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October 31 Deaths in History - October 31 Birthdays - October 31 Events
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October 31, 2003 Kamato Hongo, old man, world's oldest well-documented man for almost four years, dies at 116 October 31, 2000 "Ring Lardner, Jr", writer, M*A*S*H screenwriter, dies at 85 October 31, 1999 Greg Moore, Canadian October 31, 1997 Wilfrid Ewart Oulton, airman, dies at 86 October 31, 1996 Andrew Hutchings, teachers' leader, dies at 88 October 31, 1996 Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner, dies at 77 October 31, 1996 John Gorman, printer/socialist historian, dies at 66 October 31, 1996 Peter Muir Doig, politician, dies at 85 October 31, 1995 Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher, dies at 94 October 31, 1995 Derek Anthony Enright, politician, dies at 60 October 31, 1995 Henry A Walter Richard Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland, dies at 42 October 31, 1995 Lavad "Dr. Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano, dies at 82 October 31, 1995 Leonard Ernest John Chant, social Worker, dies at 57 October 31, 1995 Lloyd Lambert, bassist, dies at 67 October 31, 1995 Louis Levy Jr, music publisher, dies at 84 October 31, 1995 Rosalind Cash, actress (Emma-Go Tell It on the Mountain), dies at 56 October 31, 1995 Wallace Edward Rowling, PM of NZ (1974-1975), dies at 68 October 31, 1994 John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian, dies at 80 October 31, 1994 Jole Silvani, [Niobe Quaiatti], Ital actress (La citta' Delle), dies October 31, 1994 Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76 October 31, 1994 William John Readings, literary theorist, dies at 34 October 31, 1993 Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/art dealer, commits suicide at 52 October 31, 1993 Edwin A Walker, U.S. Maj-Gen, dies of lung cancer at 84 October 31, 1993 Federico Fellini, director (La Dolce Vita), dies of stroke at 73 October 31, 1993 River Phoenix, actor (Stand By Me), dies of drug overdose at 23 October 31, 1991 Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million), dies of cancer at 97 October 31, 1991 James Marshall, U.S. children's book writer/illustrator, dies at 50 October 31, 1991 Johan Schmitz, actor (Gysbregt van Aemstel/Soldat van Orange), dies October 31, 1991 Joseph Papp, Broadway producer (Chorus Line), dies of cancer at 70 October 31, 1990 Graig Russel, Canadian travel expert/transvestite, dies October 31, 1990 Hugh McPhillips, dies at 70 October 31, 1989 Conrad Beck, composer, dies at 88 October 31, 1988 John Houseman, actor (Paper Chase, Fog), dies of spinal cancer at 86 October 31, 1987 Joseph Campbell, mythologist (Mythic Image), dies at 83 October 31, 1986 Robert S Mulliken, U.S. physicist (Nobel 1966), dies at 90 October 31, 1984 Eduardo De Filippo, director (7 Deadly Sins, Shoot Loud), dies at 84 October 31, 1984 Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, assassinated by 2 of her bodyguards at 66 October 31, 1983 George S Halas, NFL coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 88 October 31, 1983 George Halas, American Coach October 31, 1977 Joan Tetzel, actress (Hell Below Zero), dies at 56 October 31, 1976 Linda Watkins, actress (From Hell it Came, Harpy), dies at 68 October 31, 1975 Joseph Calleia, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda), dies at 78 October 31, 1971 Gerhard von Rad, German old testament expert, dies at 70 October 31, 1970 Pal Szabo, Hungarians farmer/writer (Isten Malmai), dies October 31, 1969 Hugo Pfister, composer, dies at 55 October 31, 1968 Ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], actor (Ben Hur), dies at 69 October 31, 1967 Jan Mens, Dutch writer (Honor to God Alone), dies at 70 October 31, 1965 Rita Johnson, actress (All Mine to Give), dies at 53 October 31, 1964 Theodore C Freeman, astronaut, dies at 34 in a T-38 jet air crash October 31, 1963 Henry Daniell, actor (Camille, Body Snatchers), dies at 69 October 31, 1960 H L Davis, U.S. writer (Honey in the Horn, Pulitzer prize), dies at 64 October 31, 1956 Pietro Badoglio, Premier of Italy (1943-44), dies at 85 October 31, 1950 Carel T Scharten, Dutch poet and writer (Lost Paradise), dies at 72 October 31, 1950 Jozef C Bittremieux, Flemish theologist, dies at 72 October 31, 1949 Edward R Stettinius, U.S. foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies October 31, 1948 Cissy van Marxfield, [Setske Beek-de Han], writer, dies October 31, 1945 Henry Ainley, actor (As You Like It), dies at 66 October 31, 1943 Max Reinhardt, Austrian stage manager (Turandot), dies October 31, 1941 Herwarth Walden, writer, dies at 63 October 31, 1939 Otto Rank, [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalyst (Trauma of Geburt), dies October 31, 1926 Harry Houdini, [Erich Weisz], U.S. magician, dies in Detroit October 31, 1925 Max Linder, actor (Man in the Silk Hat), dies at 41 October 31, 1918 Egon Schiele, Austria painter/graphic artist, dies at 28 October 31, 1918 Stephen Tisza, Hungarian PM (-1917), assassinated by soldiers October 31, 1902 Cornelie Huygens, Dutch feminist/writer, dies October 31, 1902 Jean-Baptist Colyns, composer, dies at 67 October 31, 1895 Franz Hedrich, Austria writer, dies at about 62 October 31, 1887 George Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74 October 31, 1879 Big Snake, brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear, dies October 31, 1870 Mihaly Mosonyi, composer, dies at 55 October 31, 1865 William Parson, 3rd Earl of Rosse and maker of large telescopes, dies October 31, 1863 Louis Ludwig Blenker, German/US brig-general (Union), dies at 51 October 31, 1860 Johan Nathan, murderer, hanged October 31, 1851 Peter II Petrovic Njegos, bishop of Montenegro (1830-51), dies at 37 October 31, 1815 Daniel Belknap, composer, dies at 44 October 31, 1806 Sophie Mereau, writer, dies at 36 October 31, 1793 Pierre V Vergniaud, French politician/police leader, guillotined at 40 October 31, 1768 Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer, dies at 78 October 31, 1765 Duke of Cumberland, English politician/uncle of George III, dies October 31, 1744 Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, composer, dies at 50 October 31, 1723 Cosimo III de' Medici, monarch of Florence (1670-1723), dies at 81 October 31, 1664 Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz, viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51 October 31, 1661 Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies October 31, 1654 Francisco Correa de Arauxo, composer, dies October 31, 1641 Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41 October 31, 1634 Erasmus Widmann, composer, dies at 62 October 31, 1556 John Sleidanus, German humanist/historian (Commentary), dies at 50 October 31, 1448 Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies |