October 11th
146 Notable deaths
Wally O'Connor
American swimmer and water polo player (1903-1950).
Born August 25th, 1903 in Madera.
Died October 11th, 1950 at 47 years old in West Los Angeles.
Walther Stampfli
Member of the swiss federal council (1884-1965).
Born December 3rd, 1884 in Büren.
Died October 11th, 1965 at 80 years old in Zürich.
Rauni Mollberg
Finnish film director (1929-2007).
Born April 15th, 1929 in Hämeenlinna. [ref]
Died October 11th, 2007 at 78 years old in Loimaa (leukemia). [ref]
Galina Bystrova
Soviet athlete.
Born February 8th, 1934 in Nakhchivan.
Died October 11th, 1999 at 65 years old in Volgograd.
Käthe Gold
Austrian actress (1907-1997).
Born February 11th, 1907 in Vienna.
Died October 11th, 1997 at 90 years old in Vienna. [ref]
John Devey
English footballer (1866-1940).
Born December 26th, 1866 in Birmingham.
Died October 11th, 1940 at 73 years old in Birmingham.
Edmund H. Hansen
American sound engineer (1894-1962).
Born November 13th, 1894 in Springfield.
Died October 11th, 1962 at 67 years old in Orange.
Rolf Witting
Finnish politician (1879-1944).
Born September 30th, 1879 in Vyborg. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1944 at 65 years old in Porvoo. [ref]
Theodore Lyman
American physicist.
Born November 23rd, 1874 in Boston.
Died October 11th, 1954 at 79 years old in Cambridge.
Dieter Kemper
German cyclist (1937-2018).
Born August 11th, 1937 in Dortmund.
Died October 11th, 2018 at 81 years old in Pankow (bone cancer). [ref]
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs