Deaths in October - 2019
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Actress and singer Diahann Carroll died October 4 at the age of 84. Her books include The Legs Are the Last to Go and Diahann: An Autobiography .
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Portuguese politician Diogo Freitas do Amaral died October 3 at the age of 78. His books include D. Afonso Henriques and O Antigo Regime.
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Drummer for Cream Ginger Baker has died at the age of 80 on October 6. He wrote Ginger Baker: Hellraiser: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Drummer.
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Irish poet Ciaran Carson died October 6 at the age of 70. His many books include Last night’s Fun and Shamrock Tea.
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Physicist Stephen Lukasik died October 3 at the age of 88. He wrote Protecting Critical Infrastructures Against Cyber-Attack (Adelphi Papers) .
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Photographer Jill Freedman died October 9 at the age of 79. Her books include Old News: Resurrection City and Circus Days.
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Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov died October 11 at the age of 85. He wrote Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story, I Walk in Space and Solvinden.
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Literary critic Harold Bloom died October 14 at the age of 89. His many works to Clyde The Western Canon and How to Read and Why.
Restaurateur Bruce LeFavour died October 4 at the age of 84. He wrote France on Foot.
Children’s book editor Richard Jackson died October 2 at the age of 84. He wrote In Plain Sight: A Game and Have a Book: Says Look.
Poet John Giorno died October 10 at the age of 82. He wrote You Got to Burn to Shine and Subduing Demons in America.
Restaurateur Bruce LeFavour died October 4 at the age of 84. He wrote France on Foot.
Children’s book editor Richard Jackson died October 2 at the age of 84. He wrote In Plain Sight: A Game and Have a Book: Says Look.
Poet John Giorno died October 10 at the age of 82. He wrote You Got to Burn to Shine and Subduing Demons in America.
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New Yorker cartoonist Dana Fradon died October 3 at the age of 97. His books include Harold the Herald and Sir Dana.
Photographer Sally Soames died October 5 at the age of 82. Her books are Manpower: Photographs and Writers: Photographs.
Photographer Sally Soames died October 5 at the age of 82. Her books are Manpower: Photographs and Writers: Photographs.
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Advocate for the Great Lakes, Lee Botts died October 5 at the age of 91. She wrote The Great Lakes: An Environmental Atlas.
The first female head of the Nobel literature committee, Sara Danius died October 12 at the age of 57. Her books include The Senses of Modernism, The Prose of the World and Prousts Motor.
Architect Charles Jencks died October 13 at the age of 80. His many books include The Language of Post-Modern Architecture and Modern Movements in Architecture.
Cuban prima ballerina Alicia Alonso died October 17 at the age of 98. She wrote Dialogos con la danza
The first female head of the Nobel literature committee, Sara Danius died October 12 at the age of 57. Her books include The Senses of Modernism, The Prose of the World and Prousts Motor.
Architect Charles Jencks died October 13 at the age of 80. His many books include The Language of Post-Modern Architecture and Modern Movements in Architecture.
Cuban prima ballerina Alicia Alonso died October 17 at the age of 98. She wrote Dialogos con la danza
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Author Kate Braverman died October 12 at the age of 70. Her numerous books include Lithium for Medea, The Incantation of Frida K. and Palm Latitudes.
Princeton literature professor and WWII veteran Samuel Hynes died October 4 at the age of 95. His works include Reporting World War Ii, Flights of Passage and The Soldier’s Tale: Bearing Witness.
Executive for Oracle, Mark Hurd died October 18 at the age of 62. He wrote The Value Factor.
Princeton literature professor and WWII veteran Samuel Hynes died October 4 at the age of 95. His works include Reporting World War Ii, Flights of Passage and The Soldier’s Tale: Bearing Witness.
Executive for Oracle, Mark Hurd died October 18 at the age of 62. He wrote The Value Factor.
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Journalist Nick Tosches died October 20 at the age of 69. His books include In the Hand of Dante and Dino.
Scotty Bowers wrote about the sex lives of Hollywood in Full Service:. he died October 13 at the age of 96.
Maestro Raymond Leppard died October 22 at the age of 92. His books include Authenticity in Music and Leppard on Music.
Scotty Bowers wrote about the sex lives of Hollywood in Full Service:. he died October 13 at the age of 96.
Maestro Raymond Leppard died October 22 at the age of 92. His books include Authenticity in Music and Leppard on Music.
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Journalist Georgette Elgey died October 8 at the age of 90. She wrote The Vichy Regime and Histore de la IVe Republique : Tome 2.
NC historian Rob Neufeld died October 20 at the age of 65. His books include The Making of a Writer: Journalsand 27 Views of Asheville.
NC historian Rob Neufeld died October 20 at the age of 65. His books include The Making of a Writer: Journalsand 27 Views of Asheville.
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Designer Ingo Maurer died October 21 at the age of 87. His books include Ingo Maurer: Light: Reaching for the Moon and Ingo Maurer: Passion for Light.
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Theologian John S. Mbiti died October 5 at the age of 87. His books include African Religions & Philosophy, Introduction to African Religion and Concepts of God in africa.
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Art expert E. A. Carmean died October 12 at the age of 74. His books include Helen Frankenthaler and The sculpture of Nancy Graves.
Former football player Bernie Parish died October 23 at the age of 83. He wrote They Call it a Game: Shoulders the NFL Stand On.
Former football player Bernie Parish died October 23 at the age of 83. He wrote They Call it a Game: Shoulders the NFL Stand On.
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Neuroscientist Robert R. Provine died October 17 at the age of 76. His books include Laughter: A Scientific Investigation and Curious Behavior.
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Former US Congressman John Conyers died October 27 at the age of 90. His books include What Went Wrong in Ohio and The Constitution in Crisis.
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Soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky died October 27 at the age of 76. His books include To Build a Castle , Soviet Hypocrisy and Western Gullibility and To Choose Freedom.
Film producer Robert Evans died October 26 at the age of 89. His books include The Kid Stays in the Picture and The Fat Lady Sang.
Film producer Robert Evans died October 26 at the age of 89. His books include The Kid Stays in the Picture and The Fat Lady Sang.
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Former head of the UN Refugee Agency Sadako Ogata died October 22 at the age of 92. Her books include The Turbulent Decade and Defiance in Manchuria.
Folklorist Ed Cray died October 8 at the age of 86. His many books include Ramblin’ Man and General of the Army.
Folklorist Ed Cray died October 8 at the age of 86. His many books include Ramblin’ Man and General of the Army.
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Former Dodger and later sportscaster Ron Fairly died October 30 at the age of 81. His memoir was called Fairly at Bat.
Creator of The Partridge Family, playwright Bernard Slade died October 30 at the age of 89. His works include Same Time, Next Year and Romantic Comedy.
Creator of The Partridge Family, playwright Bernard Slade died October 30 at the age of 89. His works include Same Time, Next Year and Romantic Comedy.
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Mustapha Matura Trinidadian playwright died October 29th 2019 aged 79.
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Sit-com producer Al Burton died October 22 at the age of 91. He wrote 26 Steps to Succeed In Hollywood...or Any Other Business .
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Newspaperman Ray Jenkins died October 24 at the age of 89. His books include Blind Vengeance and A Pacifist at War.
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Environmentalist Norman Myers died October 20 at the age of 85. His many books include Gaia: An Atlas of Planet Management and The primary Source.
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Poet and literary critic Glen Cavaliero died October 28 at the age of 92. He is perhaps best-known for his scholarship on John Cowper Powys, and Charles Williams, and for his book The Supernatural and English Fiction. Appreciation here http://tinyurl.com/yxdj93bu , with links to obituaries.
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Journalist and television presenter Peter Sissons died October 1 at the age of 77. His memoir was called When One Door Closes.
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Birth control researcher C. Wayne Bardin died October 10 at the age of 85. His works include Current Therapy in Endocrinology and Recent Progress in Hormone Research.
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Playwright Mustapha Matura died October 29 at the age of 79. His work includes Moon Jump, Playboy of the West Indies and Matura: Six Plays: As Time Goes by , Nice , Play Mas , Independence.
Civil rights activist Jack O'Dell died October 31 at the age of 96. His works include Climbin' Jacob's Ladder: The Black Freedom Movement Writings of Jack O'Dell and Not the Righteous!: Adapted from Pacific Garden Mission's Radio Series.
Civil rights activist Jack O'Dell died October 31 at the age of 96. His works include Climbin' Jacob's Ladder: The Black Freedom Movement Writings of Jack O'Dell and Not the Righteous!: Adapted from Pacific Garden Mission's Radio Series.
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Historian William Loren Katz died October 25 at the age of 92. His many books include Black Indians and The Black West.
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Famed mountain climber Wayne Merry died October 29 at the age of 88. He wrote The Official Wilderness First Aid Guide.
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Physician and Author Michael Blumlein died October 24. He wrote The Brains of Rats and Thoreau's Microscope among others
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Romance novelist Johanna Lindsey died October 27 at the age of 67. Her many books include Say You Love Me, Gentle Rogue and A Loving Scoundrel.
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