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October 25th
206 Notable deaths
Stuart Lewis-Evans
Racecar driver (1930-1958).
Born April 20th, 1930 in Luton.
Died October 25th, 1958 at 28 years old in East Grinstead.
Paul Terry
Cartoonist, screenwriter, film director (1887-1971).
Born February 19th, 1887 in San Mateo.
Died October 25th, 1971 at 84 years old in New York City (disease).
Frederick Rolfe
British writer, photographer and historian (1860-1913).
Born July 22nd, 1860 in London. [ref]
Died October 25th, 1913 at 53 years old in Venice (cerebrovascular disease).
Gérard Encausse
Spanish-born french physician, hypnotist, and popularizer of occultism, who founded the modern martinist order (1865-1916).
Born July 13th, 1865 in A Coruña.
Died October 25th, 1916 at 51 years old in Paris (tuberculosis).
Peter Rice
Irish engineer.
Born June 16th, 1935 in Dundalk.
Died October 25th, 1992 at 57 years old in London (brain cancer). [ref]
Frank Puglia
Italian actor (1892–1975).
Born March 9th, 1892 in Linguaglossa.
Died October 25th, 1975 at 83 years old in South Pasadena.
Hamilton Smith
American microbiologist (1931–2025).
Born August 23rd, 1931 in New York City.
Died October 25th, 2025 at 94 years old in Ellicott City. [ref]
John Connelly
English footballer.
Born July 18th, 1938 in St Helens.
Died October 25th, 2012 at 74 years old in Barrowford. [ref]
Dick Higgins
English composer and poet (1938-1998).
Born March 15th, 1938 in Cambridge.
Died October 25th, 1998 at 60 years old in Quebec (myocardial infarction).
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Russian romantic composer and pianist (1877–1952).
Born February 28th, 1877 in Kharkiv.
Died October 25th, 1952 at 75 years old in Vienna.
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Do not fear death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light. But, if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity. Laughing Bull