Sad to say, another long list. :( † In Memory - OCT 10: **1911 – Jack Daniel, American businessman, founded Jack Daniels (b. 1849) Jasper Newton Jack Daniel (September 5, 1850 – October 10, 1911) was an American distiller and the founder of Jack Daniels Tennessee whiskey distillery. Daniel died from blood poisoning at Lynchburg in 1911... O:) **1985 – Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1920) Yul Brynner (Russian: Юлий Борисович Бринер, Yuliy Borisovich Briner; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born United States-based film and stage actor. -he was a model and television director, and later a photographer and the author of two books. Brynner began smoking heavily at age 12 and, although his promotional photos often showed him with a cigarette in hand, he quit the habit in 1971. In January 1985, nine months before his death, the tour reached New York for a farewell Broadway run. Aware he was dying, Brynner gave an interview on Good Morning America discussing the dangers of smoking and expressing his desire to make an anti-smoking commercial. Brynner died of lung cancer on October 10, 1985 in New York City on the same day as his Battle of Neretva co-star Orson Welles. Brynner died of lung cancer on October 10, 1985 in New York City on the same day as his Battle of Neretva co-star Orson Welles...... O:) **1985 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915) George Orson Welles (/ˈwɛlz/; May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor, director, writer and producer who worked in theater, radio and film. Welles died sometime on the morning of October 10, following a heart attack....................... O:) **2004 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (b. 1952) Christopher DOlier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, author and activist. He achieved stardom for his acting achievements, in particular his motion picture portrayal of comic book superhero Superman. In October 2004, Reeve died suddenly of cardiac arrest while co-directing Everyones Hero..................... O:) **2010 – Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter and preacher (b. 1940) Solomon Burke (March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010) was an American recording artist and vocalist, who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s and a key transitional figure in the development of soul music from rhythm and blues. On Sunday October 10, 2010, Burke died at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport while on a plane from Washington Dulles Airport that had just landed.. O:) youtube/watch?v=0lUGwbegMKs **2013 – Jan Kuehnemund, American guitarist (Vixen) (b. 1961) Janice Lynn Jan Kuehnemund (November 18, 1961 – October 10, 2013) was an American lead guitarist who founded the all-female hard rock/glam metal band Vixen. Kuehnemund died in Colorado Springs, Colorado on October 10, 2013 after a 10-month long battle with cancer......... O:) **2013 – Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932) Grant Calvin Shofner (April 7, 1932 — October 10, 2013), known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician, most famous for his 1974 hit Country Bumpkin. Smith died in Branson on October 10, 2013............... O:)
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