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History Deaths on October 29


Shlomo Goren
Shlomo Goren, Israeli rabbi, general, and scholar (b. 1918)

#Shlomo_Goren

Anton LaVey
Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (b. 1930)

#Anton_LaVey

Hal Clement
Hal Clement, American pilot, author, and educator (b. 1922)

#Hal_Clement

Maria Anna Mozart
Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (b. 1751)

#Maria_Anna_Mozart

Astrid Holm
Astrid Holm, Danish actress (b. 1893)

#Astrid_Holm

Duane Allman
Duane Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)

#Duane_Allman

Ramiro de Maeztu
Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)

#Ramiro_de_Maeztu

Chiyonoyama Masanobu
Chiyonoyama Masanobu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 41st Yokozuna (b. 1926)

#Chiyonoyama_Masanobu

Georges Brassens
Georges Brassens, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)

#Georges_Brassens

James Shirley
James Shirley, English dramatist (b. 1596)

#James_Shirley

Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890)

#Adolphe_Menjou

Boris Kristan?i?
Boris Kristan?i?, Slovene basketball player and coach (b. 1931)

#Boris_Kristan?i?

Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest, American general and KKK leader (b. 1821)

#Nathan_Bedford_Forrest

Frederick I, Margrave of Baden
Frederick I, Margrave of Baden (b. 1249)

#Frederick_I,_Margrave_of_Baden

Stefan Milutin
Stefan Milutin, King of Serbia (b. 1253)

#Stefan_Milutin

Albert Calmette
Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)

#Albert_Calmette

Henry George
Henry George, American journalist, philosopher, and economist (b. 1839)

#Henry_George

Edmund Calamy the Elder
Edmund Calamy the Elder, English minister and activist (b. 1600)

#Edmund_Calamy_the_Elder

George Gurdjieff
George Gurdjieff, Armenian-French monk, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1872)

#George_Gurdjieff

Jean Rénald Clérismé
Jean Rénald Clérismé, Haitian priest and politician, Foreign Ministers of Haiti (b. 1937)

#Jean_Rénald_Clérismé

Frances Hodgson Burnett
Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)

#Frances_Hodgson_Burnett

William Harnett
William Harnett, American painter (b. 1848)

#William_Harnett

Walter Raleigh
Walter Raleigh, English admiral, explorer, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (b. 1554)

#Walter_Raleigh

Arne Tiselius
Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

#Arne_Tiselius

George Luks
George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)

#George_Luks

Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver
Grand Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (b. 1301)

#Aleksandr_Mikhailovich_of_Tver

Harvey Hendrick
Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)

#Harvey_Hendrick

Jack Vaughn
Jack Vaughn, American boxer and diplomat (b. 1920)

#Jack_Vaughn

William Kapell
William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)

#William_Kapell

Leon Czolgosz
Leon Czolgosz, American assassin of William McKinley (b. 1873)

#Leon_Czolgosz

Lloyd Bochner
Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (b. 1924)

#Lloyd_Bochner

Étienne Desmarteau
Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)

#Étienne_Desmarteau

Joseph Babinski
Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)

#Joseph_Babinski

Terry Southern
Terry Southern, American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, (b. 1924)

#Terry_Southern

Carlos Guastavino
Carlos Guastavino, Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1912)

#Carlos_Guastavino

David Calderwood
David Calderwood, Scottish historian and theologian (b. 1575)

#David_Calderwood

Paul Painlevé
Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)

#Paul_Painlevé

Luther Burden
Luther Burden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1953)

#Luther_Burden

Dwight B. Waldo
Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)

#Dwight_B._Waldo

Woody Herman
Woody Herman, American singer, clarinet player, saxophonist, and bandleader (b. 1913)

#Woody_Herman

John Sebastian Little
John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)

#John_Sebastian_Little

Louis B. Mayer
Louis B. Mayer, Belarusian-American production manager and producer (b. 1885)

#Louis_B._Mayer

Ion Irimescu
Ion Irimescu, Romanian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1903)

#Ion_Irimescu

Conradin
Conradin, Italian king (b. 1252)

#Conradin

Jean le Rond d'Alembert
Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1717)

#Jean_le_Rond_d'Alembert

Jimmy Savile
Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (b. 1926)

#Jimmy_Savile

Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)

#Joseph_Pulitzer

Rudolf Tobias
Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)

#Rudolf_Tobias

J. Bernlef
J. Bernlef, Dutch author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1937)

#J._Bernlef

Dirck Coornhert
Dirck Coornhert, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and politician (b. 1522)

#Dirck_Coornhert

Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia (b. c. 1204)

#Margaret_of_Austria,_Queen_of_Bohemia

Albert Benjamin Simpson
Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)

#Albert_Benjamin_Simpson

Ranko Žeravica, Serbian basketball player and coach (b. 1929)
Ernesto Herrera, Filipino businessman and politician (b. 1942)
H. Gary Morse, American businessman (b. 1936)
Klas Ingesson, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1968)
Roger Freeman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1965)
Graham Stark, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
John Spence, American soldier and engineer (b. 1918)
Sherman Halsey, American director and producer (b. 1957)
Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer and academic (b. 1935)
Kenneth G. Ryder, American academic (b. 1924)
Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and author (b. 1926)
Mike Baker, American singer-songwriter (b. 1963)
Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (b. 1916)
Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, Premier of Dominica (b. 1923)
Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1946)
Franco Corelli, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1921)
Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (b. 1960)
Greg, Belgian author and illustrator (b. 1931)
Paul Misraki, Turkish-French pianist and composer (b. 1908)
Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Greek-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1947)
Eugen Kapp, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1908)
Lipman Bers, Latvian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, Indian author and activist (b. 1903)
Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor, singer, and academic (b. 1913)
Giorgio Bor? Olivier, Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1911)
Pops Foster, American bassist and trumpet player (b. 1892)
Zoë Akins, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1886)
Louis Rosier, French race car driver (b. 1905)
Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)
Sarah Crosby, the first female Methodist preacher (b. 1729)
Eadsige, archbishop of Canterbury
Saint Colman mac Duagh, Irish abbot and bishop