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With Houston as lead singer, the Sweet Inspirations would record four albums before Houston departed for a solo career in 1970
Notable Deaths on October 7
123 people
336 – 2024
October 7 has seen 123 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 336 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2024 — Cissy Houston
American singer (born 1933)
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By the early 1960s, Houston had begun a career as a session vocalist for several secular musicians in the rhythm and blues, soul, rock and roll, and pop genres
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She eventually founded the girl group the Sweet Inspirations with Shemwell, Smith and Brown in 1967 and that year signed a contract with Atlantic Records
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Her best-known solo singles include the top 20 R&B chart single, "I'll Be There" and the top 5 dance single, "Think It Over"
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Emily "Cissy" Houston was an American soul and gospel singer
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858
French king (born 879)
Charles III, called the Simple or the Straightforward, was the king of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the king of Lotharingia from 911 until 919–923. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty.
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Italian ruler
Ezzelino III da Romano was an Italian feudal lord, a member of the Ezzelini family, in the March of Treviso. He was a close ally of the emperor Frederick II, and ruled Verona, Vicenza and Padua for almost two decades.…
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1259
English noblewoman (born 1304)
Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormond was an English noblewoman born in Knaresborough Castle to Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, and Elizabeth, daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile. After…
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1363
1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician (born 1338)
Lionel of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence was an English prince, Earl of Ulster jure uxoris from 1347, Duke of Clarence from 1362, Guardian of England in 1345–46, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1361–66, Knight of the Garter…
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1368
follower of Joan of Arc (born c. 1390)
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles, a minor noble of Gascon origin, was one of the chief lieutenants of Joan of Arc.
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1461
Italian nobleman (born 1417)
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta was an Italian condottiero and nobleman, a member of the House of Malatesta and lord of Rimini and Fano from 1432. He was widely considered by his contemporaries as one of the most daring…
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1468
Spanish composer (born 1500)
Cristóbal de Morales was a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He is generally considered to be the most influential Spanish composer before Tomás Luis de Victoria.
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1553
Ottoman soldier and politician, Ottoman Governor of Egypt
Müezzinzade Ali Pasha was an Ottoman statesman and naval officer. He was the Grand Admiral in command of the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Lepanto, where he was killed in action. He also served as the governor of Egypt…
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1571
Danish queen consort of Christian III of Denmark (born 1511)
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg was queen consort of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian III of Denmark. She was known to having wielded influence upon the affairs of state in Denmark.
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1571
English soldier, courtier, and poet (born 1535)
George Gascoigne was an English poet, soldier and unsuccessful courtier. He is considered the most important poet of the early Elizabethan era, following Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and leading to…
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1577
Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1538)
Giovanni Battista Guarini was an Italian poet, dramatist, and diplomat. Courtier at Ferrara, diplomat and secretary to several ruling families, he served also at Florence and Urbino. He is best known as the author of…
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1612
Polish-Lithuanian commander (born 1547)
Stanisław Żółkiewski was a Polish nobleman of the Lubicz coat of arms, a magnate, military commander, and Chancellor of the Polish Crown in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who took part in many military campaigns in…
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1620
duke of Savoy (born 1587)
Victor Amadeus I was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 26 July 1630 until his death in 1637. He was also known as the Lion of Susa.
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1637
French scholar (born 1559)
Jacques Sirmond, pseudonym Jacobus Cosmas Fabricius, was a French scholar and Jesuit.
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1651
1653
Indian 10th Sikh guru (born 1666)
Guru Gobind Singh was the tenth and last human Sikh Guru. He was a warrior, poet, and philosopher. In 1675, at the age of nine, he was formally made the leader of the Sikhs after his father Guru Tegh Bahadur—the ninth…
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1708
Italian painter (born 1681)
Giulia Elisabetta Lama was an Italian painter active in Venice during the late Baroque period. Her dark, intense style contrasted with the dominant pastel tones of the era. She was one of the first female artists to…
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1747
American preacher and abolitionist (born 1720)
John Woolman was an American merchant, tailor, journalist, Quaker preacher, and early abolitionist during the colonial era. Based in Mount Holly, New Jersey, near Philadelphia, he traveled through the American frontier…
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1772
German-American pastor and missionary (born 1711)
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, was a German-born Lutheran clergyman and missionary. Born in Einbeck, Muhlenberg immigrated to the Province of Pennsylvania in response to demands from Lutherans for missionary work in the…
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1787
American lawyer and politician (born 1725)
George Mason was an American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution. His writings,…
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1792
1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (born 1718)
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire,, known as the 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the 1st Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.
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1793
Scottish mathematician and philosopher (born 1710)
Thomas Reid was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher best known for his philosophical method, his theory of perception, and its wide implications on epistemology, and as the developer and defender of an…
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1796
American short story writer, poet, and critic (born 1809)
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely regarded as one of the…
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1849
French Roman Catholic missionary to Japan (born 1829)
Bernard Thaddée Petitjean was a French Catholic prelate who served as Apostolic Vicar of Japan from 1866 to 1876.
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1884
American physician, author, and poet (born 1809)
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works…
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1894
German mathematician and academic (born 1832)
Rudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz was a German mathematician who made contributions to mathematical analysis and differential geometry, as well as number theory, algebras with involution and classical mechanics.
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1903
English historian and explorer (born 1831)
Isabella Lucy Bishop was an English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist. Alongside fellow Englishwoman Fanny Jane Butler, she founded the John Bishop Memorial Hospital in Srinagar in modern-day Kashmir. She…
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1904
Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (born 1848)
Honoré Beaugrand was a French Canadian journalist, politician, author and folklorist, born in Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie, Quebec.
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1906
English neurologist and physician (born 1835)
John Hughlings Jackson was an English neurologist. He is best known for his research on epilepsy.
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1911
Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (born 1856)
Alfred Deakin was an Australian politician who served as the second prime minister of Australia from 1903 to 1904, 1905 to 1908, and 1909 to 1910. He held office as the leader of the Protectionist Party, and in his…
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1919
American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
Christopher Mathewson, nicknamed "Big Six," "the Christian Gentleman," "Matty," and "the Gentleman's Hurler," was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the…
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1925
German psychologist and academic (born 1856)
Emil Wilhelm Georg Magnus Kraepelin was a German psychiatrist. Fellow psychiatrist Hans Eysenck's Encyclopedia of Psychology identified him as helping to lay the foundation for modern scientific psychiatry,…
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1926
Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (born 1861)
Sir Alexander James Peacock was an Australian politician who served as the 20th Premier of Victoria.
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1933
American neurosurgeon and academic (born 1869)
Harvey Williams Cushing was an American neurosurgeon, pathologist, writer, and draftsman. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first exclusive neurosurgeon and the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He wrote…
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1939
English author and poet (born 1880)
Marguerite Antonia Radclyffe-Hall, also known by her pen name Radclyffe Hall, was an English poet and author best known for her novel The Well of Loneliness, a groundbreaking work in lesbian literature. In adulthood,…
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1943
German colonel and pilot (born 1918)
Helmut Johannes Siegfried Lent was a German night-fighter ace in World War II. Lent shot down 110 aircraft, 102 of them at night. Born into a devoutly religious family, he showed an early passion for glider flying;…
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1944
American engineer (born 1876)
Willis Haviland Carrier was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning, inventing the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. In 1915, he founded Carrier Corporation, a company…
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1950
Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (born 1874)
Anton Frederik Philips was a Dutch businessman. He is one of the co-founders of the Royal Philips Electronics N.V. in 1912 with his older brother Gerard Philips in Eindhoven, Netherlands. His father and Gerard had…
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1951
American businessman, founded Birds Eye (born 1886)
Clarence Birdseye was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist, considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry. He founded the frozen food company Birds Eye. Among his inventions during his career…
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1956
American tenor and actor (born 1921)
Mario Lanza was an American tenor and actor. He was a Hollywood film star popular in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16. After appearing at the Hollywood Bowl…
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1959
Indonesian military officer (born 1918)
Major Raden Oking Jaya Atmaja, known as Mayor Oking, was a military officer and an Indonesian independence fighter.
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1963
Greek singer-songwriter (born 1890)
Grigoris Asikis was a Greek singer and songwriter of urban Greek music, Rembetiko. He wrote lyrics for most of the songs he recorded and played the outi.
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1966
English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1872)
Sir Ralph Norman Angell was a lecturer, journalist, author and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to promote peace, particularly through writings that argued…
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1967
Belgian cyclist (born 1888)
Léon Scieur was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1921 Tour de France, along with stages 3 and 10. His first great victory was the 1920 Liège–Bastogne–Liège; he won a stage and finished fourth in the 1919 and 1920 Tours de…
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1969
Canadian priest and academic (born 1906)
Alphonse-Marie Parent was a Canadian priest, educator and academic administrator. He is best known for having given his name to the Parent Report on the reform of Quebec's education system.
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1970
American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (born 1927)
George Ogden Abell was an American astronomer and professor. He taught at UCLA, primarily as a research astronomer. He earned his B.S. in 1951, his M.S. in 1952 and his Ph.D. in 1957, all from Caltech. He was a Ph.D.…
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1983
Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1904)
Cemal Reşit Rey was a Turkish composer, pianist, script writer and conductor. He was well known for a string of successful and popular Turkish-language operettas for which his brother Ekrem Reşit Rey (1900–1959) wrote…
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1985
Australian architect (born 1893)
Beatrice May Hutton was an Australian architect. On 30 October 1916, she became the first female to be accepted into an institute of architects in Australia. This followed the rejection of earlier female applicants,…
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1990
Italian beatified (born1971)
Chiara Badano was an Italian woman who has been beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. At age nine she joined the Focolare Movement and received the nickname "Luce" ("light") by the founder Chiara Lubich. When she was…
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1990
American animator (born 1890)
Myron "Grim" Natwick was an American artist, cartoonist, animator, and film director. Natwick is best known for drawing the Fleischer Studios' most popular character, Betty Boop.
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1990
American colonel and pilot (born 1921)
Harry Winston Brown was an Army Air Corps second lieutenant assigned to the 47th Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field on the island of Oahu during the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. He was one of the five American…
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1991
American baseball player and manager (born 1905)
Leo Ernest Durocher, nicknamed "Leo the Lip" and "Lippy", was an American professional baseball player, manager, and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an infielder. Upon his retirement, he ranked fifth…
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1991
Australian footballer (born 1965)
Darren Millane was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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1991
American philosopher and educator (born 1930)
Allan David Bloom was an American philosopher, classicist, and academician. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon, and Alexandre Kojève. He subsequently taught at Cornell University, the University…
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1992
Indian businessman and politician (born1927)
Babu Karam Singh Bal was an Indian politician for the Shiromani Akali Dal party and the sarpanch for the town of Sathiala in Punjab, India. Bal was also the manager of Gurdwara Baba Bakala Sahib under the SGPC for 38…
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1992
South African-born Irish actor (born 1910)
Cyril James Cusack was an Irish stage and screen actor with a career that spanned more than 70 years. During his lifetime, he was considered one of Ireland's finest thespians, and was renowned for his interpretations of…
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1993
Danish-English physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
Niels Kaj Jerne, FRS was a Danish immunologist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1984 with Georges J. F. Köhler and César Milstein "for theories concerning the specificity in development and…
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1994
Australian film critic and author (born 1928)
Ivan Joseph Hutchinson was an Australian film critic, television personality and music director.
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1995
Austrian-Czech-American mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle (born 1906)
Olga Taussky-Todd was an Austrian and American mathematician. She published more than 300 research papers on algebraic number theory, integral matrices, and matrices in algebra and analysis.
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1995
Surinamese-Dutch author, playwright, and politician (born 1903)
Lodewijk 'Lou' Lichtveld was a Surinamese politician, playwright, poet and resistance fighter who wrote under the pseudonym "Albert Helman".
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1996
Dutch strongman and weightlifter (born 1952)
Cees de Vreugd, also known as "Kees de Vreugd" was a butcher, strongman and powerlifter from Katwijk, Netherlands. He finished third at the World's Strongest Man games in 1985.
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1998
2001
English-American wrestler and trainer (born 1955)
Christopher Adams, best known as "Gentleman" Chris Adams, was an English professional wrestler, promoter, coach, and judoka.
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2001
Canadian chemist and businessman (born 1913)
Roger Gaudry, was a Canadian chemist, businessman, corporate director, and rector of the Université de Montréal.
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2001
Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
Pierangelo Bertoli was an Italian singer-songwriter and poet. Close to libertarian communist issues, his works were mainly about environment, laïcité, antimilitarism and social issues regarding marginalised and…
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2002
Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1932)
Israel Harold "Izzy" Asper was a Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate. He was the founder and owner of the now-defunct TV and media company CanWest Global Communications Corp and father to its former CEO and President…
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2003
American composer and educator (born 1912)
Arthur Victor Berger was an American composer and music critic who has been described as a New Mannerist.
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2003
Japanese composer, lyricist, and singer (born 1959)
Miki Matsubara was a Japanese singer and songwriter. She contributed to the opening and ending theme songs of the anime Gu-Gu Ganmo under the name Suzie Matsubara. Her 1979 debut song "Mayonaka no Door" became a hit,…
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2004
English race car driver (born 1935)
Anthony Lanfranchi was a British racing driver. He competed in many various events throughout a long racing career, including the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans for Elva, non-championship Formula One races in 1968, and the…
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2004
American actor and comedian (born 1949)
Charles Adams Claverie, known by stage names Charlie Hamburger, Charlie Kennedy, and Charles Rocket, was an American actor. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, played the villain Nicholas Andre in the film Dumb…
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2005
Spanish cyclist (born 1985)
Julen Goikoetxea Garate was a Basque racing cyclist from Ondarroa.
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2006
American-Russian journalist and activist (born 1958)
Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian investigative journalist who reported on political and social events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War (1999–2005). She was found murdered in the elevator of…
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2006
Japanese motorcycle racer (born 1975)
Norifumi "Norick" Abe , or Norick Abe (ノリック・アベ) was a Japanese professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from 1994 to 2004. Abe died in a road traffic…
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2007
American lawyer and politician (born 1931)
George Edward Sangmeister was an American politician and United States Representative from Illinois. He originally represented Illinois' 4th congressional district, before it was renumbered as the 11th district.
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2007
American photographer (born 1917)
Irving Penn was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake…
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2009
2010
Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1924)
Milka Planinc was a Croatian communist politician who served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 1982 to 1986. She was the first and only woman to hold this office. Planinc was also the first female head of government…
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2010
Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (born 1925)
Ramiz Alia was an Albanian politician serving as the second and last leader of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1985 to 1991, serving as First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. He was also the…
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2011
Hungarian-American cinematographer (born 1926)
Andrew Laszlo A.S.C. was a Hungarian-American cinematographer.
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2011
Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (born 1926)
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally was an American politician from California. A Democrat, he served in the California State Assembly (1963–1966) and the California State Senate (1967–1975), as the 41st lieutenant governor of…
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2012
Belgian-French author and poet (born 1923)
Henri Paul René Ceuppens, who wrote under the pseudonym Ivo Michiels, was a Belgian writer.
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2012
American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
Wiley Dean Reed was an Australian-based African-American blues musician and songwriter, who sang and accompanied himself on the piano.
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2012
English footballer (born 1953)
Mick Buckley was an English footballer who played for Everton, Sunderland, Hartlepool United, Carlisle United and Middlesbrough as a midfielder.
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2013
American actress (born 1949)
Elizabeth Teresa "Terry" Burnham was an American actress. She had most of her career as a child actress in television series. She is best known for her performance in the Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare as a Child",.…
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2013
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
Patrice Chéreau was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer. In France he is best known for his work for the theatre, internationally for his films La Reine Margot and Intimacy, and for his…
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2013
American admiral (born 1934)
David Elmer Jeremiah was a United States Navy admiral who served as the second vice chairman and also the acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After his retirement from the Navy in February 1994, he worked in…
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2013
Filipino police officer and politician, 36th Executive Secretary of the Philippines (born 1946)
Leandro "Larry" Ramos Mendoza was a Filipino policeman and public official who served as Executive Secretary of the Philippines. He previously served as Chief of the Philippine National Police and Transportation and…
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2013
American lawyer and politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (born 1964)
Joseph Bernard Rogers was an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the Republican Party and unsuccessfully mounted congressional…
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2013
Georgian footballer (born 1988)
Nika Kiladze was a Georgian football player who last played for FC Guria Lanchkhuti.
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2014
Polish-German author and playwright (born 1926)
Siegfried Lenz was a German writer of novels, short stories and essays, as well as dramas for radio and the theatre. In 2000 he received the Goethe Prize on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth.…
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2014
Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1917)
Pearl Iva Edith Withers was a Canadian-born American actress and singer, best remembered as a replacement player who had long runs in some of Rodgers and Hammerstein's biggest musical theatre hits. From 1945 to 1970,…
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2014
American basketball player and coach (born 1927)
Harry Junior "The Horse" Gallatin was an American professional basketball player and coach. Gallatin played nine seasons for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1948 to 1957, as well as…
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2015
Iranian general (born 1951)
Hossein Hamadani, also spelled Hamedani, was an Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander. He was posthumously promoted to a Major General.
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2015
Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (born 1950)
Iroijlaplap Jurelang Zedkaia was a Marshallese politician and Iroijlaplap. He served as the President of the Marshall Islands from 2009 to 2012. He was elected as the country's 5th head of state on October 26, 2009,…
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2015
Australian actor, comedian (born 1930)
Ross Higgins was an Australian vaudevillian, character actor, television host, comedian, singer and voice actor. He was best known for his role as Ted Bullpitt in the 1980s television situation comedy series Kingswood…
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2016
Mexican chemist (born 1943)
Mario José Molina-Pasquel Henríquez was a Mexican physical chemist. He played a pivotal role in the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole, and was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in…
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2020
2022
Lior Asulin was an Israeli footballer who played as a striker. He was murdered during the Nova music festival massacre, which led to the outbreak of the Gaza war.
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2023
Jayar Davidov was an Israeli police officer who was a police commander in Rahat and a Chief Superintendent in the Israel Police. Davidov was killed in the line of duty during the October 7 attacks.
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2023
Asaf Hamami was an IDF officer with the rank of colonel, serving as the commander of the Southern Brigade in the Gaza Strip. Prior to that, he served as the commander of the Negev Brigade, commander of the Oz Brigade…
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2023
Hayim Katsman was an American-Israeli peace activist and academic. He was murdered in the Holit massacre in Israel, on 7 October 2023.
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2023
Ofir Libstein was an Israeli politician. He served as head of the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council from 2018 to 2023. Libstein was killed in the Kfar Aza massacre in part of the attack which sparked the Gaza war.
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2023
Roi Yosef Levy was an officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with the rank of colonel who served in his last position as commander of the Multidimensional Unit. He had previously served as commander of the Fire…
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2023
On 7 October 2023, during the Nova music festival massacre, Shani Nicole Louk, a 22-year-old German-Israeli tattoo artist and influencer, was killed. Shortly after the attack, a video circulated showing her body paraded…
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2023
Omer Neutra was an American-Israeli Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer who was killed by Palestinian militants in the October 7, 2023 attack.
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2023
Yizhar Peled was an Israeli police officer with the rank of Assistant Commissioner. He served as commander of the West Bank Border Police until his retirement in 2020. He was killed in the Kfar Aza massacre, the opening…
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2023
Aner Elyakim Shapira was an Israeli who was killed during the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel. During the Nova music festival massacre, while taking cover in a shelter, Shapira threw back at Hamas militants 7…
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2023
Vivian Silver was a Canadian-Israeli peace activist and women's rights activist. She was murdered in the Be'eri massacre, a part of the October 7 attacks.
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2023
Yonatan Steinberg was an officer in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) with the rank of colonel, who served as the commander of the 933rd "Nahal" Brigade. He had previously served as the commander of the Center for…
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2023
Yahav Winner was an Israeli filmmaker, actor, producer and cinematographer. He was murdered in the Kfar Aza massacre, part of the October 7 Hamas-led attack during the Gaza war.
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2023
English filmmaker
Terence Davies was an English filmmaker. He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films, including Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992) and the collage film Of Time and…
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2023
American businessman (born 1938)
Arie Leonard Kopelman was an American businessman and philanthropist. He served as the President and COO of Chanel from 1986 until 2004, when he retired and was succeeded by former Banana Republic President Maureen…
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2024
Burmese politician, physician and former political prisoner (born 1951)
Zaw Myint Maung was a Burmese politician, physician and political prisoner who served as Chief Minister of Mandalay Region and Mandalay Region MP for Amarapura Township.
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2024
American novelist (born 1928)
Lore Vailer Segal was an Austrian-American novelist, translator, teacher, short story writer, and author of children's books. She was the author of five novels, and was known for her autobiographical fiction, drawing on…
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2024
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Cissy Houston — American singer and mother of Whitney Houston (1933–2024)
FeaturedCissy Houston
Death year2024
Known forBorn in Newark, New Jersey, Houston began singing with three of her siblings in a family gospel group, the Drinkard Singers
Deaths on this date123 (336 – 2024)
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Hamas and several other Palestinian militant groups launch an attack into Israel, which results in the deaths of around 1,200, mostly civilians, and the taking of 251 hostages, including civilians and soldiers. The attack initiated the Gaza war and the larger Middle Eastern crisis. Wikipedia →
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