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October 1, 2004 Richard Avedon, photographer, dies at 80 October 1, 2002 Walter Annenberg, publisher/philanthropist/ambassador, started TV GUide, dies at 94 October 1, 1997 Gul Mohammed, world's shortest man (22.1"/56.16 cm), dies at 36 October 1, 1996 Joonas Kokkonen, composer, dies at 74 October 1, 1996 Patrick McGeown, politician, dies at 40 October 1, 1995 Aditya Biria, industrialist, dies at 50 October 1, 1995 Margaret Gorman Cahill, 1st Miss America (1921), dies at 90 October 1, 1995 Rene Mable Neighbour Cloke, illustrator, dies at 90 October 1, 1995 Russ Karel, director, dies at 45 October 1, 1994 Brad O'Hare, dies of complications due to AIDS at 43 October 1, 1994 Carlos Lleras Restrepo, president of Colombia (1966-70), dies at 86 October 1, 1994 Karoli Ruth Needles, painter, dies at 54 October 1, 1994 Scott Dunbar, bluse vocalist/guitarist, dies at 90 October 1, 1993 Janine Darcey, French actress (Priez pour nous), dies at 75 October 1, 1993 Joseph Warren, actor (Gift of Love, Urban Warriors), dies at 77 October 1, 1992 Bruce Vorhauer, inventor (Today contraceptive sponge), suicide at 50 October 1, 1992 Harry Milton Ray, singer and actor (Avanti!), dies of stroke at 45 October 1, 1991 Jan van Tongeren, painter, dies October 1, 1990 Christine Forrest, actress (Martin), dies October 1, 1990 Curtis E LeMay, USAF General/VP candidate, dies at 83 October 1, 1985 Charlotte White, U.S. author (New Yorker, Charlotte's Web), dies at 86 October 1, 1985 E. 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White, American Comedian October 1, 1984 Hansje Toussaint, [Hermina A Schenk), singer/cabaretiere, dies at 69 October 1, 1984 Walter Alston, Baseball manager (Los Angeles Dodgers), dies at 72 October 1, 1980 George Meany, union President (AFL-CIO), dies at 86 October 1, 1979 Roy Harris, U.S. composer, dies at 81 October 1, 1975 Al Jackson, rock drummer (Booker T and The MG's), dies at 39 October 1, 1973 Joe Devlin, actor (Sam-Dick Tracy), dies at 74 October 1, 1972 Kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87 October 1, 1972 Louis Leakey, English anthropologist, dies at 68 October 1, 1970 Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52 October 1, 1970 Petar Konjovic, composer, dies at 87 October 1, 1968 Marcel Duchamp, French painter (Descending an Escalator), dies October 1, 1966 Albert P A A Besnard, poet/journalist (Doom and Thirst), dies October 1, 1965 Edward E "Doc" Smith, U.S., sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies October 1, 1965 Gareth Hughes, actor (Midnight Girl), dies at 71 October 1, 1964 Ernst Toch, composer (Melodie Lehre), dies at 76 October 1, 1961 Donald Cook, actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60 October 1, 1956 Stan Ockers, Belgian world champ cyclist (1955), dies at 36 October 1, 1945 Walter B Cannon, U.S. physiologist (Traumatic Shock), dies at 73 October 1, 1943 Antoine T Broekman, resistance fighter, executed at 32 October 1, 1943 Anton JT Koreman, resistance fighter, executed at 27 October 1, 1943 Antoon Pleyte, resistance fighter, executed at 26 October 1, 1943 Dionysius Remiens, resistance fighter, executed at 24 October 1, 1943 Earnest Klijzing, resistance fighter, executed October 1, 1943 Gideon Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 22 October 1, 1943 Hans Katan, resistance fighter, executed at 24 October 1, 1943 Henri H Geul, resistance fighter, executed at 27 October 1, 1943 Johan Kalshoven, resistance fighter, executed at 20 October 1, 1943 Johan Roemer, resistance fighter, executed at 22 October 1, 1943 Johan van Mierlo, resistance fighter, executed at 35 October 1, 1943 John Charles Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 23 October 1, 1943 Leo Frijda, resistance fighter, executed at 20 October 1, 1943 Louis Boissevain, resistance fighter, executed at 21 October 1, 1943 Maarten van/of Gilse, resistance fighter, executed at 27 October 1, 1943 Olaf T Thomsen, resistance fighter, executed at 23 October 1, 1943 Peter "Pam" Pooters, resistance fighter, executed at 32 October 1, 1943 Sape Kuiper, resistance fighter, executed at 19 October 1, 1943 Victor van Swieten, resistance fighter, executed at 36 October 1, 1943 Walter Brandligt, literature/resistance fighter, executed at 42 October 1, 1930 Ricardo Drigo, composer, dies at 84 October 1, 1929 Antoine Bourdelle, French Sculptor October 1, 1927 Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68 October 1, 1911 Pjotr A Stolypin, premier of Russia (1906-11), dies October 1, 1911 Wilhelm Dilthey, Germ philosopher (Das Leben Schleiermans), dies at 77 October 1, 1904 William GGVV Harcourt, historian/English Secretary of State, dies at 76 October 1, 1901 Abdoer-Rahman, emir of Afghanistan, dies October 1, 1881 Frantisek Matej Hilmar, composer, dies at 78 October 1, 1876 Henri-Jerome Bertini, composer, dies at 77 October 1, 1868 Rama IV, [Phra Chomklao Chaoyuhua], king of Thai (1851-68), dies at 63 October 1, 1864 John Dunovant, U.S. Confederate brig-general, dies in battle October 1, 1814 Jakob I van Przysucha, Polish hassidic leader, dies October 1, 1807 John Muhlenberg, Lutheran pastor, dies on his 61st birthday October 1, 1795 Robert Bakewell, English cattle breeder, dies at about 70 October 1, 1770 Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, composer, dies at 64 October 1, 1768 Robert Simson, Scotland mathematician, dies at 80 October 1, 1708 John Blow, composer (Venus and Adonis), dies at 59 October 1, 1704 Cornelis Dusart, painter/engraver, dies at 44 October 1, 1684 Pierre Corneille, Fr lawyer/dramatist (El Cid, Polyeucte), dies at 42 October 1, 1633 Filaret, [Fjodor N Romanov], patriarch of Moscow, dies October 1, 1602 Hernando de Cabezon, composer, dies at 61 October 1, 1578 Don Juan d'Austria, Spanish land guardian of Netherlands, dies at 31 October 1, 1574 Maarten van Heemskerck, painter (Christ), dies October 1, 1404 Boniface IX, [Pietro Tomacelli], Pope (1389-1404), dies October 1, 976 Al-Hakam II, Moors kalief of Cordoba, dies October 1, 552 Teja, king of Ostrogoten, dies in battle October 1, 540 Vedastus St. Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies October 1, 290 [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed |