October 27th
174 Notable deaths
Abba P. Lerner
American economist (1903-1982).
Born October 28th, 1903 in Novoselytsia, Bessarabia Governorate.
Died October 27th, 1982 at 78 years old in Tallahassee.
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
American physicist.
Born March 13th, 1899 in Middletown.
Died October 27th, 1980 at 81 years old in Cambridge.
Susan Lindquist
American geneticist (1949-2016).
Born June 5th, 1949 in Chicago.
Died October 27th, 2016 at 67 years old in Boston (cancer).
Khadija Gayibova
Azerbaijani musician.
Born May 24th, 1893 in Tbilisi.
Died October 27th, 1938 at 45 years old in Baku (ballistic trauma).
Georg von der Marwitz
German general (1856–1929).
Born July 7th, 1856 in Słupsk.
Died October 27th, 1929 at 73 years old in Unichowo.
Yan Fu
Chinese translator.
Born January 8th, 1854 in Fuzhou.
Died October 27th, 1921 at 67 years old in Fuzhou.
Rudolph Maté
Polish film director (1898-1964).
Born January 21st, 1898 in Kraków. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1964 at 66 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alexander Protopopov
Russian noble (1866-1918).
Born December 16th, 1866 in Ulyanovsk.
Died October 27th, 1918 at 51 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Andrzej Panufnik
Polish composer and conductor (1914–1991).
Born September 24th, 1914 in Warsaw.
Died October 27th, 1991 at 77 years old in Twickenham.
Lascelles Abercrombie
English poet, academic, literary critic (1881-1938).
Born January 9th, 1881 in Ashton on Mersey. [ref]
Died October 27th, 1938 at 57 years old in Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 174
When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche