1887 – Swedish Nightingale [Jenny Lind], Swedish soprano, dies at 67
1905 – Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and histologist (one of the first to interpret tissue structure in terms of cellular elements), dies at 88
1941 – Simon Guggenheim, American businessman and philanthropist, dies at 73
1966 – Mississippi John Hurt, American country blues singer and guitarist, dies at 73
1969 – Marion Lloyd Vince, fencer (National champ 1928, 31), dies at 63
1991 – Mort Shuman, American singer, and songwriter, with Doc Pomus (“Viva Las Vegas”; “Save The Last Dance For Me”), dies of cancer at 54
1995 – Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, Russian Orthodox Priest, dies at 68
2004 – Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, 1st President of the United Arab Emirates, dies at 85
2015 – Raul Rekow, American percussionist and conguero (Santana, 1976-2013), dies of cancer at 61
2020 – John Sessions, Scottish actor and comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway), dies of a heart attack at 67
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 1st November 2022
955 – Henry I, Duke of Bavaria, dies from an illness at 34 or 36
1391 – Amadeus VII of Savoy (b. 1360)
1926 – Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch actor and director (Krates), dies at 72
1971 – Gertrud von Le Fort, German writer (The Eternal Woman), dies at 95
1972 – Ezra Loomis Pound, American poet (Throne), dies at 87
1993 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish-American physician and biochemist (Nobel 1959), dies at 88
1994 – Jan Wegter, Dutch actor (Pastorale 1943), dies at 64
1995 – Alun Pask, Welsh rugby union flanker (26 caps; British Lions 8 caps; Abertillery), dies at 58
2006 – Bettye Ackerman, American actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey), dies at 82
2021 – Aaron Beck, American psychiatrist (father of cognitive behavioural therapy), dies at 100
Famous Deaths for 31st October 2022
1765 – Duke of Cumberland, English politician/uncle of George III, dies
1879 – Joseph Hooker, American General (b. 1814)
1929 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese politician and 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
1972 – Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
1975 – Joseph Calleia, Maltese-American stage, screen, and radio actor (The Book; Gilda; Touch of Evil), dies at 78
1986 – Robert S. Mulliken, American chemist and physicist (Nobel 1966), dies at 90
1994 – William John Readings, literary theorist, dies at 34
1995 – Louis Levy Jr, music publisher, dies at 84
1996 – Andrew Hutchings, British trade union leader, dies at 88
1997 – Wilfrid Oulton, British Royal Air Force officer, dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 30th October 2022
1757 – Osman III, sultan of Turkey (1754-57), dies at 58
1915 – Charles Tupper, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 69-day term in 1896), dies of heart failure at 94
1936 – Lorado Taft, American sculptor (Black Hawk), dies at 76
1985 – Kirby Grant, American actor (Rustlers Round-Up, Yukon Gold, Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74
1988 – Sugar Geise, actress (Rhythm Parade), dies after brief illness at 71
2000 – Steve Allen, American comedian, composer, actor and TV host (Tonight Show; Steve Allen Show), dies of injuries from a car accident at 78
2005 – Al López, American Baseball HOF catcher (MLB All-Star 1934, 41; Brooklyn Dodgers; Boston Bees, Pittsburgh Pirates) and manager (AL Manager of the Year 1959 Chicago WS; Cleveland Indians), dies at 97
2006 – Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (symbolic anthropology), dies at 80
2009 – Norton Buffalo [Phillip Jackson], American singer-songwriter and country and blues harmonica player, dies of cancer at 58
2019 – Ron Fairly, American baseball utility and broadcaster (MLB All Star 1973, 77; LA Dodgers, Montreal Expos; Seattle Mariners), dies from cancer at 81
Famous Deaths for 29th October 2022
1321 – Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies
1618 – Walter Raleigh, English scholar, poet, historian and explorer, beheaded for treason at about 64
1790 – Pieter van Bleiswijk, Grand pensionary of Holland 1771-87, dies at about 66
1920 – Ernst Perabo, German-American composer, dies at 74
1957 – Rosemarie Nitribitt, German call girl, strangled in her apartment in an unsolved murder at 24
1981 – William O. Walker, American publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85
1986 – Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1913)
1991 – Harry Thomas, founder (Flower Festival, Dutch Homofielen Party), dies
2002 – Glenn McQueen, American animator (b. 1960)
2013 – Rudolf Kehrer, Soviet classical pianist of German heritage, dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 28th October 2022
1637 – Foppe van Aitzema, diplomat, dies at about 57
1806 – Charlotte Turner Smith, British poet and novelist (b. 1749)
1914 – Richard Heuberger, composer, dies at 64
1922 – Hugo Verriest, Flemish writer and poet (Flemish Motion), dies at 81
1927 – Eaton Faning, composer, dies at 77
1980 – Leon Janney (Ramon), American actor (Charly, Stolen Paradise, Hawk), dies of cancer at 63
1991 – Lydia Hodson Copeland, America’s Jr Miss (1972), dies at 37
2001 – Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch composer (b. 1910)
2002 – Erling Persson, Swedish entrepreneur (HandM stores), dies at 85
2020 – Billy Joe Shaver, American country singer-songwriter (“When I Get My Wings”), dies of a stroke at 81
Famous Deaths for 27th October 2022
1553 – Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian physician, burnt at stake for heresy at Champel near Geneva
1605 – Akbar, 3rd Mughal Emperor of India (1556-1605), dies at 63
1771 – Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer, dies
1796 – Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, composer, dies at 45
1848 – Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, Russian composer, dies at 46
1958 – Frederik Gerretson [Geerten Gossaert], historian/poet/politician, dies at 74
1977 – James M. Cain, American writer (Postman Always Rings Twice), dies at 85
1990 – Jacques Demy, French director (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), dies of AIDS at 59
1990 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American bandleader, dies at 90
2017 – Ladislav Kubík, Czech-American composer (Aulos; Subterranean River) and educator (Florida State University, 1990-2017), dies at 71
Famous Deaths for 26th October 2022
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
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