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Died on October 14th
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Captain Lou Albano |
Wrestling |
29-Jul-1933 |
14-Oct-2009 |
Pro wrestling manager |
| Cleveland Amory |
Author |
2-Sep-1917 |
14-Oct-1998 |
The Cat Who Came for Christmas |
| Hy Averback |
Film Director |
21-Oct-1920 |
14-Oct-1997 |
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Conductor |
25-Aug-1918 |
14-Oct-1990 |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| Big Moe |
Rapper |
27-Jun-1974 |
14-Oct-2007 |
Sippin' Codeine |
| Josh Billings |
Author |
21-Apr-1818 |
14-Oct-1885 |
19th century American humorist |
| Frank B. Brandegee |
Politician |
8-Jul-1864 |
14-Oct-1924 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Richard Brautigan |
Author |
30-Jan-1935 |
14-Oct-1984 |
So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away |
| Bing Crosby |
Singer |
3-May-1903 |
14-Oct-1977 |
White Christmas |
| Samuel Daniel |
Poet |
1562 |
14-Oct-1619 |
The First Four Books of the Civil Wars |
| Thomas Davidson |
Paleontologist |
17-May-1817 |
14-Oct-1885 |
British Fossil Brachiopoda |
| Edith Evans |
Actor |
8-Feb-1888 |
14-Oct-1976 |
The Whisperers |
| Freddy Fender |
Musician |
4-Jun-1937 |
14-Oct-2006 |
Before the Next Teardrop Falls |
| Paul Fix |
Actor |
13-Mar-1901 |
14-Oct-1983 |
Marshal Torrance on The Rifleman |
| Errol Flynn |
Actor |
20-Jun-1909 |
14-Oct-1959 |
Robin Hood |
| William J. Flynn |
Government |
1867 |
14-Oct-1928 |
FBI Director, 1919-21 |
| S. William Green |
Politician |
16-Oct-1929 |
14-Oct-2002 |
Congressman from New York, 1978-93 |
| John Marshall Harlan |
Judge |
1-Jun-1833 |
14-Oct-1911 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1877-1911 |
| King Harold II |
Royalty |
c. 1022 |
14-Oct-1066 |
King of England, 1066 |
| Randall Jarrell |
Poet |
6-May-1914 |
14-Oct-1965 |
The Woman at the Washington Zoo |
| Paul B. Johnson, Jr. |
Politician |
23-Jan-1916 |
14-Oct-1985 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1964-68 |
| Fritz Leiber |
Actor |
31-Jan-1882 |
14-Oct-1949 |
Shakespearean actor |
| Simon MacCorkindale |
Actor |
12-Feb-1952 |
14-Oct-2010 |
Harry Harper on Casualty |
| Benoit Mandelbrot |
Mathematician |
20-Nov-1924 |
14-Oct-2010 |
Fractal mathematician |
| Oswald Myconius |
Religion |
1488 |
14-Oct-1552 |
Zwinglian theologian |
| Collin Wilcox Paxton |
Actor |
4-Feb-1935 |
14-Oct-2009 |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
| George C. Peery |
Politician |
28-Oct-1873 |
14-Oct-1952 |
Governor of Virginia, 1934-38 |
| Laura La Plante |
Actor |
1-Nov-1904 |
14-Oct-1996 |
The Cat and the Canary |
| John J. Raskob |
Business |
12-Mar-1879 |
14-Oct-1950 |
Built the Empire State Building |
| Harold Robbins |
Novelist |
21-May-1916 |
14-Oct-1997 |
The Carpetbaggers |
| Erwin Rommel |
Military |
15-Nov-1891 |
14-Oct-1944 |
The Desert Fox |
| Martin Ryle |
Astronomer |
27-Sep-1918 |
14-Oct-1984 |
Radio astronomer |
| Clarence Saunders |
Business |
9-Aug-1881 |
14-Oct-1953 |
Father of modern retailing |
| Richard B. Shull |
Actor |
24-Feb-1929 |
14-Oct-1999 |
Holmes and Yo-Yo |
| Gerry Studds |
Politician |
12-May-1937 |
14-Oct-2006 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-97 |
| Sigrid Valdis |
Actor |
21-Sep-1935 |
14-Oct-2007 |
Hilda on Hogan's Heroes |
| Bruce Wasserstein |
Business |
25-Dec-1947 |
14-Oct-2009 |
Wall Street dealmaker |
| Keenan Wynn |
Actor |
27-Jul-1916 |
14-Oct-1986 |
Col. Bat Guano in Dr. Strangelove |
| Frankie Yankovic |
Musician |
15-Jul-1915 |
14-Oct-1998 |
America's Polka King |
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