October 9th
193 Notable deaths
Emily Hood Westacott
Australian tennis player.
Born May 6th, 1910 in Brisbane.
Died October 9th, 1980 at 70 years old
Robert Wells
British boxer.
Born May 15th, 1961 in London.
Died October 9th, 2025 at 64 years old [ref]
Gerhard Grimmer
East german cross-country skier.
Born April 6th, 1943 in Hora Svaté Kateřiny.
Died October 9th, 2023 at 80 years old [ref]
Frank Castleman
American hurdler and coach (1877-1946).
Born March 17th, 1877 in Broome County.
Died October 9th, 1946 at 69 years old in Columbus.
Lorand Gaspar
French poet.
Born February 28th, 1925 in Târgu Mureș. [ref]
Died October 9th, 2019 at 94 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Ernst Andersson
Swedish footballer and manager (1909-1989).
Born March 26th, 1909 in Sweden.
Died October 9th, 1989 at 80 years old in Sweden.
Cecil Thiré
Brazilian actor (1943-2020).
Born May 28th, 1943 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died October 9th, 2020 at 77 years old in Rio de Janeiro (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Pere Bosch-Gimpera
Mexican anthropologist and archaeologist (1891-1974).
Born March 22nd, 1891 in Barcelona.
Died October 9th, 1978 at 87 years old in Mexico City.
Heinrich Brandt
German mathematician (1886-1954).
Born November 8th, 1886 in Feudingen.
Died October 9th, 1954 at 67 years old in Halle (Saale).
Elsa Rendschmidt
German figure skater (1886-1969).
Born January 11th, 1886.
Died October 9th, 1969 at 83 years old in Celle.
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy