Famous People Who Died in October 1956

Oct 7 Clarence Birdseye, American inventor and founder of the modern frozen food industry (Birdseye), dies of a heart attack at 69

Oct 8 Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69
Oct 9 Marie Doro, American stage and film actress of the early silent film era (The Heart of Nora Flynn, The White Pearl), dies at 74
Oct 16 Jules Rimet, French football administrator (3rd President of FIFA 1921-54), dies at 83
Oct 17 Anne Crawford, British film actress (Knights of the Round Table), dies of leukaemia at 35
Oct 18 Harry Parry, Welsh jazz clarinetist and bandleader (BBC's Radio Rhythm Club), dies at 44
Oct 19 Isham Jones, American musician, bandleader and songwriter (Star Dust, I'll See You in My Dreams), dies at 62
Oct 24 Henry Nicholas Ridley, British botanist (Malay Peninsula rubber industry), dies at 100
Oct 25 Risto Ryti, Finnish minister/premier/president, dies at 67
Oct 26 Walter Gieseking, German pianist and composer, dies at 60

Oct 30 Pío Baroja y Nessi, Spanish Basque writer, author of over 100 novels (The Struggle for Life, Zalacain the Adventurer), dies at 83