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October 2, 2002 Bruce Paltrow, producer, Saint Elsewhere, dies at 60 October 2, 2002 Norman O. Brown, American Philosopher October 2, 1998 Gene Autry, actor/singing cowboy/businessman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, dies at 91 October 2, 1996 Andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58 October 2, 1996 Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist, dies at 85 October 2, 1996 Ivan Mark Waller, mountaineer, dies at 89 October 2, 1996 Robert Bourassa, PM of province of Quebec (1970-76, 85-93), dies at 63 October 2, 1996 Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman, dies at 79 October 2, 1996 Sybil Marion Rosenfeld, theatre historian, dies at 93 October 2, 1995 Elizabeth Jane Lloyd, artist/teacher, dies at 67 October 2, 1995 Norman Ewart Thurston, musician, dies at 74 October 2, 1994 Faith Davis, oldest triplets (Charity and Hope survive), dies at 95 October 2, 1994 Harriet Nelson, actress (Ozzie and Harriet), dies of heart failure at 80 October 2, 1994 Ronald James Herron, architect, dies at 64 October 2, 1993 Henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83 October 2, 1991 Dimitrios I, patriarch/primus interparis orthodox Christians, dies October 2, 1991 Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies October 2, 1989 Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Netherlands 1st female advisor of State, dies October 2, 1987 Madeleine Carroll, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent), dies at 81 October 2, 1987 Peter Brian Medawar, medical scientist, dies October 2, 1985 George Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies at 58 October 2, 1985 Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian and Wife), dies of AIDS at 59 October 2, 1985 Sidney Clute, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney and Lacey), dies at 69 October 2, 1983 Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75 October 2, 1982 William Bernbach, advertising magnate, dies at 71 October 2, 1981 Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer/pianist, dies at 63 October 2, 1980 Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46 October 2, 1975 Wade Crosby, actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood), dies at 70 October 2, 1974 Ina Seidel, writer, dies at 89 October 2, 1973 Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi, who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies at 76 October 2, 1973 Paul Hartman, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction), dies at 84 October 2, 1970 Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79 October 2, 1970 Anders Bo Leif Linde, composer, dies at 37 October 2, 1969 Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85 October 2, 1967 Albertina Rasch, ballerina/choreographer, dies at 76 October 2, 1965 [John] Selwyn (Brooke) Lloyd, British statesman, dies October 2, 1962 Frank Lovejoy, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48 October 2, 1960 Jaroslav Doubrava, composer, dies at 51 October 2, 1958 Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies October 2, 1958 Wilhelmus L Re˜ers, sculptor, dies at 48 October 2, 1957 Jacques Fesch, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26 October 2, 1956 George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74 October 2, 1956 Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist, dies at 73 October 2, 1955 James Dean, U.S. actor (East of Eden, Giant), dies October 2, 1955 O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies October 2, 1944 Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries October 2, 1943 Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60 October 2, 1931 Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies October 2, 1927 Svante August Arrhenius, chemist, dies October 2, 1920 Max Bruch, composer, dies at 82 October 2, 1916 Benjamin Kidel, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58 October 2, 1915 Russell Alexander, composer, dies at 38 October 2, 1905 Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuban/French sonnet poet, dies at 62 October 2, 1873 Cornelius Varley, water-color painter, dies October 2, 1872 Eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies October 2, 1863 Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies October 2, 1860 Louis Hersent, painter, dies October 2, 1853 D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies October 2, 1850 Sarah Biffin/Beffin, limbless miniature painter, dies October 2, 1842 Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56 October 2, 1842 William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies October 2, 1823 Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57 October 2, 1809 Wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59 October 2, 1803 Samuel Adams, U.S. revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81 October 2, 1786 August Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies October 2, 1780 John Andre, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold) October 2, 1729 Arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60 October 2, 1721 Benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies October 2, 1707 Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57 October 2, 1678 Wu San-kuei, gen, invited Manchus to China, dies trying to expel them October 2, 1656 Stephan Otto, composer, dies at 53 October 2, 1629 Pierre the Berulle, French cardinal/founder (French Oratorio), dies October 2, 1617 Isaac Oliver, miniature painter, dies October 2, 1588 Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies October 2, 1564 Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49 October 2, 1517 John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 October 2, 1264 Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantaleon], French Pope (1261-64), dies October 2, 1113 Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies October 2, 939 Giselbert, duke of Lutheran, drowns at about 49 October 2, 472 Olybrius, emperor of Westromeinse republic (472), dies |