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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[42 BC]] – [[Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger]], Roman general and politician (b. 85 BC) * [[877]] – [[Ignatios of Constantinople]], Byzantine patriarch (b. 797) * [[891]] – [[Yazaman al-Khadim]], Abbasid general and politician * [[902]] – [[Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya]], Aghlabid emir (b. 850) * [[930]] – [[Emperor Daigo|Daigo]], Japanese emperor (b. 885) * [[945]] – [[Hyejong of Goryeo]], Korean king (b. 912) * [[949]] – [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]], Japanese emperor (b. 869) *[[1134]] – [[Abu al-Salt]], Andalusian polymath *[[1157]] – [[Sweyn III of Denmark|Sweyn III]], Danish king (b. c. 1125) *[[1456]] – [[John of Capistrano]], Italian priest and saint (b. 1386) *[[1550]] – [[Tiedemann Giese]], Polish bishop (b. 1480) *[[1581]] – [[Michael Neander]], German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529) ===1601–1900=== *[[1616]] – [[Leonhard Hutter]], German theologian and academic (b. 1563) *[[1688]] – [[Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange]], French philologist and historian (b. 1610) *[[1730]] – [[Anne Oldfield]], English actress (b. 1683) *[[1764]] – [[Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte]], French admiral (b. 1683) *[[1774]] – [[Michel Benoist]], French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715) *[[1852]] – [[Georg August Wallin]], Finnish explorer, [[Orientalism|orientalist]], and professor (b. 1811)<ref>[https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/georg-august-wallin-var-var-forsta-wallraffare/ Georg August Wallin var vår första wallraffare] – ''[[Hufvudstadsbladet]]'' (in Swedish)</ref> *[[1867]] – [[Franz Bopp]], German linguist and academic (b. 1791) *[[1869]] – [[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby]], English lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1799) *[[1872]] – [[Théophile Gautier]], French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811) *[[1885]] – [[Charles S. West]], American lawyer, jurist, and politician, [[Secretary of State of Texas]] (b. 1829) *[[1893]] – [[Alexander of Battenberg]] (b. 1857) ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] – [[Chulalongkorn]], Thai king (b. 1853) *[[1915]] – [[W. G. Grace]], English cricketer and physician (b. 1848) *[[1916]] – [[Richard McFadden]], Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889) *[[1917]] – [[Eugène Grasset]], Swiss illustrator (b. 1845) *[[1921]] – [[John Boyd Dunlop]], Scottish businessman, founded [[Dunlop Rubber]] (b. 1840) *[[1935]] – [[Charles Demuth]], American painter and educator (b. 1883) *[[1939]] – [[Zane Grey]], American dentist and author (b. 1872) *[[1942]] – [[Ralph Rainger]], American pianist and composer (b. 1901) *[[1943]] – [[Wakashima Gonshirō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st [[Yokozuna (sumo)|Yokozuna]] (b. 1876) *[[1944]] – [[Charles Glover Barkla]], English-Scottish physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1877) * 1944 – [[Hana Brady]], Czech [[holocaust]] victim (b. 1931) *[[1950]] – [[Al Jolson]], Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886) *[[1953]] – [[Adrien de Noailles]], French son of [[Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles]] (b. 1869) *[[1959]] – [[George Bouzianis]], Greek painter (b. 1885)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zinonos |first=Anna |title=Introduction |url=http://homepages.pathfinder.gr/sketchyan/buz/bouzianis_main.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619221630/http://homepages.pathfinder.gr/sketchyan/buz/bouzianis_main.htm |archive-date=June 19, 2008 |access-date=January 7, 2025 |website=Georgios Bouzianis: The Leading Greek Expressionist Painter}}</ref> * 1959 – [[Gerda Lundequist]], Swedish actress (b. 1871) *[[1964]] – [[Frank Luther Mott]], American historian and journalist (b. 1886) *[[1969]] – [[Tommy Edwards]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)<ref>''Commonwealth of Virginia - Certificate of Death'' number 69-030829 dated 23 October 1969.</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Marjorie Maynard]] British artist and farmer (b. 1891) *[[1978]] – [[Maybelle Carter]], American singer and autoharp player ([[Carter Family]]) (b. 1909) *[[1980]] – [[Tibor Rosenbaum]], Hungarian-born Swiss rabbi and businessman (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shalom-magazine.com/Article.php?id=420610|language=he|script-title=he:פנחס רוזנבאום|trans-title=Pinchas Rosenbaum|access-date=Oct 29, 2020|title=SHALOM }}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Jessica Savitch]], American journalist (b. 1947) *[[1984]] – [[Oskar Werner]], Austrian-German actor (b. 1922) *[[1986]] – [[Edward Adelbert Doisy]], American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1893) *[[1988]] – [[Asashio Tarō III]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th [[Yokozuna (sumo)|Yokozuna]] (b. 1929) *[[1989]] – [[Armida (actress)|Armida]], Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911) *[[1990]] – [[Thomas Williams (writer)|Thomas Williams]], American author and academic (b. 1926) *[[1994]] – [[Robert Lansing (actor)|Robert Lansing]], American actor (b. 1928) *[[1996]] – [[Bob Grim (baseball)|Bob Grim]], American baseball player (b. 1930) *[[1997]] – [[Bert Haanstra]], Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1916) *[[1998]] – [[Barnett Slepian]], American physician (b. 1946) *1998 – [[Eric Ambler]], English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1909)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pettifer |first=James |date=23 October 1998 |title=Obituary: Eric Ambler |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/obituary-eric-ambler-1180185.html |access-date=1 January 2025 |work=The Independent}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Eric Reece]], Australian politician, 32nd [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1909) *[[2000]] – [[Yokozuna (wrestler)|Yokozuna]], American wrestler (b. 1966) *[[2001]] – [[Josh Kirby]], English illustrator (b. 1928) * 2001 – [[Daniel Wildenstein]], French art dealer and historian (b. 1917) *[[2002]] – [[Adolph Green]], American playwright and songwriter (b. 1915) *[[2003]] – [[Tony Capstick]], English actor and singer (b. 1944) * 2003 – [[Soong Mei-ling]], Chinese wife of [[Chiang Kai-shek]], 2nd [[First Lady of the Republic of China]] (b. 1898) *[[2004]] – [[Robert Merrill]], American actor and singer (b. 1919) * 2004 – [[Bill Nicholson (footballer)|Bill Nicholson]], English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1919) *[[2005]] – [[William Hootkins]], American actor (b. 1948) * 2005 – [[John Muth]], American economist and academic (b. 1930) * 2005 – [[Stella Obasanjo]], Nigerian wife of [[Olusegun Obasanjo]], 10th [[First Lady of Nigeria]] (b. 1945) *[[2006]] – [[Lebo Mathosa]], South African singer ([[Boom Shaka]]) (b. 1977) *[[2007]] – [[John Ilhan]], Turkish-Australian businessman, founded [[Crazy John's]] (b. 1965) * 2007 – [[Lim Goh Tong]], Malaysian-Chinese businessman (b. 1918) *[[2008]] – [[Kevin Finnegan]], English boxer (b. 1948) *[[2009]] – [[Lou Jacobi]], Canadian-American actor (b. 1913) *[[2010]] – [[Fran Crippen]], American swimmer (b. 1984) * 2010 – [[Stanley Tanger]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded the [[Tanger Factory Outlet Centers]] (b. 1923) *[[2011]] – [[Herbert A. Hauptman]], American chemist and mathematician, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1917) * 2011 – [[Marco Simoncelli]], Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1987) *[[2012]] – [[William Joel Blass]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[Wilhelm Brasse]], Polish photographer (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[Roland de la Poype]], French soldier and pilot (b. 1920) * 2012 – [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]], Indian author and poet (b. 1934) * 2012 – [[Michael Marra]], Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1952) *[[2013]] – [[Wes Bialosuknia]], American basketball player (b. 1945) * 2013 – [[Anthony Caro]], English sculptor and academic (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Niall Donohue]], Irish hurler (b. 1990) * 2013 – [[Gypie Mayo]], English guitarist and songwriter ([[Dr. Feelgood (band)|Dr. Feelgood]] and [[The Yardbirds]]) (b. 1951) * 2013 – [[Bill Mazer]], Ukrainian-American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1920) *[[2014]] – [[Ghulam Azam]], Bangladeshi politician (b. 1922) * 2014 – [[John Bramlett]], American football player (b. 1941) * 2014 – [[Bernard Mayes]], English-American journalist and academic (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Joan Quigley]], American astrologer and author (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[Tullio Regge]], Italian physicist and academic (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Alvin Stardust]], English singer and actor (b. 1942) *[[2015]] – [[Leon Bibb (musician)|Leon Bibb]], American-Canadian singer (b. 1922) * 2015 – [[Roger De Clerck]], Belgian businessman (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940)|Jim Roberts]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1940) * 2015 – [[Fred Sands]], American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles|Museum of Contemporary Art]] (b. 1938) *[[2016]] – [[Jack Chick]], American cartoonist and publisher (b. 1924) * 2016 – [[Wim van der Voort]], Dutch speed skater (b. 1923) * 2016 – [[Pete Burns]], English singer-songwriter (b. 1959) *[[2017]] – [[Walter Lassally]], German cinematographer (b. 1926) *[[2018]] – [[Todd Reid]], Australian tennis player (b. 1984) *[[2020]] – [[Jerry Jeff Walker]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jerryjeff.com/pages/obituary |title=Obituary }}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Adriano Moreira]], Portuguese politician, Minister of the Overseas Provinces, President of the [[CDS – People's Party]] (b. [[1922]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://observador.pt/2022/10/23/morreu-o-politico-e-advogado-adriano-moreira/ |title=Morreu o político e advogado Adriano Moreira. Tinha 100 anos |date=2022-10-23 |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=[[Observador]] |last=Cipriano |first=Rita |language=pt |trans-title=Politician and lawyer Adriano Moreira has died. He was 100 years old}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Aira Samulin]], Finnish entrepreneur and dance teacher (b. 1927)<ref>Tähtivaara, Sarianne: [https://www.is.fi/viihde/art-2000009942308.html Aira Samulin on kuollut], ''[[Ilta-Sanomat]]'' 23 October 2023. Accessed on 23 October 2023.</ref> * 2023 – [[Bishan Singh Bedi]], Indian cricketer (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi passes away aged 77 |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/bishan-singh-bedi-death-passes-away-india-spinner-legendary-cricketer/article67451956.ece |access-date=23 October 2023 |publisher=Sportstar |date=23 October 2023}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Geoff Capes]], British shot putter and strongman (b. 1949)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-23 |title=Geoff Capes: World's strongest man and British shot put record holder Capes dies aged 75 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/c36pn5d7eydo |access-date=2024-10-23 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Gary Indiana]], American writer, playwright and poet (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Penelope |date=October 25, 2024 |title=Gary Indiana, Acerbic Cultural Critic and Novelist, Dies at 74 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/25/arts/gary-indiana-dead.html |access-date=November 9, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Jack Jones (American singer)|Jack Jones]], American singer and actor (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 25, 2024 |title=Grammy-winning crooner Jack Jones, known for singing 'The Love Boat' theme, dies at 86 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-s1-5165293/love-boat-theme-singer-jack-jones-dies |access-date=October 25, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. -->
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