Famous Deaths for 15th October 2026

1512 – Antoon Keldermans, Brabant builder (Middelburg town hall), dies at 72
1715 – Humphry Ditton, English mathematician, dies at 40
1817 – Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Swiss traveller and orientalist, 1st European to discover Petra and Abu Simbel, dies at 32
1819 – Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman, dies at 75
1833 – Micha? Ogi?ski, Polish diplomat, violinist, balalaika player, and composer (Farewell to My Homeland), dies at 68
1900 – Zden?k Fibich, Czech classical composer (Šárka; Hippodamia; Moods, Impressions, and Reminiscences), dies at 49
1955 – Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese film score composer (Rashomon; Seven Samurai), dies of tuberculosis at 41
1993 – Ken E. Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra), dies of AIDS at 34
2008 – Jack Narz, American TV game show host (Dotto, Video Village), dies at 85
2018 – Shelley Hamlin, American golfer (US Open runner-up 1973), dies of breast cancer at 69

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