October 27th
155 Notable deaths
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
Japanese prince.
Born December 2nd, 1915 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died October 27th, 2016 at 100 years old in Tokyo (heart failure). [ref]
Jacques Demy
Film director (1931-1990).
Born June 5th, 1931 in Pontchâteau. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1990 at 59 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Prince Berthold, Margrave of Baden
German prince (1906-1963).
Born February 24th, 1906 in Karlsruhe.
Died October 27th, 1963 at 57 years old in Spaichingen.
Miyu Matsuki
Japanese voice actress.
Born September 14th, 1977 in Kure.
Died October 27th, 2015 at 38 years old in Tokyo (Epstein–Barr virus).
Ntozake Shange
African american writer and performance artist (1948-2018).
Born October 18th, 1948 in Trenton.
Died October 27th, 2018 at 70 years old in Bowie (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Alfred Tarski
Polish-american logician.
Born January 14th, 1901 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1983 at 82 years old in Berkeley. [ref]
James M. Cain
American novelist, short story writer, journalist.
Born July 1st, 1892 in Annapolis. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1977 at 85 years old in University Park.
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
7th president of pakistan (1915-2006).
Born January 20th, 1915 in Bannu District.
Died October 27th, 2006 at 91 years old in Peshawar (pneumonia). [ref]
Vladimir Bukovsky
Soviet dissident; prominent in the soviet dissident movement of the 1960s and 1970s and spent a total of twelve years in psychiatric prison-hospitals, labor camps and prisons within the soviet union.
Born December 30th, 1942 in Belebey.
Died October 27th, 2019 at 76 years old in Addenbrooke's Hospital (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Steve Peregrin Took
English musician (1949–1980).
Born July 28th, 1949 in Eltham. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1980 at 31 years old in North Kensington (asphyxia). [ref]
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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes