May 2, 2015 Scientists Linda Dégh Hungarian-born American folklorist and academic Died on Tuesday August 19th 2014 Other scientistsBarry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancerJosé Ballesta Spanish politician, mayor of Murcia, cancer dead at age 67Melo Freire Brazilian politician, deputy dead at age 99Festus Mogae Motswana president and economist dead at age 86Pierre Chambon French biologist, member of the French Academy of Sciences dead at age 95Liviu Volconovici Moldovan politician, agronomist and professor, Minister of Agriculture, Regional Development and Environment dead at age 69Aimable Karasira Rwandan academic, YouTuber and dissident, drug overdose diesAlgis Jurgis Kundrotas Lithuanian physicist dead at age 75Anatoly Rusanov Russian chemist dead at age 94Georgy Golitsyn Russian scientist dead at age 91More from AmericaDonald Gibb dead at age 71, American actorJason Collins dead at age 47, American basketball player, glioblastomaCharle Young dead at age 75, public figureBarry W. Blaustein dead at age 72, American screenwriter and film director, pancreatic cancerRex Reed dead at age 87, American film critic and journalistJack Taylor public figure dead at age 89Jack Douglas dead at age 80, American record producerBrandon Clarke dead at age 29, Canadian-American basketball playerLou Graham dead at age 88, American golfer, U.S. Open championJim Colbert American golfer dead at age 85More from August 19, 2014Ameyo AdadevohSamih al-QasimElaine M. AlphinCarlos ArangoSimin BehbahaniRichard DauenhauerJames FoleyYves FortierSam FosterHayk Ghazaryan Tags 19 August 2014 2014-08-19 America August 19 August 2014 Dégh Hungary Linda Scientists ←James Foley Richard Dauenhauer→