October 7th
142 Notable deaths
Toshi Ichiyanagi
Japanese composer.
Born February 4th, 1933 in Kōbe.
Died October 7th, 2022 at 89 years old [ref]
Peggy McCay
American actress (1927-2018).
Born November 3rd, 1927 in Manhattan.
Died October 7th, 2018 at 90 years old in Los Angeles (disease). [ref]
Prince Christoph of Hesse-Kassel
German air force officer (1901-1943).
Born May 14th, 1901 in Frankfurt am Main.
Died October 7th, 1943 at 42 years old in Forlì.
Irving Penn
American photographer and photojournalist.
Born June 16th, 1917 in Plainfield. [ref]
Died October 7th, 2009 at 92 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Allan Bloom
American philosopher, classicist, and academician.
Born September 14th, 1930 in Indianapolis.
Died October 7th, 1992 at 62 years old in Chicago (death from AIDS-related complications). [ref]
Alfred Deakin
2nd prime minister of australia.
Born August 3rd, 1856 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died October 7th, 1919 at 63 years old in Melbourne (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Kundan Shah
Indian film director (1947-2017).
Born October 19th, 1947 in Mumbai.
Died October 7th, 2017 at 69 years old in Mumbai.
Nicholas Pryor
American actor (1935–2024).
Born January 28th, 1935 in Baltimore.
Died October 7th, 2024 at 89 years old in Wilmington (cancer). [ref]
Ovadia Yosef
Talmudic scholar, posek and sephardi chief rabbi of israel from 1973 to 1983.
Born September 23rd, 1920 in Baghdad. [ref]
Died October 7th, 2013 at 93 years old in Jerusalem, Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital. [ref]
Emil Kraepelin
German psychiatrist.
Born February 15th, 1856 in Neustrelitz.
Died October 7th, 1926 at 70 years old in Munich (pneumonia).
Deaths 11 to 20 of 142
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead. Albert Einstein