Famous Deaths for 31st October 2025

1517 – Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist, dies at 45
1913 – William Evans-Gordon, British politician (b. 1857)
1918 – [Stephen] István Tisza, Hungarian PM (1903-05, 1913-17), assassinated by soldiers at 57
1943 – Max Reinhardt [Goldmann], Austrian-American theatrical and film director (Oedipus Rex; A Midsummer’s Night Dream), and founder of the Salzburg Festival, dies of a stroke at 70
1994 – Lester Sill, American pioneer music publisher (Leiber and Stoller; Lee Hazlewood), and record label executive (Philles Records; Colpix; Colgems), dies at 76
2003 – Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian Carnatic vocalist, dies at 95
2009 – Ron Gowans, Australian jazz saxophonist, dies of cancer at 83
2010 – Theodore Sorenson, American presidential advisor to JFK and author (Kennedy), dies at 82
2021 – Peter Philpott, Australian cricket spin bowler (8 Tests, 26 wickets, best 5/90; NSW CA), dies due to complications from a fall at 86
2021 – Joan Carlyle, Welsh operatic soprano (Covent Garden, 1955-76), dies at 90

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