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October 9th
204 Notable deaths
František Fadrhonc
Czech-dutch football manager (1914-1981).
Born December 18th, 1914 in Nymburk. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1981 at 66 years old in Nicosia.
Géza Ottlik
Hungarian translator, writer, and contract bridge theorist.
Born May 9th, 1912 in Budapest. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1990 at 78 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Rolf Stein
French tibetologist.
Born June 13th, 1911 in Świecie. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1999 at 88 years old in Paris. [ref]
Yuriy Dehteryov
Soviet footballer (1948–2022).
Born October 5th, 1948 in Donetsk. [ref]
Died October 9th, 2022 at 74 years old in Donetsk. [ref]
Rolf Thiele
Film director, film producer, screenwriter (1918–1994).
Born March 7th, 1918 in Ústí nad Labem, Předlice.
Died October 9th, 1994 at 76 years old in Munich, Frankfurt.
Per Olof Sundman
Swedish politician (1922-1992).
Born September 4th, 1922 in Vaxholms church parish. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1992 at 70 years old in Kungsholms parish. [ref]
Símun av Skarði
Faroese politician and poet (1872-1942).
Died October 9th, 1942 at 70 years old in Tórshavn.
Olexander Liashko
Soviet politician (1915–2002).
Born December 30th, 1915 in Rodakove.
Died October 9th, 2002 at 86 years old in Kyiv.
Robert Wells
British boxer.
Born May 15th, 1961 in London.
Died October 9th, 2025 at 64 years old [ref]
Ichiya Kumagae
Japanese tennis player (1890-1968).
Born September 10th, 1890 in Ōmuta.
Died October 9th, 1968 at 78 years old in Kamakura.
Deaths 151 to 160 of 204
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel