Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 29

1934  Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history john S Curry, US painter (Baptism in Kansas), dies   

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

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

1950  Gustav V, king of Sweden, dies at 92 on October - 29.   

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)   

1957  On this day in history louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71   

1958  Death of Zoe Akins, American playwright (b. 1886) on October - 29.   

1962  Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77 on October - 29.   

1963  Adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73 on October - 29.   

1965  Death of Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris on October - 29.   

1966  [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Manner Kater), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1968  Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1969  On October - 29 vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies   

1971  On October - 29 duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24   

1973  Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1974  Victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82 on October - 29.   

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

1981  On this day in history william O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85   

1983  Sten Broman, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1985  On October - 29 john Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82   

1986  Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1987  Kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (b. 1930)   

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1463  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1507  On this day in history birth of fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)   

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 this day in history birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]   

1682  On October - 29 birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)   

1690  Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on this day in history.   

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