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October 1st
180 Notable deaths
Bud Houser
American shot putter and discus thrower (1901-1994).
Born September 25th, 1901 in Oxnard.
Died October 1st, 1994 at 93 years old in Gardena.
Beverly Willis
American architect.
Born February 17th, 1928 in Tulsa.
Died October 1st, 2023 at 95 years old in Branford (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Petar Konjović
Serbian composer.
Born May 5th, 1883 in Čurug. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1970 at 87 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Herbert Seifert
German mathematician.
Born May 27th, 1907 in Bernstadt auf dem Eigen.
Died October 1st, 1996 at 89 years old in Heidelberg.
Paul Lorenzen
German mathematician and philosopher.
Born March 24th, 1915 in Kiel. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1994 at 79 years old in Göttingen. [ref]
Osamu Watanabe
Japanese wrestlers (1940–2022).
Born October 21st, 1940 in Wassamu.
Died October 1st, 2022 at 81 years old in Tokyo (heart attack). [ref]
Gregorio Martínez Sierra
Spanish editor, theatre director and writer (1881–1947).
Born May 6th, 1881 in Madrid. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1947 at 66 years old in Madrid (cancer). [ref]
Aliagha Vahid
Azerbaijani poet (1895-1965).
Born February 17th, 1895 in Baku.
Died October 1st, 1965 at 70 years old in Baku.
Alexey Dushkin
Soviet architect (1903–1977).
Born January 6th, 1904 in Klynova-Novoselivka.
Died October 1st, 1977 at 73 years old in Moscow.
Audouin Dollfus
French astronomer (1924–2010).
Born November 12th, 1924 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 1st, 2010 at 85 years old in Versailles. [ref]
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death. Samuel Butler