Deaths on November 01
1535 : Francesco Sforza, Italian ruler (Milan), dies
1546 : Giulio Romano, Italian painter/architect (Ondergang der Titanen), dies
1672 : Heinrich Schutz, composer, dies at 87
1676 : Gisbertus Voetius, [G˜sbert Voet], reformed theologist, dies at 87
1700 : Carlos II, King of Spain (1665-1700), dies at 39
1711 : Christian Demelius, composer, dies at 68
1750 : Giuseppe Sammartini, composer, dies at 55
1750 : Gustaaf W van Imhoff, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1736-40), dies at 45
1768 : Pierre van Maldere, composer, dies at 39
1788 : Johann Samuel Schroeter, composer, dies
1810 : Georg Anton Kreusser, composer, dies at 64
1817 : Giovanni Calisto Andrea Zanotti, composer, dies at 79
1825 : Rodrigo Ferreira da Costa, composer, dies at 49
1841 : Antoine PFGdV Celles, Belgium/Dutch/French MP, dies
1844 : August Ferdinand Haeser, composer, dies at 45
1881 : Jacques F H Perk, Dutch poet (Iris), dies at 22
1891 : John A Neuhuys, painter, dies at 59
1894 : Aleksandr III A Romanov, czar of Russia (1881-94), dies at 49
1895 : Aleksander Zarzycki, composer, dies at 61
1903 : [Christian M] Theodor Mommsen, German historian (Nobel 1902), dies
1907 : Alfred Jarry, writer, dies at 33
1914 : Christopher "Kit" Cradock, English admiral, dies in battle
1926 : Louis H Chrispijn, Dutch actor/director (Krates), dies at 72
1926 : Wilfred Flowers, cricketer (England spinner in 8 Tests 1884-93), dies
1927 : Florence Mills, dancer/singer, dies in NYC at 32
1941 : Camille Melloy, [the Paepe], Belgian priest/poet (Requiem), dies at 50
1942 : Hugo Distler, composer, dies at 34
1947 : Man O' War, racehorse, dies
1949 : Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies
1950 : Griselio Torresola, attempted to assassinate Pres Truman, shot dead
1955 : W H van Eemlandt, [Haasse], author (Treasure Hunter of Amstel), dies
1956 : Lajos Asztalos, International Chess Master (1950), dies at 67
1956 : Pietro Badoglio, Italian general (1922-43), dies at 85
1959 : Gershon Agron, mayor of Jerusalem, dies at 66
1961 : Alexander Cohen, Dutch anarchist/author, dies at 97
1961 : Joan McCracken, actress (Claudie The Story of a Marriage), dies at 38
1962 : Winter Haynes Watts, composer, dies at 78
1963 : Elsa Maxwell, author (Jack Paar Show), dies at 80
1963 : Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese PM, assassinated in a coup at 62
1967 : Benita Hume, actress (Vicky-Thew Halls of Ivy), dies at 61
1968 : Georgios Papandreou, Greek minister/premier, dies at 80
1971 : G von Le Fort, writer, dies at 95
1972 : Ezra Loomis Pound, US poet (Throne), dies at 87
1974 : Ralf Harolde, actor (Safe, Framed, Stolen Harmony), dies at 75
1975 : Doro Merande, actress (That Was The Week That Was), dies at 77
1975 : Jacki Ray, actor (
Like Flint), dies at 58
1975 : Norbert Rosseau, composer, dies at 67
1975 : Philip James, composer, dies at 85
1975 : Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian poet/author/director, murdered at 53
1976 : Oscar Beregi Jr, actor (Young Frankenstein, Panic in City), dies at 58
1979 : Jacques Mesrine, French "enemy of the state", shot to death
1982 : James Broderick, actor (Doug-Family), dies of cancer at 55
1982 : King Vidor, director (War & Peace), dies at 88 of a heart ailment
1982 : Leighton Lucas, composer, dies at 79
1983 : Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn Catalog), dies at 96
1984 : Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74
1985 : Phil Silvers, comedic actor (Sgt Bilko), dies in his sleep at 73
1986 : Paul Frees, animation voice (Bullwinkle), dies at 66
1986 : Sippie Wallace, blues singer, dies at 88
1987 : R‚ne L‚vesque, Quebec premier (1976-85), dies at 65
1991 : Joseph Papp, US theater producer (Chorus Line, Hair), dies at 70
1992 : Jeremias Chitunda, vice-chairman (Angolese Unita-rebellion), dies
1993 : Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup), dies at 63
1993 : George Sheehan, cardiologist/marathoner, dies of prostate cancer at 74
1994 : Richard Krautheimer, art historian, dies at 97
1994 : Syd Dernley, hangman, dies at 73
1995 : Brian Joseph Lenihan, politician, dies at 64
1995 : Desmond Shawe-Taylor, critic, dies at 88
1995 : James Ralph Darling, teacher, dies at 96
1995 : Lex Hixon, religious teacher/author, dies at 53
1996 : Junius Richard Jayawardene, PM of Sri Lanka (1977-78), dies at 90
1996 : Maati Bouabid, PM of Morroco (1979-83), dies
1999 : Walter Payton, US football player (#34, Chicago Bears), dies at 45.