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October 2nd
165 Notable deaths
Dobroslav Jevđević
Bosnian serb politician and chetnik commander.
Born December 28th, 1895 in Prača.
Died October 2nd, 1962 at 66 years old in Rome.
Olivier Gendebien
Belgian racecar driver (1924-1998).
Born January 12th, 1924 in City of Brussels.
Died October 2nd, 1998 at 74 years old in Tarascon.
Arthur John Arberry
British scholar of arabic, persian and islamic literature.
Born May 12th, 1905 in Portsmouth. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1969 at 64 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Irina Slavina
Russian journalist.
Born January 8th, 1973 in Nizhny Novgorod. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2020 at 47 years old in Nizhny Novgorod (self-immolation). [ref]
Douglas Kirkland
Canadian photographer.
Born August 16th, 1934 in Fort Erie.
Died October 2nd, 2022 at 88 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Andrey Lukanov
Bulgarian political figure (1938-1996).
Born September 26th, 1938 in Moscow. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1996 at 58 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Robert Elsie
Canadian/german linguist and albanologist (1950–2017).
Born June 29th, 1950 in Vancouver.
Died October 2nd, 2017 at 67 years old in Bonn (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Bola de Nieve
Cuban musician (1911–1971).
Born September 11th, 1911 in Havana Province.
Died October 2nd, 1971 at 60 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction).
Pavel Zhigarev
Commander of the soviet air force (1900–1963).
Born November 19th, 1900 in Vesyegonsky District.
Died October 2nd, 1963 at 62 years old in Moscow.
Jaime de Borbón y Borbón-Parma
Spanish noble.
Born June 27th, 1870 in Vevey. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1931 at 61 years old in Paris (disease). [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 165
Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi