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RIP: Who We Lost in October 2018

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Notable deaths you may have missed in the news headlines.

Join us in a look back at some of the most notable lives that ended in October 2018.


Read the full Legacy obituaries for their life stories:

Peggy McCay, "Days of Our Lives" star

Paul Allen, cofounder of Microsoft

Scott Wilson, "The Walking Dead" actor

Otis Rush, Chicago blues guitarist

Jim Taylor, Green Bay Packers Hall of Famer

Jeffersontown, Kentucky shooting victims

Tree of Life synagogue, Pittsburgh shooting victims


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