Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: Oct-19

Died on This Day (Oct-19)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Thelma Mothershed Wair Thelma Mothershed Wair Thelma Mothershed-Wair is the eldest member of the Little Rock Nine group who attended Little Rock's Central High School following the 1954 Brown vs. American activist 83 1
Fritz Peterson Fritz Peterson Fred Ingels Peterson is an American former Major League Baseball player who played for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, and Texas Rangers from 1966 to 1976. American baseball pitcher 81 2
  John Jay Osborn Jr. American author 77 3
Spencer Davis Spencer Davis Spencer Davis was a Welsh singer and musician. He founded The Spencer Davis Group, a band that had several hits in the 1960s including "Keep On Running", "Gimme Some Lovin'", and "I'm a Man", all sung by Steve Winwood. Welsh multi-instrument musician 81 5
  Deborah Orr Deborah Jane Orr was a British journalist who worked for The Guardian, The Independent and other publications. Scottish journalist 57 6
Osamu Shimomura Osamu Shimomura Osamu Shimomura was a Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist, and Professor Emeritus at Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts and Boston University School of Medicine. Japanese organic chemist 90 7
Yvette Chauviré Yvette Chauviré Yvette Chauviré was a French prima ballerina and actress. French prima ballerina and actress 99 9
Tom Bosley Tom Bosley Thomas Edward Bosley was an American actor, television personality and entertainer. Emmy-nominated American actor 83 15
Joseph Wiseman Joseph Wiseman Joseph Wiseman was a Canadian-American theatre, film, and television actor who starred as the villain Julius No in the first James Bond film, Dr. Canadian actor 91 16
Rudy Ray Moore Rudy Ray Moore Rudolph Frank Moore , known as Rudy Ray Moore, was an American comedian, singer, actor, and film producer. American actor and singer 81 17
Jan Wolkers Jan Wolkers Jan Hendrik Wolkers was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter. Dutch sculptor and writer 81 18
Ken Kalmusky Ken Kalmusky Ken Kalmusky was a Canadian bassist from Stratford, Ontario. Canadian musician 59 20
Antonio Maspes Antonio Maspes Antonio Maspes was an Italian world champion sprinter cyclist. Track cyclist 68 25
Don Cherry Don Cherry Donald Eugene Cherry was an American jazz trumpeter. American musician 58 30
Helmut Kinz Helmut Kinz The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. SS officer 69 40
Phillips Lord Phillips Lord Phillips Haynes Lord was an American radio program writer, creator, producer and narrator as well as a motion picture actor, best known for the Gang Busters radio program that was broadcast from 1935 to 1957. American actor 73 50
Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. American poet 58 75
John Carney John Carney John Joseph Carney , also known as Handsome Jack, was a professional baseball player in the late 19th century. Baseball player and coach 58 100
Francis Cornwallis Maude Francis Cornwallis Maude Colonel Francis Cornwallis Maude VC CB was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Recipient of the Victoria Cross 71 125
Charles Wheatstone Charles Wheatstone Sir Charles Wheatstone /'wi?tst?n/ FRS FRSE DCL LLD , was an English scientist and inventor of many scientific breakthroughs of the Victorian era, including the English concertina, the stereoscope , and the Playfair cipher . British physicist 73 150