Historical Deaths Today: 14 October

Deaths

• 1066 - Harold Godwinson, King of England


• 1092 - Nizam al-Mulk, Persian vizier (b. 1018)


• 1256 - Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (b. 1239)


• 1318 - Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland


• 1552 - Oswald Myconius, Swiss Protestant reformer (b. 1488)


• 1565 - Thomas Chaloner, English statesman and poet (b. 1521)


• 1568 - Jacques Arcadelt, Flemish composer


• 1610 - Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1540)


• 1619 - Samuel Daniel, English poet (b. 1562)


• 1637 - Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (b. 1552)


• 1660 - Thomas Harrison, English Puritan soldier (b. 1606)


• 1669 - Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (b. 1623)


• 1703 - Thomas Hansen Kingo, Danish poet (b. 1634)


• 1711 - Tewoflos, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1708)


• 1758 - Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (b. 1696)


• 1831 - Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (b. 1761)


• 1911 - John Marshall Harlan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1833)


• 1944 - Erwin Rommel, German field marshall (b. 1891)


• 1958 - Douglas Mawson, Australian Antarctic explorer (b. 1882)


• 1959 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor (b. 1909)


• 1960 - Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist (b. 1880)


• 1961 - Paul Ramadier, French politician (b. 1888)


• 1961 - Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (b. 1876)


• 1967 - Marcel Aymé, French novelist and playwright (b. 1902)


• 1973 - Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (b. 1897)


• 1976 - Dame Edith Evans, English actress (b. 1888)


• 1977 - Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (b. 1903)


• 1983 - Willard Price, Canadian author and naturalist


• 1984 - Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1918)


• 1985 - Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1916)


• 1986 - Keenan Wynn, American actor (b. 1916)


• 1989 - Michael Carmine, American actor (b.1959)


• 1990 - Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1918)


• 1997 - Harold Robbins, American novelist (b. 1915)


• 1998 - Cleveland Amory, American writer and animal rights activist (b. 1917)


• 1998 - Frankie Yankovic, American musician (b. 1916)


• 1999 - Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician (b. 1922)


• 2002 - Norbert Schultze, American composer and songwriter (b. 1911)


• 2003 - Patrick Dalzel-Job, English soldier and inspiration for James Bond (b. 1913)


• 2004 - Vlassis Bonatsos, Greek singer, actor and entertainer (b. 1949)


• 2005 - Jody Dobrowski, English murder victim (b. 1981)


• 2006 - Jared Anderson, American bassist (b. 1975)


• 2006 - Freddy Fender, American musician (b. 1937)


• 2006 - Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (b. 1919)


• 2006 - Nancy Lynn, American aviator (b. 1956)


• 2006 - Gerry Studds, American politician (b. 1937)


• 2007 - Big Moe, American rapper (b. 1974)