Famous Deaths In October - 29

1934  On this day in history gustavo Emilio Campa, composer, dies at 71  

1939  Death of Dwight B. Waldo, American educator and historian (b. 1864) on October - 29.  

1941  Death of Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897) on this day in history.  

1943  Death of Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55 on October - 29.  

1946  John S Curry, US painter (Baptism in Kansas), dies on this day in history.  

1947  Frances Cleveland Preston, former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83 on October - 29.  

1949  Death of G. I. Gurdjieff, Armenian mystic (b. 1872) on this day in history.  

1950  On this day in history gustav V, king of Sweden, dies at 92  

1951  On October - 29 death of de Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered  

1953  On this day in history death of william Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)  

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1957  Louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71 on October - 29.  

1958  On this day in history death of zoe Akins, American playwright (b. 1886)  

1962  On October - 29 naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77  

1963  On this day in history adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73  

1965  On this day in history death of mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris  

1966  [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Manner Kater), dies at 83 on October - 29.  

1968  On October - 29 marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78  

1969  Vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies on this day in history.  

1971  On this day in history duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24  

1973  On this day in history heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83  

1974  On October - 29 victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82  

1975  John Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1981  William O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1983  On October - 29 sten Broman, composer, dies at 81  

1985  John Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1986  On this day in history sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68  

1987  On this day in history kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57  

1990  William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer on this day in history.  

1991  On October - 29 donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60  

1992  Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies on this day in history.  

1993  George Pope, cricketer (one Test for England, 8 runs not out), dies on this day in history.  

1994  Andrew Miller-Jones TV pioneer, dies at 84 on October - 29.  

1996  On October - 29 death of james Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66  

1997  Death of Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (b. 1930) on October - 29.  

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1463  On October - 29 birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher  

1507  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on this day in history.  

1513  On October - 29 birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne  

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.  

1656  On October - 29 birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]  

1682  Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) was born on October - 29.  

1690  On October - 29 birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)  

1704  John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) was born on October - 29.