Historical Deaths Today: 01 October

Deaths

• 959 - King Edwy of England


• 1040 - Alan III, Duke of Brittany (poisoned) (b. 997)


• 1189 - Gerard de Ridefort, grandmaster of the Knights Templar


• 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 Catholic bishop


• 1567 - Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian humanist (b. 1508)


• 1570 - Frans Floris, Flemish painter (b. 1520)


• 1574 - Marten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen, Dutch painter (b. 1498)


• 1578 - Don John of Austria, military leader (b. 1547)


• 1588 - Blessed Edward James, Catholic martyr


• 1609 - Gianmatteo Asola, Italian composer


• 1684 - Pierre Corneille, French author (b. 1606)


• 1693 - Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619)


• 1708 - John Blow, British composer (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 Greenhow, American Confederate spy (b. 1817)


• 1876 - James Lick, California land baron (b. 1796)


• 1901 - Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan amir


• 1913 - Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)


• 1929 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b. 1861)


• 1942 - Ants Piip, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1884)


• 1955 - Charles Christie, American film studio owner (b. 1880)


• 1958 - Robert Falk, Russian painter (b. 1886)


• 1970 - Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)


• 1974 - Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist (b. 1901)


• 1975 - Al Jackson, American drummer (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)


• 1988 - Sacheverell Sitwell, English writer (b. 1897)


• 1990 - Curtis LeMay, American Air Force general (b. 1906)


• 1992 - Petra Kelly, German politician (b. 1947)


• 1994 - Paul Lorenzen, German philosopher (b. 1915)


• 1996 - Pat McGeown, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (b. 1956)


• 1997 - Jerome H. Lemelson, American inventor (b. 1923)


• 1998 - Pauline Julien, French Canadian singer (b. 1928)


• 2000 - Robert Allen, American pianist and songwriter (b. 1928)


• 2000 - Reginald Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)


• 2001 - Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and theatre director (b. 1921)


• 2001 - Kathleen Ankers, American scenic designer (b. 1919)


• 2002 - Walter Annenberg, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1908)


• 2004 - Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)


• 2004 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (b. 1946)


• 2006 - Jerald Tanner, American religious activist (b. 1938)


• 2006 - André Viger, French Canadian wheelchair marathoner (b. 1952)


• 2007 - Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (b. 1965)


• 2007 - Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana (b. 1932)


• 2007 - Al Oerter, American track and field athlete (b. 1936)


• 2007 - Ned Sherrin, English broadcaster, author and stage director (b. 1931)


• 2007 - Ronnie Hazlehurst, English conductor and theme song composer (b. 1928)