October 21st
163 Notable deaths
Jun-ichi Nishizawa
Japanese physicist (1926-2018).
Born September 12th, 1926 in Sendai.
Died October 21st, 2018 at 92 years old in Sendai.
Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Portuguese politician.
Born September 1st, 1937 in Lisbon. [ref]
Died October 21st, 2025 at 88 years old in Lisbon. [ref]
Masato Kudo
Japanese association football player.
Born May 6th, 1990 in Suginami-ku.
Died October 21st, 2022 at 32 years old in Miyazaki (surgical complications). [ref]
Barbecue Bob
American blues musician (1902–1931).
Born September 11th, 1902 in Georgia.
Died October 21st, 1931 at 29 years old in Lithonia (tuberculosis).
Valko Chervenkov
Former general secretary of the bulgarian communist party.
Born September 6th, 1900 in Zlatitsa.
Died October 21st, 1980 at 80 years old in Sofia.
Loki Schmidt
German environmentalist (1919-2010).
Born March 3rd, 1919 in Hamburg.
Died October 21st, 2010 at 91 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Manfred Krug
German actor and singer.
Born February 8th, 1937 in Duisburg.
Died October 21st, 2016 at 79 years old in Berlin (pneumonia).
Jean Decoux
Governor general of french indochina.
Born May 5th, 1884 in Bordeaux. [ref]
Died October 21st, 1963 at 79 years old in Paris. [ref]
Christine Boisson
French actress (1956–2024).
Born April 8th, 1956 in Salon-de-Provence. [ref]
Died October 21st, 2024 at 68 years old in 18th arrondissement of Paris (lung disease). [ref]
Otto von Knobelsdorff
German general.
Born March 31st, 1886 in Berlin.
Died October 21st, 1966 at 80 years old in Hanover.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 163
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot