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Events on Tuesday 26 August 1930 1
1883 – 1930Lon Chaney (1883-1930)Died 26 August 1930, aged 47American silent film actor known as the Man of a Thousand Faces for his makeup and physical transformations. His best-known roles were in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera. He died of cancer shortly after making his only sound film.