The Resume

(1954-February 5, 1982)
Born in Nanyuki, Kenya
Raised in South Africa

Why he might be annoying:

He went to boarding school.
He sported a shaggy beard.
He was a white man who led South Africa's Black Trade Union Movement.
His cause of death is disputed.

Why he might not be annoying:

He became an anti-apartheid activist after witnessing the dire surroundings of all-black Tembisa Hospital.
He was detained for seventy days without any charges against him.
A fellow detainee witnessed Aggett being dragged to his jail cell bloody and beaten.
In 1995, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission determined him to be the victim of police torture.

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 04]
• I am South African
• I Committed Suicide
• I Died Before My 30th Birthday (Ranked: 28)
• I Died in 1982 (Ranked: 28)
• I Died in Jail
• I Died Under Mysterious Circumstances
• I Earned a Doctorate
• I was Tortured
• I'm Remembered in a Tribute Song
• Profiles 20501-20750 (Ranked: 20589)
• Stand Up Men

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 53 Votes: 64.15% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 23 Votes: 73.91% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 95 Votes: 67.37% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 68 Votes: 36.76% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 120 Votes: 44.17% Annoying