Famous Deaths on 8th October 705 - Abd al-Malik, kalief of Damascus, dies 976 - Jelena of Zadar, Croatian queen 1094 - St Mark, the Evangelist, buried in San Marcos minstery in Venice 1253 - Robert Grosseteste, English Bishop/expert (optica), dies 1286 - John I of Dreux, Duke of Brittany (b. 1217) 1317 - Fushimi, Emperor of Japan (b. 1265) 1604 - Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], literature/politician, dies at 58 1606 - John VI the Elder, Count of Nassau, father of 24, dies aged 69 1613 - Sebastian de Covarrubias bon Horozco, lexicographer, dies at 74 1621 - Antoine de Montchrétien, French dramatist 1647 - Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (b. 1562) 1651 - Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55 1652 - John Greaves, English mathematician (b. 1602) 1656 - Johann Georg I, ruler of Saxon (1611-56, Peace of Prague), dies at 71 1659 - Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary 1680 - Elisabeth, abbess, dies at 61 1683 - Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer, dies at 76 1686 - Adriaen Paets, Rotterdams regent/diplomat, dies at about 55 1722 - Gerard Callenbach, Dutch admiral, dies at 80 1728 - Anne Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 47 1735 - Yongzheng Emperor of China (b. 1678) 1754 - Henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47 1771 - John E Loovens, lawyer, dies at 76 1772 - Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer, dies at 60 Statesman John HancockStatesman John Hancock (1793) 1793 - John Hancock, US merchant/statesman (Decl of Independence), dies at 56 1795 - Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman (b. 1725) 1803 - Vittorio A Alfieri, Italian earl/writer (Filippo), dies at 54 1809 - James Elphinston, Scottish philologist (b. 1721) 1834 - Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, composer, dies at 58 1842 - Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, composer, dies at 68 1847 - Rose Scott, Social Reformer 1862 - James Streshley Jackson, attorney/Union-brig-gen, dies in battle at 39 1862 - William Rufus Terrill, Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28 1864 - Thomas Jonathan Coffin Amory, US Union-brig-general, dies at about 34 1865 - Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, composer, dies at 51 1869 - Franklin Peirce, 14th president (1853-1857), dies in Concord NH at 64 14th US President Franklin Pierce14th US President Franklin Pierce (1869) 1869 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States, dies at 64 1879 - Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian Admiral (b. 1834) 1886 - Austin F. Pike, American politician from New Hampshire (b. 1819) 1888 - Jules J baron dAnethan, Belgian Minister of Justice, dies 1895 - Charles Oberthur, composer, dies at 76 1897 - Martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43 1897 - Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter (b. 1830) 1904 - Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria sociologist/philosopher, dies at 62 1907 - Alfred, Liechtensteins noble of Austrian Herrenhaus, dies at 65 1912 - Wilhelm Kuhe, composer, dies at 88 1919 - Eugene Demolder, Belgian writer (Sous la Robe), dies 1925 - Abraham PC of Karnebeek, liberal foreign minister (1918-27), dies 1928 - Larry Semon, comedian (b. 1889) 1931 - Sir John Monash, Australian soldier general (b. 1865) 1936 - William Henry Stark, American business leader (b. 1851) 1936 - Red Ames, American baseball player (b. 1882) 1940 - Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78 1942 - Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer 1944 - Wendell Lewis Wilkie, Republican politician, dies at 52 1945 - Herman T Colenbrander, historian, dies at 73 1945 - Felix Salten, Austrian author (b. 1869) 1947 - Felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria writer (Bambi), dies at 78 1952 - Joe Adams, American baseball player (b. 1877) 1953 - Kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41 1953 - Nigel Bruce, actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman), dies at 58 1956 - Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69 1958 - Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author (b. 1886) 1962 - Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer 1963 - Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist artist dies of a heart attack aged 54 1964 - Charles Hodge, NYU professor (Answers for Americans), dies at 69 1967 - Clement R Attlee, premier pf Great Britain (1945-51), dies at 84 1969 - Eduardo Ciannelli, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato), dies at 81 1970 - Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 1970 - Lucien Goldmann, Romanian/French sociologist/philosopher, dies 1970 - Mitr Chaibancha, Thai film actor (b. 1934) 1971 - Christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51 1971 - Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer, dies at 79 1973 - Gabriel Marcel, writer, dies 1975 - Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78 1977 - Giorgos Papasideris, Greek country singer, composer, lyricist (b. 1902 ) 1978 - Jim Gilliam, coach (LA Dodgers), dies at 49 1978 - Karl Swenson, actor (Lara-Little House on the Prairie), dies at 70 1978 - Tibor Serly, Hungarian violist/composer (American Elegy), dies at 76 1979 - June Nash, actress (Strange Cargo, Dynamite), dies at 68 1982 - Fernando Lamas, actor/director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67 1982 - Philip J Noel-Baker, English minister (Nobel 1959), dies at 92 1983 - Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49 1984 - Frederick Brisson, producer, dies at 71 after a stroke 1985 - Leon Klinghoffer, hijackers of Achille Lauro, threw him off boat 1985 - Ricardo Bacchelli, playwright/poet (Il malino del Po), dies at 94 1988 - Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer, dies at 82 1990 - B.J. Wilson, English musician (Procol Harum) (b. 1947) 1991 - Natalia Ginzburg, Italian writer (Sounds of the Night), dies at 75 1992 - Willy Brandt, chancellor of West Germany (1969-74), dies of cancer at 78 1993 - Manke Nelis, [Cornelis Pieters], singer (Aunt Saar), dies at 73 1994 - Brian Hartley, mathematician, dies at 55 1994 - Diana Churchill, actress (Spider, Sally Bishop), dies at 81 1994 - John the King, CDA-minister of Social Businesses, dies at 68 1994 - Manual Pina, fashion Designer, dies at 50 1995 - Christopher Keene, musician, dies at 48 1995 - Frederick Harry Baines, painter, dies at 85 1995 - John Cairncross, linguist (5th Man), dies at 82 1995 - Terry Hawkins, theatre administrator, dies at 45 1996 - Geoffrey Finsberg, politician, dies at 70 1996 - Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist, dies at 85 1996 - Joseph Roy George Ralston, pilot, dies at 81 1996 - Susan Gautier TV producer-Smith, dies at 33 1996 - William Prince, actor (Ken Baxter-Another World), dies at 83 1997 - Brown Meggs, CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66 1997 - Bertrand Goldberg, American architect (b. 1913) 1999 - John McLendon, American basketball coach (b. 1915) 2002 - Jacques Richard, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952) 2004 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (b. 1930) 2004 - James Chace, American historian (b. 1931) 2006 - Mark Porter, New Zealand racing driver (b. 1975) 2008 - George Emil Palade, Romanian cell biologist (b. 1912) 2008 - Eileen Herlie, American actress (b. 1918) 2008 - Bob Friend (newscaster), British newscaster (b. 1938) 2010 - Frank Bourgholtzer, American television correspondent (b. 1919) American Football Coach and Executive Al DavisAmerican Football Coach and Executive Al Davis (2011) 2011 - Al Davis, American football executive, dies at 82 2011 - Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist (b. 1941) 2013 - Andy Pafko, Americal baseball player, dies at 92 2013 - Rod Grams, American politician and television anchor, dies from cancer at 65 2013 - Philip Chevron, Irish musician, dies from esophageal cancer at 56
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