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October 9th
200 Notable deaths
Joseph Pilates
German inventor of pilates (1883–1967).
Born December 9th, 1883 in Mönchengladbach.
Died October 9th, 1967 at 83 years old in New York City.
Geoffrey Howe
British politician (1926–2015).
Born December 20th, 1926 in Port Talbot.
Died October 9th, 2015 at 88 years old in Warwickshire (myocardial infarction).
Ravindra Jain
Indian composer.
Born February 28th, 1944 in Aligarh.
Died October 9th, 2015 at 71 years old in Mumbai (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Miriam Hopkins
American actress (1902-1972).
Born October 18th, 1902 in Savannah.
Died October 9th, 1972 at 69 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
David Dukes
American actor (1945-2000).
Born June 6th, 1945 in San Francisco.
Died October 9th, 2000 at 55 years old in Lakewood (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Bruno Latour
French sociologist, philosopher and anthropologist.
Born June 22nd, 1947 in Beaune. [ref]
Died October 9th, 2022 at 75 years old in Paris (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Paul Hunter
English snooker player.
Born October 14th, 1978 in Leeds.
Died October 9th, 2006 at 27 years old in Huddersfield (pancreatic cancer, leukemia). [ref]
Clare Boothe Luce
American writer, politician, ambassador, journalist and anti-communist activist (1903-1987).
Born April 10th, 1903 in New York City. [ref]
Died October 9th, 1987 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (brain cancer). [ref]
Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
German aristocrat (1868-1937).
Born November 25th, 1868 in Darmstadt.
Died October 9th, 1937 at 68 years old in Schloß Wolfsgarten.
Andrzej Wajda
Polish film director (1926-2016).
Born March 6th, 1926 in Suwałki. [ref]
Died October 9th, 2016 at 90 years old in Warsaw (respiratory failure). [ref]
Deaths 21 to 30 of 200
I feel monotony and death to be almost the same. Charlotte Brontë