Died on This Day (29-Oct)
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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John Witherspoon | John Weatherspoon , better known as John Witherspoon, was an American actor and comedian who performed in various television shows and films. | American actor and comedian | 77 | 1 | |
Dennis Banks | Dennis Banks was a Native American activist, teacher, and author. | Native American leader | 80 | 3 | |
Cordelia Edvardson | Cordelia Maria Edvardson was a German-born Swedish journalist, author and Holocaust survivor. | Holocaust survivor, journalist, author | 83 | 8 | |
Bärbel Mohr | Bärbel Mohr was a German author. Since 1998 she published 20 German books – including the best-selling Bestellungen beim Universum , translated into 14 languages so far and a German audio edition – which combined have more than 1. | German writer | 46 | 10 | |
Vaughn Meader | Abbott Vaughn Meader was an American comedian, impersonator, musician, and film actor. | Impersonator | 68 | 16 | |
Marina Berti | Elena Maureen Bertolino , known professionally as Marina Berti, was an Italian film actress. | Italian film actress | 78 | 18 | |
Carlos Guastavino | Carlos Guastavino was an Argentine composer, considered one of the foremost composers of his country. | Argentine composer | 88 | 20 | |
John Davis Lodge | John Davis Lodge was an American film actor, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. | American politician | 82 | 35 | |
Floyd Naramore | Floyd Archibald Naramore was a Seattle architect. He was Seattle Schools Architect from 1919 to 1932, and he was a founding partner, in 1943, of the firm that today is known as NBBJ. | American architect | 91 | 50 | |
Johan Gunnar Andersson | Johan Gunnar Andersson was a Swedish archaeologist, paleontologist and geologist, closely associated with the beginnings of Chinese archaeology in the 1920s. | Swedish archeologist and geologist | 86 | 60 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Andrea Manfredi | Andrea Manfredi was an Italian cyclist, who, at the time of his death, competed for amateur team Palazzago in anticipation of returning to professional racing in 2019. | Italian cyclist | 26 | 2 | |
Dave Lanning | Dave Lanning was an English sports commentator and journalist, best known for his coverage of Professional Darts. | English sports commentator and journalist | 78 | 4 | |
Jimmy Savile | Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile OBE KCSG was an English DJ, television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It. | TV Presenter | 84 | 9 | |
Lloyd Bochner | Lloyd Wolfe Bochner was a Canadian actor. He appeared in many Canadian and Hollywood productions between the 1950s and 1990s, including the films Point Blank , The Detective , The Young Runaways , Ulzana's Raid and Satan's School for Girls , and the television prime time soap opera Dynasty . | Canadian actor | 81 | 15 | |
Franco Corelli | Franco Corelli was an Italian tenor who had a major international opera career between 1951 and 1976. | Opera singer | 82 | 17 | |
Grigory Chukhray | Grigory Naumovich Chukhray was a Ukrainian Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. | Film director, screenwriter | 80 | 19 | |
William French Smith | William French Smith II was an American lawyer and the 74th United States Attorney General. | Attorney General of the United States | 73 | 30 | |
Reuben H. Fleet | Reuben Hollis Fleet was an American aviation pioneer, industrialist and army officer. | American businessman | 88 | 45 | |
Bill McKechnie | William Boyd McKechnie was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. | American baseball player, coach, manager | 79 | 55 | |
Ferdinand Richardt | Joachim Ferdinand Richardt was a Danish-American artist. | American artist | 76 | 125 |