1600 – Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554)
1845 – Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies at 69
1936 – Filip Lazar, Romanian composer, dies at 42
1977 – William Kurelek, Canadian artist and writer (The Maze, Passion of Christ series), dies of cancer at 50
1988 – Henri van Praag, Dutch para-psychologist, dies
1995 – (Sidney Edward) “Eddie” Pola [Pollacsek], American radio and TV producer, and lyricist (“The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year”; “I Love The Way You Say Goodnight”), dies at 88
1998 – Martha O’Driscoll, American film actress, dancer and socialite (Young and Willing, Blonde Alibi), dies at 76
2001 – Ernst Gombrich, Austrian art historian (b. 1909)
2004 – Joe Bushkin, American jazz pianist (A Couple of Joes), dies at 87
2010 – James “Jim” Clench, Canadian bassist and songwriter (April Wine and Bachman-Turner Overdrive), dies of lung cancer at 61
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 2nd November 2021
1697 – Constantine Huygens Jr., Dutch Poet, painter and cartoonist, dies at 69 (burial date)
1874 – Thomas Anderson, Scottish chemist (discovered pyridine), dies at 55
1884 – Auguste Vaucorbeil, French composer, dies at 62
1925 – Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 65
1956 – Jacob Weinberg, Russian-born Jewish composer, dies at 77
1968 – Ernst Hess, Swiss composer, dies at 56
1982 – Lester Roloff, Man of God, preacher.
1991 – Mort Shuman, American singer songwriter (Viva Las Vegas), dies of cancer at 54
1995 – Ivan Metropolitan Ioann Snychev, Russian Orthodox Priest, dies at 68
1995 – Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, Columbian politician (helped write Colombian Constitution), assassinated at 76
Famous Deaths for 1st November 2021
1750 – Giuseppe Sammartini, composer, dies at 55
1941 – Camille Melloy [the Paepe], Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50
1949 – Leslie Gay, English cricket wicket-keeper and soccer goalkeeper (1 Test; 3 caps), dies at 78
1975 – Norbert Rosseau, Belgian composer, dies at 67
1993 – Anatoli Voronov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup), dies at 63
1994 – Richard Krautheimer, art historian, dies at 97
2003 – Joji “George” Kawaguchi Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader, dies at 76
2005 – Manuel Castillo, Andalusian classical pianist and composer, dies at 75
2008 – Shakir Stewart, American music producer (b. 1974)
2008 – Nathaniel Mayer, American soul musician (b. 1944)
Famous Deaths for 31st October 2021
1448 – Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies
1661 – Mehmed Koprulu, Albanian great vizier of Turkey, dies
1884 – Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian diarist and painter, dies at 25
1902 – Jean-Baptist Colyns, Belgian violinist and composer, dies at 67
1976 – Linda Watkins, American actress (From Hell it Came, Harpy), dies at 68
1994 – Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76
2002 – Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek politician and 1st President of Greece, dies at 99
2005 – John “Beatz” Holohan, American drummer (Bayside), dies in an auto accident at 31
2010 – Theodore Sorenson, American presidential advisor to JFK and author (Kennedy), dies at 82
2019 – (Elizabeth) Ann Crumb, American stage and screen actress and singer, dies of ovarian cancer at 69
Famous Deaths for 30th October 2021
1667 – Johann Jakob Wolleb, a Swiss organist , theologian and composer, dies in the plague at 54
1823 – Edmund Cartwright, English inventor (power loom), dies at 80
1901 – U Benson, British lt-col (Magers’ fountain), killed in battle
1956 – Pío Baroja y Nessi, Spanish Basque writer, author of over 100 novels (The Struggle for Life, Zalacain the Adventurer), dies at 83
1967 – Charles Trowbridge, Mexican-American actor (Fatal Hour), dies at 85
1968 – Conrad Richter, American writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78
1982 – Angelo Ephrikian, Armenian-Italian composer, dies at 69
1993 – Paul Grégoire, French Canadian Archbishop of Montreal, dies at 82
2015 – Mel Daniels, American professional basketball player (Hall of Fame 2012), dies at 71
2019 – Don Fraser, American boxing promoter (LA venues; colourful wardrobe and offbeat PR gimmicks), dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 29th October 2021
1846 – Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronomist, dies at 90
1853 – William Richard Bexfield, English composer, dies at 29
1885 – George McClellan, Union army major general, dies of a heart attack at 58
1927 – Leonard Nelson, German philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45
1947 – Frances Cleveland, American First Lady (1885-89 93-97), wife of Grover Cleveland dies at 83
1963 – Michael Holliday [Norman Milne], British pop singer (“The Story of My Life”), dies of a suspected drug overdose at 38
1985 – John Lodge, American actor (Witchmaker) and politician (79th Governor of Connecticut), dies at 82
1991 – Mario Scelba, Prime Minister of Italia (1954-55), dies
2013 – Rudolf Kehrer, Soviet classical pianist of German heritage, dies at 90
2018 – Larry Snyder, American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey (US Champion Jockey by wins 1969; George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award 1989), dies from cancer at 76
Famous Deaths for 28th October 2021
1973 – Sergio Tofano, Italian actor (b. 1883)
1975 – Oliver Nelson, American jazz composer and arranger (The Blues and the Abstract Truth), dies at 43
1992 – Joan Maloney Rio, dancer, dies of cancer at 57
1994 – Sjlomo Goren, Polish/Israeli supreme rabbi, dies
1996 – Jack Tinker, British drama critic, dies at 58
2004 – Gil Mellé, American jazz saxophonist and composer, dies at 72
2005 – Ljuba Tadić, Serbian actor (b. 1929)
2010 – Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist (b. 1934)
2010 – Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist (b. 1932)
2020 – Miguel Ángel Castellini, Argentine boxer (WBA, lineal light middleweight titles 1976-77), dies from COVID-19 at 73
Famous Deaths for 27th October 2021
1439 – Albert II of Germany, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, dies at about 42
1580 – John Bonga, beggar, dies
1781 – Herman-Francois Delange, Belgian composer, dies at 66
1962 – Rudolph Anderson, U-2 pilot, shot down over Cuba
1977 – Peg Leg Sam [Arthur Jackson], American country blues harmonica player, singer and comedian, dies at 65
1987 – Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies at 76
1992 – David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. 1917)
1996 – Belinda Quirey, dance historian and teacher, dies at 84
2009 – David Shepherd, English cricket umpire (b. 1940)
2015 – Betsy Drake, French-born American actress and writer (Every Girl Should be Married), dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 26th October 2021
1440 – Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged
1858 – Isac Baker Woodbury, American composer, and musicologist (The Dulcimer: Or the New York Collection of Sacred Music), dies at 39
1896 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827)
1941 – Victor Schertzinger, American composer and director (Uptown NY), dies at 53
1944 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1857)
1945 – Paul Pelliot, French Sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and his discovery of many important Chinese texts among the Dunhuang manuscripts, dies at 67
1979 – Park Chung-hee, South Korean general and President (1963-79), assassinated by the director of the Korean Intelligence Agency at 61
1980 – Marcello Caetano, last Portuguese prime minister of the Estado Novo regime (1968-1974), dies in exile of a heart attack at 74
1983 – Mike Michalske, American football NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers), dies at 80
2004 – Bobby Ávila, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (MLB All-Star 1952, 54, 55; AL batting champion 1954; Cleveland Indians), dies of diabetes and lung ailment at 80
Famous Deaths for 25th October 2021
1676 – Justus G Schottel [Schottelius], German linguistic/poet, dies at 64
1826 – Philippe Pinel, French physician (the father of modern psychiatry), dies at 81
1956 – Risto Ryti, Finnish minister/premier/president, dies at 67
1959 – Bob Murphy, TV host (RFD America), dies at 42
1967 – Margaret Ayer Barnes, American playwright and writer (Years of Grace), dies at 81
1971 – Albert van Dalsum, Dutch actor and director (Wilton’s Zoo; Little Rascal), dies at 82
1976 – Raymond Queneau [M Presle], French writer (Last Days), dies at 73
2003 – Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricket batsman (21 Tests; HS 114 1st Test v WI 1948), dies at 84
2013 – Hal Needham, American stuntman, dies from cancer at 82
2018 – Sonny Fortune [Cornelius Fortune], American jazz saxophonist, dies at 79