Deaths October 30 | History by KabAstro

1757 Osman III, sultan of Turkey (1754-57), dies at 58
1785 Gustaf P Creutz, Swedish diplomat/poet (Daphne), dies at 54
1787 Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist (Della Moneta), dies at 58

William Cavendish-Bentinck (1738-1809)

3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1783, 1807-09), dies after an operation to remove a kidney stone at 71

1816 Frederick I of Württemberg (b. 1754)
1823 Edmund Cartwright, English inventor (power loom), dies at 80
1833 Pieter G. Witsen Geysbeek, Dutch historian, dies at 58
1842 Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and author, dies at 57
1853 Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (Triple Oratorio:, Putifar-Giuseppe-Giacobbe), dies at 66
1862 Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, American astronomer and Union Major General, dies at 53
1867 John Albion Andrew, American politician (25th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 49
1883 Johann Vesque von Püttlingen, Austrian lawyer and composer, dies at 80
1885 Gustav Merkel, German organist (Dresden Cathedral, 1864-85), composer, and pedagogue (Dresden Conservatory), dies at 57
1889 Alfred E. Jackson "Mudwall", American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 82

John Abbott (1821-1893)

3rd Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 1891-92), dies of brain cancer at 72

1894 Honoré Mercier, Canadian politician and 9th Premier of Quebec (1887-91), dies at 54
1898 Yakov Petrovich Polonsky Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78
1899 William Henry Webb, American industrialist and philanthropist, dies at 83
1901 George Elliott Benson, British Army officer, killed in battle Battle at Bakenlaagte, South Africa at 40
1910 Henri Dunant, Swiss humanitarian, Founder of Red Cross (Nobel 1901), dies at 82
1912 James S. Sherman, 27th Vice President of the United States (1909-1912), dies at 57
1912 Jan Karol Gall, Polish conductor and composer of mostly vocal pieces (Mizerna, cicha), dies at 55
1914 Ernst Stadler, German poet (Der Aufbruch), dies fighting in WWI at 31

Charles Tupper (1821-1915)

6th Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative: 69-day term in 1896), dies of heart failure at 94

1915 Gervys Rignold Hazlitt, cricketer (9 Tests for Aust 1907-12), dies
1916 Silas Gamaliel Pratt, American composer (The Tragedy of the Deep), dies at 70
1919 Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (Poems of Passion), dies at 68

Bonar Law (1858-1923)

British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1922-23), dies of throat cancer at 64

1928 Oscar Sonneck, American editor (The Musical Quarterly), musicologist, and librarian (Library of Congress, 1902-17), dies at 55
1930 Sakichi Toyoda, Japanese inventor and industrialist (Toyota Industries), dies at 63
1932 Paul Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, English army officer (Governor of Natal and Malta) dies at 87
1933 Guillermo M. Tomás, Cuban composer, dies at 65
1936 Lorado Taft, American sculptor (Black Hawk), dies at 76
1936 Teddy Wynyard, cricketer (three Tests for England 1896-1906), dies
1941 (Leon) "Chu" Berry, American swing jazz tenor saxophonist (Fletcher Henderson; Cab Calloway), dies in a car accident at 33
1944 Paul Ladmirault, French composer, dies at 66
1953 Alice Eastwood, Canadian-American botanist (Handbook of Trees of California), dies at 94
1953 Emmerich Kálmán, Hungarian composer of operettas, dies at 71

Pío Baroja (1872-1956)

Spanish Basque writer, author of over 100 novels (The Struggle for Life, Zalacain the Adventurer), dies at 83

1958 Rose Macaulay, English writer (The Towers of Trebizond), dies at 77
1959 Blonde Dolly [Sybille A J Niemans], Dutch prostitute, murdered at 33
1960 Alfred Hill, Australian-New Zealand composer and conductor (Hinemoa), dies at 90
1961 Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician (1st President Italy 1948-55), dies at 87
1966 Yórgos Theotokás, Greek novelist (Leonís), dies at 60
1967 Charles Trowbridge, Mexican-American actor (Fatal Hour), dies at 85
1968 Conrad Richter, American writer (Light in the Forest), dies at 78
1968 Pert Kelton, actress (Cavalcade of Stars), dies at 61
1968 Ramon Novarro [Jose Samaniegos], Mexican-American actor (Ben-Hur, Mata Hari), is murdered at 69
1969 George "Pops" Foster, American jazz double bassist, tuba player, and trumpeter (Louis Armstrong; Sidney Bechet; Earl Hines), dies at 77
1971 Osvald Chlubna, Czech organist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 78
1972 Alan Roth, American orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
1972 Philip H. Frohman, American architect (Washington National Cathedral), dies at 84
1973 Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, German composer, and music educator, dies at 77
1975 Gustav Hertz, German physicist (Nobel Prize for Physics 1925 for "discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom"), dies at 88
1979 Barnes Wallis, English scientist, engineer and inventor (bouncing bomb), dies at 92
1979 Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, dies at 89
1981 Georges Brassens, French poet and singer-songwriter (Supplique pour être enterré à la plage de Sète), dies of cancer at 60
1981 Lew Jenkins, American boxer (World Lightweight Champion 1940-41), dies at 64
1982 Angelo Ephrikian, Armenian-Italian composer, dies at 69
1984 June Duprez, actress (Calcutta, Tiger Fang), dies at 66
1984 Mario Gallo, actor (Delvecchio), dies at 61
1985 Kirby Grant, American actor (Rustlers Round-Up, Yukon Gold, Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74
1986 Andrzej Markowski, Polish composer, dies at 62
1988 Sugar Geise, actress (Rhythm Parade), dies after brief illness at 71
1988 T. Hee, American animator (b. 1911)
1989 Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author and poet (Loke Saar Havre), dies at 95
1989 Max Tishler, American organic chemist at Merck who synthesized Vitamin B2 and developed antibiotic for poultry, dies at 82 [1]
1990 Craig Russell, Canadian female impersonator, dies of an AIDS-stroke at 42
1990 Harry Lauter, American actor (Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Waterfront), dies of heart failure at 76
1991 Johan Mekkink, painter, dies
1991 Ken Hardin, producer, dies at 62
1991 William Shea, American lawyer (instrumental in NY Mets establishment; Shea Stadium), dies from a stroke at 84
1992 Ernest H. Volwiler, American scientist and co-inventor of Pentothal - world's most widely used anesthetic, dies at 99 [1]
1992 Joan Mitchell, American painter and printmaker dies of cancer aged 67
1993 Hernan Heleno Castro, El Salvadorian guerilla leader, murdered
1993 Paul Grégoire, French Canadian Archbishop of Montreal, dies at 82
1994 Martyn Wiley, writer/broadcaster, dies at 40
1994 Nyanaponika [Siegmund Feniger], German scholar/author, dies at 93
1995 Brian Easdale, British orchestral and film composer (The Red Shoes; Gone To Earth), dies at 86
1995 Roland Leich, American composer, chiefly of art songs, vocal, and choral music, and educator (Carnegie Institute, 1946-76), dies at 72
1995 Terry Southern, American writer and screenwriter (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider), dies at 71
1996 John Young, Scottish actor and TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 80
1996 Leon Lewis, US radio talk show host (WMCA, 1970-80), dies at 81
1996 Rohan Butler, English historian, dies at 79
1997 Samuel Fuller, American screenwriter and director (Shock Corridor, The Big Red One), dies from natural causes at 85
1998 Bulldog Turner, American Pro/College Football HOF center (Hardin–Simmons Uni; 7 × First-team All-Pro; 4 x Pro Bowl; Chicago Bears), dies at 79
1999 Nise da Silveira, Brazilian psychiatrist (made advances in occupational therapy), dies at 94

Steve Allen (1921-2000)

American comedian, composer, actor and TV host (Tonight Show; Steve Allen Show), dies of injuries from a car accident at 78

2002 Jam Master Jay [Jason Mizell], American rapper, DJ and musician (Run-DMC), fatally shot by a drug dealer at 37
2002 Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2002 Rudolf Brucci [Bruči], Italian-Croatian composer (Gilgamesh; Lesta), and educator, dies at 85
2002 William Mitchell, British physicist, dies at 77
2003 Abel Ehrlich, Israeli composer, dies at 88
2004 Margaret O'Rene "Peggy" Ryan, American dancer and actress (Hawaii Five-0), dies at 80

Al López (1908-2005)

American Baseball HOF catcher (MLB All-Star 1934, 41; Brooklyn Dodgers; Boston Bees, Pittsburgh Pirates) and manager (AL Manager of the Year 1959 Chicago WS; Cleveland Indians), dies at 97

2005 Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian communist leader (b. 1942)
2006 Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (symbolic anthropology), dies at 80
2006 Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright (b. 1914)
2007 John Woodruff, American athlete (Olympic gold 800m 1936), dies at 92
2007 Linda Stein, Ramones manager and real estate broker, murdered by her personal assistant at 62
2007 Peter Hoagland, American politician (Rep-D-Nebraska 1989-95), dies at 65

Robert Goulet (1933-2007)

American Tony and Grammy Award-winning singer, stage and screen actor (Camelot - "If Ever I Would Leave You"), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 73

2007 Washoe, chimpanzee trained in American Sign Language (b. 1965)
2008 Pedro Pompilio Argentinian businessman (b. 1950)
2009 Claude Lévi-Strauss, French social anthropologist and ethnologist (structuralism), dies at 100
2009 Norton Buffalo [Phillip Jackson], American singer-songwriter and country and blues harmonica player, dies of cancer at 58
2010 Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian pro wrestler (NWA 1956-57, WWA heavyweight champion), dies of a heart attack at 84
2010 Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer (Message to King Rat), dies at 83
2013 Frank Wess, American jazz flutist, saxophonist (Duke Ellington, 1953-64; New York Jazz Quartet, 1974-82) and composer, dies of a heart attack related to kidney failure at 91
2013 Pete Haycock, British blues-rock guitarist, vocalist, and composer (Climax Blues Band - "Couldn't Get It Right"), dies of a heart attack at 62
2014 Donald Cameron Watt, British historian (How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War, 1938–1939), dies at 86
2015 Albert "Al" Molinaro, American actor (The Odd Couple, Happy Days), dies from illness at 96
2015 Mel Daniels, American professional basketball player (Hall of Fame 2012), dies at 71
2017 M V Sridhar, Indian cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad v Andhra Pradesh 1994), dies of a heart attack at 51
2018 Hardy Fox, American member of avant-garde band The Residents, dies at 73
2018 Jin Young [Louis Cha Leung-yung], Chinese Wuxia novelist, dies at 94
2018 Sangharakshita [Dennis Lingwood], Buddhist Philosopher, Founder of the Western Buddhist Order, dies at 92

Whitey Bulger (1929-2018)

American organized crime boss, killed at 89 shortly after arriving at US Penitentiary Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia

2019 Bernard Slade [Newbound], Canadian screenwriter (The Flying Nun; The Partridge Family), and playwright (Same Time, Next Year; Romantic Comedy), dies of Lewy body dementia at 89
2019 Don Fraser, American boxing promoter (LA venues; Sugar Ray Robinson, Ruben Olivares, George Foreman; known for colourful wardrobe, offbeat PR gimmicks), dies at 92
2019 J. Bob Traxler, American politician (Rep-D-Michigan 1974-93), dies at 88
2019 Ron Fairly, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1973 Montreal Expos, 1977 Toronto Blue Jays; World Series 1959, 63, 65 LA Dodgers) and broadcaster (California Angels radio/television; KNBR SF Giants), dies from cancer at 81
2019 William J. Hughes, American politician and diplomat (Rep-D-New Jersey, 1975-95), dies at 87
2020 Arthur Wills, British organist and composer ("God and Music"), and educator, dies at 94
2020 Herb Adderley, American Pro Football HOF cornerback (Super Bowl 1967, 68, 71; 5 x Pro Bowl; 4 × First-team All-Pro; Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys), dies from COVID-19 at 81
2020 Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer and journalist (Albania Defiant), dies at 93
2020 Nobby Stiles, English soccer midfielder (28 caps; World Cup 1966; Manchester United 311 games) and manager (Preston NE, WBA), dies from dementia at 78
2021 Alan Davidson, Australian cricket all-rounder (44 Tests, 1,328 runs @ 24.59, 186 wickets, best 7/93, 42 catches; NSW), dies at 92
2021 Bert Newton, Australian radio, television, and stage personality (Good Morning Australia; Logie Award ceremonies; 20-1), dies at 83
2021 Jerry Remy, American baseball infielder (MLB All Star 1978; California Angels, Boston Red Sox) and broadcaster (NESN), dies from lung cancer at 68
2021 Pepi Bader, German bobsledder (World C'ship gold 2-man 1970; Olympic silver 1968, 72), dies at 80
2022 Anthony Ortega, American session and jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and flautist (A Man and His Horns), dies at 94
2022 Peter de Savary, English shipping and property businessman (Skibo Castle, Chairman of Millwall F.C.), dies at 78
2023 Frank Howard, American baseball utility (4 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1963 LA Dodgers; NL Rookie of the Year 1960) and manager (SD Padres, NY Mets), dies at 87
2023 Vladimir Markelov, Russian gymnast (Olympic gold team 1980, silver 1976; World C'ship gold team 1979, silver 1974), dies at 66