genetic algorithms (1929–2015)

Indian poet and activist (1915–2015)

Honduran footballer

Ukrainian footballer and coach

Businessperson

American actor, AMPAs member; mayor (1928–2014)

Nigerian historian (1929–2014)

Musical artist

American baseball player (1923–2013)

American politician and political consultant (1941–2013)

American actor (1934–2012)

American record producer and music executive (1934–2012)

Puerto Rican actress (1930–2012)

Canadian-American humorist and essayist (1964–2012)

American engineer, theorist, and academic (born 1927)