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Deaths on October 06

1014 : Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies
1072 : Sancho II, king of Castili‰ (1065-72), murdered
1214 : Alfonso VIII de Edele, king of Castili‰, dies
1585 : Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor, dies
1641 : Matthijs H Quast, fleet guardian (Gold Islands), dies in battle
1644 : Isabella van Bourbon, French princess of Henri IV, dies
1651 : Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47
1762 : Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer, dies at 78
1786 : Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer, dies at 56
1819 : Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies
1837 : Jean-Fran‡ois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77
1849 : Louis count of Barrthy nyi, premier of Hungary, dies at 43
1855 : August L Crelle, inventor/mathematician (Rechentafeln), dies at 75
1860 : Stephen Elvey, composer, dies at 55
1861 : Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84
1868 : Leon Charles Fran‡ois Kreutzer, composer, dies at 51
1874 : Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen, composer, dies at 50
1880 : Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer, dies
1891 : Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45
1892 : Alfred Tennyson, writer, dies at 83
1905 : Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer/explorer, dies
1909 : Dudley Buck, US organist/composer, dies at 70
1912 : August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94, Nobel 1909), dies at 83
1919 : Ricardo Palma, Peruvian writer/poet: Armon¡as/Rodil, dies at 86
1920 : Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer/conductor (Artemis), dies at 56
1924 : Jacques Oppenheim, lawyer, dies at 75
1926 : Charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies
1933 : Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer, dies at 62
1935 : Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer, dies at 83
1935 : Gyula G”mb”s von J kfa, general/dictator of Hungary (1932-35), dies
1940 : Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer, dies at 55
1942 : Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorw„rts), dies
1943 : Robert Cooper, father of Card pitcher Mort & catcher Walker, dies
1947 : Leevi Antti Madetoya, composer, dies at 60
1949 : Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70
1951 : Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated
1953 : Porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64
1954 : Hakon Borresen, composer, dies at 78
1956 : Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42
1960 : Douglas Spencer, actor (The Thing), dies at 50
1964 : F T Mann, cricketer (father of F G, 281 runs in 5 Tests 1922-23), dies
1964 : Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz), dies at 85
1965 : Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78
1966 : Sydney Chatton, dies of heart attack at 48
1969 : Walter Hagen, PGA golfer (US Open 1914, 19), dies at 76
1970 : Julian Przybos, Polish poet (P¢ki my Zyjemy), dies at 69
1973 : Arnold Maria Walter, composer, dies at 71
1973 : Dennis Price, actor (VIPs, Pulp, Canterbury Tales), dies at 58
1973 : Sidney Blackmer, actor (Love Crazy), dies of cancer at 58
1975 : Henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57
1979 : Elizabeth Bishop, poetess (North & South, Pulitzer 1956), dies at 68
1980 : Hattie Jacques, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 56
1980 : Ray Walker, actor (Baby Take a Bow), dies
1981 : [Mohammed] Anwar al-Sadat, pres Egypt (1970-81), assassinated at 62
1983 : Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62
1984 : George S Simpson, US paleontologist, dies at 82
1989 : Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81
1991 : Lincoln Demyan, dies at 66
1991 : Wendell Phillips, dies at 83 [or 10/13]
1992 : Bill O'Reilly, cricketer (great leggie, 774 wickets at 16 60), dies
1992 : Denholm Elliott, English actor (Raiders of Lost Ark), dies at 70
1993 : Agnes de Mille, US dancer/choreographer (Oklahoma!), dies at 88
1995 : Hugh Charles, songwriter/impressario, dies at 88
1995 : Oswald Moxley Gibbs, diplomat, dies at 67
1995 : Walter "Crash" Morgan, drummer, dies at 35
1996 : Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner, dies at 57
1996 : Ted Bessell, director/actor (That Girl), dies of an aneurism at 61
1997 : Johnny Vander Meer, pitched consecutive no-hitters, dies at 82

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