Famous Deaths for 10th October 2026

1791 – C F D Schubart, writer, dies
1881 – Daniele Comboni, Italian Catholic missionary and Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa (1877-81), dies at 50
1901 – Lorenzo Snow, 5th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), dies at 87
1948 – Ted Horn, American auto racer (first to win AAA National C’ship 3 times consecutively 1946, 47, 48), dies in race accident at 38
1957 – Karl Genzken, Nazi physician, Chief of the Medical Office of the Waffen-SS, dies at 72
1966 – Charlotte Cooper, British tennis player (1st female Olympic champion 1900; Wimbledon 1895-96, 98, 1901, 08), dies at 96
1977 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese-born British actor (The Prisoner, Doctor Who), dies at 47
1996 – Dick Pickering, British trade unionist, dies of a heart attack at 54
1996 – John Hillaby, English writer and traveller, dies at 79
2005 – Milton Obote, first Prime Minister (1962-66) and two-time President of Uganda (1966-71, 1980-85), dies at 80

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