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Oct 15, 2024
Libby Titus (1947–2024), Love Has No Pride singer-songwriter
Libby Titus was a singer and songwriter known for “Love Has No Pride,” which has been covered by such artists as Bonnie Raitt and Linda Ronstadt.
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Oct 20, 2023
Hubert Reeves (1932–2023), celebrated astrophysicist and science icon
Hubert Reeves was a Canadian astrophysicist who became a science icon thanks to his appearances on television shows and science documentaries, as well as his work discussing ecological issues.
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Oct 17, 2023
Florine Mark (1933–2023), former Weight Watchers president and CEO
Florine Mark was a businesswoman, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and a former president and CEO of Weight Watchers.
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Oct 16, 2023
Louise Glück (1943–2023), Nobel- and Pulitzer-winning poet
Louise Glück was a poet and essayist whose exploration of trauma, death, loss, and struggle earned her the Nobel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and many others.
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Oct 18, 2022
James McDivitt (1929–2022), NASA astronaut who led first U.S. spacewalk mission
James McDivitt was a NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 missions.
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Oct 14, 2022
Bruce Sutter (1953–2022), Hall of Fame pitcher
Bruce Sutter was a Baseball Hall of Fame reliever who won the Cy Young award in 1979. 0
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Oct 14, 2022
Mike Schank (1966–2022), “American Movie” star
Mike Schank was a guitarist and the affable costar of the 1999 documentary “American Movie.”
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Oct 21, 2021
Earl Old Person (1929–2021), chief of the Blackfeet Nation
Earl Old Person was the longtime chief of the Blackfeet Nation.
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Oct 14, 2021
Gary Paulsen (1939–2021), young adult author of “Hatchet”
Gary Paulsen was an author of books for young adults including the wilderness survival classic “Hatchet.”
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Oct 14, 2021
Ray Fosse (1947–2021), Oakland Athletics and Cleveland Indians catcher
Ray Fosse was a catcher for Major League Baseball teams including the Oakland Athletics and Cleveland Indians, as well as a color commentator after his playing career.
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Oct 15, 2018
Jim Taylor (1935 - 2018), Legendary Green Bay Packers fullback
Helped lead the Packers to victory in the first Super Bowl…
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Oct 13, 2016
Dario Fo (1926 - 2016), Nobel Prize-winning playwright
The Italian playwright's biting political satire was recognized with 1997’s Nobel Prize for literature.
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Oct 13, 2016
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927 - 2016), king of Thailand
King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the highly revered king of Thailand and the world's longest reigning monarch, died Oct. 13, 2016, according to multiple news sources. He was 88.
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Oct 19, 2015
Bruce Hyde (1941–2015), Star Trek actor
Bruce Hyde, an actor who played Lieutenant Kevin Riley on the original "Star Trek" television series, has died, according to multiple news sources. Hyde, who was 74, died Oct. 13 of throat cancer, according to his wife.
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Oct 13, 2014
Ed Sullivan: Civil Rights Trailblazer
For more than 20 years, most Americans knew what they were doing on Sunday nights: watching "The Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS, eager to see which new talent or old favorite it's host would bring to the stage that week. Ed Sullivan, who died Oct. 13, 1974, 40 years ago, introduced more than 10,000 acts between 1948 and 1971.
