Famous Deaths on October 10

• 413 BC Nicias, Athens politician (Peace of Nicias), killed at about 57
• 19 Germanicus Julius Caesar, Roman politician and army commander, dies at 34
• 644 Paulinus of York, Italian missionary to Britain, 1st Bishop of York, dies (b. c. 584)

• 680 Al-Ḥusayn ibn [Hazrat Hussein ibn Ali], Arab leader and grandson of Islamic prophet Muhammad, killed and beheaded at 54
• 732 Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, Arab Tihamite Governor of Andalusia, killed in combat at the Battle of Tours
• 1359 King Hugh IV of Cyprus (b. 1295)
• 1473 Giorgio da Sebenico, Venetian sculptor and architect (Cathedral of St James in Šibenik)
• 1617 Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician and writer, dies at 64
• 1630 John Heminges, English actor and member of The Kings Men, editor of Shakespeare’s First Folio, dies at 63
• 1651 Philippus Rovenius, Dutch vicar who led the Catholic church in the Netherlands, dies at 77

• 1676 Sebastian Knupfer, German composer, dies at 43
• 1691 Isaac de Benserade, French poet, dies at 77
• 1702 William Norris, British politician and ambassador, led 2nd failed diplomatic mission to the Mughal court, dies of dysentery at sea at about 42
• 1708 David Gregory, Scottish mathematician and astronomer (Astronomiae, physicae & geometricae elementa), dies at 49
• 1714 Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (b. 1646)
• 1720 Antoine Coysevox, French Baroque sculptor (Palace of Versailles), dies at 80
• 1723 William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1665)
• 1725 Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France (b. 1643)
• 1727 Alphonse d’Ève, Flemish Baroque composer, dies at 61
• 1745 Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer and organist, dies at 52
• 1747 John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1674)
• 1759 Granville Elliott, British military officer, dies after being mortally wounded at the Battle of Minden at 46
• 1765 Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, dies at 77
• 1789 Pierre-Louis Couperin, French organist and composer, dies at 34
• 1791 C F D Schubart, writer, dies
• 1795 Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian, dies at 81
• 1797 Carter Braxton, American plantation owner and signer of the US Declaration of Independence, dies at 61
• 1825 Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky, Russian-Ukrainian harpsichordist and composer (Tantum Ergo), dies at 73
• 1827 Ugo Foscolo, Italian poet (Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis), dies at 49
• 1834 Thomas Say, American naturalist and father of descriptive entomology, dies from typhoid fever at 47
• 1836 Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn, Flemish composer, dies at 61
• 1836 Martha Jefferson Randolph, daughter of Thomas Jefferson the 3rd President of the U.S., dies at 64
• 1837 Charles Fourier, French philosopher and early Socialist (credited with inventing term ‘feminism’), dies at 65
• 1843 Karl Theodor Toeschi, Italian-German composer and violinist, dies at 75
• 1856 Mikhail Vielgorsky, Russian composer, dies at 67
• 1857 Thomas Crawford, American sculptor (Statue of Freedom on dome of US Capitol), dies of cancer at 43
• 1858 Karl August Varnhagen von Ense, German biographer, diplomat and soldier (Die Sterner), dies at 73
• 1864 David Bullock Harris, US Confederate colonel, dies of yellow fever
• 1867 Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski, composer, dies at 60
• 1871 Octavius Catto, American educator (Institute for Colored Youth, 1859-71), civil rights activist, and baseball player (Philadelphia Pythians, 1865-71), killed in election day race riot in Philadelphia at 32

• 1873 Hermann Kurz, German poet and novelist (Schillers Heimatjahre), dies at 59
• 1875 Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Russian novelist, poet and dramatist (Prince Serebrenni), dies of morphine toxicity at 58
• 1876 Charles Joseph Sainte-Claire Deville, French geologist who studied volcanoes, dies at 62
• 1877 Johann Georg Baiter, Swiss philologist, dies at 76
• 1881 Daniele Comboni, Italian Catholic missionary and Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa (1877-81), dies at 50
• 1885 John McCloskey, 1st American cardinal and Archbishop of New York, dies at 75
• 1886 David L Yule, 1st Jewish US senator, dies
• 1889 Adolf von Henselt, German composer, dies at 75
• 1889 James Monroe Goggin, American Confederate Army major, dies at 68
• 1893 Lip Pike, American baseball player, dies at 48
• 1901 Lorenzo Snow, 5th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), dies at 87
• 1910 Willem Maris, Dutch painter (Hague School), dies at 66
• 1913 Adolphus Busch, German-born American brewer (Anheuser-Busch), dies at 74
• 1913 Katsura Taro, Japanese general and politician (Prime Minister of Japan 1901-1906, 1908-1911, 1912-1913), dies of cancer at 65
• 1914 Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies at 75
• 1914 Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Dutch politician (Mayor of Amsterdam, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1891-1894), dies at 73
• 1914 Karol I, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, King of Romania (1881-1914), dies
• 1927 Gustave Whitehead, German-American aviation pioneer who claimed to have flown a powered airplane before the Wright brothers in 1903, dies at 53 [1] [2] [3]

• 1930 Adolf Engler, German botanist who worked on plant taxonomy and phytogeography (The Natural Plant Families), dies at 86
• 1931 Carl von Bach, German mechanical engineer, dies at 84
• 1935 Arthur Henderson, British Labour minister (Nobel Peace Prize 1934), dies at 72
• 1938 Lord Hawke [Martin Hawke], English cricket batsman (5 Tests; Yorkshire CCC, Cambridge Uni CC, MCC), dies at 78
• 1939 Eleanor Rigby, a real person whose name may have suggested the title to The Beatles song (b. 1895)
• 1940 Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor (I’m Nobody’s Sweetheart Now), dies at 63
• 1942 Richard von Schaukal, Moravian-Austria poet and writer (Schlemihle), dies at 68
• 1943 Charlotte Salomon, German-Jewish artist gassed at Auschwitz aged 26
• 1947 [Joseph Jacinto] Jo Mora, Uruguayan-born American cartoonist, cowboy and illustrator who lived with the Hopi tribe and wrote extensively of his experiences, dies at 70
• 1948 Ted Horn, American auto racer (first to win AAA National C’ship 3 times consecutively 1946, 47, 48), dies in race accident at 38
• 1957 Karl Genzken, Nazi physician, Chief of the Medical Office of the Waffen-SS, dies at 72
• 1959 Prince Friedrich Aloys Johannes Maria, Prince of Liechtenstein, dies at 88

• 1963 Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer known for the catchphrase “Up there, Cazaly!”, dies at 70
• 1964 Bedřich Havlík, Czech composer, dies at 71
• 1964 Eddie Cantor, American comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater), dies at 72
• 1964 Guru Dutt [Vasanth Padukone], Indian Bollywood actor, regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time (Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool), dies from an accidental overdose at 39
• 1964 Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (The Art of Piano Playing), dies at 76
• 1964 Konrad Bayer, Ausrian writer, commits suicide at 31
• 1964 Russ Case, American orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52

• 1967 Ervin Major, Hungarian composer, dies at 66
• 1968 Wilhelmina Johanna “Willy” Haak, Dutch actress and acting teacher (GoetheJane Eyre), dies at 71
• 1970 Adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60

• 1970 Marcel Minnaert, Belgian-Dutch astronomer, and writer (Light and colour in the open air), dies at 77
• 1971 Christopher Dark [Alfred Francis DeLeo], American character actor, (World Without End; The Time Tunnel), dies of a heart attack at 51
• 1971 Cyril Burt, English educational psychologist, dies at 88
• 1971 John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian (b. 1901)
• 1973 Albe [Renaut A. Joostens], Flemish writer (Paradise Bird), dies at 71
• 1973 Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American Economist (The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality), dies at 92

• 1974 Marie Luise Kaschnitz, German writer, dies at 73
• 1974 Tina Onassis Niarchos, Greek-French socialite and shipping heiress as the daughter of Stavros Livanos, wife of Aristotle Onassis and later Stavros Niarchos, dies at 45
• 1975 Lillian Walker [Wolke] American silent era actress and film producer (An Embarrassment of Riches), dies at 88
• 1976 Connee Boswell, American jazz singer (Pete Kelly’s Blue), dies at 68
• 1976 Silvana Armenulic, Yugoslavian folk singer (What Do I Need a Life for) called the Queen of Sevdalinka, dies in car crash at 37
• 1977 Angelo Muscat, Maltese-born British actor (The Prisoner, Doctor Who), dies at 47
• 1977 Jean Duvieusart, 36th Prime Minister of Belgium, dies at 77
• 1978 Gesina Van der Molen, Dutch WWII resistance fighter/lawyer, dies at 86
• 1978 Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpeter and big band bandleader (“Skokiaan”; “Shish-Kebab”; “Dry Marterie”), dies at 63
• 1978 Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete, politician (Rep-D-Ill; joint world record 100m, Olympic gold 4x100m relay 1936), dies of a heart attack at 68
• 1979 Christopher Evans, British psychologist and computer scientist (b. 1931)
• 1979 Paul Paray, French organist, conductor (Detroit Symphony, 1951-62), and composer, dies at 93
• 1980 Walter Keeton, cricketer (opening bat in 2 Test for Eng 1934-39), dies
• 1980 William “Billie” Thomas, American child actor (Buckwheat- Our Gang), dies of a heart attack at 49
• 1982 Jean Effel, French painter and journalist “The Creation of the World”, dies at 74

• 1986 (Ivy) Priaulx Rainier, South African-British composer (Ploërmel), dies at 83
• 1986 Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist, dies at 86
• 1988 Juan Pujol Garcia, Spanish double agent (spied for Britain, codename Garbo, pretended to spy for Nazi Germany codename Arabel), dies at 76
• 1989 Joe Techner, American jazz trumpeter (Elliot Lawrence Band – “Elevation”), dies at 63
• 1990 Carlos Thompson, actor (Mistress of the World), dies at 67
• 1990 Irene Mayer Selznick, American socialite and theatrical producer (Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire”), dies at 83
• 1990 Michael A Salcido, dies at 39
• 1990 Tom Murton, American penologist (b. 1928)
• 1991 Stephen J Falat, dies after long illness at 34
• 1992 James Seay, actor (Amazing Colossal Man), dies at 78
• 1993 Catherine Collard, French concert pianist (Schumann; Brahms), and teacher, dies of cancer at 46
• 1993 Djillali Belkhenchir, Algerian doctor, murdered at 52
• 1993 Owen Saunders, English mathematician and mechanical engineer, dies at 89
• 1994 Anna Hauptmann, wife of Lindbergh baby kidnapper Bruno, dies at 95
• 1994 Chaim Raphael, English Jewish scholar and writer, dies at 86
• 1994 Nikolai Nikolayevich Karetnikov, Russian composer, dies at 64
• 1994 Richard John Copeland Atkinson, archaeologist, dies at 74
• 1995 Edward Gill, baseball player, dies at 100
• 1995 Jimmy Nash, record company owner, dies at 47
• 1995 John Rodolph, wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31
• 1995 Michelle Francis Bird, campaigner, dies at 30
• 1995 Paolo Gucci, entrepreneur/accessories designer, dies at 64
• 1995 Robert Finch, American politician (8th U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare), dies at 70
• 1996 David Viscott, American psychiatrist and media personality, dies at 58
• 1996 Dick Pickering, British trade unionist, dies of a heart attack at 54
• 1996 Hugh Stirling Mackenzie, British Royal Navy officer, dies at 83
• 1996 John Hillaby, English writer and traveller, dies at 79
• 1996 Siddig El Nigoumi, Sudanese-British ceramicist, dies at 65
• 1997 George Malcolm, British keyboard player and conductor (Westminster Cathedral Master of the Music, 1947-59), dies at 80
• 1998 Clark M. Clifford, American lawyer and presidential advisor (US Secretary of Defense 1968-69), dies at 91
• 1998 Tommy Quaid, Irish hurler (b. 1957)
• 1999 John Hadfield, British author and publisher (Love on a Branch Line), dies at 92
• 2000 Bruce F. Vento, American politician (Rep-D-Minnesota, 1977-2000), dies of cancer at 60
• 2000 Ferenc Farkas, Hungarian composer, dies at 94

• 2001 Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer, dies at 90
• 2001 Vasily Mishin, Soviet rocket designer (b. 1917)
• 2002 Teresa Graves, American actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love!), dies in a fire at her home at 54
• 2003 Eugene Istomin, American concert pianist (Leventritt Award, 1943; Istomin-Stern-Rose Trio), dies of liver cancer at 77
• 2003 Max Rayne, English property developer and philanthropist (Rayne Foundation), dies at 85
• 2004 Arthur H. Robinson, American cartographer (b. 1915)

• 2004 Ken Caminiti, American baseball third baseman (NL MVP 1996 SD Padres; 3 x MLB All-Star; 3 × Gold Glove Award; Houston Astros), dies of a drug overdose at 41
• 2004 Maurice Shadbolt, New Zealand writer (Season of the Jew), dies at 72
• 2005 Milton Obote, first Prime Minister (1962-66) and two-time President of Uganda (1966-71, 1980-85), dies at 80 [1] [2]
• 2005 Wayne Booth, American literary critic (b. 1921)
• 2006 Francis Berry, British poet and academic (Shakespearean scholar), dies at 91
• 2006 Ian Scott, Canadian politician (b. 1934)
• 2006 Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist (b. 1932)
• 2007 Mehmed Uzun, Contemporary Kurdish writer and novelist. (b. 1953)
• 2008 Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (b. 1947)
• 2008 Sid Hudson, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1941, 42; Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox), dies at 93
• 2009 Stephen Gately, Irish pop singer (Boyzone – “A Different Beat”; “No Matter What”), dies of a congenital heart defect at 33
• 2010 Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano, known as ‘La Stupenda’ (Metropolitan Opera debut 1961), dies at 83
• 2010 Solomon Burke [McDonald], American soul singer (“Cry To Me”; “Diamond In Your Mind”), dies at 70
• 2011 Jagjit Singh, Indian Musician, Ghazal Maestro, Padma Bhusan awardee (b. 1941)
• 2012 Alex Karras, American NFL player, dies from kidney failure at 77
• 2012 Kyaw Zaw, Burmese politician and soldier, dies at 92
• 2012 Sam Gibbons, American politician (Rep-D-FL, 1963-97), dies at 92
• 2013 Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist (Vixen – “Edge of a Broken Heart”), dies of cancer at 59
• 2013 Kumar Pallana, Indian character actor and vaudevillian (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore), dies at 94

• 2014 Curtis Otto Bismark Curtis-Smith, American pianist, composer, and educator, dies at 73
• 2015 Hilla Becher (née Wobeser), German artist, worked collaboratively with husband Bernd Becher, dies at 81
• 2015 Saša Britvić, Croatian conductor (Croatian Baroque Ensemble, 1999-2015), and pedagogue, dies at 51
• 2016 Donn Fendler, American author and public speaker, who survived a week in the wilderness aged 12, dies at 90 [1]
• 2016 Graham Carleton Greene, British publisher (Jonathon Cape), dies at 80
• 2018 Mary Midgley, British-American philosopher (Animals and Why They Matter), dies at 99
• 2019 Juliette Kaplan, British actress (Pearl Sibshaw in “Last of the Summer Wine”), dies of cancer at 80
• 2020 Leon Biriotti, Uruguayan composer and oboist, dies at 90
• 2020 Vasili Kulkov, Russian soccer defensive utility (20 caps Soviet Union, 21 Russia; Spartak Moscow, Benfica), dies from cancer at 54
• 2021 Luis de Pablo, Spanish composer, and musicologist, dies at 91
• 2022 Anita Kerr [née Grilli], American pop and country singer, composer, and producer (The Anita Kerr Singers), dies at 94 [1] [2]
• 2022 León Schidlowsky, Chilean-Israeli composer (Absalom; The Darkest Night; Before Breakfast), graphic artist, and painter, dies at 91
• 2022 Michael Callan [Calinoff], American stage and screen actor and dancer (West Side Story; Gidget Goes Hawaiian; Occasional Wife – “Peter”), dies of pneumonia at 86
• 2022 Sergio Brighenti, Italian soccer forward (9 caps; Modena, Internazionale, Triestina, Padova, Sampdoria), dies at 90
• 2023 (Charles) Mark Goddard, American actor (Lost in Space – “Don West”; The Detectives; Roller Boogie), and teacher, dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 87
• 2023 Brendan Malone, American basketball coach (RI Uni; Toronto Raptors, Cleveland Cavaliers), dies at 81
• 2023 Robert von Dassanowsky, Austrian-American cultural historian, writer, and producer, dies at 63
• 2023 Terry Dischinger, American College Basketball HOF guard (Purdue; 3 x NBA All-Star; NBA Rookie of the Year 1963 Baltimore Bullets; Detroit Pistons; Olympic gold 1960), dies at 82
• 2024 Brian Lockwood, English rugby league utility forward (16 Tests GB, 3 England; Castleford, Canterbury-Bankstown, Balmain, Wakefield Trinity, Hull KR), dies at 78

• 2024 Fleur Adcock, New Zealand poet (Regression), translator, and editor, dies at 90 [1]
• 2024 Gunnar Eggen, Norwegian harness racer (Oslo Grand Prix, Olympiatravet, March of Dimes Trot 1988), dies at 78
• 2024 Peter Cormack, Scottish soccer midfielder (9 caps; Hibernian; Liverpool 125 games) and manager (Partick Thistle FC), dies at 78

October 10 Highlights