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Notable Deaths on October 22
92 people
726 – 2024
October 22 has seen 92 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 726 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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1935 — Ettore Marchiafava
Italian physician (born 1847)
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In 1885 they gave the formal scientific name Plasmodium for these parasites
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In 1913 he was elected to Senate of the Kingdom of Italy
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He was elected member of the Accademia dei Lincei, becoming its vice-president in 1933.
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Ettore Marchiafava was an Italian physician, pathologist and neurologist
a Maya ruler of Dos Pilas
Itzamnaaj Kʼawiil was a Mayan king of Dos Pilas. He was the third known ruler of that place. He is also known as the Ruler 2 and Shield God K.
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726
Frankish political and military leader (born 688)
Charles Martel, Martel being an Old French sobriquet meaning "The Hammer", was a Frankish political and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of the Franks…
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741
842
Portuguese king (born 1345)
Ferdinand I, sometimes called the Handsome or occasionally the Inconstant, was the King of Portugal from 1367 until his death in 1383. He was also briefly made King of Galicia, in 1369. Facing a lack of legitimate male…
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1383
1st Earl of Morton, Scottish earl (born 1426)
James Douglas, the 4th Lord of Dalkeith, was created the 1st Earl of Morton in 1458.
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1493
French book collector (born 1479)
Jean Grolier de Servières, viscount d'Aguisy was Treasurer-General of France and a famous bibliophile. As a book collector, Grolier is known in particular for his patronage of the Aldine Press, and his love of richly…
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1565
Spanish theologian (born 1528)
Domingo Báñez was a Spanish Dominican and Scholastic theologian. The qualifier Mondragonensis is sometimes attached to his name and seems to refer to the birthplace of his father, Juan Báñez, at Mondragón in Guipúzcoa.
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1604
Japanese daimyō (born 1561)
Kikkawa Hiroie was a Japanese daimyō of the Azuchi–Momoyama period through early Edo period.
Hiroie's father was Kikkawa Motoharu and his mother was a daughter of Kumagai Nobunao.
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1626
1708
Prince of Orange (born 1711)
William IV was Prince of Orange from birth and the first hereditary stadtholder of all the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1747 until his death in 1751.
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1751
French astronomer (born 1725)
Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière was a French astronomer who discovered several nebulae and was appointed to the Royal Academy of Sciences. He wrote on the estimation of the distance…
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1792
Uruguayan revolutionary general and politician, President of Uruguay (born 1784)
Juan Antonio Lavalleja y de la Torre was an Uruguayan libertador, revolutionary, military general, and political figure. He was born in Minas, in a region now named after him as the Lavalleja Department of Uruguay.
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1853
German violinist and composer (born 1784)
Louis Spohr, baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor.
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1859
Australian cricketer and footballer (born 1856)
George Coulthard was an Australian cricketer, umpire and Australian rules footballer.
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1883
Irish British novelist and soldier (born 1818)
Thomas Mayne Reid was an Irish British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the…
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1883
English politician (born 1835)
Lewis Ashurst Majendie was a British Conservative Party politician.
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1885
Austrian physiologist and physician (born 1846)
Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, also Ernst Fleischl von Marxow, was an Austrian physiologist and physician who became known for his important investigations on the electrical activity of nerves and the brain. "He also…
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1891
German geologist and paleontologist (born 1817)
Gustav Heinrich Ludwig Hermann Trautschold was a German-Russian geologist and paleontologist and also pharmacist. From 1869 to 1888 he was a professor at the Petrovsky Agricultural and Forestry Academy. Trautschold was…
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1902
French painter (born 1839)
Paul Cézanne was a French Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation, influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century and formed the bridge between late 19th-century…
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1906
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (born 1866)
Konishiki Yasokichi I was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Musha District, Kazusa Province. He was the sport's 17th yokozuna.
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1914
English-American boxer (born 1863)
Robert James Fitzsimmons was a Cornish-New Zealand professional boxer who was the sport's first three-division world champion. He achieved fame for beating "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, and he is in The Guinness Book of…
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1917
founder of the Indian Journal of Medical Research and later Director-General of the Indian Medical Service (born 1857)
Sir Charles Pardey Lukis was the inaugural editor of the Indian Journal of Medical Research and served as the Director-General of the Indian Medical Service (1910–1917). Pardey was also a strong supporter of the…
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1917
Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862)
Andrew Fisher was an Australian politician and trade unionist who served as the fifth prime minister of Australia from 1908 to 1909, 1910 to 1913 and 1914 to 1915. He held office as the leader of the Australian Labor…
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1928
American gangster (born 1904)
Charles Arthur Floyd, nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the West and Central states, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s. He was seen positively…
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1934
Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (born 1854)
Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, PC, PC (Ire), KC, from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge, who was the Attorney General and Solicitor General for England,…
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1935
French militant (born 1924)
Guy Prosper Eustache Môquet was a young French Communist activist. During the German occupation of France in World War II, he was taken hostage by the Nazis and executed by firing squad in Châteaubriant in retaliation…
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1941
Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (born 1874)
Ernst Rüdin was a Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, eugenicist and Nazi, rising to prominence under Emil Kraepelin and assuming the directorship at the German Institute for Psychiatric Research in Munich. While he has…
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1952
Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (born 1899)
Jibanananda Das was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in the Bengali language. Often referred to as the Rupashi Banglar Kabi, he is regarded as one of the most prominent Bengali poets after Rabindranath Tagore and…
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1954
English activist (born 1872)
Hannah Mitchell was an English suffragette and socialist. Born into a poor farming family in Derbyshire, Mitchell left home at a young age to work as a seamstress in Bolton, where she became involved in the socialist…
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1956
Australian politician, 29th Premier of New South Wales (born 1891)
John Joseph Cahill, also known as Joe Cahill or J. J. Cahill, was a long-serving New South Wales politician, railway worker, trade unionist and Labor Party Premier of New South Wales from 1952 to his death in 1959. Born…
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1959
English singer and actress (born 1883)
Muriel George was an English singer and film actress. She appeared in 55 films between 1932 and 1955. George also appeared on the variety stage and sang on radio with her second husband, Ernest Butcher, for thirty years.
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1965
New Zealand poet, writer, theologian, and social commentator. (born 1926)
James Keir Baxter was a New Zealand poet and playwright. He was also known as an activist for the preservation of Māori culture. He is one of New Zealand's most well-known and controversial literary figures. He was a…
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1972
Catalan cellist and conductor (born 1876)
Pablo Casals, also known by his birth name, Pau Casals i Defilló, was a Catalan cellist, composer, and conductor, born in Spain. He made many recordings throughout his career of solo, chamber, and orchestral music,…
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1973
French composer and educator (born 1887)
Juliette Nadia Boulanger was a French music teacher, conductor and composer. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the twentieth century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist.
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1979
Japanese psychiatrist and author (born 1914)
Mieko Kamiya was a Japanese psychiatrist who treated leprosy patients at Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium. She was known for translating books on philosophy. She worked as a medical doctor in the Department of Psychiatry…
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1979
American poet of the Pacific Northwest (born 1923)
Richard Hugo, born Richard Franklin Hogan, was an American poet. Although some critics regard Hugo as primarily a regionalist, his work resonates broadly across place and time. A portion of Hugo's work reflects the…
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1982
Romanian soprano and educator (born 1894)
Viorica Ursuleac was a Romanian operatic dramatic soprano.
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1985
American musician, comedian, and reporter (born 1947)
Jane Carroll Dornacker was an American rock musician, comedian and traffic reporter. She gained fame as an associate songwriter for the San Francisco rock band The Tubes; she also led her own band, Leila and the Snakes.
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1986
Norwegian guitarist and composer (born 1943)
Thorgeir Stubø was a Norwegian jazz guitarist and composer. He was the father of jazz guitarist Håvard Stubø, jazz singer Kjersti Stubø and theater director Eirik Stubø, and he was the grandfather of electronica…
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1986
Chinese general and politician, Head of State of the People's Republic of China (born 1897)
Ye Jianying was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China. He was the top military leader in the 1976 coup that overthrew the Gang of Four and…
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1986
Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)
Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi de Nagyrápolt was a Hungarian biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1937. He is credited with first isolating vitamin C and discovering many of the components and…
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1986
Italian-French actor (born 1919)
Angiolino Giuseppe Pasquale Ventura, known as Lino Ventura, was an Italian-born actor and philanthropist, who lived and worked for most of his life in France. He was considered one of the greatest leading men of French…
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1987
American author (born 1915)
Beatrice Cynthia Freeman, later Beatrice Feinberg, best-known under the pen name Cynthia Freeman, was an American romance novelist. She was known for multigenerational romances centered on Jewish family life and the…
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1988
English singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and playwright (born 1915)
James Henry Miller, better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was a British folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Born in England to Scottish parents, he was one of the originators…
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1989
American kidnapping victim (born 1978)
On October 22, 1989, Jacob Erwin Wetterling, an 11‑year‑old from St. Joseph, Minnesota, was kidnapped from his hometown and murdered later that night. His abductor's identity remained unknown for nearly 27 years. On…
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1989
Algerian-French philosopher and academic (born 1918)
Louis Pierre Althusser was a French Marxist philosopher who studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he eventually became professor of philosophy. Althusser's life was marked by periods of intense mental…
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1990
Japanese singer and actor (born 1924)
Hachiro Kasuga , born Minoru Watabe, was a Japanese enka singer. He has been dubbed "the first enka singer".
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1991
American sportscaster (born 1908)
Walter Lanier "Red" Barber was an American sports announcer and author. Nicknamed "The Ol' Redhead", he was primarily identified with broadcasts of Major League Baseball, calling play-by-play across four decades with…
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1992
American actor (born 1939)
Cleavon Jake Little was an American actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. His…
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1992
English racing driver and engineer (born 1930)
Robert McGregor Innes Ireland was a British racing driver and journalist, who competed in Formula One from 1959 to 1966. Ireland won the 1961 United States Grand Prix with Lotus.
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1993
English novelist, poet, critic (born 1922)
Sir Kingsley William Amis was an English novelist, poet, critic and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social and literary…
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1995
American actress and singer (born 1910)
Mary Wickes was an American character actress, who worked in both film and television. From the 1940s to 1970s, she often played supporting roles as prim, professional women – such as secretaries, nurses, nuns,…
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1995
Ukrainian zoologist
Evdokia Reshetnik was a Ukrainian zoologist and ecologist. She was a specialist in the mole-rats and ground squirrels of Ukraine, and was the first scientist to describe the sandy blind mole-rat of southern Ukraine in…
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1996
Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (born 1905)
Leonid Alekseyevich Amalrik was a Soviet animator and animation director. He was named Honoured Artist of the RSFSR in 1965.
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1997
Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (born 1922)
Helmut Krackowizer was an Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist known for his work with vintage motorcycles.
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2001
American intelligence agent and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1913)
Richard McGarrah Helms was an American government official, intelligence officer and diplomat who served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1966 to 1973 and as United States Ambassador to Iran from 1973 to…
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2002
Hungarian noblewoman and Queen of Albania (born 1915)
Geraldine of Albania was Queen of the Albanians from her marriage to King Zog I on 27 April 1938 until King Zog was deposed on 7 April of the following year.
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2002
2005
Irish-American actor and producer (born 1953)
Anthony Patrick Adams was an Irish film and theatrical producer.
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2005
Canadian-American actor (born 1922)
Arthur Edward Spence Hill was a Canadian actor of film, stage, and television. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his role as George in the original Broadway production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?…
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2006
2007
American-Australian actor, singer, and talk show host (born 1933)
Morton Donald Isaacson, known professionally as Don Lane, was an American talk show host and singer active mostly in Australia, in which he was best known for his television career, especially for hosting Tonight with…
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2009
American comedian and actor (born 1926)
Milton Supman, known professionally as Soupy Sales, was an American comedian, actor, radio-television personality, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television series, Lunch…
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2009
2010
Saudi Arabian prince (born 1930)
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (Arabic: سلطان بن عبدالعزيز آل سعود, Sulṭān ibn ʿAbdulʿazīz Āl Suʿūd;, called The generous Sultan in Saudi Arabia, was the Saudi defense minister from 1963 to 2011 and the Crown Prince of…
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2011
American lawyer and judge (born 1923)
Betty Binns Fletcher was an American lawyer and judge. She served as a United States circuit judge of the San Francisco-based United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit between 1979 and 2012. Fletcher was one…
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2012
English talk show host (born 1946)
Michael Hugh Saunderson Morris was a British television presenter and journalist, best known as a main anchor for TV-am's flagship breakfast television programme Good Morning Britain.
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2012
American dancer, singer, and author (born 1941)
Gabrielle Roth was an American dancer and musician in the world music and trance dance genres, with a special interest in shamanism. She overcame depression and injury to create the 5Rhythms approach to movement in the…
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2012
Canadian pianist and educator (born 1933)
Marylou Dawes or Mary Lou Dawes, was a Canadian concert pianist. She was one of Canada's leading accompanists, chamber musicians and soloists. She trained in Calgary and Austria and won the 3rd prize at the ARD…
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2013
Hungarian historian and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (born 1930)
Lajos Für was a Hungarian politician and historian, who served as Minister of Defence between 1990 and 1994. From 1994 to 1996 he was also chairman of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF), the ruling conservative party…
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2013
American author and screenwriter (born 1933)
William Neal Harrison was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter.
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2013
American general and pilot (born 1925)
Brigadier General James Robinson "Robbie" Risner was a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, and a senior leader among U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War.
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2013
English footballer and soldier (born 1934)
George Edward Francis was an English professional footballer, best remembered for his two spells as a centre forward in the Football League with Brentford. He is a member of the Brentford Hall of Fame and is synonymous…
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2014
American religious leader and author (born 1934)
John-Roger Hinkins was an American author, public speaker, and founder of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA), as well as several other New Age, spiritual, and self-help organizations.
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2014
Indian director and cinematographer (born 1941)
Ashok Kumar Aggarwal was an Indian cinematographer who worked mainly in the South Indian film industry. In a career that spanned nearly four decades, he worked in over 125 feature films in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and…
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2014
English microbiologist, author, and academic (born 1922)
John Raymond Postgate FRS was an English microbiologist and writer, latterly Professor Emeritus of Microbiology at the University of Sussex. Postgate's research in microbiology investigated nitrogen fixation, microbial…
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2014
Dutch civil servant and politician (born 1923)
Willem "Wim" Aantjes was a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
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2015
Turkish journalist and politician (born 1927)
Çetin Altan was a Turkish writer, journalist, and a member of parliament. He was considered one of the finest writers in the modern Turkish language of the late 20th century.
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2015
American illustrator (born 1926)
Murphy C. Anderson Jr. was an American comics artist, known as one of the premier inkers of his era, who worked for companies such as DC Comics for over fifty years, starting in the Golden Age of Comic Books in the…
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2015
American dermatologist and author (born 1945)
Arnold William Klein was an American dermatologist.
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2015
American sergeant (born 1975)
Joshua Lloyd Wheeler was a United States Army soldier who was killed in Iraq during Operation Inherent Resolve. He was a master sergeant assigned to the elite Delta Force, and was the first American service member…
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2015
British comic book artist (born 1962)
Steve Dillon was a British comic book artist, best known for his work with writer Garth Ennis on Hellblazer, Preacher and The Punisher.
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2016
American writer (born 1929)
Sheri Stewart Tepper was an American writer of science fiction, horror and mystery novels. She is primarily known for her feminist science fiction, which explored themes of sociology, gender and equality, as well as…
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2016
Australian musician, songwriter and record producer (born 1946)
George Redburn Young was an Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He was a founding member of the bands The Easybeats and Flash and the Pan, and was one-half of the songwriting and production duo Vanda &…
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2017
American astronaut (born 1932)
Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew who flew on Skylab 2, the first crewed…
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2017
American actor (born 1955)
Peter Thomas Scolari was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Henry Desmond in the ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies (1980–1982) and Michael Harris on the CBS sitcom Newhart (1984–1990), the latter of which…
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2021
American global health researcher (born 1941)
Richard Alan Cash was an American global health researcher, public health physician, and internist. He was a pioneer of oral rehydration therapy for lethal diseases such as cholera. This simple, practical therapy is…
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2024
American grizzly bear (born 1996)
Grizzly 399 was a grizzly bear living in Grand Teton National Park and Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming, United States. She was followed by as many as 40 wildlife photographers, and millions of tourists came to…
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2024
Peruvian philosopher, theologian and priest (born 1928)
Gustavo Gutiérrez-Merino Díaz was a Peruvian Catholic philosopher, theologian, and Dominican priest who was one of the founders of Latin American liberation theology. His 1971 book A Theology of Liberation is considered…
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2024
American film producer and author (born 1950)
Lynda Rosen Obst was an American film producer and author. Her works include Sleepless in Seattle and Interstellar. Obst founded the production companies Hill/Obst Productions in 1986 and Lynda Obst Productions in 1989.
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2024
Mexican baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1960)
Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea, nicknamed "El Toro", was a Mexican professional baseball pitcher. Valenzuela played 17 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons, from 1980 to 1997. He played for six MLB teams, most prominently…
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2024
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Who died on October 22?
Ettore Marchiafava — Italian scientist (1847–1935)
FeaturedEttore Marchiafava
Death year1935
Known forHe spent most of his career as professor of medicine at the University of Rome
Deaths on this date92 (726 – 2024)
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