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October 10th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on October 10th

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2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on October 10th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2010

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on October 10th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009
  • Irish singer-songwriter dancer and actor (Boyzone) (d. 2009)

2007
  • contemporary Kurdish writer and novelist (Born 1953)

2006
  • American musician, best known as the guitarist, lyricist, backing vocalist, and the only remaining original founding member for the thrash metal band, Anthrax. Ian is the guitarist and a founding member of the crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death. He has hosted 'The Rock Show' on VH1 and has appeared on VH1's 'I Love the...' series, 'Heavy: The Story of …

20052004200220012000
  • Ceylon politician, the first female Prime Minister of Ceylon. She was elected to the post in 1960, following her husband's assassination, and served until 1977. Born to a wealthy and aristocratic family, she married Bandaranaike and had three kids. When her husband was killed on 9/25/1959, she entered the political ring, working with the Party until 1964. The following year, …

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on October 10th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1998199719961995
  • Italian noted family, the grandson of Guccio Gucci, founder of a fashion empire. He was the son of Aldo and nephew of Rodolfo, the two sons of the founder of the family fortune. When the old man died in 1953, the two sons took over the business. Aldo had three sons, Paolo, Roberto and Georgio. When Aldo died in 1983 …

  • Baseball player, dies at 100

  • Wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31

  • Campaigner, dies at 30

  • Record company owner, dies at 47

199419931992
  • Actor (Amazing Colossal Man), dies at 78

1991
  • Redd Foxx

    American actor and comedian. Foxx was known for taking raucous black comedy and bringing it into the mainstream of American culture on the television sitcom "Sanford and Son." Foxx was deserted by his father when he was age four. His dad left him, his older brother and his mother penniless. A mischievous child, Foxx was once expelled from school for …

  • Dies after long illness at 34

1990

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on October 10th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

19861985
  • American actor, director, producer and writer who presented his sensational drama, "War Of The Worlds," by radio on 10/31/1938. The presentation of the show was so convincing that some people around the country thought that aliens had truly invaded, creating a public panic. A brilliant talent, Welles appeared in many films, including "Citizen Kane," 1941, a film which earned him …

  • Yul Brynner

    Russian-American actor who was dynamic, slightly mysterious and famous for his shaven head and piercing gaze. The son of a Mongolian mining engineer and a gypsy mother who died at his birth, he spent his first eight years in China. He was then sent to live with his maternal grandmother in Paris, but she died soon after. He attended school …

19831980

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on October 10th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

197919781977197619751974197319711970

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on October 10th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1968196719651964
  • Eddie Cantor

    American entertainer who, as a star of stage, radio, TV and movies, was a singer and comedian known for tears-and-laughter comedy and popping eyeballs. After doing vaudeville and burlesque, he starred in musical comedy in the '20s. Cantor was among the investors who suffered from a fiscal loss in the crash of 1929.

  • Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (d. 1964)

  • Composer, dies at 71

  • Orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52

1963
  • Australian footballer and coach (d. 1963)

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on October 10th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959
  • German nobility, the Prince of Lüneburg from 1636 to 1648. Frederick was the tenth child of William the Younger (Brunswick-Lüneburg) (1535–1592) and Dorothea of Denmark. He became bishop's adjutor in the Bishopric of Ratzeburg and was elected propst (provost) of the Archdiocese of Bremen. Frederick belonged to the New House of Lüneburg. He died on 10 December 1648.

19571953

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on October 10th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1948
  • American race car driver, he won National Championship titles in 1946, 1947 and 1948. He was killed in a racing accident on a DuQuoin, IL raceway on October 10, 1948. He was inducted into the Motor sports Hall of Fame in 1993.

19421940

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on October 10th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1935
  • Arthur Henderson was the first UK cabinet minister from the Labour Party, the 1934 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and served three terms as the Leader of the Labour Party. He was popular among his colleagues, who called him "Uncle Arthur" in acknowledgement of his integrity, devotion to the cause and unperturbability. He was a transition figure whose policies were closer …

19311930

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on October 10th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1927
  • German-born aviation pioneer who emigrated to the United States in 1893. He designed and built gliders, flying machines and engines in the USA between 1897 and 1915. Controversy surrounds published accounts and Whitehead's own claims that he flew a powered machine successfully several times in 1901 and 1902, predating the first flights by the Wright Brothers in 1903. He died …

1922

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on October 10th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

19141913
  • German-American entrepreneur and executive at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis, MO. After completing his education in Germany and trying various jobs, he moved to the U.S. in 1857. Two years later, with his brother, he opened a brewery supply store. In 1861, Busch's brother married one of the Anheuser daughters and Adolphus became a partner in the Anheuser Brewery. …

  • Prime Minister of Japan (Born 1848)

1911
  • American Distiller and the founder of 's Tennessee whiskey distillery (Born 1846 or 1850)

1910
  • Dutch artist, impressionistic landscape painter of the Hague School and third of three brothers who were all noted painters.

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on October 10th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1901
  • American religious leader 5th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1901)

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