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October 13th
171 Notable deaths
Donald Houston
Welsh actor (1923-1991).
Born November 6th, 1923 in Tonypandy.
Died October 13th, 1991 at 67 years old in Coimbra.
Millard Mitchell
American actor (1903-1953).
Born August 14th, 1903 in Havana.
Died October 13th, 1953 at 50 years old in Santa Monica (lung cancer).
Manuel Ávila Camacho
Mexican politician (1897-1955).
Born April 24th, 1897 in Teziutlán Municipality.
Died October 13th, 1955 at 58 years old in Mexico City.
William Lombardy
American chess player (1937-2017).
Born December 4th, 1937 in New York City. [ref]
Died October 13th, 2017 at 79 years old in Martinez (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Walter Houser Brattain
American physicist (1902-1987).
Born February 10th, 1902 in Xiamen.
Died October 13th, 1987 at 85 years old in Seattle (Alzheimer's disease).
Samuel S. Hinds
Actor (1875-1948).
Born April 4th, 1875 in Brooklyn.
Died October 13th, 1948 at 73 years old in Pasadena (pneumonia).
Charles Jencks
American architecture theorist, critic and landscape architect.
Born June 21st, 1939 in Baltimore. [ref]
Died October 13th, 2019 at 80 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Andrée De Jongh
Belgian resistance member (1916–2007).
Born November 30th, 1916 in Schaerbeek.
Died October 13th, 2007 at 90 years old in City of Brussels. [ref]
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
American activist and author (1946–2025).
Born October 25th, 1940 in Chicago.
Died October 13th, 2025 at 84 years old in Little Rock. [ref]
Keene Curtis
American actor (1923-2002).
Born February 15th, 1923 in Salt Lake City.
Died October 13th, 2002 at 79 years old in Bountiful (Alzheimer's disease).
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau