October 30, 1986 Death of Abel Meeropol who wrote the words to the song Strange Fruit.
Abel Meeropol, article from Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Meeropol

STRANGE FRUIT  Various recordings on YouTube by Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and others    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22Strange+Fruit%22
Strange Fruit, article from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Fruit#:~:text=%22Strange%20Fruit%22%20is%20a%20song,Records%20co%2Dfounder%20Ahmet%20Erteg