October 1st
216 Notable deaths
Raoul Nordling
Nordling (1882–1962).
Born November 11th, 1882 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 1st, 1962 at 79 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Roy Harris
American composer (1898-1979).
Born February 12th, 1898 in Lincoln County.
Died October 1st, 1979 at 81 years old in Santa Monica.
Don Edwards
American politician (1915-2015).
Born January 6th, 1915 in San Jose.
Died October 1st, 2015 at 100 years old in Carmel-by-the-Sea.
Juan José Linz
Spanish sociologist and political scientist (1926–2013).
Born December 24th, 1926 in Bonn.
Died October 1st, 2013 at 86 years old in New Haven. [ref]
Miguel León Portilla
Mexican academic (1926–2019).
Born February 22nd, 1926 in Mexico City.
Died October 1st, 2019 at 93 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Ernst Toch
Austrian composer (1887-1964).
Born December 7th, 1887 in Vienna.
Died October 1st, 1964 at 76 years old in Santa Monica.
Murray Schisgal
American playwright, television writer and screenwriter (1926-2020).
Born November 25th, 1926 in New York City.
Died October 1st, 2020 at 93 years old in Port Chester. [ref]
Ben Daglish
Composer and musician (1966-2018).
Born July 31st, 1966 in Chiswick.
Died October 1st, 2018 at 52 years old (lung cancer).
Marjorie Weaver
American actress (1913-1994).
Born March 2nd, 1913 in Crossville.
Died October 1st, 1994 at 81 years old in Austin (myocardial infarction).
Claus Offe
German political sociologist.
Born March 16th, 1940 in Berlin.
Died October 1st, 2025 at 85 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Hadi Norouzi
Football player (1985–2015).
Born July 19th, 1985 in Kapur Chal, Mazandaran.
Died October 1st, 2015 at 30 years old in Tehran (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Gert Bastian
German general and politician (1923-1992).
Born March 26th, 1923 in Munich.
Died October 1st, 1992 at 69 years old in Bonn (gunshot wound).
Usnija Redžepova
Macedonian singer (1946-2015).
Born February 4th, 1946 in Skopje.
Died October 1st, 2015 at 69 years old in Belgrade (lung cancer).
Nadezhda Plevitskaya
Russian singer and spy (1884–1940).
Born September 29th, 1879 in 1st Vinnikovo.
Died October 1st, 1940 at 61 years old in Rennes.
Lee Cronbach
American educational psychologist (1916–2001).
Born April 22nd, 1916 in Fresno. [ref]
Died October 1st, 2001 at 85 years old in Palo Alto. [ref]
Conway Tearle
Actor (1878-1938).
Born May 17th, 1878 in New York City.
Died October 1st, 1938 at 60 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Alfred Vogel
Swiss writer (1902-1996).
Born October 26th, 1902 in Aesch.
Died October 1st, 1996 at 93 years old in Feusisberg.
Kwan Shan
Hong kong actor.
Born April 12th, 1933 in Shenyang.
Died October 1st, 2012 at 79 years old in Hong Kong (lung cancer). [ref]
Alexey Kuznetsov
Soviet politician (1905–1950).
Born February 20th, 1905 in Borovichi.
Died October 1st, 1950 at 45 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Shlomo Venezia
Greek-born italian jew, survivor of the auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp (1923-2012).
Born December 29th, 1923 in Thessaloniki.
Died October 1st, 2012 at 88 years old in Rome. [ref]
Vyacheslav Dobrynin
Soviet and russian composer, songwriter, pop singer (1946–2024).
Born January 25th, 1946 in Moscow.
Died October 1st, 2024 at 78 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Sven Tumba
Swedish athlete (1931-2011).
Born August 27th, 1931 in Adolf Fredriks parish.
Died October 1st, 2011 at 80 years old in Stockholm (prostate cancer). [ref]
Riccardo Drigo
Artist (1846-1930).
Born June 30th, 1846 in Padua.
Died October 1st, 1930 at 84 years old in Padua.
Jacques Fesch
French murderer and servant of god.
Born April 6th, 1930 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Died October 1st, 1957 at 27 years old in La Santé Prison (decapitation by guillotine).
Israel Gutman
Polish-born israeli histoiran and holocaust survivor (1923-2013).
Born May 20th, 1923 in Warsaw.
Died October 1st, 2013 at 90 years old in Jerusalem.
Deaths 76 to 100 of 216
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran