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Deaths on the 12th of October in history

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12 Oct 0632 Edwin of Northumbria (b. 586)
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12 Oct 0638 Honorius I [dux plebis]: Italian Pope
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12 Oct 0638 Pope Honorius I
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12 Oct 0642 Johannes IV: Dalmatisch Pope (640-42)
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12 Oct 0642 Pope John IV
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12 Oct 1093 Robrecht de Fries: Earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62
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12 Oct 1095 Leopold II, Margrave of Austria (b. 1050)
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12 Oct 1176 William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician (b. 1109)
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12 Oct 1320 Michael IX Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1277)
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12 Oct 1343 Reinald II: Duke of Gelre
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12 Oct 1491 Fritz Herlen, German painter (b. 1449)
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12 Oct 1492 Piero della Francesca, Italian mathematician and painter (b. 1415)
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12 Oct 1565 Jean Ribault, French-American lieutenant and navigator (b. 1520)
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12 Oct 1576 Maximiliaan II: German King / Kaiser (1564-76)
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12 Oct 1576 Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1527)
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12 Oct 1590 Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543)
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12 Oct 1600 Luis de Molina, Spanish priest and philosopher (b. 1535)
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12 Oct 1632 Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese commander (b. 1549)
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12 Oct 1646 Francois De Bassompierre: Marshal of France
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12 Oct 1646 François de Bassompierre, French general and courtier (b. 1579)
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12 Oct 1654 Dirck Graswinckel: Dutch copurt clerk of States-General, dies at 66
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12 Oct 1654 Rembrandt Carel Fabritius: Painter, dies in an accident
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12 Oct 1672 Frederik of Nassau: Count of Buren, slain in battle
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12 Oct 1678 Edmund Berry Godfrey, English judge (b. 1621)
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12 Oct 1679 William Gurnall, English clergyman and author (b. 1617)
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12 Oct 1685 Geeraerdt Burns: Theologist / Poet / historian, dies at 59
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12 Oct 1685 Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian jurist (b. 1628)
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12 Oct 1692 Giovanni Battista Vitali: Composer, dies at 60
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12 Oct 1694 Matsuo Basho greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies
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12 Oct 1730 Frederik IV: King of Denmark / Norway (1699-1730)
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12 Oct 1730 Frederick IV of Denmark (b. 1671)
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12 Oct 1758 Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1680)
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12 Oct 1791 A L Karschin: Writer, dies at 68
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12 Oct 1794 James Lyon: Composer, dies at 59
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12 Oct 1797 Pierre de Jelyotte: Composer, dies at 84
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12 Oct 1812 Juan José Castelli, Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1764)
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12 Oct 1817 Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel: Composer, dies at 66
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12 Oct 1820 Elias Annes Borger: Theologist / Poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36
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12 Oct 1829 Jacobus Blue: Dutch regent / patriot, dies at about 73
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12 Oct 1837 Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina: Queen of the Netherlands, dies at 62
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12 Oct 1844 Claude Tillier: French journalist / writer (My Uncle Benjamin)
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12 Oct 1845 Elizabeth Fry, English nurse and philanthropist (b. 1780)
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12 Oct 1858 Ando Hiroshige: Japanese painter, dies at 61
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12 Oct 1860 Henry G W Smith: Leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73
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12 Oct 1860 Sir Henry G W Smith leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73
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12 Oct 1864 Roger Taney: 5th Supreme Court Chief Justice (1836-64), dies at 87
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12 Oct 1865 William Vincent Wallace: Composer, dies at 53
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12 Oct 1870 Robert E. Lee, American general (b. 1807)
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12 Oct 1875 Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (b. 1827)
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12 Oct 1896 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish politician, 9th Council President of Denmark (b. 1817)
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12 Oct 1898 Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (b. 1816)
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12 Oct 1914 Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (b. 1838)
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12 Oct 1915 Edith L Cavell: British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WWII)
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12 Oct 1915 Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
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12 Oct 1922 Daisy M C Baers: Flemish philosophy / theory, dies at 33
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12 Oct 1924 Monroe A Althouse: Composer, dies at 71
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12 Oct 1924 Anatole France, French journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
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12 Oct 1926 Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian and author (b. 1838)
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12 Oct 1929 Max Ettlinger: German philosopher / theorist, dies at 52
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12 Oct 1932 Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)
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12 Oct 1933 John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
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12 Oct 1940 Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
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12 Oct 1945 Jesse James Payne lynched in Madison County Florida
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12 Oct 1946 Joseph W Stilwell: US General (China)
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12 Oct 1946 Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
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12 Oct 1948 Alfred Kerr: Writer, dies at 80
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12 Oct 1948 Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
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12 Oct 1950 Jim Brigden, Australian public servant (b. 1887)
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12 Oct 1951 Simon Kimbangu / Kibangu: Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62
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12 Oct 1954 George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
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12 Oct 1956 Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (b. 1872)
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12 Oct 1957 Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
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12 Oct 1958 Gerard Hordijk: Dutch Architect / painter, dies at 59
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12 Oct 1958 Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
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12 Oct 1958 Ed Hinton actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30
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12 Oct 1959 Arnoldt Bronnen: Writer, dies at 63
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12 Oct 1960 Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese politician (b. 1898)
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12 Oct 1964 J Howard Frazer: USTA pres, dies in office
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12 Oct 1965 Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
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12 Oct 1966 Arthur Vincent Lourie: Composer, dies at 74
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12 Oct 1967 Nat Pendleton: Olympic wrestler / actor (Reckless), dies at 72
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12 Oct 1967 Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian activist and politician (b. 1910)
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12 Oct 1969 Sonja Henie, Norwegian figure skater and actress (b. 1912)
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12 Oct 1969 Serge Poliakoff, Russian-French painter (b. 1906)
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12 Oct 1969 Julius Saaristo, Finnish javelin thrower (b. 1891)
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12 Oct 1970 Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian-American illustrator (b. 1891)
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12 Oct 1970 Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet and academic (b. 1930)
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12 Oct 1971 Dean G Acheson: US Foreign Minister (1949-53), dies at 78
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12 Oct 1971 Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893)
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12 Oct 1971 Gene Vincent, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)
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12 Oct 1972 Robert Le Vigan, French-Argentinian actor (b. 1900)
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12 Oct 1973 Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (b. 1899)
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12 Oct 1974 Joseph Frederick Wagner: Composer, dies at 74
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12 Oct 1977 Doris Davenport: Actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81
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12 Oct 1978 Nancy Spungen, American murder victim, girlfriend of Sid Vicious (b. 1958)
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12 Oct 1982 Chris[tiaan R] Reumer: Dutch opera singer, dies at 73
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12 Oct 1983 Jiri Lederer: Czechoslovakia journalist / dissident, dies at 61
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12 Oct 1983 Ernie Roth, American wrestling manager (b. 1929)
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12 Oct 1984 Anthony Berry, English politician (b. 1925)
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12 Oct 1985 Johnny Olson, American radio host and game show announcer (b. 1910)
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12 Oct 1985 Ricky Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The B-52's) (b. 1953)
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12 Oct 1985 Johnny Olsen TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75
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12 Oct 1987 Alf Landon, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of Kansas (b. 1887)
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12 Oct 1987 Alfred M Landon former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100
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12 Oct 1987 Philleo Nash US Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67), dies at 77
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12 Oct 1988 Ken Murray: Actor (Bill & Coo, Crooner, Half-Marriage), dies at 85
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12 Oct 1988 Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English poet and author (b. 1886)
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12 Oct 1988 Coby Whitmore, American painter and illustrator (b. 1913)
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12 Oct 1989 Franco [Francis Luambo / "Makiadi"]: Zaire Composer / music, dies at 51
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12 Oct 1989 Carmen Cavallaro, American pianist (b. 1913)
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12 Oct 1989 Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (b. 1920)
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12 Oct 1990 Max Tailleur: Adjunct Prince Bernhard / Jewish humorist
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12 Oct 1990 Rifaat Maghub: President Egyptian MP, murdered
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12 Oct 1990 Rifaat el-Mahgoub, Egyptian politician (b. 1926)
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12 Oct 1990 Peter Wessel Zapffe, Norwegian physician, mountaineer, and author (b. 1899)
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12 Oct 1991 Aline MacMahon: US actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92
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12 Oct 1991 Sheila Florance, Australian actress (b. 1916)
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12 Oct 1991 Arkady Strugatsky, Russian author (b. 1925)
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12 Oct 1991 Regis Toomey, American actor (b. 1898)
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12 Oct 1992 Alexander Pola [Abraham Polak]: Actor / writer (Farce Major)
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12 Oct 1992 John Hancock: Actor (Catch the Heat), dies of a heart attack at 51
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12 Oct 1992 Ulysses Guimaraes: Brazilian MP (chairman), dies in accident
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12 Oct 1993 Leon Ames, American actor and singer (b. 1902)
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12 Oct 1994 Gérald Godin, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1938)
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12 Oct 1995 Eleanor Aller: Cellist, dies at 78
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12 Oct 1995 Gary Bond: Actor (Outback, Zulu, Anne of Thousand Days), dies at 55
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12 Oct 1996 David Gilroy Bevan: Politician, dies at 86
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12 Oct 1996 Pavel Alexandrovich Solovyov: Aero-engine designer, dies at 79
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12 Oct 1996 Trevor Illtyd williams: Scientific writer, dies at 75
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12 Oct 1996 Vernon Elliott: Musician / composer, dies at 84
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12 Oct 1996 René Lacoste, French tennis player and fashion designer, co-founded Lacoste (b. 1904)
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12 Oct 1996 Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (b. 1911)
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12 Oct 1997 John Denver, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Chad Mitchell Trio and The John Denver Band) (b. 1943)
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12 Oct 1998 Mario Beaulieu, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
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12 Oct 1998 Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (b. 1976)
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12 Oct 1999 Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (b. 1936)
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12 Oct 1999 Robert Marsden Hope, Australian lawyer and judge (b. 1919)
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12 Oct 2001 Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1907)
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12 Oct 2002 Ray Conniff, American bandleader and composer (b. 1916)
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12 Oct 2002 Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (b. 1974)
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12 Oct 2003 Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1914)
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12 Oct 2003 Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (b. 1928)
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12 Oct 2003 Bill Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931)
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12 Oct 2005 C. Delores Tucker, American activist and politician (b. 1927)
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12 Oct 2006 Eugène Martin, French racing driver (b. 1915)
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12 Oct 2006 Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1919)
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12 Oct 2007 Noel Coleman, English actor (b. 1919)
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12 Oct 2007 Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect, designed the Nakagin Capsule Tower (b. 1934)
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12 Oct 2008 Karl Chircop, Maltese physician and politician (b. 1965)
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12 Oct 2009 Dickie Peterson American singer-songwriter and bass player (Blue Cheer) (b. 1948)
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12 Oct 2009 Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (b. 1974)
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12 Oct 2010 Woody Peoples, American football player (b. 1943)
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12 Oct 2010 Belva Plain, American author (b. 1919)
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12 Oct 2011 Heinz Bennent, German-Swiss actor (b. 1921)
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12 Oct 2011 Patricia Breslin, American actress (b. 1931)
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12 Oct 2011 Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist, created the C programming language (b. 1941)
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12 Oct 2012 James Coyne, Canadian lawyer and banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1910)
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12 Oct 2012 William C. Friday, American academic (b. 1920)
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12 Oct 2012 Norm Grabowski, American hot rod builder and actor (b. 1933)
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12 Oct 2012 Sukhdev Singh Kang, Indian judge and politician, 14th Governor of Kerala (b. 1931)
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12 Oct 2012 Torkom Manoogian, Iraqi-Armenian patriarch (b. 1919)
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12 Oct 2012 Erik Moseholm, Danish bassist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1930)
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12 Oct 2012 Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
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12 Oct 2013 Glen Dell, South African pilot (b. 1962)
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12 Oct 2013 George Herbig, American astronomer and academic (b. 1920)
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12 Oct 2013 Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (b. 1951)
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12 Oct 2013 Hans Wilhelm Longva, Norwegian diplomat (b. 1942)
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12 Oct 2013 Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic (b. 1910)
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12 Oct 2013 Mann Rubin, American screenwriter (b. 1927)
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12 Oct 2014 Louise Daniel Hutchinson, American historian and educator (b. 1928)
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12 Oct 2014 Tommy Lewis, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
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12 Oct 2014 Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1933)
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12 Oct 2014 Graham Miles, English snooker player (b. 1941)
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12 Oct 2014 Roberto Telch, Argentinian footballer and coach (b. 1943)
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