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Famous People Who Died in October
Meet famous people such as Steve Jobs, Bette Davis, Woody Guthrie, Rock Hudson, and Janis Joplin, who died in the month of October.
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Steve Jobs
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Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur / 1955 - 2011
Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computers with Steve Wozniak. Under Job's guidance, the company pioneered a series of revolutionary technologies, including the iPhone and iPad.
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Thomas Edison
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Thomas Edison
Entrepreneur, Inventor / 1847 - 1931
Inventor Thomas Edison created such great innovations as the electric light bulb, the telephone and the phonograph. A savvy businessman, he held more than a 1,000 patents for his inventions.
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Rosa Parks
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Rosa Parks
Civil Rights Activist / 1913 - 2005
Civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger, spurring the Montgomery boycott and other efforts to end segregation.
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Jackie Robinson
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Jackie Robinson
Baseball Player / 1919 - 1972
Jackie Robinson became the first African-American to play major league baseball, becoming Rookie of the Year in 1947, National League MVP in 1949 and a World Series champ in 1955.
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe
Writer / 1809 - 1849
American writer, critic and editor Edgar Allan Poe is famous for his tales and poems of horror and mystery, including The Raven.
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Marie Antoinette
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Marie Antoinette
Queen / 1755 - 1793
Marie Antoinette helped provoke the popular unrest that led to the French Revolution and to the overthrow of the monarchy in August 1792.
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