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October 26 Deaths in History - October 26 Birthdays - October 26 Events
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October 26, 2004 John Peel, DJ, dies at 65 October 26, 1999 Hoyt Axton, singer/actor/songwriter, Joy to the World, dies at 61 October 26, 1996 Gordon Scarrott, engineer, dies at 80 October 26, 1996 Hans Walter Kosterliz, biochemist, dies at 93 October 26, 1996 Sylvia Mary Paget Chancellor, philanthropist, dies at 95 October 26, 1995 Bernhard Heiliger, sculptor, dies at 79 October 26, 1995 Georgia Neese Gray, 1st Woman Treasurer of USA, dies at 95 October 26, 1994 Rudi van Vlaenderen, Flemish actor/dir/poet (Thyestes), dies at 64 October 26, 1994 Tutta Rolf, actress (Whalers), dies at 87 October 26, 1994 Wilbert Harrison, singer, dies at 65 October 26, 1993 Absolutely Nobody, [David Powers], Washington lt-gov candidate, dies at 37 October 26, 1993 H Hardenberg, writer, dies October 26, 1992 Dottie Green, female baseball player (Peaches), dies of cancer at 71 October 26, 1992 Jerome Andrews, US/French dancer/choreographer, dies October 26, 1992 Laurel Cronin, actor (Beethoven, Housesitter), dies of cancer at 53 October 26, 1991 Bill Graham, rock promoter, dies at 60 October 26, 1991 Lori Rae Matthews, crushed to death by an artist's 485 lb umbrella October 26, 1990 William Paley, CEO (CBS), dies of a heart attack at 89 October 26, 1990 William S. Paley, American Businessman October 26, 1984 John Woods Duke, composer, dies at 85 October 26, 1984 Laurie Langenbach, author, dies at 37 October 26, 1984 Sue Randall, actress (Miss Landers-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 49 October 26, 1982 Giovanni Benelli, archbishop of Florence/Pope candidate, dies October 26, 1980 Marcello J tie Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal, dies at 74 October 26, 1979 Park Chung-hee, South Korean President, assassinated October 26, 1976 Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57 October 26, 1972 Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter builder, dies at 83 October 26, 1971 Robert Gordon director/writer (Loveless), dies at 76 October 26, 1968 Erich Von Stroheim, actor and director (Napoleon), dies of cancer at 52 October 26, 1964 Agnes Miegel, writer, dies October 26, 1962 Hattie McDaniel actress (Gone With the Wind), dies at 67 October 26, 1962 Louise Beavers, actress (Beulah-Beulah), dies at 64 October 26, 1961 Milan Stojadinovic, premier of Yugoslavia (1935-39), dies at 73 October 26, 1957 N Kazantzakis, writer, dies October 26, 1957 Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek Writer October 26, 1956 Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60 October 26, 1955 Arne Eggen, composer, dies at 74 October 26, 1954 Floris HL Prims, Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, dies October 26, 1936 Bob Dellemijn, Lourdes-ganger/Franco-volunteer, dies in battle at 18 October 26, 1935 Akos Buttykai, composer, dies at 64 October 26, 1929 Arno Holz, writer, dies at 66 October 26, 1909 Horiboemi Ito, Prince of Japan, assassinated by a Korean October 26, 1903 Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer, dies at 73 October 26, 1903 Victorin de Joncieres, composer, dies at 64 October 26, 1890 Collodi, [Carlo Lorenzini], Italian writer (Pinocchio), dies October 26, 1881 Billy Clanton, brother of Ike, dies October 26, 1874 Peter Cornelius, German composer, dies at 49 October 26, 1868 B F Randolph, South Carolina state senator, assassinated October 26, 1867 John Fawcett, composer, dies at 77 October 26, 1864 Henriette ALF countess of Wegimont, wife of king Willem I, dies at 72 October 26, 1858 Isac Baker Woodbury, composer, dies at 39 October 26, 1848 Vissarion G Belinski, Russian literature critic, dies October 26, 1823 Josef Preindl, composer, dies at 67 October 26, 1756 Johann Theodor Romhild, composer, dies at 72 October 26, 1749 Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72 October 26, 1733 Antonio Veracini, composer, dies at 74 October 26, 1706 Andreas Werkmeister, composer, dies at 60 October 26, 1693 Coenraad van Beuningen, mayor of Amsterdam/diplomat, dies at 71 October 26, 1678 John Jenkins, composer, dies October 26, 1661 Johann B Schup, [Schuppius], German poet/historian/vicar, dies October 26, 1658 Francisco de Borja y Aragon Esquilache, Spanish poet, dies October 26, 1640 Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at 63 October 26, 1608 Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Spanish royal painter, dies October 26, 1607 Philipp Nicolai, German Lutherian theologist/poet/composer, dies at 52 October 26, 1576 Frederick II the Vrome, ruler of Palts, dies October 26, 1440 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged October 26, 1235 Andras II Arpad, King of Hungary (1205-35), dies October 26, 1132 Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered October 26, 899 Alfred the Great, writer/king of Wessex (871-99), dies |