October 26th
163 Notable deaths
Elem Klimov
Soviet film director.
Born July 9th, 1933 in Volgograd. [ref]
Died October 26th, 2003 at 70 years old in Moscow (stroke). [ref]
Gerty Cori
Austro-hungarian-american biochemist.
Born August 15th, 1896 in Prague. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1957 at 61 years old in St. Louis, Glendale (myelofibrosis, kidney failure). [ref]
Marcelo Caetano
Portuguese politician (1906-1980).
Born August 17th, 1906 in Lisbon. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1980 at 74 years old in Rio de Janeiro (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Arthur Kornberg
American biochemist.
Born March 3rd, 1918 in Brooklyn.
Died October 26th, 2007 at 89 years old in Stanford.
Goa Gil
American-born musician (1951–2023).
Born October 11th, 1951 in San Francisco.
Died October 26th, 2023 at 72 years old in California (cancer). [ref]
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa
Pilot for the imperial japanese navy air service during world war ii.
Born January 27th, 1920 in Ogawa.
Died October 26th, 1944 at 24 years old in Mindoro (killed in action).
Eddie Johnson
American basketball player (1955-2020).
Born February 24th, 1955 in Ocala.
Died October 26th, 2020 at 65 years old [ref]
Willis Carto
American activist (1926-2015).
Born July 17th, 1926 in Fort Wayne.
Died October 26th, 2015 at 89 years old in Virginia (cardiac arrest).
Aby Warburg
German art historian and cultural theorist.
Born June 13th, 1866 in Hamburg. [ref]
Died October 26th, 1929 at 63 years old in Hamburg (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William Temple
Archbishop of canterbury (1881-1944).
Born October 15th, 1881 in Exeter.
Died October 26th, 1944 at 63 years old in Kent.
Deaths 31 to 40 of 163
Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir