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Deaths on October 02

1113 : Mawdoed, Selchuk emir/governor of Mosul, dies
1264 : Urbanus IV, [Jacques Pantal‚on], French Pope (1261-64), dies
1517 : John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37
1564 : Andreas Vesalius, [Andries of Wesel], Flemish anatomist, dies at 49
1588 : Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher (Rerum in Child), dies
1617 : Isaac Oliver, miniature painter, dies
1629 : Pierre the B‚rulle, French cardinal/founder (French Oratorio), dies
1656 : Stephan Otto, composer, dies at 53
1678 : Wu San-kuei, gen, invited Manchus to China, dies trying to expel them
1707 : Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57
1721 : Benott Audran, artist/engraver, dies
1729 : Arnold Boonen, portrait painter, dies at 60
1780 : John Andr‚, British major, hanged by Americans (spied with B Arnold)
1786 : August Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies
1803 : Samuel Adams, US revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party), dies at 81
1809 : Wybo Fijnje, politician/patriot/journalist, dies at 59
1823 : Daniel Steibelt, composer, dies at 57 [OS=Sept 20]
1842 : Jose Mariano Elizaga, composer, dies at 56
1842 : William Ellery Channing, cleric/writer, dies
1850 : Sarah Biffin/Beffin, limbless miniature painter, dies
1853 : D Fran‡ois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist (chromosome), dies
1860 : Louis Hersent, painter, dies
1863 : Justinus van de Brugghen, lawyer/minister of Justice, dies
1872 : Eberhard F Walcker, organ builder (Paulskirche Frankfurt A/M), dies
1873 : Cornelius Varley, water-color painter, dies
1905 : Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuban/French sonnet poet, dies at 62
1915 : Russell Alexander, composer, dies at 38
1916 : Benjamin Kidel, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58
1919 : Ernest Halliwell, cricketer (S African wicketkeeper 1892-1904), dies
1920 : Max Bruch, composer, dies at 82
1927 : Svante August Arrhenius, chemist, dies
1931 : Thomas Johnstone Lipton, sportsman/merchant, dies
1936 : G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies
1943 : Robert Nathaniel Dett, composer, dies at 60
1944 : Rudolf Schmundt, German gen/Hitlers army adjunct, dies from injuries
1955 : James Dean, US actor (East of Eden, Giant), dies
1955 : O B Clarence, actor (Penn of Pensnsylvania), dies
1956 : George Bancroft, actor (Texas, Stagecoach, Little Men), dies at 74
1956 : Paul de Backer, Belgian radiologist, dies at 73
1957 : Jacques Fesch, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26
1958 : Marie Stopes, birth control pioneer, dies
1958 : Wilhelmus L Re˜ers, sculptor, dies at 48
1960 : Jaroslav Doubrava, composer, dies at 51
1961 : Reggie Spooner, cricketer (England centurion v S Africa 1912), dies
1962 : Frank Lovejoy, actor (Man Against Crime, Meet McGraw), dies at 48
1965 : [John] Selwyn (Brooke) Lloyd, British statesman, dies
1967 : Albertina Rasch, ballerina/choreographer, dies at 76
1969 : Katharine Susannah Prichard, novelist (Black Opal), dies at 85
1970 : Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79
1970 : Anders Bo Leif Linde, composer, dies at 37
1973 : Paavo "Flying Finn" Nurmi, who won 6 Olympic gold medals, dies at 76
1973 : Paul Hartman, actor (Bert-Petticoat Junction), dies at 84
1974 : Ina Seidel, writer, dies at 89
1975 : Wade Crosby, actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood), dies at 70
1980 : Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 46
1981 : Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer/pianist, dies at 63
1982 : William Bernbach, advertising magnate, dies at 71
1983 : Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75
1985 : George Savalas, actor (Kojak), dies at 58
1985 : Rock Hudson, actor (MacMillian & Wife), dies of AIDS at 59
1985 : Sidney Clute, actor (Lou Grant, Cagney & Lacey), dies at 69
1987 : Madeleine Carroll, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent), dies at 81
1987 : Peter Brian Medawar, medical scientist, dies
1989 : Liesbeth Ribbius Peletier, Neth's 1st female advisor of State, dies
1991 : Dimitrios I, patriarch/primus interparis orthodox Christians, dies
1991 : Jan H Christianse, political chairman (CDA), dies
1993 : Henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83
1994 : Faith Davis, oldest triplets (Charity & Hope survive), dies at 95
1994 : Harriet Nelson, actress (Ozzie & Harriet), dies of heart failure at 80
1994 : Ronald James Herron, architect, dies at 64
1995 : Elizabeth Jane Lloyd, artist/teacher, dies at 67
1995 : Joe Simmons, gay XXX actor (Black Alley), dies of AIDs at 36
1995 : Norman Ewart Thurston, musician, dies at 74
1996 : Andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58
1996 : Frideswide Frances Emma Knight, musician/socialist, dies at 85
1996 : Ivan Mark Waller, mountaineer, dies at 89
1996 : Robert Bourassa, PM of province of Quebec (1970-76, 85-93), dies at 63
1996 : Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman, dies at 79
1996 : Sybil Marion Rosenfeld, theatre historian, dies at 93

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