Famous Deaths for 3rd October 2018

1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffyd, last monarch of Gwynnedd (North-Wales), dies
1795 – Tula, leader Curacaose slave uprising, executed
1826 – Jens I Baggesen, Danish writer/linguist (Labyrinth), dies
1881 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader, dies at 70
1907 – Alfred Reisenauer, composer, dies at 43
1929 – Jeanne Eagels, American actress and former Ziegfeld Girl (Rain, Under False Colors), dies of a drug overdose at 39
1983 – John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69
1988 – Franz Josef Strauss, German politician, Minister of Defense (1956-62), dies at 73
1990 – Stefano Casiraghi, Princess Caroline of Monaco husband, dies at 30
1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (b. 1921)

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