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October 2nd
144 Notable deaths
Madeleine Carroll
English actress (1906-1987).
Born February 26th, 1906 in West Bromwich. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1987 at 81 years old in Marbella (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Frances Bergen
Actress, model (1922-2006).
Born September 14th, 1922 in Birmingham.
Died October 2nd, 2006 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh
Indian politician.
Born January 14th, 1896 in Raigad district. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1982 at 86 years old in Hyderabad.
Geoff Emerick
English recording engineer (1945-2018).
Born December 5th, 1945 in Crouch End. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2018 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Petr Uspensky
Russian esotericist.
Born March 4th, 1878 in Moscow.
Died October 2nd, 1947 at 69 years old in Surrey.
Frank Lovejoy
American actor.
Born March 28th, 1914 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 1962 at 48 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
George Grizzard
American actor.
Born April 1st, 1928 in Halifax County. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2007 at 79 years old in Manhattan (lung cancer). [ref]
Hamilton Camp
British actor.
Born October 30th, 1934 in London.
Died October 2nd, 2005 at 70 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Brian Friel
Irish dramatist, author and theatre director (1929–2015).
Born January 9th, 1929 in Omagh.
Died October 2nd, 2015 at 86 years old in Greencastle, County Donegal. [ref]
J. Philippe Rushton
Canadian psychology professor.
Born December 3rd, 1943 in Bournemouth.
Died October 2nd, 2012 at 68 years old in London. [ref]
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