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 this day in history.   

1941  On October - 29 death of harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)   

1943  Death of Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55 on this day in history.   

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

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

1949  On October - 29 death of g. I. Gurdjieff, Armenian mystic (b. 1872)   

1950  On October - 29 gustav V, king of Sweden, dies at 92   

1951  On this day in history death of de Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered   

1953  Death of William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922) on October - 29.   

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

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

1962  Naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1963  On October - 29 adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73   

1965  On October - 29 death of mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris   

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

1968  On this day in history marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78   

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

1971  Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24 on October - 29.   

1973  Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83 on October - 29.   

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  Sten Broman, composer, dies at 81 on October - 29.   

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  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  On October - 29 adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies   

1993  On this day in history george Pope, cricketer (one Test for England, 8 runs not out), dies   

1994  Andrew Miller-Jones TV pioneer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1996  Death of James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66 on this day in history.   

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 October - 29.   

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

1513  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne was born on October - 29.   

1562  On October - 29 birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury   

1656  On this day in history birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]   

1682  Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) was born on this day in history.   

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

1704  John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.