Famous Deaths In October - 29

1934  On this day in history gustavo Emilio Campa, composer, dies at 71   

1939  Death of Dwight B. Waldo, American educator and historian (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1941  On October - 29 death of harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (b. 1897)   

1943  Death of Adrianus M de Young, writer (Merijntje Gijzen's youth), murdered at 55 on October - 29.   

1946  John S Curry, US painter (Baptism in Kansas), dies on this day in history.   

1947  On October - 29 frances Cleveland Preston, former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83   

1949  Death of G. I. Gurdjieff, Armenian mystic (b. 1872) on this day in history.   

1950  Gustav V, king of Sweden, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1951  Death of De Raymond, French High Director of Cambodia, murdered on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history death of william Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922)   

1957  On this day in history louis B Mayer, MGM producer, dies at 71   

1958  Death of Zoe Akins, American playwright (b. 1886) on October - 29.   

1962  On October - 29 naphtali Siegfried Salomon, composer, dies at 77   

1963  On this day in history adolphe Menjou, actor (Front Page, Star is Born), dies at 73   

1965  On October - 29 death of mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris   

1966  [Louis C] Marcel Berckmans, painter/actor (Manner Kater), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1968  Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer, dies at 78 on October - 29.   

1969  On October - 29 vic Richardson, cricketer (Aussie capt 1935-36), dies   

1971  Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24 on this day in history.   

1973  On October - 29 heathcote Dicken Statham, composer, dies at 83   

1974  On October - 29 victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82   

1975  On this day in history john Scott Trotter, orch leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67   

1981  William O Walker, publisher of Cleveland Call Post, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history sten Broman, composer, dies at 81   

1985  On this day in history john Lodge, actor (Sensation, In Like Flint)/(gov-R-CT), dies at 82   

1986  On October - 29 sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, dies at 68   

1987  Kamal El Mallakh, dies at 57 on October - 29.   

1990  William French Smith, attorney general (1980), dies at 73 of cancer on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history donald Churchill, playwright, dies of heart attack at 60   

1992  Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies on October - 29.   

1993  On October - 29 george Pope, cricketer (one Test for England, 8 runs not out), dies   

1994  Andrew Miller-Jones TV pioneer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1996  Death of James Leo Herlihy, author (Midnight Cowboy), commits suicide at 66 on October - 29.   

1997  On this day in history death of anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (b. 1930)   

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1463  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher was born on October - 29.   

1507  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on this day in history.   

1513  On October - 29 birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne   

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

1656  Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8] was born on this day in history.   

1682  On October - 29 birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)   

1690  Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on October - 29.   

1704  John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) was born on October - 29.