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1964 - Herbert Hoover, 31st president of US, dies in New York at age 90.

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1990 - Brian Jewell, teenager in New Jersey, dies of accidental hanging while playing the part of a hanged man for a "haunted hayride".

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1994 - Death of Burt Lancaster, American actor (born 1913).

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2003 - Death of Jack Elam, American actor (born 1918).

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2004 - Death of Anthony Hecht, American poet (born 1923).

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2007 - Death of Max McGee, American football player (born 1932).

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