October 1 - Deaths

Deaths

  • 959 – Eadwig, English king (b. 941)
  • 1040 – Alan III, Duke of Brittany (b. 997)
  • 1189 – Gerard de Ridefort, Flemish knight
  • 1310 – Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (b. 1257)
  • 1404 – Pope Boniface IX (b. 1356)
  • 1499 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian philosopher (b. 1433)
  • 1500 – John Alcock, English bishop (b. 1430)
  • 1567 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)
  • 1570 – Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)
  • 1574 – Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter (b. 1498)
  • 1578 – John of Austria, German military leader (b. 1547)
  • 1588 – Edward James, English priest and martyr (b. 1557)
  • 1602 – Hernando de Cabezón, Spanish composer (b. 1541)
  • 1609 – Giammateo Asola, Italian composer (b. 1532)
  • 1684 – Pierre Corneille, French author (b. 1606)
  • 1693 – Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)
  • 1708 – John Blow, English composer and organist (b. 1649)
  • 1768 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician (b. 1687)
  • 1837 – Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
  • 1838 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)
  • 1864 – Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
  • 1876 – James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder (b. 1796)
  • 1878 – Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
  • 1885 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
  • 1901 – Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir (b. 1844)
  • 1913 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
  • 1919 – Princess Charlotte of Prussia (b. 1860)
  • 1929 – Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
  • 1930 – Paul Wiesner, German sailor (b. 1855)
  • 1942 – Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer, diplomat and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
  • 1955 – Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
  • 1958 – Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)
  • 1959 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian politician, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)
  • 1970 – Raoul Riganti, Argentine race car driver (b. 1893)
  • 1972 – Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist (b. 1903)
  • 1974 – Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1901)
  • 1975 – Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) (b. 1935)
  • 1984 – Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
  • 1985 – E. B. White, American author (b. 1899)
  • 1986 – Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
  • 1988 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1897)
  • 1990 – Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)
  • 1992 – Petra Kelly, German politician (b. 1947)
  • 1994 – Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher (b. 1915)
  • 1996 – Pat McGeown, Irish activist (b. 1956)
  • 1997 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and inventor (b. 1923)
  • 1998 – Pauline Julien, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1928)
  • 1999 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish singer (b. 1963)
  • 2000 – Robert Allen, American pianist and composer (b. 1928)
  • 2000 – Reginald "Reggie" Kray, English gangster (b. 1933)
  • 2001 – Guy Beaulne, Canadian actor and director (b. 1921)
  • 2002 – Walter Annenberg, American publisher, philanthropist, and diplomat (b. 1908)
  • 2004 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
  • 2004 – Bruce Palmer, Canadian base player (Buffalo Springfield and The Mynah Birds) (b. 1946)
  • 2006 – Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (b. 1979)
  • 2006 – Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (b. 1938)
  • 2006 – André Viger, Canadian wheelchair racer (b. 1952)
  • 2007 – Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and composer (b. 1928)
  • 2007 – Harry Lee, American sheriff (b. 1932)
  • 2007 – Chris Mainwaring, Australian footballer (b. 1965)
  • 2007 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (b. 1936)
  • 2007 – Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and director (b. 1931)
  • 2008 – John Biddle, American cinematographer (b. 1925)
  • 2008 – Nick Reynolds, American guitarist (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1933)
  • 2009 – Cintio Vitier, Cuban poet and author (b. 1921)
  • 2010 – Ian Buxton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1938)
  • 2011 – Sven Tumba, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1931)
  • 2012 – Dirk Bach, German actor (b. 1961)
  • 2012 – Walter G. Church, Sr., American politician (b. 1927)
  • 2012 – Sahara Davenport, American drag queen performer (b. 1984)
  • 2012 – Abdelkader Freha, Algerian footballer (b. 1942)
  • 2012 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentine director (b. 1935)
  • 2012 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 1917)
  • 2012 – Chronox Manek, Papua New Guinean lawyer and politician
  • 2012 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist (b. 1926)
  • 2012 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian author and Holocaust survivor (b. 1923)

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    “There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
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