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October 5, 2004 Rodney Dangerfield, comic, dies at 81 October 5, 2001 Emilie Schindler, humanitarian, ", helped save 1,000 Jews during WWII, ", dies at 93 October 5, 1997 Andrew Keir, actor (Rob Roy, Absolution, Blood Hunt), dies at 71 October 5, 1997 Dave Marr, golfer/commentator, dies at 63 October 5, 1996 Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant, dies at 77 October 5, 1996 Seymour Cray, computer designer, dies in auto accident at 71 October 5, 1995 Dick Henry Jurgen, bandleader, dies at 85 October 5, 1995 Fred Fehl, photographer, dies at 89 October 5, 1995 Peter Crichton Kirkpatrick, oarsman, dies at 79 October 5, 1993 Jane Nigh, actress (Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), dies at about 67 October 5, 1993 Karl G Henize, astronaut (STS 51-F), dies of heart failure at 66 October 5, 1992 Cornelis Berkhouwer, Dutch MP (VVD), dies October 5, 1992 Eddie Kendricks, singer (Temptations), dies of lung cancer at 52 October 5, 1992 Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies October 5, 1990 Meir Kahane, founder of Jewish defense league, assassinated at 58 October 5, 1986 Hall B Wallis, U.S. movie production (Barefoot in Park), dies at 87 October 5, 1984 Leonard Rossiter, actor (2001, Water), dies of a heart attack at 57 October 5, 1981 Jud Strunk, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48 October 5, 1979 Charlie Smith, oldest American (137 year), dies October 5, 1976 Barbara Nichols, actress (Pajama Game, Loved One), dies at 46 October 5, 1969 Walter Hagen, U.S. golfer (won 5x PGA-tournament), dies at 76 October 5, 1967 Clifton C Williams Jr, astronaut, dies at 35, in T-38 jet crash October 5, 1965 Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer, dies at 79 October 5, 1956 Joseph Erlanger, U.S. doctor (shock therapy-Nobel 1944), dies October 5, 1954 Flor Alpaerts, Flem composer (Tyl Uilenspiegel/Pallieter), dies at 78 October 5, 1953 Friedrich Wolf, writer, dies at 64 October 5, 1944 Joseph B "Aristide" Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies October 5, 1941 Louis D Brandeis, 1st Jewish Supreme Court Judge (1916-39), dies at 84 October 5, 1940 Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40 October 5, 1936 Jan J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship doc/writer (Seaman's Grave), dies at 38 October 5, 1934 Jean Vigo, French filmer, dies October 5, 1933 Nikolaj N Joedenitsj, Russian general/contra revolutionary, dies at 71 October 5, 1933 Renee Adoree, actress (Big Parade), dies at 35 October 5, 1924 Joseph Vezina, composer, dies at 75 October 5, 1919 Jean Louis Nicode, composer, dies at 66 October 5, 1918 Roland Garros, French stunt flyer, dies October 5, 1915 Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer, dies at 28 October 5, 1915 Otto Valdemar Malling, composer, dies at 67 October 5, 1911 Charles-Theodore Malherbe, composer, dies at 58 October 5, 1899 Johann Nepomuk Fuchs, composer, dies at 57 October 5, 1892 Bill Powers, U.S. member of Daltonbende, dies October 5, 1892 Bob Dalton, U.S. leader of Daltonbende, dies October 5, 1892 Dick Broadwell, U.S. member of Daltonbende, dies October 5, 1892 Grat Dalton, U.S. member of Daltonbende, dies October 5, 1880 Jacques Offenbach, German/Fr composer (La belle Helene), dies at 61 October 5, 1867 Thomas Taglichsbeck, composer, dies at 67 October 5, 1837 Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 54 October 5, 1813 Etienne Ozi, composer, dies at 58 October 5, 1813 Tecumseh, U.S. Shawnee-chief/English Gen (Battle of Thames), dies October 5, 1799 Antonio Dinis da Cruz e Silva, Portuguese poet (O Hissope), dies at 68 October 5, 1787 Thomas Stone, U.S. attorney/signer (Dec of Ind), dies at about 44 October 5, 1763 August III, king of Poland, dies at 66 October 5, 1707 Daniel Speer, composer, dies at 71 October 5, 1631 Arabella Holles, wife of English politician Thomas Wentworth, dies October 5, 1557 Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter, dies at 63 October 5, 1496 Ferdinand II, king of Naples, dies October 5, 1399 Raymundus of Capua, Italian general, dies October 5, 1285 Philippe III, the Stout, King of France (1270-85), dies October 5, 1111 Robrecht II of Jerusalem, Count of Flanders (1st Crusader), dies October 5, 1056 Henry III, RC German King (1039-56), dies October 5, 578 Justinus II, Byzantine emperor (565-78), dies |