Died on This Day (26-Oct)
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniversary | |
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Robert Evans | Robert Evans was an American film producer and studio executive, best known for his work on Rosemary's Baby, Love Story, The Godfather, and Chinatown. | American film producer | 89 | 1 |
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Ron Davies | Ron Davies, OBE was a Welsh photographer. | British photographer | 91 | 7 |
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Dave Cole | David Bruce Cole was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball for six seasons, between 1950 and 1955. | American baseball player | 81 | 9 |
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Bobby Ávila | Roberto Francisco Ávila González was a Mexican professional baseball player. | Baseball player | 80 | 16 |
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Jacques Massu | Jacques Émile Massu was a French general who fought in World War II, the First Indochina War, the Algerian War and the Suez crisis. | French general | 94 | 18 |
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Laila Kinnunen | Laura “Laila” Annikki Kinnunen was a Finnish singer. | Finnish singer | 60 | 20 |
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Bob Scheffing | Robert Boden Scheffing was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and front-office executive. | American baseball player and coach | 72 | 35 |
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John J. Rooney | John James Rooney was a Democratic politician from New York. | American politician | 71 | 45 |
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Grant M. Hudson | Grant Martin Hudson was a politician from the U.S. | American politician | 87 | 65 |
Garrett Fort | Garrett Elsden Fort was an American short story writer, playwright, and Hollywood screenwriter. | Screenwriter | 45 | 75 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniversary | |
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Oscar Taveras | Oscar Francisco Taveras was a Dominican–Canadian professional baseball outfielder who played one season for the St. | Dominican-Canadian baseball outfielder | 22 | 6 |
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Björn Sieber | Björn Sieber was an Austrian alpine skier. Sieber won two medals at the world junior championships, a silver in giant slalom in 2009, and bronze in super-G in 2008. | Austrian alpine skier | 23 | 8 |
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Ana María Romero de Campero | Ana María Romero de Campero was a Bolivian journalist, writer, activist and influential public figure in her country. | President of the Senate of Bolivia | 69 | 10 |
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Hans-Joachim Jabs | Hans-Joachim Jabs was an officer in the German Luftwaffe during World War II. | German flying ace | 85 | 17 |
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Abdul Haq | Abdul Haq was an Afghan mujahideen commander who fought against the Soviet-backed People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan, the de facto Afghan government in the 1980s. | Afghan leader | 43 | 19 |
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William S. Paley | William Samuel Paley was an American business personality, primarily involved in the media, and best known as the chief executive who built the Columbia Broadcasting System from a small radio network into one of the foremost radio and television network operations in the United States of America. | Television executive | 89 | 30 |
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Marcelo Caetano | Marcello José das Neves Alves Caetano was a Portuguese politician and scholar, who was the last prime minister of the Estado Novo regime, from 1968 until his overthrow in the Carnation Revolution of 1974. | Portuguese politician | 74 | 40 |
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Marcel Minnaert | Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert was a Dutch astronomer of Belgian origin. | belgian astronomer | 77 | 50 |
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Edward Joseph Hanson | Edward Joseph Hanson was a plumber, union organiser and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. | Soldier, unionist and politician | 72 | 70 |
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Alexander Watson | Alexander Watson , also known as Alec Watson, was a Scottish first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire. | English cricketer | 75 | 100 |