Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 26-Oct

Died on This Day (26-Oct)

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
	Robert Evans	Robert Evans was an American film producer, studio executive, and actor, best known for his work on Rosemary's Baby, Love Story, The Godfather, and Chinatown.	American film producer	89	1
	Ron Davies	Ron Davies, OBE was a Welsh photographer.	British photographer	91	7
	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
	Bobby Ávila	Roberto Francisco Ávila González was a Mexican professional baseball player.	Mexican baseball second baseman	80	16
	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
	Laila Kinnunen	Laura “Laila” Annikki Kinnunen was a Finnish singer.	Finnish singer	60	20
	Bob Scheffing	Robert Boden Scheffing was an American professional baseball player, coach, manager and front-office executive.	American baseball player and coach	72	35
	John J. Rooney	John James Rooney was a Democratic politician from New York.	American politician	71	45
	Grant M. Hudson	Grant Martin Hudson was a politician from the U.S.	American politician	87	65
	Paul Pelliot	Paul Eugène Pelliot was a French Sinologist and Orientalist best known for his explorations of Central Asia and his discovery of many important Chinese texts among the Dunhuang manuscripts.	French sinologist	67	75

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniversary
	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
	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
	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
	Hans-Joachim Jabs	Hans-Joachim Jabs was an officer in the German Luftwaffe during World War II.	German flying ace	85	17
	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
	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
	Marcelo Caetano	Marcello José das Neves Alves Caetano was a Portuguese politician and scholar.	Portuguese politician	74	40
	Marcel Minnaert	Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert was a Dutch astronomer of Belgian origin.	Belgian astronomer	77	50
	Edward Joseph Hanson	Edward Joseph Hanson was a plumber, union organiser and politician in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.	Soldier, unionist and politician	72	70
	Alexander Watson	Alexander Watson , also known as Alec Watson, was a Scottish first-class cricketer who played for Lancashire.	English cricketer	75	100