Famous Deaths on 18th October

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707 - John VII, Catholic Pope (705-07), of Greek ancestry, dies
1035 - Sancho III of Navarre
1101 - Hugh of Vermandois, son of Henry I of France (b. 1053)
1141 - Margrave Leopold IV of Austria
1340 - Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies
1382 - James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormonde (b. 1331)
1417 - Pope Gregory XII [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies
1459 - Jan of Heinsberg, bishop of Luik (1419-56), dies
1503 - Pius III, [Francesco Todeschini], Pope (9/22-10/18/1503), dies
1541 - Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland (b. 1489)
1545 - John Taverner, English composer (Western Wynde), dies at about 55
1558 - Maria, queen of Hungary/guardian of Neth (1531-55), dies at 53
1564 - Johannes Acronius Frisius, German physician and mathematician (b. 1520)
1570 - Manoel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit in Brazil (b. 1517)
1589 - Adolf van Nieuwenaar & Meurs, viceroy of Utrecht, dies in battle
1604 - Igram van Achelen, Dutch statesman (b. 1528)
1634 - Pierre De La Barre, composer, dies at 42
1646 - Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1607)
1667 - Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia
1669 - Abraham Willaerts, painter (Brazil), dies
1676 - Nathaniel Bacon, rallied against Virginian government, killed at 29
1678 - Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, dies at 63
1678 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok painter, dies at 85
1708 - Henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67
1739 - Antônio José da Silva, Brazilian-born dramatist (b. 1705)
1744 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, close friend of Queen Anne of Great Britain (b. 1660)
1767 - Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer, dies at 45
1770 - John Manners, Marquess of Granby, British soldier (b. 1721)
1771 - Robert Praelisauer, composer, dies at 62
1775 - Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715)
1788 - Jean-Guillain Cardon, composer, dies at 56
1817 - Etienne-Nicolas Méhul, French composer (b. 1763)
1830 - Peter I Petrovic Njegos, bishop (Montenegro), dies
1832 - Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer, dies at 73
1839 - French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter, dies at 68
1862 - James Creighton, amateur American baseball player, dies of ruptured bladder from hitting home run on Oct 14th
1864 - David Bell Birney, US lawyer/Union general-major, dies at 39
1864 - Jacques Francois Gallay, composer, dies at 68
1865 - Lord Henry JT Palmerston, English Minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 80
1876 - Francis Preston Blair, newspaper editor (Washington Globe), dies at 85
1886 - Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician (b. 1796)
1889 - Antonio Meucci, Italian inventor (b. 1808)
1893 - Charles F Gounod, French composer (La reine the Saba), dies at 75
1893 - Lucy [Blackwell-]Stone, US abolitionist/feminist, dies
1909 - Alfredo Oriani, Italian writer (La rivolta ideal), dies
1921 - King Ludwig III of Bavaria (b. 1845)
Inventor Thomas Edison (1931) 1931 - Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, dies in West Orange, NJ, at 84
1932 - Ioannis Chrysafis, Greek gymnast (b. 1873)
1938 - Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist, dies
1940 - Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65
1941 - Dirk Fock, governor-general van/of Neth-Indies 1921-6, dies at 83
1941 - Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7th President of Portugal (b. 1860)
1942 - Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
1943 - Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's Youth), dies at 55
1943 - Benedictus H Dancer, botanist, dies at 52
1948 - [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German fieldmarshal, dies
1953 - Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57
1953 - Federico Gerdes, composer, dies at 80
1955 - Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, dies at 72
1959 - Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian athlete (b. 1898)
1961 - Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (b. 1892)
1963 - Claudio Carneyro, composer, dies at 68
1965 - Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73
1965 - Henry Travers, actor (Bells of St Mary, High Sierra), dies at 91
1966 - Bill Nestell, US actor (Dangerous Venture), dies of heart attack at 73
1966 - Sebastian S. Kresge, American merchant (Kmart) (b. 1867)
1968 - Lee Tracy, actor (Doctor X, Bombshell, Best Man), dies of cancer at 70
1972 - Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies
1973 - Crane Wilbur, dir/writer (Bat, Canon City, Yellow Cargo), dies at 86
1973 - Frank Knight, TV announcer (Chronoscope), dies at 79
1973 - Walt Kelly, US comic strip artist (Pogo), dies at 60
1973 - Margaret Caroline Anderson, American magazine publisher (b. 1886)
1975 - Al Lettieri, actor (Beautiful but Deadly, Don is Dead), dies at 47
1976 - Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (b. 1895)
1977 - Rolph Grant, cricketer (West Indian capt on 1939 England tour), dies
1977 - Andreas Baader (b. 1943)
1977 - Gudrun Ensslin (b. 1940)
1977 - Jan-Carl Raspe (b. 1944)
1978 - Frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies
1978 - Jacques Mornard, [Ramon Mercader], murderer of Trotsky, dies at 64
US First Lady Elizabeth Truman (1982) 1982 - Bess Truman, 1st lady (1945-53), dies in Independence, Mo at 97
1982 - Maurice Gilliams, Flemish literary (Sources of Insomnia), dies at 82
1982 - Pierre Mendès-France, French Premier (1954-55), dies at 75
1982 - Dwain Esper, American film director (b. 1892)
1982 - John Robarts, Canadian politician, Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
1983 - Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies
1983 - Diego Abad de Santillán, Spanish anarchist (b. 1897)
1984 - Florence Rinard, TV panelist (20 Questions), dies at 82
1984 - Jon-Erik Hexum, actor (Bear), 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, writer/director (Hadimassa), dies at 60
1993 - Dionisio Herrero, Spanish air force general, murdered at 63
1993 - Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night), dies of brain tumor at 71
1993 - Smail Yefsah, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 31
1994 - Lee Allen, saxophonist, dies at 68
1994 - Richard A Garland, artist photographer, dies at 60
1994 - WIlliam Faure, producer, dies at 45
1995 - Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, lawyer, dies at 67
1995 - Bryan Johnson, singer/actor, dies at 69
1995 - Iri Maruki, artist, 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
1996 - Hugh Willatt, solicitor/public servant, dies at 91
1997 - Bill Rotsler, cartoonist/writer, dies of cancer at 62
1997 - Nancy Dickerson, 1st female news correspondent (CBS), dies at 70
1997 - Roberto C Goizueta, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies of lung cancer at 65
2000 - Julie London, American singer and actress (b. 1926)
2000 - Gwen Verdon, American dancer and actress (b. 1925)
2001 - Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete and musician (b. 1922)
2002 - Nikolai Rukavishnikov, cosmonaut (b. 1932)
2002 - Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (b. 1950)
2003 - Preston Smith, Governor of Texas (b. 1912)
2003 - Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Spanish writer (b. 1939)
2004 - Veerappan, Indian bandit and smuggler (b. 1945)
2005 - John Hollis, British actor (b. 1931)
2005 - Bill King, American sports broadcaster (b. 1927)
2005 - Johnny Haynes, English footballer (b. 1934)
2006 - Mario Francesco Cardinal Pompedda (b. 1929)
2006 - Anna Russell, English music satirist (b. 1911)
2007 - Alan Coren, English writer and satirist (b. 1938)
2007 - William J. Crowe, American admiral and ambassador (b. 1925)
2007 - Vincent DeDomenico, American entrepreneur (b. 1915)
2007 - Lucky Dube, South African musician (b. 1964)
2008 - Dee Dee Warwick, American soul singer (b. 1945)
2010 - Marion Brown, American jazz musician (b. 1931)
2012 - David Spencer Ware, American free jazz saxophonist, dies at 62