900 – Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon monarch who was King of Wessex and King of the Anglo-Saxons, dies at 50 or 51
1132 – Floris the Black, brother of earl Dirk VI of Holland, murdered
1773 – Amédée-François Frézier, French military engineer and explorer (b. 1682)
1864 – William T. Anderson [Bloody Bill], American Civil War Pro-Confederate rebel guerrilla leader (Lawrence Massacre, Centralia Massacre), killed in battle by union troops at 23 or 24
1867 – John Fawcett, English composer, dies at 77
1941 – Arkady Gaidar, Russian Soviet children’s writer, killed in combat at 37
1961 – Milan Stojadinović, Serbian-Yugoslav political figure and 12th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1935-39), dies at 73
1995 – Bernhard Heiliger, German artist and sculptor, dies at 79
2007 – Khun Sa, Burmese warlord (b. 1934)
2021 – Glen Tuckett American college basbeall coach (Brigham Young Uni 1959-76) and administrator (BYU athletic director 1976-94), dies at 93
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 25th October 2022
1415 – Philip of Nevers, French earl, dies at the Battle of Agincourt
1415 – Anton van Bourgondie, French son of Philip the Stout, dies at 31
1495 – John II, the Perfect/Consummate, King of Portugal (1481-95), dies
1845 – Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French vice-admiral, dies at 81
1934 – Frank Sprague, American inventor who installed the first U.S. electric trolley system, dies at 77
1957 – Henry Van de Velde, Flemish painter and architect (Art Nouveau), dies at 94
1971 – Albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor and director (Wilton’s Zoo; Little Rascal), dies at 82
1985 – Morton Downey, singer (Star of the Family), dies at 83
1986 – Forrest Tucker, American actor (F Troop, Dusty Trail, The Crawling Eye), dies of lung cancer and emphysema at 67
2004 – John Peel, English DJ and Broadcaster dies of a heart attack aged 65
Famous Deaths for 24th October 2022
1537 – Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII and Queen of England (1536-7), dies of postnatal complications at 28
1669 – William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600)
1789 – Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken, Dutch poet, dies at 68
1889 – Loisa Puget, French composer, dies at 79
1902 – Władysław Zaremba, Ukrainian pianist and composer, dies at 69
1938 – Ernst Barlach, German writer and artist, dies at 68
1972 – Jackie Robinson, American Baseball HOF second baseman (1st African-American MLB player Brooklyn Dodgers; 6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1955; NL MVP 1949), dies from a heart attack at 53
1982 – James Philbrook, actor (Islanders, Investigators), dies at 58
1996 – Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn, British politician and diplomat, dies at 96
2016 – Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive, “Spin Me Round”), dies of a cardiac arrest at 57
Famous Deaths for 23rd October 2022
1616 – Leonhard Hutter, German theologian (b. 1563)
1890 – Charles Verlat, Flemish painter, dies at 65
1921 – John B. Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81
1944 – Hana Brady, Jewish Czech Holocaust victim (Hanna’s Suitcase), dies at 13
1957 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer (New Look), dies of a heart attack at 52
1966 – Claire McDowell, American silent film actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88
1982 – Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist and composer, dies at 52
1992 – Kees Spermon, Dutch painter and graphic artist, dies
1996 – Alexander Kelly, British pianist and composer, dies at 67
2019 – Bernie Parrish, American NFL cornerback (Pro Bowl 1960, 63; Cleveland Browns; best-selling book, ‘They Call It A Game’), dies of prostate cancer at 83
Famous Deaths for 22nd October 2022
1625 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyō of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period, dies at 63
1763 – French van Mieris “the Young”, painter/historian, dies at 73
1915 – Andrew Noble, Scottish physicist who was a founder of the science of ballistics, dies at 84
1919 – Bruce Frederick Cummings, English author (Journal of a Disappointed Man), dies at 30
1954 – Prosper Cocquyt, Belgian brewer and pilot, dies at 54
1965 – Earl Cooper, American auto racer (AAA National Championship 1913, 15, 17; Indianapolis 500 1924 runner-up), dies at 78
1989 – Ewan MacColl [James Miller], Scottish folk singer-songwriter (“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”), dies at 74
1994 – William Frankena, American philosopher, dies at 86
1995 – Edward Totah, art Dealer, dies at 46
2012 – Arthur Jensen, American psychologist, dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 21st October 2022
1637 – Laurens Reael, Dutch vice-governor of Ambon, poet, and admiral, dies at 54
1687 – Edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller’s plot), dies
1773 – Johann Conrad Schlaun, German baroque architect, dies at 78
1873 – Johann Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet (b. 1807)
1886 – Jose Hernandez, Argentine poet (La vuelta the MartinFierro), dies at 51
1896 – James Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844)
1924 – Martin Pierre Joseph Marsick, Belgian composer, dies at 76
1929 – Owen Dunell, South African cricket batsman (South Africa’s 1st Test captain; 2 Tests), dies at 73
1937 – Lucy Diggs Slowe, American educator (Dean of Women, Howard University, 1922-37), tennis champion (American Tennis Association, 1917), and sorority co-founder (Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1908), dies at 52
1944 – Alois Kayser, German missionary to Nauru (b. 1877)
Famous Deaths for 20th October 2022
1906 – William “Buck” Ewing, American Baseball HOF catcher (NL home run leader 1883 NY Giants; Cincinnati Reds) and manager (NY Giants, Cincinnati Reds), dies of diabetes at 67
1913 – Daniel David Palmer, Canadian founder of chiropractic (1897 Palmer School of Chiropractic), dies of typhoid fever at 68
1913 – Leander Schlegel, Dutch composer, dies at 69
1929 – José Batlle y Ordóñez, President of Uruguay (1899, 1903-7, 1911-15), dies at 73
1955 – Eino Roiha, Finnish composer, dies at 51
1983 – Peter Dudley, British character actor (Coronation Street, 1979-83 – “Bert”), dies after multiple heart attacks and stokes at 48
1994 – Francis Steegmuller, American biographer (Cocteau), dies at 88
1999 – Calvin Griffith, Canadian baseball team owner (Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins 1955-84), dies at 87
2011 – Tone Pavček, Slovenian poet and translator (b. 1928)
2014 – Lili Carati, Miss Italy 1975 and actress (Alcove), dies at 58
Famous Deaths for 19th October 2022
727 – Saint Frideswide, patron saint of Oxford, England
1268 – Konradin von Hohenstaufen, duke of Zwaben, beheaded
1921 – Antonio Granjo, premier (Portugal), murdered
1964 – Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (Henry Handel Richardson: A Study), dies at 79
1964 – Maurice Gosfield, actor (Doberman-Phil Silvers Show), dies at 51
1992 – Petra Kelly, founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44
1994 – Munavarsjo Nazrijev, vice-president of Tadzjikistan, dies
2001 – Jagernath Lachmon, Surinamese politician, dies at 85
2003 – Hawk [Michael Hegstrand], American professional wrestler (ECW/WCW/WWF/AWA, Legion of Doom), dies at 46
2008 – Rudy Ray Moore, American comedian and actor (Dolemite) (b. 1937)
Famous Deaths for 18th October 2022
1558 – Maria, Queen of Hungary as wife of Louis II and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (1531-55), dies at 53
1669 – Abraham Willaerts, Dutch painter (A Spanish three-decker at anchor off Naples), dies
1862 – James Creighton, amateur American baseball player, dies of ruptured bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th
1955 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher and author (The Revolt of the Masses), dies at 72
1968 – Lee Tracy, American actor (Dinner at Eight, Martin Kane Private Eye), dies of cancer at 70
1984 – Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82
1993 – Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63
2007 – Alan Coren, English writer and satirist (b. 1938)
2007 – Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician, dies at 43
2021 – Colin Powell, American General and 1st Black US Secretary of State (2001-05), dies from complications of COVID-19, blood cancer, and Parkinson’s disease at 84
Famous Deaths for 17th October 2022
1312 – Jan II, duke of Brabant/Limburg (charter of Kortenberg), dies
1702 – Walraad the Old, count/sovereign of Nassau-Usingen, dies
1776 – Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (b. 1681)
1887 – Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy, coined “black body” radiation), dies at 63
1909 – Nicola Spinelli, Italian composer, dies at 44
1910 – Julia Ward Howe, American poet and author (Battle Hymn of the Republic), dies at 91
1974 – René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57
1981 – David Guion, American pianist, composer, and cowboy, dies at 88
1987 – Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925)
1996 – Berthold Goldschmidt, German-British composer and conductor, dies at 93