1946) 2004 – Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (b. 1916) 2005 – Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (b. 1957) 2005 – Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (b. 1934) 2005 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936) 2005 – Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925) 2006 – Bismillah Khan, Indian musician, Bharat Ratna recipient (b. 1916) 2006 – Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941) 2007 – Frank Bowe, American academic (b. 1947) 2007 – Siobhan Dowd, British author (b. 1960) 2007 – Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (b. 1918) 2008 – Jerry Finn, American engineer and producer (b. 1969) 2009 – Rex Shelley, Singaporean engineer and author (b. 1930) 2010 – Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean sociologist and author (b. 1941) 2012 – Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, Federal Minister of Defence for Germany (b. 1920) 2012 – J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (b. 1926) 2012 – Don Raleigh, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926) 2012 – Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, seventh Minister-President of Wallonia (b. 1931) 2012 – William Thurston, American mathematician and academic (b. 1946) 2013 – Jean Berkey, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938) 2013 – Sid Bernstein, American record producer (b. 1918) 2013 – C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1936) 2013 – Fred Martin, Scottish footballer (b. 1929) 2013 – Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (b. 1932) 2014 – Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (b. 1944) 2014 – Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (b. 1925) 2014 – Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1946) 2014 – Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1937) 2014 – Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, ninth Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1932) 2015 – Colin Beyer, New Zealand lawyer and businessman (b. 1938) 2015 – Wang Dongxing, Chinese commander and politician (b. 1916) 2015 – Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach (b. 1924) 2017 – Bajram Rexhepi, First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo (b. 1954) 2018 – Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (b. 1975) 2019 – Celso Piña, Mexican singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist (b. 1953) Holidays and observances Christian Feast Day: Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church) Euprepius of Verona Maximilian of Antioch Our Lady of Knock Pope Pius X Sidonius Apollinaris August 21 (Eastern Orthodox