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1987Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85

54Claudius, Roman Emperor, dies of poison mushrooms at 63

1945Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (The Hershey Chocolate Company), dies at 86

1812Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle at 43

October 13th Deaths
Date Event
54
Claudius, Roman Emperor, dies of poison mushrooms at 63 
1093
Robrecht I, the Fries, Count of Flanders, dies 
1282
Nichiren Japanese founder of Nichiren Buddhism (b. 1222) 
1311
Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35 
1415
Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1381) 
1508
Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1446) 
1605
Theodore Beza, French theologian (b. 1519) 
1643
Sweder van Haersolte, mister of Swaluwenborch/diplomat, dies at 61 
1652
Abraham Verhoeven, Flemish printer/newspaper publisher, dies 
1673
Kristoffer Gabel, Danish statesman (b. 1617) 
1680
Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 54 
1680
Francois Roberday, composer, dies at 56 
1687
Geminiano Montanari, Italian astronomer (b. 1633) 
1701
Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer, dies at 47 
1706
Iyasus the Great, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1682) 
1708
Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk/fieldmarshal, dies at 67 
1715
Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (b. 1638) 
1759
John Henley, English minister (b. 1692) 
1774
Willem Bentinck, mister of Rhoon/Pendrecht/Orangist, dies at 69 
1777
Dismas Hatas, composer, dies at 52 
1788
Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish politician and poet (b. 1702) 
1795
William Prescott, American Revolutionary soldier, dies 
1805
Johann Christoph Kuhnau, composer, dies at 70 
1812
Isaac Brock, English general (conquered Detroit), dies in battle at 43 
1815
Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed 
1819
Giovanni Battista Gaiani, composer, dies at 61 
1822
Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor, dies at 64 
1825
Maximilian I of Bavaria (b. 1756) 
1855
Gottfried Rieger, composer, dies at 91 
1869
Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Fren writer (Tableau Historique), dies 
1882
Arthur de Gobineau, French philosopher (b. 1816) 
1890
Samuel Freeman Miller, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1816) 
1904
Pavlos Melas, Greek officer who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia (b. 1870) 
1905
Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], English actor (Hamlet), dies at 67 
1905
Henry Irving, The Bells 
1909
Francisco Ferrer, Spanish anarchist, executed 
1917
Florence La Badie, American actress 
1917
Florence La Badie, The Evidence of the Film 
1918
Gerrit Engelke, German writer (Briefer der Liebe), dies 
1919
Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Danish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1857) 
1920
Isaac Capadose, lawyer/evangelist, dies at 86 
1924
Anatole France, [Jacques Thibault], writer (Ecrivain Francais), dies 
1926
Hans E Kinck, Norwegian philological/writer (Driftekaren), dies at 61 
1926
Hans E. Kinck, Flaggermusvinger 
1927
Hughie Mack, How Fatty Made Good 
1927
William Le Queux, Sadounah 
1928
Maria Fyodorova, The Tempest 
1930
Sidney Paxton, The Girl from Downing Street 
1931
Ernst Didring, Swedish author (b. 1868) 
1931
George Kuwa, Moran of the Lady Letty 
1933
Tom Bay, Drifting On 
1933
Duke Worne, Trooper 77 
1934
William Clarkson, Beerbohm Tree, the Great English Actor 
1935
Armand Dranem, Ah! Quelle gare! 
1938
E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (b. 1894) 
1938
James Gibson, An Innocent Crook 
1938
E.C. Segar, Popeye 
1939
Ford Sterling, Tango Tangle 
1941
GJ Berenschot, general/supreme commander Dutch East Indies army, dies 
1941
David Devant, Collision 
1942
Neil Jack, Mystery Train 
1942
Frank Grimmer, The Magnet of Destruction 
1942
Virginia Vance, Empty Heads 
1943
Harry Ensign, In the Park 
1944
Emil Hoch, Stage Struck 
1944
Saul Harrison, The Experiment 
1945
Milton S. Hershey, American chocolate tycoon (The Hershey Chocolate Company), dies at 86 
1945
Heinz Salfner, Peer Gynt 
1946
Yrjö Tuominen, Suomisen perhe 
1947
Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter, dies 
1947
LeRoy Mason, Texas Terror 
1948
Samuel S Hinds, actor (Raven, Test Pilot), dies at 73 
1948
Victor Thorén, Skärgårdskavaljerer 
1948
Samuel S. Hinds, It's a Wonderful Life 
1950
Ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899) 
1950
Ernest Haycox, Stagecoach 
1951
W G (Billy) Quaife, cricketer (7 Tests for England, 228 runs), dies 
1951
Charles R. Seeling, Rounding Up the Law 
1952
Ray Egan, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 
1952
Fred Spencer, A Cow's Husband 
1953
Millard Mitchell, actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter), dies at 50 
1953
Millard Mitchell, Singin' in the Rain 
1955
Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (b. 1897) 
1955
Manuel Ávila Camacho, Modern Mexico City 
1955
Tom Burton, The Ghost Ship 
1957
F. McGrew Willis, The Costello Case 
1957
Eric Kalkhurst, The Virtuous Sin 
1958
Alexander Moiseyevich Veprik, composer, dies at 59 
1958
Dezsõ Bánóczi, Goose Boy 
1958
Friedrich Kühne, The Loves of Pharaoh 
1958
Aleksandr Veprik, The Last Night 
1959
K Rudolf Mengelberg, Dutch composer (Concert Amsterdam), dies at 67 
1960
Guglielmo Giannini, Grattacieli 
1961
Maya Deren (born Eleanora Derenkowskaia) American filmmaker dies of a brain hemorrhage aged 44 
1961
Maya Deren, Meshes of the Afternoon 
1961
Clinton Wardrop, A Chump at Oxford 
1961
Zoltan Korda, Sahara 
1963
Henry Daniell, English actor (Woman in Green, Body Snatchers), dies 
1964
Richard Hayward, A Night to Remember 
1964
Premankur Atorthy, Bhikharan 
1965
Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948), dies at 66 
1966
Clifton Webb, American actor (Razor's Edge), dies of a heart attack at 76 
1966
Father Marriott, cricketer (one Test for England, 11 wickets), dies 
1968
Bea Benaderet, actress (Petticoat Junction), dies of lung cancer at 62 
1970
Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90 
1971
Stafford Smythe, Canadian NHL executive (b. 1921) 
1974
Ed Sullivan, TV host (Ed Sullivan Show, Toast of the Town), dies at 73 
1977
Jackie Condon, Our Gang 
1977
Bengt Lindström, A Time to Love and a Time to Die 
1977
Floyd Mueller, The Last of the Mohicans 
1978
Roger Clark, Girls in Chains 
1978
Emmerich Groh, Trenck, der Pandur 
1979
Clarence Muse, actor (Sam-Casablanca), dies at 90 
1979
Rebecca Clarke, composer, dies at 93 
1979
Heinrich Fueter, Schellen-Ursli 
1979
Kimo Owens, The Sacketts 
1979
Clarence Muse, Shadow of a Doubt 
1980
Joan Meredith, King of the Saddle 
1980
Mary Mason, The Cheyenne Kid 
1981
Nils Asther, actor (Son of Lassie, Wild Orchids), dies at 84 
1981
Erich Petraschk, Jörg Ratgeb - Painter 
1981
Roy F. Gordy, Stickin' Together 
1981
Clelia Matania, Don't Look Now 
1981
Nils Asther, The Bitter Tea of General Yen 
1982
Kitty Kluppell, Mottige Janus 
1982
Hank MacFarlane, Half Pint Polly 
1983
Jesús de la Rosa Luque, What You Never Knew 
1984
Alice Neel, American painter dies ages 84 
1984
Alice Neel, Pull My Daisy 
1984
Kjeld Bonfils, Kærlighedens melodi 
1984
Wayne Byers, There's a Message in Every Bottle 
1985
Jack Wilson, cricketer (Test for Australia, 0-39 & 1-25, DNB), dies 
1985
Eiji Kanie, Super Space Fortress Macross 
1985
Ruth Carson,  
1985
Francesca Bertini, 1900 
1985
Tage Danielsson, The Man Who Quit Smoking 
1986
Georges Montal, Silver Anniversary 
1986
Maidie Andrews, The Gioconda Smile 
1986
Felice Richmond, Fighting Mustang 
1986
Claude Mulot, The Blood Rose 
1986
Florence L. Gilbert, Capital Punishment 
1987
Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85 
1987
Kishore Kumar, Indian Singer (b.1929) 
1987
Kishore Kumar, Life of Pi 
1988
Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, NY 
1988
Irene Hunt, Forget Me Not 
1988
Melvin Frank, The Court Jester 
1988
Angelika Meyer, Die Versöhnung 
1988
Radomir Sobota, Cetiri kilometra na sat 
1989
John Condon, Heavyweight Elimination Fight: Jerry Quarry vs. Ken Norton 
1989
Cesare Zavattini, Bicycle Thieves 
1989
Alice Keating, In the Days of Saint Patrick 
1989
Lud Gluskin, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street 
1989
Günther Ungeheuer, Polizeirevier Davidswache 
1989
Halina Bielinska, Zmiana warty 
1989
Clifford Allen, Project Ninja Daredevils 
1990
Hans Freudenthal, mathematician/director OW&OC (F Institution), dies 
1990
Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese revolutionary general, politician and negotiator in Paris (1975), dies at 78 
1990
Helli Servi, Ein gebildeter Hausknecht 
1990
Douglas D. Coppin, Her Husband's Affairs 
1990
Hans Namuth, Willem de Kooning, the Painter 
1990
Douglas Edwards, Day of the Fight 
1990
Duc Tho Le, Episode dated 29 April 1985 
1991
Daniel Oduber Quiros, president of Costa Rica (1974-1978), dies 
1991
Donald Houston, actor (Battle Hell, Study in Terror), dies at 67 
1991
Donald Houston, Where Eagles Dare 
1992
Hughes Rudd, news anchor (CBS Morning News), dies of aneurysm at 71 
1992
James Marshall, illustrator/author (The Stupids), dies at 50 
1992
Tula Belle, The Blue Bird 
1992
Milton Shifman, Madigan 
1992
Bob Mitchell, The Hill of the Law 
1992
Hughes Rudd, The CBS Morning News 
1992
Claude Valery, Before the Winter Chill 
1992
Kiwako Taichi, Himatsuri 
1993
Gwen Wells, actress (Nashville), dies of cancer at 42 
1993
Leon Ames, US actor (Mr Ed, Peggy Sue got Married), dies at 90 
1993
Milton M. Stern, Murder by Television 
1993
Lída Plachá, Velká kocicí pohádka 
1993
Otmar Gutmann, Pingu's Moon Adventure 
1993
Ruth Gilbert, Alice in Wonderland 
1993
Gwen Welles, Nashville 
1993
Leo Salkin, Portrait of Gomez 
1994
Marvin Coil, The Lord Is My Shepherd: Part 1 
1995
Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79 
1995
Henry Roth, novelist (Call it Sleep), dies at 89 
1995
Ali Faik Zaghloul, Egyptian radio presenter 
1995
Mia Riddez, Rue des Pignons 
1995
Jean Weber, Le brigand gentilhomme 
1995
Herbert Weissbach, Zero Hour 
1995
Jerzy Wasowicz, Niedaleko Warszawy 
1995
Henry Roth, Call It Sleep 
1995
Michael Lah, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse 
1996
Albert Hughes Williams, teacher/historian, dies at 89 
1996
Beryl Reid, actress (Yellowbeard, Psychomania), dies at 76 
1996
Henri Nannen, journalist, dies at 82 
1996
Rene Lacoste, tennis player, dies at 92 
1996
Garrett Clark, Deadly Addiction 
1996
Henri Nannen, Wetten, dass..? aus Duisburg 
1996
Beryl Reid, The Killing of Sister George 
1996
Lenmana Guerin, South Pacific 
1996
Maikki Länsiö, Kuriton sukupolvi 
1996
Rosita Yarza, El hombre que se quiso matar 
1996
Charley Brickley Jr., Two of a Kind 
1997
Adil Carcani, prime minister of Albania (1982-91), dies 
1997
Sam H. Ginsburg, Grand Canyon 
1997
John Rickman, Episode #1.28 
1997
Joyce Compton, The Awful Truth 
1997
Ian Stuart Black, McGuire, Go Home! 
1997
József Balázs, Magyarok 
1997
Sofiya Milkina, Kak zhivyote, karasi? 
1997
Richard Mason, The World of Suzie Wong 
1997
Dick Gallegly, Little Big Man 
1998
Olga Szaniawska, Gniewko, syn rybaka 
1998
Ka Nerell, Only One Night 
1998
Jørgen Juul Sørensen, Søndage med Karl og Gudrun 
1998
Vera Lindby, I Roslagens famn 
1999
Mahmut Tali Öngören, On Fertile Lands 
1999
Halina Dobrowolska, Odcinek 1 
1999
Wiola Brunius, Adolf i eld och lågor 
1999
Marty Zagon, The Cable Guy 
1999
Zora Polanová, Six Bears and a Clown 
1999
Robert Mazoyer, Les gens de Mogador 
1999
Gertrude Shilling, The Luncheon 
1999
Franz Matter, Gsetz isch Gsetz 
2000
Jean Peters, American actress (b. 1926) 
2000
Eric Waite, Zero Girl 
2000
Sarah Counselo Spencer-Churchill, Medusa 
2000
Jean Peters, Viva Zapata! 
2000
Britt Woodman, Malcolm X 
2001
Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers) (b. 1949) 
2001
Peter Doyle, Disco '72 
2001
David Pollecutt, Part I 
2001
Raoul Kraushaar, Cabaret 
2001
Frederick W. Ziv, Your Favorite Story 
2001
Jack Gordun, Warm Clay 
2001
Duane Grey, JFK 
2002
Stephen Ambrose, American historian and biographer (b. 1936) 
2002
William Hughes, Ole Rex 
2002
Al Lohman, The Billion Dollar Hobo 
2002
Keene Curtis, Sliver 
2002
Dennis Patrick, The Air Up There 
2002
Stephen Ambrose, Shooting War 
2002
Horace Logan, Carnival Rock 
2003
Bertram Brockhouse, Canadian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918) 
2003
Clarita Heath Reiter, Spellbound 
2003
Gjorgji Kolozov, Bogatstvo i um 
2003
Philippe Grumbach, The Ball of Count Orgel 
2003
Anne Ziegler, Demobbed 
2003
Walter Valdi, Episode #1.2 
2003
Nicole Chollet, Bay of Angels 
2003
Butch Brickell, Bad Boys 
2003
Mitsuko Mizuashi, Yuki no mosho 
2003
Augusto César Ribeiro, Zé do Periquito 
2004
Enrique Fernando, Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court (b. 1915) 
2004
Bernice Rubens, Madame Sousatzka 
2004
Grethe Holmer, Honning måne 
2004
Douglas Mellor, The Beast of Yucca Flats 
2004
Heinz Lyschik, Bewährungsprobe 
2004
Chris Doll, The Battle for The Battle of Britain 
2004
Tetsu Yano, The Dagger of Kamui 
2004
Ivor Wood, The Adventures of Parsley 
2004
Nirupa Roy, Deewaar 
2004
Erik Bye, Journey to the Sea 
2005
Vivian Malone Jones, American civil rights activist (b. 1942) 
2005
Bilal Inci, The Return 
2005
Jack Mathis, The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' 
2005
Evans Thornton, Night of the Lepus 
2005
Roberto Uranga, The Eurovision Song Contest 
2005
Pierre van Ostade, Weerwolf Wonderwijn's wedkamp 
2005
István Eörsi, Kolorádó Kid 
2005
Vivian Malone, Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment 
2005
Franz Rudnick, Marianne & Juliane 
2006
Wang Guangmei, Chinese first lady (b. 1921) 
2006
Bob Lassiter, Episode dated 25 June 1990 
2006
Ferdinand Chesnais, Housewarming 
2006
Mayme Clayton, Keepers of the Frame 
2007
Bob Denard, French mercenary (b. 1929) 
2007
Gennadiy Novozhilov, Tsuna da Tsrutsuna 
2007
Tom Dawes, Demolition Man 
2007
Marion Michael, Liane, Jungle Goddess 
2007
L.M. Singhvi, A Parliament of Souls 
2008
Alexei Cherepanov, Russian hockey player (b. 1989) 
2008
Berta Rosanova, Três Recrutas 
2008
LeRoy Prinz Jr., Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! 
2008
Iris Láinez, Hay que vivir 
2008
Valerie Marron, The Image 
2008
Kim Kirk, The Night Flier 
2008
Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal, Episode dated 27 November 1977 
2008
Guillaume Depardieu, Pola X 
2008
Françoise Seigner, The Wild Child 
2008
Paul Schneider, Balance of Terror 
2008
Laura Lamson, The Happiness Thief 
2008
Jack Tenner, The '70s 
2009
Stephen Barnett, American legal scholar who opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 (b. 1935) 
2009
Daniel Melnick, Footloose 
2009
Cullen Bryant, Super Bowl XIV 
2009
Paul Barbaneagra, Sibiu-Hermannsstadt 
2009
Konstantin Babic, Svemu ima vrijeme 
2009
Al Martino, The Godfather 
2009
Marian Kolodziej, Westerplatte 
2009
Bert Decorte, 'k Vergeet u nooit, Venetië 
2010
Vernon Biever, American photographer (b. 1923) 
2010
Jirí Krizan, Sekal Has to Die 
2010
Richard Debolt, Chinatown 
2010
Vernon Biever, Lombardi 
2010
Sergey Borisov, Sukiny deti 
2010
Mary Malcolm, Episode #1.17 
2010
Ulrik Cold, The Magic Flute 
2010
Gérard Berliner, Un bébé à tout prix 
2011
Barbara Kent, Canadian born - U.S. silent film actress and WAMPAS Baby Stars (b.1907) 
2011
Sheila Allen, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 
2011
Janet Lambert, Up in Mabel's Room 
2011
Barbara Kent, Lonesome 
2011
Alberto Salvá, A Menina do Lado 
2011
George Scherger, Pete Rose 
2011
Marty Harris, If Joy Comes 
2011
Charles Kray, Cage 
2012
Gary Ennis Collins, American film and television actor, dies from natural causes at 74 
2012
Helmut Haller, German footballer, dies from Parkinson's disease and dementia at 73 
2012
Gary Collins, Airport 
2012
Vlastimir Radovanovic, Halo taxi 
2012
Maruya Saiichi, Turning Point 
2012
Will Barnet, A Sobbing of the Strong-The Passion of Our Father Abraham in Three Acts 
2012
René Camoin, Les fourberies de Scapin 
2012
Leonid Dovlatov, The Great Battle 
2012
Eduardo de Gregorio, Duelle (une quarantaine) 
2012
Kam-Yuen Szeto, Exiled 
2012
Bundy Chanock, Titanic 
2013
Galina Oleinichenko, Yolanta 
2013
Olga Aroseva, Watch Out for the Automobile 
2013
Angela Moldovan, Veronica se întoarce 
2013
Tommy Whittle, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells 
2013
Takashi Yanase, Chirin no suzu 
2013
Bob Greene, Pretty Baby 
2014
Elizabeth Norment, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion 
2014
Camilo Martin, El Mágico 
2014
Larry Weeks, This Is the Army 
2014
Agnes Owens, The Lighthouse 
2014
Gabrielle Reidy, Girl with a Pearl Earring 
2014
Susan Sollins, Systems 
2014
Antonio Cafiero, Evita Peròn: The Woman Behind the Myth 
2014
Jess Ingerslev, Belma 
2014
Lois Rayman, Pillow Talk 
2014
Tarmo Leinatamm, Kreisiraadio 
2014
Guy-Jude Côté, Quebec: A Whole Different World Next Door 
2014
Zeljka Rajner, Bog je umro uzalud 
2015
Sue Lloyd-Roberts, The Deal 
2015
Bruce Hyde, The Naked Time 
2015
Rosalyn Baxandall, Speak Out: I Had an Abortion 
2015
Aleksandr Gereles, Bitva za Sevastopol 
2016
Downtown Radio's Harry Castles dies aged 67 
2016
Tommy Ford, Martin Lawrence's TV sidekick, dies aged 52 
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