October 14 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1066 – Harold Godwinson, King of England (b. 1022)
• 1092 – Nizam al-Mulk, Seljuk vizier (b. 1018)
• 1256 – Kujo Yoritsugu, Japanese shogun (b. 1239)
• 1318 – Edward Bruce, High King of Ireland (b. 1280)
• 1552 – Oswald Myconius, Swiss Protestant reformer (b. 1488)
• 1565 – Thomas Chaloner, English statesman and poet (b. 1521)
• 1568 – Jacques Arcadelt, Flemish composer
• 1610 – Amago Yoshihisa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1540)
• 1619 – Samuel Daniel, English poet (b. 1562)
• 1637 – Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet (b. 1552)
• 1660 – Thomas Harrison, English Puritan soldier (b. 1606)
• 1669 – Antonio Cesti, Italian composer (b. 1623)
• 1703 – Thomas Hansen Kingo, Danish poet (b. 1634)
• 1711 – Tewoflos, Emperor of Ethiopia
• 1758 – Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (b. 1696)
• 1792 – Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (b. 1714)
• 1831 – Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (b. 1761)
• 1911 – John Marshall Harlan, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1833)
• 1929 – Henri Berger, German composer and royal bandmaster (b. 1844)
• 1944 – Erwin Rommel, German field marshall (b. 1891)
• 1958 – Douglas Mawson, Australian Antarctic explorer (b. 1882)
• 1959 – Errol Flynn, Australian actor (b. 1909)
• 1960 – Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist (b. 1880)
• 1961 – Paul Ramadier, French politician (b. 1888)
• 1961 – Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (b. 1876)
• 1965 – Randall Jarrell, American poet and essayist (b. 1914)
• 1967 – Marcel Aymé, French novelist and playwright (b. 1902)
• 1969 – Haguroyama Masaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 36^th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1973 – Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (b. 1897)
• 1973 – Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian soldier (b. 1929)
• 1976 – Dame Edith Evans, English actress (b. 1888)
• 1977 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor (b. 1903)
• 1983 – Willard Price, Canadian author and naturalist (b. 1887)
• 1984 – Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1918)
• 1985 – Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (b. 1916)
• 1986 – Keenan Wynn, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1989 – Michael Carmine, American actor (b.1959)
• 1990 – Leonard Bernstein, American composer and conductor (b. 1918)
• 1997 – Harold Robbins, American novelist (b. 1915)
• 1998 – Cleveland Amory, American writer and animal rights activist (b. 1917)
• 1998 – Frankie Yankovic, American musician (b. 1916)
• 1999 – Julius Nyerere, Tanzanian politician (b. 1922)
• 2000 – Art Coulter, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1909)
• 2002 – Norbert Schultze, German composer and songwriter (b. 1911)
• 2003 – Patrick Dalzel-Job, English soldier and inspiration for James Bond (b. 1913)
• 2004 – Vlassis Bonatsos, Greek singer, actor and entertainer (b. 1949)
• 2005 – Jody Dobrowski, English murder victim (b. 1981)
• 2006 – Jared Anderson, American bassist (b. 1975)
• 2006 – Freddy Fender, American musician (b. 1937)
• 2006 – Maurice Grosse, British paranormal investigator (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Nancy Lynn, American aviator (b. 1956)
• 2006 – Gerry Studds, American politician (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Big Moe, American rapper (b. 1974)
• 2007 – Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Judy Crichton, American television documentary producer (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Richard Cooey, American convicted murderer and rapist (b. 1967)
• 2008 – Robert Furman, American civil engineer and WWII intelligence officer (b. 1915)
• 2009 – Captain Lou Albano, American professional wrestler and manager (b. 1933)
• 2009 – Martyn Sanderson, New Zealand actor (b. 1938)
• 2009 – Collin Wilcox, American actress (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Simon MacCorkindale, British actor (b. 1952)
• 2010 – Benoît Mandelbrot, Polish-born American mathematician (b. 1924)