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October 6th
169 Notable deaths
Jean Robic
French cyclist (1921-1980).
Born June 10th, 1921 in Condé-lès-Vouziers. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1980 at 59 years old in Claye-Souilly (traffic collision). [ref]
Leevi Madetoja
Finnish composer.
Born February 17th, 1887 in Oulu. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1947 at 60 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Pádraic Ó Conaire
Irish writer.
Born February 28th, 1882 in Galway.
Died October 6th, 1928 at 46 years old in Dublin.
Arthur Prior
New zealand logician and philosopher (1914–1969).
Born December 4th, 1914 in Masterton.
Died October 6th, 1969 at 54 years old in Trondheim.
Giulio Gavotti
Italian air force officer (1882–1939).
Born October 17th, 1882 in Genoa.
Died October 6th, 1939 at 56 years old in Rome.
Fyodor Vasilyev
Russian painter (1850-1873).
Born February 22nd, 1850 in Gatchina. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1873 at 23 years old in Yalta. [ref]
Ilse Weber
Czech composer and writer (1903-1944).
Born January 11th, 1903 in Ostrava, Vítkovice. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1944 at 41 years old in Auschwitz, Oświęcim, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Walter Greiner
German physicist (1935-2016).
Born October 29th, 1935 in Neuenbau.
Died October 6th, 2016 at 80 years old
Theodore von Eltz
Actor (1893-1964).
Born November 5th, 1893 in New Haven.
Died October 6th, 1964 at 70 years old in Woodland Hills.
Masaichi Kaneda
Zainichi korean baseball player (1933-2019).
Born August 1st, 1933 in Inazawa. [ref]
Died October 6th, 2019 at 86 years old in Tokyo (sepsis). [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 169
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