deaths
August 6, 2012
Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (born 1938)
Robert Hughes (critic)
Robert Studley Forrest Hughes AO was an Australian-born art critic, writer, and producer of television documentaries. He was described in 1997 by Robert Boynton of The New York Times as "the most famous art critic in the world."
August 6
August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 147 days remain until the end of the year.