Carnegie, Andrew (1919)
Steel tycoon who started over 2,800 libraries
Famous People Who Died on August 11
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Cushing, Peter (1994)
The horror film legend who was Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars -
Naipaul, V.S. (2018)
Nobel-winning author of A House for Mr. Biswas -
Newman, John Henry (1890)
The Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism -
Pollock, Jackson (1956)
The abstract painter who splattered his canvasses -
Shriver, Eunice Kennedy (2009)
The founder of the Special Olympics -
Wharton, Edith (1937)
Author of Ethan Frome and The Age of Innocence -
Williams, Robin (2014)
The manic comic who won a dramatic Oscar for Good Will Hunting