Famous Deaths on October 6

1762 Francesco Manfredini, Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and maestro di cappella (St. Phillip's Cathedral, 1727-65), dies at 78
1786 Antonio Sacchini, Italian opera composer, dies at 56
1819 Charles Emanuel II, King of Sardinia (1796-1802)/Jesuit, dies
1829 Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
1837 Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer, noted for his operas and oratorios, dies at 77
1840 François Budan de Boislaurent, French mathematician, dies at 80

George Childress (1804-1841)

American lawyer and statesman (author of Texas Declaration of Independence), commits suicide at 37

1849 Lajos, Count Batthyany, 1st Prime Minister of Hungary, executed by firing squad at 42
1855 August Leopold Crelle, German inventor and mathematician (1st Prussian Railway), dies at 75
1860 Stephen Elvey, British organist and choir master (New College, Oxford 1830 -60), and hymn composer, dies at 55
1861 Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84
1868 Léon Kreutzer, French composer and music critic, dies at 51
1873 Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist, dies at 76
1874 Thomas Tellefsen, Norwegian pianist and composer, dies at 50
1880 Benjamin Pierce, American mathematician and astronomer (Peirce's criterion for outliers), dies at 71
1885 Thomas Talbot, American politician, 31st Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 67
1891 Charles Stewart Parnell, English-Irish Home Rule Party leader, dies at 45

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)

British Poet Laureate of Great Britain (The Charge of the Light Brigade), dies at 83

1893 Ford Madox Brown, British painter, dies at 72
1905 Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and explorer, dies at 72
1909 Dudley Buck, American organist, composer, and music writer, dies at 70
1912 Auguste Beernaert, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium (1884-94) and Nobel Peace Prize laureare 1909, dies at 83
1918 Arthur O'Hara Wood, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1914), dies in action WWI at 28
1919 Ricardo Palma, Peruvian writer and poet (Tradiciones Peruanas), dies at 86
1924 Jacques Oppenheim, Dutch lawyer and jurist, dies at 75
1926 Charles Van de Banks, Flemish writer/poet (Red Horse), dies
1926 Karel van den Oever, Flemish author and poet (Geuzenstad), dies at 46
1933 Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili, composer, dies at 62
1935 Frederic Hymen Cowen, composer, dies at 83
1940 Ferdinando Liuzzi, Italian composer and musicologist, dies at 55
1942 Erich Kuttner, German journalist and historian (Vorwarts), dies at 55
1943 Robert Cooper, father of Card pitcher Mort & catcher Walker, dies
1945 Leonardo Conti, Nazi physician, dies by hanging himself while awaiting trial for war crimes at Nuremberg at 45
1947 Leevi Antti Madetoya, composer, dies at 60
1949 Robert Lynd, Irish writer and critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70
1951 Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated
1951 Otto Meyerhof, German psychologist and biochemist (Nobel 1922), dies at 67

Will Keith Kellogg (1860-1951)

American cereal manufacturer (Kellogg's cereal brand), dies at 91

1953 Porter Hall, American actor (Half-Breed, Double Indemnity), dies of a heart attack at 64
1954 Hakon Børresen, Danish composer, dies at 78
1956 Charles E. Merrill, American investment banker (Merrill Lynch), dies at 70
1956 Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42
1959 Bernard Berenson, American art critic (Italian Painters of the Renaissance), dies at 94
1960 Douglas Spencer, American actor (The Thing from Another World, This Island Earth, River of No Return), dies from diabetes at 50
1962 Tod Browning, American film director (Dracula), dies at 82
1964 F T Mann, cricketer (father of F G, 281 runs in 5 Tests 1922-23), dies
1964 Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz), dies at 85
1965 Georges Vandertongerloo, Belgium sculptor and painter (De Stijl Group, L'art et Son Avenir), dies at 78
1966 Sydney Chatton, English actress (Once Upon a Horse), dies of a heart attack at 48
1968 Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (Crank-Nicolson method), dies at 51

Walter Hagen (1892-1969)

American golfer (11 major titles, US Open 1914, 19), dies of throat cancer at 76

1970 Julian Przybos, Polish poet (Sruby), dies at 69
1972 Cliff Hall [Robert Clifford Hall], American actor (At This Moment, Dutch Treat, Crime Photographer), dies at 78
1973 Arnold Maria Walter, Canadian composer, dies at 71
1973 Dennis Price, English actor (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Separate Tables), dies at 58 (b. 1915)
1973 Sidney Blackmer, American actor (played Ted Roosevelt in 7 movies, Rosemary's Baby), dies of cancer at 78
1974 Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (b. 1948)
1974 V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian nationalist, Minister of Defense (1957-62), dies at 78
1975 Henry Calvin, actor (Sgt Garcia-Zorro), dies at 57
1976 Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
1979 Elizabeth Bishop, American poet (North & South, Pulitzer Prize 1956), dies of a cerebral aneurysm at 68
1980 Jean Robic, French road cyclist (Tour de France 1947; World C'ship gold cyclo-cross 1950), dies in a road accident at 59
1980 Josephine "Hattie" Jacques, British comedy actress (Carry on films, Hancock's Half Hour), dies of a heart attack at 58
1980 Ray Walker, actor (Baby Take a Bow), dies

Anwar Sadat (1918-1981)

3rd President of Egypt (1970-81, Nobel 1978), assassinated by fundamentalist army officers at 62

1983 Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62
1984 Eliseo Pajaro, Filipino composer (The Life of Lam-Ling; Marilag Fantasy), pedagogue, and school administrator, dies at 69
1984 George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist, dies at 82
1985 Nelson Riddle, American Grammy Award-winning bandleader, conductor, and orchestrator for Capitol Records (Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Dean Martin), dies of complications from cirrhosis of the liver at 64
1986 Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)

Bette Davis (1908-1989)

American actress (Of Human Bondage; Jezebel; All About Eve), dies of breast cancer at 81

1991 Lincoln Demyan, dies at 66
1991 Wendell Phillips, dies at 83 [or 10/13]
1992 Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricket fast bowler (great leggie, 774 wickets at 16 60) and commentator, dies at 86
1992 Denholm Elliott, English actor (Raiders of Lost Ark), dies at 70
1993 Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot, committed suicide at 44
1995 Hughie Charles, English songwriter and impresario, dies at 88
1995 Lillian Fuchs, American violist and composer, dies at 91
1995 Oswald Moxley Gibbs, Grenadian diplomat (High Commissioners to the United Kingdom 1974-78), dies at 67
1995 Walter "Crash" Morgan, drummer, dies at 35
1996 Martyn Taylor, teacher/campaigner, dies at 57
1996 Ted Bessell, American director and actor (Don-That Girl, Gomer Pyle- Frankie), dies of an aneurism at 61
1997 Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1938-39, 42-43; World Series 1940; Cincinnati Reds), dies of an abdominal aneurysm at 82
1998 Mark Belanger, American baseball shortstop (MLB All Star 1976; 8 x Gold Glove winner; Baltimore Orioles), dies from lung cancer at 54
1999 Amália Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer, dies at 79
1999 Francis Turner, American civil engineer (oversaw the Interstate Highway System), dies at 90
1999 Gorilla Monsoon, American pro wrestler (Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame) and commentator (WWF), dies from heart failure at 62
1999 Patrick Reilly, British diplomat (ambassador to Paris and Moscow, stopped Kim Philby becoming head of UK Secret Service), dies at 90 [1]
2000 Richard Farnsworth, American actor (Misery, Havana, Sylvester), dies at 80
2000 William Putnam Bundy, American attorney and intelligence expert (9th Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs), dies at 83
2001 Arne Harris, American television sports director, dies at 67
2002 Chuck Rayner, Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (Hart Memorial Trophy 1950; NHL All-Star 1949, 50, 51; New York Americans, New York Rangers), dies from a heart attack at 82
2002 Claus von Amsberg, husband of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, dies at 76
2003 Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist (Grizzly Man), dies mauled and eaten by bears in Katmai National Park, Alaska at 46
2005 Warren Frank Benson, American composer (The Leaves Are Falling), and educator (Eastman School, 1967-1993), dies at 81
2006 Alex Shigo, American Biologist and plant pathologist known for his study of tree decay and contributions to modern arboricultural practices, dies at 76

Buck O'Neil (1911-2006)

American Baseball HOF coach (1st African-American coach in MLB) and first baseman (NgL World Series 1942; 2 x NgL All Star; KC Monarchs), dies at 94

2006 Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (b. 1940)
2006 Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)
2006 Valentin Muratov, Russian gymnast (4 gold, 1 silver medals 1952, 1956 Olympics), dies at 78
2006 Wilson Tucker, American sci-fi writer, dies at 91
2007 Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930)
2007 Eric McCredie, Scottish pop bassist (Middle Of The Road - "Chirpy, Chirpy, Cheep Cheep"), dies at 62
2007 Laza [Lazar] Ristovski, Serbian keyboardist (Smak and Bijelo Dugme), dies from multiple sclerosis at 51
2008 Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean actor and model (b. 1985)
2009 Douglas Campbell, Scottish born Canadian actor (b. 1922)
2010 Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1966)
2010 Colette Renard, French actress and singer (b. 1924)
2010 David Rowbotham, Australian poet and journalist, dies at 86
2011 Brad Felt, American jazz tuba and euphonium player, composer, and bandleader, dies of pancreatic cancer at 55
2011 Diane Cilento, Australian actress (Agony & Ecstasy, Wicker Man), dies at 78
2012 Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian president, dies from cancer at 83
2012 Raoul de Keyser, Flemish painter, dies at 82
2013 Will Ogdon, American composer, dies at 92
2014 Marian Seldes, American actress (A Delicate Balance, Father's Day), dies at 86
2015 Árpád Göncz, Hungarian politician, 1st post-communist President (1990-2000), dies at 93
2015 Billy Joe Royal, American country and pop singer ("Down in the Boondocks"), dies at 73
2015 Kevin Corcoran, American actor (Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland), dies at 66
2015 Sandra Spuzich, American golfer (US Open 1966), dies of leukemia at 78
2016 Mick Harvey, Australian cricketer (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire), dies at 95
2017 Connie Hawkins, American professional basketball player, 1961-76 ABA MVP-1968 (Harlem Globetrotters, 1963-66; Phoenix Suns, L.A. Lakers), dies of cancer at 75
2017 Terry Downes, British middleweight boxing champion (1961-62), dies at 81
2018 Montserrat Caballé, Spanish bel canto operatic soprano, and unlikely pop star (with Freddie Mercury - Barcelona), dies at 85
2018 Scott Wilson, American actor (The Walking Dead; The Ninth Configuration), dies of cancer at 76
2019 Masaichi Kaneda, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (only Japanese pitcher to win 400 games; perfect game 1957), dies at 86

Rip Taylor (1931-2019)

American actor and comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show), dies at 88

2019 [Peter] "Ginger" Baker, English drummer (Cream), dies at 80

Eddie Van Halen (1955-2020)

Dutch-American rock guitarist (Van Halen - "You Really Got Me"; "Jump"), dies of throat cancer at 65 [1]

2020 Johnny Nash, American pop-reggae-soul singer-songwriter and record producer (I Can See Clearly Now), dies at 80 [1]
2021 Pat Fish [Huntrods], British guitarist (The Jazz Butcher), dies at 63
2022 (Myrna Joy) "Jody" Miller, American Grammy Award-winning pop and country music singer ("He Walks Like A Man": "Queen of the House"), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 80
2022 Gian Piero Ventrone, Italian athletic trainer (Juventus FC, Italy 2004-06, SSC Bari, Atalanta BC, Tottenham Hotspur FC), dies from a brain haemorrhage at 62
2022 Judy Tenuta, American stand-up comedienne and accordion player, dies of ovarian cancer at 72
2022 Phil Read, English motorcycle racer (World C'ship 125cc 1968, 250cc 1964-65, 68, 71 & 500 cc 1973-74; Formula TT 1977), dies at 83