Famous Deaths on October 18

• 707 John VII, Catholic Pope (705-07), of Greek ancestry, dies
• 1035 Sancho III King of Pamplona (1004-1035), dies
• 1101 Hugh “the Great”, Count of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (1085-1101), dies of battle wounds at 44

• 1141 Margrave Leopold IV of Austria
• 1340 Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies
• 1382 James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde, dies at 51
• 1417 Pope Gregory XII [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies
• 1459 Jan of Heinsberg, Bishop of Liège (1419-56), dies
• 1503 Pius III [Francesco Todeschini], Pope (9/22-10/18/1503), dies
• 1541 Margaret Tudor, Queen consort of Scots as wife of James IV of Scotland (1503-13), dies at 51
• 1545 John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55
• 1558 Maria, Queen of Hungary as wife of Louis II and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (1531-55), dies at 53
• 1564 Johannes Acronius Frisius, German physician and mathematician (b. 1520)
• 1570 Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese missionary, founder of the Jesuit mission in Brazil, dies at 53
• 1589 Adolf van Nieuwenaar, Dutch Stadtholder of Utrecht, dies testing military equipment at 43 or 44
• 1604 Igram van Achelen, Dutch statesman (b. 1528)

• 1646 Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary and martyr, killed with a tomahawk at 39 by Mohawk at their village of Ossernenon and dumped in the Mohawk River
• 1667 Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia
• 1669 Abraham Willaerts, Dutch painter (A Spanish three-decker at anchor off Naples), dies
• 1676 Nathaniel Bacon, British-born American colonist (leader of 1676 rebellion against Virginian government), dies of dysentery at 29
• 1678 Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver and illustrator, dies at 63
• 1678 Jacob Jordaens, Flemish baroque artist (after Rubens and Anthony van Dyck the leading Flemish painter), dies at 85
• 1739 Antônio José da Silva, Brazilian-born dramatist (b. 1705)
• 1744 Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, close friend of Queen Anne of Great Britain, dies at 84
• 1767 Joseph Paul Ziegler, Austrian composer, dies at 45
• 1770 John Manners, Marquess of Granby, British soldier (b. 1721)
• 1771 Robert Praelisauer, German composer, music director, and priest, dies at 62
• 1775 Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715)
• 1788 Jean-Guillain Cardon, French harpist, composer, and teacher, dies at 56
• 1812 Henry Martyn, English missionary (India and Persia), dies of a fever at 31
• 1817 Étienne Méhul, French pianist and first “Romantic” composer (Le jeune sage et le vieux fou), dies of tuberculosis at 54
• 1817 Etienne-Nicolas Méhul, French opera composer, dies at 54

• 1830 Peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies
• 1832 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, Belgian composer, dies at 73
• 1839 François Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter (court painter to king of Westphalia, dies at 68
• 1840 Pierre-Gabriel Gardel, French ballet dancer and choreographer (In L’Offrande à la Liberté), dies at 82
• 1845 Jean-Dominique, comte de Cassini, French astronomer, dies at 97
• 1862 James Creighton, amateur American baseball player, dies of ruptured bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th
• 1864 David Bell Birney, American businessman, lawyer, and Major General (Union Army), dies at 39
• 1864 Jacques-François Gallay, French horn player and composer, dies at 68

• 1876 Francis Preston Blair, American journalist and newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85
• 1886 Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist who introduced Western medicine to Japan, dies at 70
• 1889 Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (invented a telephone-like device), dies at 81

• 1893 Lucy Stone, American abolitionist (US Woman’s Suffrage Association), dies at 75
• 1909 Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (Political Struggle in Italy), dies at 57
• 1911 Alfred Binet, French child psychologist who invented the first practical IQ test (Binet–Simon test), dies at 54
• 1921 King Ludwig III, the last king of Bavaria (1913-18), dies at 76

• 1932 Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)
• 1932 William E. Upjohn, American physician who invented dissolvable pills (Upjohn Pharmaceutical Company), dies at 79 [1]
• 1938 Karl Kautsky, Austrian philosopher and Marxist theorist (Socialist journal Neue Zeit), dies at 83
• 1940 Suze Groeneweg, 1st Dutch woman elected to parliament (1918-37), dies at 65
• 1941 Dirk Fock, Dutch politician and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1921-26), dies at 83
• 1941 Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician and writer (7th President of Portugal 1923-25), dies at 81
• 1942 Mikhail Nesterov, Russian and Soviet symbolist painter (The Vision of the Youth Bartholomew), dies at 80 [1] [2]
• 1943 A. M. de Jong, Dutch writer (World Tour of Bulletje & Bonestaak), dies at 55
• 1943 Benedictus H. Danser, Dutch taxonomist and botanist, dies at 52
• 1944 Orville “Hoppy” Jones, American bass singer and cellist (The Ink Spots – “If I Didn’t Care”), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 39
• 1944 Viktor Ullmann, Austrian pianist, conductor, and composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis), murdered in gas chamber of Auschwitz concentration camp at 46

• 1948 Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (WWII), dies before his war crimes trail starts, at 67
• 1953 Douwe Kalma, Dutch literary writer and leader (Young Frisian Movement), dies at 57
• 1953 Federico Gerdes, composer, dies at 80
• 1955 José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher and author (The Revolt of the Masses), dies at 72

• 1956 Harry Parry, Welsh jazz clarinetist and bandleader (BBC’s Radio Rhythm Club), dies at 44
• 1959 Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (Olympic gold marathon 1928), dies of gun wounds at 61
• 1961 Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American silent film actress (The Dragon Painter), dies at 69
• 1963 Cláudio Carneyro, Portuguese violinist, composer, and educator, dies at 68
• 1965 Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73
• 1965 Henry Travers [Travers John Heagerty], British stage and screen character actor (It’s A Wonderful Life; Mrs. Miniver; Bells of St Mary), dies of arteriosclerosis at 91
• 1966 Bill Nestell, American actor (Dangerous Venture, Buckskin Frontier), dies of a heart attack at 73
• 1966 Sebastian S. Kresge, American merchant and philanthropist (Kmart), dies at 99
• 1968 Lee Tracy, American actor (Dinner at Eight, Martin Kane Private Eye), dies of cancer at 70
• 1972 Esma Cannon, Australian-born actress (Sailor Beware!), dies at 66
• 1972 Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies
• 1973 Crane Wilbur, American director and writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86
• 1973 Frank Knight, TV announcer (Chronoscope), dies at 79
• 1973 Leo Strauss, German-American political philosopher, dies at 74
• 1973 Walt Kelly, American cartoonist and animator (Pogo), dies at 60
• 1975 Al Lettieri, American actor (The Godfather; Pulp; Mr Majestyk; Getaway), dies of a heart attack at 47
• 1976 Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian Telugu writer (Ramayana Kalpa Vrukshamu, Veyipadagalu), dies at 81

• 1977 Gudrun Ensslin, German terrorist and founder of the Red Army Faction, commits suicide along with other RAF leaders at 37
• 1977 Hanns Martin Schleyer, German industrialist, murdered by leftist kidnappers at 64
• 1977 Jan-Carl Raspe (b. 1944)
• 1977 Kristian Hauger, Norwegian jazz pianist, orchestra leader and songwriter (“Charleston i Grukkedalen”), dies at 71
• 1977 Rolph Grant, West Indian cricketer (West Indian captain on 1939 England tour), dies at 67
• 1978 Frank Woolley, English cricket all-rounder (64 Tests, 5 x 100, 23 x 50, HS 154, 83 wickets, BB 7/76; Kent CCC), dies at 91
• 1978 Jacques Mornard [Ramon Mercader], Spanish communist (murdered Trotsky in Mexico with an ice axe), dies at 64

• 1982 Dwain Esper, American film director (The Seventh Commandment), dies at 89
• 1982 John Robarts, Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
• 1982 Maurice Gilliams, Belgian writer and poet (Sources of Insomnia), dies at 82
• 1982 Paul Lebeau, Flemish writer (Last Rose, Xanthippe), dies at 74
• 1982 Pierre Mendès-France, French Premier (1954-55), dies at 75
• 1983 Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish-Argentinian anarchist involved in the Argentine Regional Work Federation and the Spanish Iberian Anarchist Federation, dies at 86
• 1983 Vijay Manjrekar, Indian cricket batsman (55 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 189no; Bombay, Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra), dies at 52
• 1983 Willie Jones, American baseball third baseman (MLB All Star 1950, 51; Philadelphia Phillies), dies from cancer at 58
• 1984 Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82
• 1984 Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (Voyagers!, Cover-up), dies by a gun loaded with blanks at 26
• 1985 Benjamin Moloisi, South African poet/Anc’er, hanged at 30
• 1987 Theodore Brameld, author (Use of Explosive Ideas), dies at 83
• 1988 Dimitri Frenkel Frank, Dutch writer and director (Hadimassa), dies at 60
• 1991 Gunnar Sønstevold, Norwegian jazz pianist, and orchestral and film score composer (Litany In Atlanta; The Dorian Cage), dies at 78
• 1991 Jan Christiaanse, Dutch university professor, and politician (Senate, 1973-77, 1979-91; resident of Dutch political party CDA), dies at 59
• 1993 Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63
• 1993 Lois Kibbee, American actress (Edge of Night), dies of a brain tumor at 71
• 1993 Smail Yefsah, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 31
• 1994 Lee Allen, American tenor sax player (“Walkin’ With Mr Lee”), dies of cancer at 68
• 1994 WiIlliam Faure, South African film producer (Shaka Zulu), dies of kidney failure at 45
• 1995 Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, American lawyer and civil rights activist (challenged University of Oklahoma segregation laws in Supreme Court and won), dies at 67
• 1995 Iri Maruki, Japanese artist (The Hiroshima Panels), dies at 94
• 1995 John Gardener, boatbuilder/writer, dies at 90
• 1995 Thomas Lyttle, paramilitary, dies at 56
• 1996 Guiseppe Panini, industrialist, dies at 71
• 1997 Bill Rotsler, cartoonist/writer, dies of cancer at 62
• 1997 Nancy Dickerson, American pioneering journalist, 1st female news correspondent (CBS), dies at 70
• 1997 Roberto C Goizueta, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies of lung cancer at 65
• 1999 Herbert Heckmann, German writer, dies at 69
• 1999 Tony Crombie, English jazz drummer and bandleader, dies at 74
• 2000 Gwyneth “Gwen” Verdon, American actress, singer and dancer (Cotton Club; Sweet Charity), dies at 75
• 2000 Julie London, American singer (“Cry Me A River”) and actress (Emergency – “Nurse McCall”), dies at 74
• 2002 Kam Fong Chun, American actor (Hawaii Five-0, Magnum, P.I.), dies of lung cancer at 84
• 2002 Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 10, 16, 33), dies at 70
• 2002 Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (b. 1950)
• 2002 Wynand Breytenbach, South African soldier and politician, Deputy Minister of Defense (1986-94), dies at 67
• 2003 Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish writer (b. 1939)
• 2003 Preston Smith, 40th Governor of Texas, dies at 91
• 2004 Veerappan, Indian bandit and smuggler (b. 1945)
• 2005 Bill King, American sports broadcaster (b. 1927)
• 2005 John Hollis, British actor (b. 1931)
• 2005 Johnny Haynes, English soccer forward (56 caps; Fulham 594 games), dies of a brain haemorrhage at 71
• 2006 Anna Russell, English music satirist and composer, dies at 94
• 2006 Mario Francesco Cardinal Pompedda (b. 1929)
• 2007 Alan Coren, English writer and satirist (b. 1938)
• 2007 Kumiko Ida, Japanese classical pianist, dies of meningitis at 38
• 2007 Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician, killed by carjackers at 43
• 2007 Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (b. 1915)
• 2007 William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1985-89), dies at 82
• 2008 (Deliah) “Dee Dee” Warwick, American soul singer, dies of complications from diabetes at 66
• 2009 Nancy Spero, American feminist artist, dies at 83
• 2010 Marion Brown, American jazz alto saxophonist, (Marion Brown Quartet; John Coltrane -“Ascension”; Artie Schepp), avant garde composer, writer, and ethnomusicologist, dies at 79
• 2011 Kent Hull, American football center (First-team All-Pro 1990, 91; Pro Bowl 1988, 89, 90; Buffalo Bills), dies from chronic liver disease at 50
• 2011 Norman Corwin, American screenwriter for radio drama, dies at 101
• 2012 David Spencer Ware, American free jazz saxophonist, dies at 62
• 2013 Allan Stanley, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman (Stanley Cup 1962-64, 67; NHL All-Star 1960, 61, 66; Toronto Maple Leafs), dies at 87
• 2013 Bill Young, American politician, dies from complications from a back injury at 82
• 2013 Bum Phillips, American football coach (Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints), dies at 90
• 2013 Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German influential literary critic, dies at 93
• 2013 Mary Carver [Carvellas], American actress (Simon & Simon, Star Trek: Enterprise), dies at 89
• 2013 Tom Foley, American politician (Rep-D-Washington 1965-1995) and speaker of the house (1989-95), dies from complications from a stroke at 84
• 2014 Edward Regan, American Republican politician and Comptroller of New York (1979-93), dies at 84
• 2014 Joanne Borgella, American plus-sized model and singer, dies of cancer at 32
• 2016 Anthony Addabbo, American actor (Jason-Generations), dies at 56
• 2016 Phil Chess [Fiszel Czyż], Polish-American record company executive (Chess Records), and jazz record producer, dies at 95
• 2018 Randolph Hokanson, American concert pianist and teacher (University of Washington, 1949-84), dies at 103
• 2019 William Milliken, American politician, longest serving Governor of Michigan (1969-83), dies at 97
• 2020 Alan S. Boyd, American politician and transportation executive (1st US Secretary of Transportation), dies at 98
• 2020 Jill Paton Walsh, English writer (Peter Wimsey series, Knowledge of Angels), dies at 83 [1]
• 2020 Juliusz Łuciuk, Polish composer (Hymnus de Caritate; Dzikie wino/ Virgin Ivy), dies at 93
• 2020 René Felber, Swiss politician (Federal Council, 1987-93; President, 1992), dies at 87
• 2020 Sid Hartman, American sports journalist (Minneapolis Star Tribune; WCCO 830 AM), dies at 100
• 2021 Bandula Warnapura, Sri Lankan cricket batsman (4 Tests; first SL Test captain; 12 ODIs; Bloomfield CC), dies at 68

• 2021 Edita Gruberová, Slovak operatic soprano, dies at 74
• 2021 Manuel Neri, American sculptor (life-size figurative sculptures), dies at 91
• 2021 Val Bisoglio, American actor (Lt Marsh-Police Woman, Danny-Quincy ME), dies at 95
• 2022 Ole Ellefsæter, Norwegian cross-country skier (Olympic gold 50km & 4×10km relay 1968; World C’ship gold 4×10km relay 1966), dies from cardiac arrest at 83
• 2022 Robert Gordon, American rockabilly revival singer-songwriter (“Red Hot”), and actor (The Loveless), dies of leukemia at 75
• 2023 Dwight Twilley, American power pop singer-songwriter (“I’m On Fire”; “Girls”), dies of complications from a stroke at 72 [1]

October 18 Highlights