🐾 World Animal Day
Notable deaths on October 4th
Janis Joplin
American singer (1943–1970).
Born January 19th, 1943 in Port Arthur. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1970 at 27 years old in Hollywood (opioid overdose). [ref]
Loretta Lynn
American country singer (1932–2022).
Born April 14th, 1935 in Butcher Hollow. [ref]
Died October 4th, 2022 at 87 years old in Hurricane Mills. [ref]
Henrietta Lacks
American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the hela cell line (1920–1951).
Born August 1st, 1920 in Roanoke.
Died October 4th, 1951 at 31 years old in Baltimore (Povilla, cervical adenocarcinoma).
Graham Chapman
English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989).
Born January 8th, 1941 in Stoneygate.
Died October 4th, 1989 at 48 years old in Maidstone (oropharynx cancer).
Diahann Carroll
American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019).
Born July 17th, 1935 in New York City, The Bronx.
Died October 4th, 2019 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Gordon Cooper
American astronaut (1927–2004).
Born March 6th, 1927 in Shawnee.
Died October 4th, 2004 at 77 years old in Ventura (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Clark Middleton
American actor.
Born April 13th, 1957 in Bristol.
Died October 4th, 2020 at 63 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (West Nile fever). [ref]
Glenn Gould
Canadian composer and pianist (1932–1982).
Born September 25th, 1932 in Toronto. [ref]
Died October 4th, 1982 at 50 years old in Toronto (stroke).
Jean-Claude Duvalier
President of the republic of haiti (1951-2014).
Born July 3rd, 1951 in Port-au-Prince.
Died October 4th, 2014 at 63 years old in Port-au-Prince (heart failure).
Al Smith
American statesman and governor (1873–1944).
Born December 30th, 1873 in Manhattan.
Died October 4th, 1944 at 70 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
You needn’t die happy when your time comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from the beginning to the end. Stephen King