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October 6th
176 Notable deaths
Pamela Blake
Actress (1915-2009).
Born August 6th, 1915 in California.
Died October 6th, 2009 at 94 years old in Las Vegas. [ref]
Walter Greiner
German physicist (1935-2016).
Born October 29th, 1935 in Neuenbau.
Died October 6th, 2016 at 80 years old
Michitarō Komatsubara
Japanese general.
Born July 20th, 1886 in Yokohama.
Died October 6th, 1940 at 54 years old in Tokyo (stomach cancer).
Kōuchi Jun'ichi
Japanese animator (1886-1970).
Born September 15th, 1886 in Okayama Prefecture.
Died October 6th, 1970 at 84 years old
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
French actor (1920-1989).
Born March 15th, 1920 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 6th, 1989 at 69 years old in Cannes.
Balthasar van der Pol
Dutch physicist (1889-1959).
Born January 27th, 1889 in Utrecht. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1959 at 70 years old in Wassenaar. [ref]
Wladimir Yordanoff
Monégasque actor (1954-2020).
Born March 28th, 1954 in Chatou.
Died October 6th, 2020 at 66 years old in Caen. [ref]
Herbert Feuerstein
Austrian-born german journalist, comedian and entertainer (1937-2020).
Born June 15th, 1937 in Zell am See.
Died October 6th, 2020 at 83 years old in Erftstadt. [ref]
Zacharia Paliashvili
Georgian composer.
Born August 16th, 1871 in Kutaisi. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1933 at 62 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
A. Berriedale Keith
Scottish lawyer and indologist (1879-1944).
Born April 5th, 1879 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died October 6th, 1944 at 65 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 176
I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived. Willa Cather