Friday, Oct 23, 2026
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1978 - Maybelle Carter, country singer (Johnny Cash Show), dies at age 69.
1983 - Jessica Savitch, of Margate, New Jersey, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies in car accident drowning at age 36 (born 1947).
1986 - Death of Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1893).
2004 - Death of Robert Merrill, American baritone (born 1919).