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October 7, 2001 Herblock, political cartoonist, The Washington Post, dies at 91 October 7, 1996 Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86 October 7, 1995 Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman, dies at 59 October 7, 1995 Louis Meyer, Indie 500 racer (3 wins), dies at 91 October 7, 1994 James Hill, director, dies at 75 October 7, 1994 Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish immunologist (Nobel prize 1984), dies at 82 October 7, 1994 Paul Swift, U.S. actor (Egg Man in Pink Flamingo), dies of AIDS at 60 October 7, 1993 Agnes de Mille, choreographer (Oklahoma!, Rodeo), dies at 88 October 7, 1993 Cyril Cusack, actor (Fahrenheit 451), dies of neuron disease at 82 October 7, 1993 Kenneth Nelson, US/English actor (Boys in the Band), dies at 63 October 7, 1992 Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62 October 7, 1992 Ed Blackwell, U.S. jazz drummer (Quartet), dies October 7, 1991 Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86 October 7, 1990 J Teengs Gerritsen, resistance fighter, dies October 7, 1990 John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84 October 7, 1990 Juan Jose Arevalo, president of Guatemala (1945-51), dies October 7, 1988 Billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73 October 7, 1981 Wouter Paap, composer, dies at 73 October 7, 1976 Nikolai Lopatnikoff, composer, dies at 73 October 7, 1969 Wim of Nuland, [Willem C Mohlmann], priest/writer (Doorstep), dies October 7, 1967 Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies October 7, 1966 Johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd and Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash October 7, 1966 Smiley Lewis, [Overton Amos Lemons], rocker, dies at 46 October 7, 1964 Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84 October 7, 1963 Grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69 October 7, 1963 Gustaf Grundgens, actor, director and theatre director (M), dies at 63 October 7, 1962 Mauritius Dekker, [Boris Robazki], writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66 October 7, 1959 Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack October 7, 1959 PM Kassem of Iraq, assassinated October 7, 1951 Anton F Philips, CEO (Philips), dies at 77 October 7, 1939 Harvey (William) Cushing, U.S. neurologist, dies at 70 October 7, 1939 Harvey Cushing, American Scientist October 7, 1925 Hubert Platt Main, composer, dies at 86 October 7, 1925 Christy Mathewson, American Athlete October 7, 1924 Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Christian Philosophy), dies at 71 October 7, 1918 C Hubert H Parry, Engl musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70 October 7, 1915 Samuel Prowse Warren, composer, dies at 74 October 7, 1890 John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89 October 7, 1887 George James Webb, composer, dies at 84 October 7, 1864 Alexander Gardiner, U.S. Union brig-general, dies in battle October 7, 1864 John Gregg, U.S. judge/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 36 October 7, 1849 Edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40 October 7, 1849 Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet October 7, 1811 August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68 October 7, 1780 Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36 October 7, 1777 Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle October 7, 1766 Andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71 October 7, 1681 Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61 October 7, 1660 Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50 October 7, 1639 John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68 October 7, 1612 Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70 October 7, 1571 Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle October 7, 1488 Andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52 October 7, 929 Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies October 7, 336 Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies October 7, 290 [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated |