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Deaths on the 8th of October in history

Deaths
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08 Oct 0705 Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, Muslim caliph (b. 646)
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08 Oct 0976 Helen of Zadar
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08 Oct 1094 St Mark [the Evangelist]: Buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice
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08 Oct 1253 Robert Grosseteste: English Bishop / expert (optica)
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08 Oct 1286 John I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217)
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08 Oct 1317 Emperor Fushimi of Japan (b. 1265)
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08 Oct 1604 Janus Dousa [Johan van de Does]: Literature / politician, dies at 58
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08 Oct 1606 Jan [the Aged]: Count of Nassau / fathered 24
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08 Oct 1621 Antoine de Montchrestien, French soldier, playwright, and economist (b. 1575)
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08 Oct 1647 Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1562)
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08 Oct 1651 Isaac Elsevier: Book publisher, dies at 55
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08 Oct 1652 John Greaves, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1602)
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08 Oct 1656 Johan Georg I: Ruler of Saxon (1611-56, Peace of Prague), dies at 71
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08 Oct 1656 John George I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1585)
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08 Oct 1659 Jean de Quen, French missionary, priest, and historian (b. 1603)
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08 Oct 1680 Elisabeth: Abbess, dies at 61
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08 Oct 1683 Philipp Friedrich Boddecker: Composer, dies at 76
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08 Oct 1686 Adriaen Paets: Rotterdams regent / diplomat, dies at about 55
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08 Oct 1722 Gerard Callenbach: Dutch Admiral, dies at 80
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08 Oct 1728 Anne Danican Philidor: French composer, dies at 47
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08 Oct 1735 Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678)
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08 Oct 1754 Henry Fielding, English author and playwright (b. 1707)
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08 Oct 1771 John E Loovens: Lawyer, dies at 76
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08 Oct 1772 Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, French violinist and composer (b. 1711)
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08 Oct 1793 John Hancock, American merchant and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1737)
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08 Oct 1795 Andrew Kippis, English minister and author (b. 1725)
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08 Oct 1802 Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese general and politician (b. 1758)
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08 Oct 1803 Vittoria A Alfieri: Italian Earl / writer (Filippo), dies at 54
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08 Oct 1804 Thomas Cochran, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1777)
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08 Oct 1809 James Elphinston, Scottish orthographer, phonologist, and linguist (b. 1721)
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08 Oct 1834 Francois-Adrien Boieldieu: Composer, dies at 58
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08 Oct 1834 François-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer (b. 1775)
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08 Oct 1842 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse: Composer, dies at 68
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08 Oct 1862 James Streshley Jackson: Attorney / Union Brigadier General, dies in battle at 39
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08 Oct 1862 William Rufus Terrill: Union Brigadier General, dies in battle at 28
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08 Oct 1864 Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory: US Union Brigadier General, dies at about 34
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08 Oct 1865 Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: Composer, dies at 51
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08 Oct 1869 Franklin Peirce: 14th President (1853-1857), dies at 64 in Concord, New Hampshire
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08 Oct 1869 Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
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08 Oct 1879 Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
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08 Oct 1886 Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
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08 Oct 1895 Charles Oberthur: Composer, dies at 76
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08 Oct 1897 Martin Pluddemann: Composer, dies at 43
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08 Oct 1897 Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (b. 1830)
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08 Oct 1904 Gustav Ratzenhofer: Austria sociologist / philosopher, dies at 62
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08 Oct 1907 Alfred: Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65
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08 Oct 1912 Wilhelm Kuhe: Composer, dies at 88
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08 Oct 1920 John Olin, American wrestler (b. 1886)
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08 Oct 1925 Abraham PC of Karnebeek: Liberal Foreign Minister (1918-27)
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08 Oct 1928 Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
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08 Oct 1931 John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
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08 Oct 1936 Premchand, Indian author (b. 1880)
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08 Oct 1936 Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
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08 Oct 1936 William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
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08 Oct 1940 Robert Emden: Swiss geo / astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78
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08 Oct 1942 Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
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08 Oct 1944 Wendell Lewis Wilkie: Republican politician, dies at 52
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08 Oct 1944 Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
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08 Oct 1945 Herman T Colenbrander: Historian, dies at 73
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08 Oct 1945 Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
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08 Oct 1952 Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
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08 Oct 1953 Nigel Bruce, Mexican-American actor and singer (b. 1895)
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08 Oct 1953 Kathleen Ferrier, English singer (b. 1912)
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08 Oct 1955 Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)
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08 Oct 1956 Dirk Koster: Literary (New noises), dies at 69
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08 Oct 1958 Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (b. 1886)
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08 Oct 1962 Toivo Aro, Finnish diver (b. 1887)
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08 Oct 1962 Solomon Linda, South African singer-songwriter (b. 1909)
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08 Oct 1963 Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican painter (b. 1908)
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08 Oct 1964 Charles Hodge: NYU Professor (Answers for Americans), dies at 69
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08 Oct 1967 [Ernesto] Che Guevara [Serna]: Arg / Cuban revolutionary
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08 Oct 1967 Clement R Attlee: Premier pf Great Britain (1945-51), dies at 84
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08 Oct 1967 Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
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08 Oct 1969 Eduardo Ciannelli: Actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato), dies at 81
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08 Oct 1970 Lucien Goldmann: Romanian / French sociologist / philosopher
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08 Oct 1970 Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor and producer (b. 1934)
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08 Oct 1970 Jean Giono, French author and poet (b. 1895)
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08 Oct 1971 Christopher Dark: Actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51
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08 Oct 1971 Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman: Composer, dies at 79
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08 Oct 1973 Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (b. 1889)
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08 Oct 1975 Alberto Hemsi: Composer, dies at 78
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08 Oct 1977 Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
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08 Oct 1978 Jim Gilliam: Coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49
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08 Oct 1978 Karl Swenson: Actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie), dies at 70
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08 Oct 1978 Tibor Serly: Hungarian violist / Composer (American Elegy), dies at 76
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08 Oct 1979 June Nash: Actress (Strange Cargo, Dynamite), dies at 68
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08 Oct 1979 Emmaline Henry, American actress (b. 1928)
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08 Oct 1979 Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian politician (b. 1902)
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08 Oct 1982 Philip J Noel-Baker: English Minister (Nobel 1959), dies at 92
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08 Oct 1982 Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1915)
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08 Oct 1982 Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
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08 Oct 1983 Joan Hackett, American actress (b. 1934)
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08 Oct 1984 Frederick Brisson: Producer, dies at 71 after a stroke
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08 Oct 1985 Leon Klinghoffer: Hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat
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08 Oct 1985 Ricardo Bacchelli: Playwright / Poet (Il malino del Po), dies at 94
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08 Oct 1985 Malcolm Ross, American captain, physicist, and balloonist (b. 1919)
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08 Oct 1985 Gordon Welchman, English-American mathematician and scholar (b. 1906)
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08 Oct 1987 Konstantinos Tsatsos, Greek scholar and politician, 2nd President of Greece (b. 1899)
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08 Oct 1988 Ernst Hermann Meyer: Composer, dies at 82
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08 Oct 1990 B.J. Wilson, English drummer (Procol Harum) (b. 1947)
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08 Oct 1991 Natalia Ginzburg: Italian writer (Sounds of the Night), dies at 75
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08 Oct 1992 Willy Brandt, German politician, 4th Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
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08 Oct 1993 Manke Nelis [Cornelis Pieters]: Singer (Aunt Saar), dies at 73
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08 Oct 1994 Brian Hartley: Mathematician, dies at 55
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08 Oct 1994 Diana Churchill: Actress (Spider, Sally Bishop), dies at 81
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08 Oct 1994 John the King: CDA-minister of Social Businesses, dies at 68
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08 Oct 1994 Manual Pina: Fashion Designer, dies at 50
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08 Oct 1994 Oscar M. Ruebhausen, American lawyer (b. 1912)
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08 Oct 1995 Frederick Harry Baines: Painter, dies at 85
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08 Oct 1995 John Cairncross: Linguist (5th Man), dies at 82
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08 Oct 1995 Terry Hawkins: Theatre administrator, dies at 45
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08 Oct 1995 Christopher Keene, American conductor (b. 1946)
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08 Oct 1996 Geoffrey Finsberg: Politician, dies at 70
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08 Oct 1996 Harold Watkins Shaw: Musicologist, dies at 85
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08 Oct 1996 Joseph Roy George Ralston: Pilot, dies at 81
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08 Oct 1996 Susan Gautier TV producer-Smith: Dies at 33
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08 Oct 1996 William Prince: Actor (Ken Baxter-Another World), dies at 83
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08 Oct 1997 Brown Meggs: CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66
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08 Oct 1997 Bertrand Goldberg, American architect, designed the Marina City Building (b. 1913)
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08 Oct 1999 John McLendon, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
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08 Oct 2000 Charlotte Lamb, English author (b. 1937)
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08 Oct 2002 Phyllis Calvert, English actress (b. 1915)
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08 Oct 2002 Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
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08 Oct 2004 James Chace, American historian and author (b. 1931)
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08 Oct 2006 Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1974)
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08 Oct 2007 Constantine Andreou, Greek painter and sculptor (b. 1917)
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08 Oct 2008 Bob Friend, English journalist (b. 1938)
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08 Oct 2008 Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (b. 1918)
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08 Oct 2008 George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
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08 Oct 2010 Frank Bourgholtzer, American journalist (b. 1919)
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08 Oct 2011 Al Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (b. 1929)
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08 Oct 2011 Mikey Welsh, American guitarist and painter (Weezer, The Special Goodness, Verbena, and The Kickovers) (b. 1984)
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08 Oct 2011 Roger Williams, American pianist (b. 1924)
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08 Oct 2012 Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (b. 1956)
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08 Oct 2012 Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
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08 Oct 2012 Eric Lomax, Scottish captain and author (b. 1919)
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08 Oct 2012 Ken Sansom, American actor and singer (b. 1927)
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08 Oct 2012 Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician, 20th Governor of Gujarat (b. 1925)
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08 Oct 2012 John Tchicai, Danish-French saxophonist and composer (b. 1936)
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08 Oct 2013 Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Pogues and The Radiators from Space) (b. 1957)
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08 Oct 2013 Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
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08 Oct 2013 Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (b. 1948)
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08 Oct 2013 Rodolphe Kasser, Swiss archaeologist and philologist (b. 1927)
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08 Oct 2013 Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (b. 1921)
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08 Oct 2013 Rottyful Sky, South Korean singer and actress (b. 1988)
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08 Oct 2013 Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (b. 1939)
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08 Oct 2014 Morris Lurie, Australian author and playwright (b. 1938)
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08 Oct 2014 Abdul Matin, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1926)
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08 Oct 2014 Alden E. Matthews, American missionary (b. 1921)
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08 Oct 2014 Harden M. McConnell, American chemist and academic (b. 1927)
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08 Oct 2014 Zilpha Keatley Snyder, American author (b. 1927)
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08 Oct 2014 Jeen van den Berg, Dutch speed skater (b. 1928)
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