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October 31st
168 Notable deaths
Ants Antson
Estonian speed skater.
Born November 11th, 1938 in Tallinn.
Died October 31st, 2015 at 76 years old
Bruno Snell
German classical philologist.
Born June 18th, 1896 in Hildesheim. [ref]
Died October 31st, 1986 at 90 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Francis Simon
German-british chemist.
Born July 2nd, 1893 in Berlin.
Died October 31st, 1956 at 63 years old in Oxford.
Doğan Akhanlı
German writer.
Born March 18th, 1957 in Şavşat District.
Died October 31st, 2021 at 64 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Elmar Wepper
German actor (1944–2023).
Born April 16th, 1944 in Augsburg.
Died October 31st, 2023 at 79 years old in Munich. [ref]
John Renshaw Carson
American telecommunications engineer (1886-1940).
Born June 28th, 1886 in Pittsburgh.
Died October 31st, 1940 at 54 years old in New Hope.
William Perlberg
American film producer (1900-1968).
Born October 22nd, 1900 in Łódź.
Died October 31st, 1968 at 68 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Aya Kōda
Japanese writer (1904-1990).
Born September 1st, 1904 in Tokyo.
Died October 31st, 1990 at 86 years old in Ishioka (cardiac arrest).
Mikheil Chiaureli
Film director, screenwriter (1894-1974).
Born February 6th, 1894 in Tbilisi.
Died October 31st, 1974 at 80 years old in Tbilisi.
Mircea Drăgan
Romanian film director and screenwriter.
Born October 3rd, 1932 in Gura Ocniței.
Died October 31st, 2017 at 85 years old in Mihăești. [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 168
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