October 6 - Deaths

Deaths

• 869 – Ermentrude of Orléans, consort of Charles the Bald (b. 823)
• 877 – Charles the Bald (b. 823)
• 1014 – Samuil of Bulgaria (b. 958)
• 1101 – Bruno of Cologne, German founder of the Carthusian order
• 1413 – Dawit I of Ethiopia (b. 1382)
• 1542 – Thomas Wyatt, English poet (b. 1503)
• 1641 – Matthijs Quast, Dutch explorer
• 1644 – Elisabeth of Bourbon, consort of Philip IV of Spain (b. 1602)
• 1660 – Paul Scarron, French writer
• 1661 – Guru Har Rai, seventh Sikh Guru (b. 1630)
• 1688 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (b. 1652)
• 1739 – Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon and ancestress of the Heir to the Belgian throne (b. 1684)
• 1762 – Francesco Manfredini, Italian composer (b. 1684)
• 1819 – Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (b. 1751)
• 1829 – Pierre Derbigny, Governor of Louisiana (b. 1769)
• 1873 – Paul Edmund Strzelecki, Polish explorer and geologist (b. 1797)
• 1891 – Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 – Alfred Lord Tennyson, British poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 – Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian statesman and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1829)
• 1945 – Leonardo Conti, Nazi physician (b. 1900)
• 1947 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887)
• 1951 – Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1884)
• 1951 – Will Keith Kellogg, American food manufacturer (b. 1860)
• 1959 – Bernard Berenson, American art historian (b. 1865)
• 1962 – Tod Browning, American film director (b. 1880)
• 1968 – Phyllis Nicolson, British mathematician (b. 1917)
• 1973 – François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1973 – Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1973 – Dennis Price, English actor (b. 1915)
• 1974 – Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian Formula One driver (b. 1948)
• 1976 – Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b. 1900)
• 1980 – Hattie Jacques, British comedy actress (b. 1922)
• 1980 – Jean Robic, French cyclist (b. 1921)
• 1981 – Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1918)
• 1983 – Terence Cooke, American cardinal archbishop (b. 1921)
• 1985 – Nelson Riddle, American bandleader (b. 1921)
• 1986 – Alexander Kronrod, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Bette Davis, American actress (b. 1908)
• 1992 – Denholm Elliott, English actor (b. 1922)
• 1992 – Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
• 1993 – Larry Walters, American "lawn chair" pilot (b. 1949)
• 1995 – Benoît Chamoux, French climber (b. 1961)
• 1997 – Johnny Vander Meer, American baseball player (b. 1914)
• 1998 – Mark Belanger, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 1999 – Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese singer and actress (b. 1920)
• 1999 – Gorilla Monsoon, American professional wrestler/commentator (b. 1937)
• 2000 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Arne Harris, American television sports director (b. 1934)
• 2002 – Claus van Amsberg, German born Prince Consort of the Netherlands (b. 1926)
• 2004 – Marvin Santiago. Puerto Rican salsa singer (b. 1947)
• 2006 – Puck Brouwer, Dutch athlete (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian film director (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Wilson Tucker, American writer (b. 1914)
• 2007 – Bud Ekins, American stuntman (b. 1930)
• 2007 – L. M. Singhvi, Indian jurist and writer (b. 1931)
• 2007 – Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian politician (d. 1921)
• 2008 – Kim Ji-hoo, South Korean actor and model (b. 1985)
• 2008 – Peter Cox, Australian politician (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Douglas Campbell, Scottish born Canadian actor (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Colette Renard, French actress and singer (b. 1924)