Famous Deaths for 20th October 2020

1187 – Urban III [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies
1640 – John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)
1794 – James Adam, System architect (essays on agriculture), dies at about 64
1870 – Michael William Balfe, composer (Bohemian Girl), dies at 62
1876 – Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 68
1913 – Daniel David Palmer, Canadian founder of chiropractic (1897 Palmer School of Chiropractic), dies of typhoid fever at 68
1913 – Leander Schlegel, composer, dies at 69
1994 – Ivan Sviták, Czech philosopher and poet, dies at 69
2007 – Max McGee, American football player (Green Bay Packers), dies at 75
2008 – Gene Hickerson, American football Hall of Famer (b. 1935)

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