October 22 - Deaths

Deaths

• 741 – Charles Martel, leader of the Franks (b. 686)
• 1383 – King Fernando I of Portugal (b. 1345)
• 1565 – Jean, Vicomte d'Aguisy Grolier de Servieres, French bibliophile (b. 1479)
• 1613 – Pomponio Nenna, Italian composer
• 1625 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (b. 1561)
• 1674 – Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter (b. 1621)
• 1707 – Cloudesley Shovell, Royal Navy admiral (b.1650)
• 1708 – Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian (b. 1636)
• 1751 – William IV, Prince of Orange (b. 1711)
• 1755 – Elisha Williams, American rector of Yale College (b. 1694)
• 1792 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
• 1847 – Sahle Selassie, Negus of Shewa
• 1859 – Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1883 – Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (b. 1818)
• 1891 – Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist (b. 1846)
• 1906 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
• 1914 – Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17^th Yokozuna (b. 1866)
• 1917 – Bob Fitzsimmons, English boxer (b. 1863)
• 1918 – Myrtle Gonzalez, American film and stage actress (b. 1891)
• 1927 – Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (b. 1876)
• 1928 – Andrew Fisher, fifth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1934 – Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (b. 1904)
• 1935 – Komitas, Armenian composer (b. 1869)
• 1935 – Sir Edward Carson, Irish Unionist opposed to Home Rule (b. 1854)
• 1941 – Guy Môquet, French hero of the resistance(executed)(b. 1924)
• 1952 – Ernst Rüdin, Swiss nazi physician (b. 1874)
• 1954 – Jibanananda Das, Bengali poet (b. 1899)
• 1956 – Hannah Mitchell, English socialist and suffragette (b. 1872)
• 1969 – Tommy Edwards, American singer (b. 1922)
• 1973 – Pau Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1978 – John Riley, English poet (murdered) (b. 1937)
• 1979 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer and composition teacher (b. 1887)
• 1985 – Viorica Ursuleac, Romanian soprano (b. 1894)
• 1986 – Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1986 – Jane Dornacker, musician, actress, and traffic reporter for WNBC Radio. (b. 1947)
• 1986 – Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (b. 1897)
• 1987 – Lino Ventura, Italian-born actor (b. 1919)
• 1989 – Ewan MacColl, English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer (b. 1915)
• 1992 – Red Barber, American sportscaster (b. 1908)
• 1992 – Cleavon Little, American actor (b. 1939)
• 1993 – Innes Ireland, Scottish racing driver (b. 1930)
• 1995 – Sir Kingsley Amis, English writer (b. 1922)
• 1997 – Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator (b. 1905)
• 1998 – Eric Ambler, English novelist (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Prof. Dr. Dkfm. Helmut Krackowizer, journalist and motorcycle racer (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Queen Geraldina of the Albanians (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Arman, French-born artist (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Tony Adams, Irish film producer (b. 1953)
• 2005 – Franky Gee, American singer (Captain Jack) (b. 1962)
• 2006 – Arthur Hill, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Ève Curie, French writer (b. 1904)
• 2009 – Don Lane, American-born Australian television personality (b. 1933)
• 2009 – Soupy Sales, American comedian and television personality (b. 1926)