Famous Deaths for 13th October 2026

1815 – Joachim Murat, French soldier, Marshal of France and King of Naples (1808-15), executed by firing squad at 48
1971 – Stafford Smythe, Canadian NHL executive (President Toronto Maple Leafs 1961–69, 1970-71), dies from an acute stomach ulcer at 50
1987 – Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist (transistors, Nobel 1956), dies at 85
1990 – Hans Namuth, German-born photographer (Todos Santos, Guatemala), dies at 75
1996 – Henri Nannen, German journalist (Der Stern), dies at 82
2001 – Peter Doyle, Australian pop singer (The New Seekers – “I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing”), dies of throat cancer at 52
2009 – Al Martino [Jasper Cini], American pop singer (“Here in My Heart”), and actor (The Godfather), dies of a heart attack at 82
2019 – Steve Cash, American country-rock vocalist, songwriter, and harmonica player (Ozark Mountain Daredevils – “Jackie Blue”, “If You Wanna Get To Heaven”), and author (Meq trilogy), dies at 73
2025 – Yvonne Brewster, Jamaican-British actress, director and founder of the Talawa Theatre Company, dies at 87
2025 – Wazir Mohammad, Pakistan cricket batsman (20 Tests, 2 x 100; eldest of Pakistan’s 4 Mohammad brothers), dies at 95

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