Famous Deaths for 2nd October 2019

1775 – Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
1803 – Samuel Adams, American revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party) and politician (Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94), dies at 81
1883 – Joshua Ratoon Sands, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), dies at 88
1931 – George Bradley, American baseball pitcher (first no-hitter in MLB history 1876; NL ERA leader 1876), dies at 79
1961 – Reggie Spooner, English cricket batsman (10 Tests; dual cricket/rugby union international), dies at 80
1963 – Herb Joesting, College Football Hall of Fame halfback/fullback (Uni of Minnesota; Chicago Bears), dies from heart failure at 58
1968 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (Nude Descending a Staircase), dies at 81
1969 – Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85
1973 – Paul Hartman, American actor (Petticoat Junction, Inherit the Wind), dies at 69
2015 – Brian Friel, Irish dramatist “Irish Chekhov” (Dancing at Lughnasa), dies at 86

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