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So like Friday 13th, Halloween is regarded by many to be an inauspicious date. But does it really matter or is it a load of tosh? So here are a few instances where for some people it may be inauspicious but it’s definitely significant…………

Famous People born on Halloween:

*Interesting fact, those born on Halloween are said to have powers of divination

Peter Robert Jackson was born 31 October 1961 and is a New Zealand filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, best known for the Lord of The Rings trilogy adapted from Tolkien’s novel. He is also known for his 2005 remake of King Kong and also the producer of the critically acclaimed film District 9.

Vanilla Ice, better known as Robert Matthew Van Winkle and born October 31, 1967, is an American rapper. Born in Texas Van Winkle released his debut album, Hooked, in 1989 before signing a contract with SBK Records, which released a reformatted version of the album under the title To the Extreme. Van Winkle’s single "Ice Ice Baby" was the first hip hop single to top the Billboard Charts and has been credited with helping to diversify hip hop by introducing it to a mainstream white audience.

John Keats (31 October 1795-23 February 1821) was an English poet who became one of the key figures of the Romantic movement.  Keats was one of the second generation Romantic poets along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley.

John Candy (October 31, 1950-March 4, 1994) was a well-loved American comedy actor who was on the groundbreaking show SCTV with Martin Short, and went on to star in many great 80’s and 90’s comedies including Spaceballs, Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, Home Alone and many others.

Helmut Newton (Born Helmut Neustädter (31 October 1920, Berlin – 23 January 2004, California) was a controversial German-Australian fashion photographer noted for his nude studies of women. He died at the age of 83 on 23 January 2004 in Los Angeles in a car accident.

Famous people who died on Halloween:

River Phoenix (23rd August 1970-31st October 1993) was an incredible talent who was critically acclaimed for his work in Stand by Me, The Mosquito Coast, and My Own Private Idaho. His alleged cause of death was a drug overdose.

Frederico Fellini  (20th January 1920-31st October 1993) was a famous and ground-breaking Italian film director, most widely known for his work on the classic movie La Dolce Vita. He died of a stroke.

Harry Houdini (24th March 1874-31st October 1926) was a Hungarian-American magician and escapologist, actor and stunt performer. He died at 52 from peritonitis caused by a burst appendix.

Famous People who married on Halloween:

Rob Zombie married Sheri Moon in 2002. With names like Moon and Zombie could they have been married on any other day??

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