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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[42 BC]] – [[Gaius Cassius Longinus]], Roman politician (born 85 BC) * [[723]] – [[Elias I of Antioch]], Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harrack |first1=Amir |title=The Chronicle of Zuqnin, Parts III and IV A.D. 488–775 |date=1999 |publisher=Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies |location=Toronto |isbn=9780888442864 |page=158}}</ref> * [[818]] – [[Ermengarde of Hesbaye|Ermengarde]], queen of the [[Francia|Franks]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitney |first1=James Pounder |last2=Gwatkin |first2=Henry Melvill |title=The Cambridge Medieval History: Maps III. Germany and the Western Empire. 3 |date=1922 |publisher=Plantagenet Publishing |page=23 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exuwlXT-ys0C&pg=PT23 |language=en}}</ref> * [[900]] – [[Muhammad ibn Zayd]], Tabaristan emir * [[959]] – [[Gérard of Brogne]], Frankish [[abbot]] *[[1078]] – [[Iziaslav I of Kiev]] (born 1024) *[[1226]] – [[Francis of Assisi]], Italian friar and saint (born 1181 or 1182)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Francis of Assisi {{!}} Biography, Facts, Feast Day, Patron Saint Of, & Legacy |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Francis-of-Assisi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=11 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1283]] – [[Dafydd ap Gruffydd]], Welsh prince (born 1238) *[[1369]] – [[Margaret, Countess of Tyrol]] (born 1318) *[[1399]] – [[Eleanor de Bohun]], English noble (born 1360) *[[1568]] – [[Elisabeth of Valois]] (born 1545) *[[1596]] – [[Florent Chrestien]], French poet (born 1541) ===1601–1900=== *[[1611]] – [[Charles, Duke of Mayenne]] (born 1554) *[[1629]] – [[Giorgi Saakadze]], Georgian commander and politician (born 1570) *[[1649]] – [[Giovanni Diodati]], Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (born 1576) *[[1653]] – [[Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn]], Dutch linguist and academic (born 1612) *[[1656]] – [[Myles Standish]], English captain (born 1584) *[[1690]] – [[Robert Barclay]], Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd [[List of colonial governors of New Jersey|Governor of East Jersey]] (born 1648) *[[1701]] – [[Joseph Williamson (English politician)|Joseph Williamson]], English politician, [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]] (born 1633) *[[1795]] – [[Tula (Curaçao)|Tula]], Curaçao slave leader (date of birth unknown; executed)<ref>{{cite book|author=Willem M. Hoyer|title=A Brief Historical Description of the Island of Curacao|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=be5kAAAAMAAJ|year=1948|page=8}}</ref> *[[1801]] – [[Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of Defence]] (born 1724) *[[1833]] – [[François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat]], French general and engineer (born 1754) *[[1838]] – [[Black Hawk (Sauk leader)|Black Hawk]], American tribal leader (born 1767) *[[1860]] – [[Rembrandt Peale]], American painter and curator (born 1778) *[[1867]] – [[Elias Howe]], American engineer, invented the [[sewing machine]] (born 1819) *[[1873]] – [[Kintpuash]], American tribal leader (born 1837) *[[1877]] – [[James Roosevelt Bayley]], American archbishop (born 1814) * 1877 – [[Rómulo Díaz de la Vega]], Mexican general and president (1855) (born 1800)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/romulo-diaz-de-la-vega/|publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|title=Rómulo Díaz de la Vega |language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019}}</ref> *[[1881]] – [[Orson Pratt]], American mathematician and religious leader (born 1811) *[[1890]] – [[Joseph Hergenröther]], German historian and cardinal (born 1824) *[[1891]] – [[Édouard Lucas]], French mathematician and theorist (born 1842) *[[1896]] – [[William Morris]], English author and poet (born 1834) ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[Jacob Nash Victor]], American engineer (born 1835) *[[1910]] – [[Lucy Hobbs Taylor]], American dentist (born 1833)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Edwards |first1=Ralph W. |title=The First Woman Dentist Lucy Hobbs Taylor, D.D.S. (1833–1910) |journal=Bulletin of the History of Medicine |date=1951 |volume=25 |issue=3 |pages=277–283 |jstor=44443642 |pmid=14848611 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44443642 |access-date=21 February 2022 |issn=0007-5140}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Rosetta Jane Birks]], Australian suffragist (born 1856)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Goods|first1=Martin|title=Birks, Rosetta Jane (1856–1911)|chapter=Rosetta Jane Birks (1856–1911) |url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/birks-rosetta-jane-12799|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref> *[[1917]] – [[Eduardo Di Capua]], Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (born 1865) *[[1929]] – [[Jeanne Eagels]], American actress (born 1894) * 1929 – [[Gustav Stresemann]], German politician, [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1878) *[[1931]] – [[Carl Nielsen]], Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1865) *[[1936]] – [[John Heisman]], American football player and coach (born 1869) *[[1953]] – [[Arnold Bax]], English composer and poet (born 1883) *[[1959]] – [[Tochigiyama Moriya]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th [[Yokozuna (sumo)|Yokozuna]] (born 1892) *[[1963]] – [[Refet Bele]], Turkish general (born 1877) *[[1965]] – [[Zachary Scott]], American actor (born 1914) *[[1966]] – [[Rolf Maximilian Sievert]], Swedish physicist and academic (born 1896) *[[1967]] – [[Woody Guthrie]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1912) * 1967 – [[Malcolm Sargent]], English organist, composer, and conductor (born 1895) *[[1969]] – [[Skip James]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1902) *[[1979]] – [[Nicos Poulantzas]], Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (born 1936) *[[1980]] – [[Friedrich Karm]], Estonian footballer (born 1907) *[[1981]] – [[Anna Hedvig Büll]], Estonian-German missionary (born 1887) *[[1986]] – [[Vince DiMaggio]], American baseball player and manager (born 1912) *[[1987]] – [[Jean Anouilh]], French playwright and screenwriter (born 1910) * 1987 – [[Kalervo Palsa]], Finnish painter (born 1947) *[[1988]] – [[Franz Josef Strauss]], Bavarian lieutenant and politician, [[List of Ministers-President of Bavaria|Minister President of Bavaria]] (born 1915) *[[1990]] – [[Stefano Casiraghi]], Italian-Monegasque businessman (born 1960) * 1990 – [[Eleanor Steber]], American soprano and educator (born 1914) *[[1993]] – [[Katerina Gogou]], Greek actress, poet, and author (born 1940) * 1993 – [[Gary Gordon]], American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (born 1960) * 1993 – [[Randy Shughart]], American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (born 1958) *[[1994]] – [[John C. Champion]], American producer and screenwriter (born 1923) * 1994 – [[Dub Taylor]], American actor (born 1907) *[[1995]] – [[Ma. Po. Si.]], Indian author and politician (born 1906) *[[1997]] – [[Michael Adekunle Ajasin]], Nigerian politician, 3rd [[Governor of Ondo State]] (born 1908) *[[1998]] – [[Roddy McDowall]], English-American actor (born 1928) *[[1999]] – [[Akio Morita]], Japanese businessman, co-founded [[Sony]] (born 1921) *[[2000]] – [[Benjamin Orr]], American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1947) *[[2001]] – [[Costas Hajihristos]], Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921) *[[2002]] – [[Bruce Paltrow]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1943) *[[2003]] – [[Florence Stanley]], American actress (born 1924) * 2003 – [[William Steig]], American sculptor, author, and illustrator (born 1907) *[[2004]] – [[John Cerutti]], American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1960) * 2004 – [[Janet Leigh]], American actress (born 1927) *[[2005]] – [[Ronnie Barker]], English actor and screenwriter (born 1929) * 2005 – [[Nurettin Ersin]], Turkish general (born 1918) *[[2006]] – [[Lucilla Andrews]], Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (born 1919) * 2006 – [[John Crank]], English mathematician and physicist (born 1916)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Obits2/Crank_Telegraph.html|title=Daily Telegraph obituary|publisher=MacTutor|date=3 November 2006|access-date=3 October 2020}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Peter Norman]], Australian runner (born 1942) * 2006 – [[Alberto Ramento]], Filipino bishop (born 1937) *[[2007]] – [[M. N. Vijayan]], Indian journalist, author, and academic (born 1930) *[[2009]] – [[Vladimir Beekman]], Estonian poet and translator (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/479451|title=Vladimir Beekmani elutööd on raske üle hinnata |last=Kressa|first=Karel |author2=Juske, Ants |author3=Peegel, Mari|date=2009-10-05|work=epl.ee|language=et|access-date=2009-11-09}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Ben Mondor]], Canadian-American businessman (born 1925) * 2010 – [[Abraham Sarmiento]], Filipino lawyer and jurist (born 1921) *[[2012]] – [[Abdul Haq Ansari]], Indian theologian and scholar (born 1931) * 2012 – [[Robert F. Christy]], American physicist and astrophysicist (born 1916) * 2012 – [[Albie Roles]], English footballer (born 1921) *[[2013]] – [[Sari Abacha]], Nigerian footballer (born 1978) * 2013 – [[Sergei Belov]], Russian basketball player and coach (born 1944) * 2013 – [[Joan Thirsk]], English cryptologist, historian, and academic (born 1922) *[[2014]] – [[Ewen Gilmour]], New Zealand comedian and television host (born 1963) * 2014 – [[Benedict Groeschel]], American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (born 1933) * 2014 – [[Jean-Jacques Marcel]], French footballer (born 1931) * 2014 – [[Kevin Metheny]], American businessman (born 1954)<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff Writer(s); No by-line-->|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-kevin-metheny-dead-1005-biz-20141004-story.html|title=Kevin Metheny, former WGN-AM 720 boss and 'Pig Virus' to Howard Stern, dead at 60|date=October 4, 2014|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|access-date=October 5, 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Ward Ruyslinck]], Belgian author (born 1929) *[[2015]] – [[Denis Healey]], English soldier and politician, [[Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (born 1917) * 2015 – [[Muhammad Nawaz Khan (author)|Muhammad Nawaz Khan]], Pakistani historian and author (born 1943) * 2015 – [[Javed Iqbal (judge)|Javed Iqbal]], Pakistani philosopher and judge (born 1925) *[[2021]] – [[Todd Akin]], American politician (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Albeck-Ripka|first1=Livia|last2=Victor|first2=Daniel|date=2021-10-04|title=Todd Akin, Whose Senate Bid Collapsed After a Rape Remark, Dies at 74|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/us/politics/todd-akin-dead.html|access-date=2021-10-04|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Dan Petrescu (businessman)|Dan Petrescu]], Romanian businessman and billionaire (born 1953)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/viata-secreta-a-miliardarului-dan-petrescu-mort-in-accidentul-aviatic-din-italia-cine-ii-va-mosteni-uriasa-avere-3768206|title=Viața secretă a miliardarului Dan Petrescu, mort în accidentul aviatic din Italia. Cine îi va moșteni uriașa avere|first=Petre|last=Dobrescu|newspaper=[[Libertatea]]|date=5 October 2021|language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.it/news/cronache/2021/10/04/chi-era-il-miliardario-romeno-dan-petrescu-proprietario-dellaereo-caduto-linate|title=Chi era il miliardario romeno Dan Petrescu, proprietario dell'aereo caduto a Linate|first=Monica|last=Coviello|newspaper=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=4 October 2021|language=it}}</ref> * [[2023]] – [[Thomas Gambino]], American mobster, [[Gambino crime family]] (born 1929)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barbuti |first=Angela |date=October 14, 2023 |title='Mafia prince' Tommy Gambino – ratted on by 'Sammy the Bull' – dead at 94 |url=https://nypost.com/2023/10/14/thomas-gambino-son-of-carlo-and-capo-of-mafia-family-dead/ |access-date=September 9, 2024 |website=New York Post}}</ref> * [[2024]] – [[Michel Blanc]], French actor, writer and director (born 1952)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-04 |title=Michel Blanc, " clown angoissé " du cinéma français, est mort à l'âge de 72 ans |url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/culture-loisirs/cinema/lacteur-et-realisateur-michel-blanc-est-mort-a-lage-de-72-ans-6675078.php |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Le Télégramme |language=fr-FR}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Pierre Christin]], French comics creator and writer (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-10-03 |title=Le scénariste Pierre Christin, grand nom de la bande dessinée, est mort |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/10/03/le-scenariste-pierre-christin-grand-nom-de-la-bande-dessinee-est-mort_6342755_3382.html |access-date=2024-10-04 |language=fr}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Cid Moreira]], Brazilian journalist and television anchor (born 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-03 |title=Cid Moreira, ícone do jornalismo da televisão brasileira, morre aos 97 anos |url=https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2024/10/03/morre-cid-moreira.ghtml |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=G1 |language=pt-br}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Mary O'Rourke]], Irish politician (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-03 |title='A force to be reckoned with' – Tributes paid to former Fianna Fáil minister Mary O'Rourke following her death at 87 |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/a-force-to-be-reckoned-with-tributes-paid-to-former-fianna-fail-minister-mary-orourke-following-her-death-at-87/a986173626.html |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}}</ref>
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