Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 27-Oct

Died on This Day (27-Oct)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ; 28 July 1971 – 27 October 2019), was an Iraqi militant and the first caliph of the Islamic State from 2014 until his death in 2019. ISIS Leader 48 1
Inkululeko Suntele Inkululeko Suntele was a Mosotho boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he was defeated by Bilel Mhamdi in the first round. Lesothan Olympic boxer 23 3
Lou Reed Lou Reed Lewis Allan Reed was an American musician, songwriter, and poet. American singer 71 7
Néstor Kirchner Néstor Kirchner Néstor Carlos Kirchner was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007, Governor of Santa Cruz Province from 1991 to 2003, Secretary General of UNASUR and the first gentleman during the first tenure of his wife, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. President of Argentina 60 10
Rod Roddy Rod Roddy Robert Ray Roddy was an American radio and television announcer. TV Announcer 66 17
Winston Grennan Winston Grennan Winston Grennan was a Jamaican drummer, famous for session work from 1962 to 1973 in Jamaica as well as later in New York City through the 1970s and 1980s. Jamaican drummer 56 20
Robert Jephson Jones Robert Jephson Jones Brigadier Robert Llewellyn Jephson Jones, GC was a British Army officer and a recipient of the George Cross. George Cross recipient in the Second World War 80 35
Rex Stout Rex Stout Rex Todhunter Stout was an American writer noted for his detective fiction. Detective writer 88 45
Gábor Ugron Gábor Ugron Gábor Ugron de Ábránfalva the Younger was a Hungarian politician, a member of one of the oldest noble families of Transylvania, who served as Interior Minister between 1917 and 1918. Hungarian politician 80 60
Oswald Reid Oswald Reid Oswald Austin Reid VC was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Recipient of the Victoria Cross 26 100
Person Person Description Age Anniv
Mario Segale Mario Segale Mario Arnold Segale was an American businessman and real estate developer. American businessman and real estate developer 84 2
Fatim Jawara Fatim Jawara was a Gambian footballer who played for the Gambia women's national team and top Gambian women's football club Red Scorpions FC. Gambian footballer 19 4
Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze was a German composer. His large oeuvre of works is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as traditional schools of German composition. German composer 86 8
Walter Loos Walter Loos The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military of Nazi Germany during World War II. German flying ace 81 16
Paul-Albert Kausch Paul-Albert Kausch The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. SS officer 90 19
Xavier Cugat Xavier Cugat Xavier Cugat was a Spanish musician and bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. Band leader 90 30
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck John Hasbrouck Van Vleck John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and mathematician. American physicist 81 40
Frans Luitjes Frans Luitjes Franciscus Jacobus "Frans" Luitjes was a Dutch sprinter. Dutch sprinter 21 55
Antonio Palacios Antonio Palacios Antonio Palacios Ramilo was a Spanish architect. Distinguished by the monumental eclecticism he left as imprint in many of his projects, he helped define the architectural identity of Madrid in the first half of the 20th century. Spanish architect 73 75
Napoleon B. Harrison Napoleon B. Harrison USS Harrison was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. United States Navy officer 47 150