1750 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German-American composer, one of the first European composers to emigrate to America, dies at 59
1794 – Abraham Clark, American patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 68
1924 – Frank Chance, American Baseball HOF first baseman (World Series 1907, 08; 2 x NL stolen base leader; NL runs leader 1906 Chicago Orphans/Cubs) and manager (Chicago Cubs, NY Yankees, Boston RS), dies at 47
1945 – André Tardieu, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1929-30, 1930, 1932), dies at 68
1995 – Sam McCluskie, trade unionist, dies at 63
1996 – Brother Eugene Gerard Salois, teacher, dies at 76
2004 – Walter Stewart, Canadian writer and journalist, dies at 73
2006 – Raymond Baxter, British television presenter (b. 1922)
2010 – Guido Turchi, Italian composer (Invettiva), dies at 93
2014 – Nicholas Romanov, French-born pretender to the Russian throne, dies at 91
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 14th September 2022
1523 – Adrian VI [Adriaan F Bieyens], only Dutch Pope (1522-23), dies at 64
1715 – Dom Pérignon, French-Benedictine monk who helped improve the quality of champagne, dies at 76 or 77
1750 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, American organist and composer, son of Johann Pachelbel, dies at about 60
1905 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer of the Congo (Brazzaville named after him), dies at 53
1966 – Gertrude Berg, American actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs), dies at 66
1981 – Yasuji Kiyose, Japanese composer, dies at 81
1982 – John Gardner, American writer (Life and Times of Chaucer High), dies in a motorcycle accident at 49
1996 – Clive Beadon, British RAF Wing Commander and pilot (WWII), dies at 77
2003 – John Serry, Sr., American classical, jazz, and bolero accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, and educator, dies at 88
2009 – Patrick Swayze, American actor (Ghost), dancer (Dirty Dancing), and songwriter, dies of pancreatic cancer at 57
Famous Deaths for 13th September 2022
1872 – Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (Man what he eats), dies at 68
1971 – Nelly A “Nell” Knoop, Dutch actress (Silent Waters), dies at 72
1973 – Betty Field, American actress (Of Mice and Men; Kings Row; Bus Stop), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 57
1987 – Mervyn LeRoy, American movie producer (Devil at 4 O’Clock), dies at 86
1996 – Jane Baxter, British actress (We Live Again, Blossom Time), dies at 87
1996 – Silas Roy Crain, American singer, Founder of Soul Stirrers Gospel Quartet, dies at 85
1996 – Cesar Mendoza, general of Military junta of Chile (1973-85), dies at 78
2001 – Jaroslav Drobný, Czech ice hockey player (Olympic silver 1948) and tennis player (Wimbledon 1954, French 1951-52), dies of a stroke at 79
2012 – Peter Lougheed, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Alberta), dies at 84
2017 – Pete Domenici, American politician, U.S. Senator from New Mexico (1973-2009), dies at 85
Famous Deaths for 12th September 2022
352 – Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies
413 – Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint
1695 – Jacob Abendana, Spanish scholar (b. 1630)
1918 – George Reid, fourth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
1929 – Rainis [Jānis Pliekšāns], Latvian poet and playwright, dies at 64
1961 – Carl Hermann, German physicist, dies at 63
1975 – Doc Alexander, American College Football Hall of Fame guard (Syracuse; All Pro 1921, 22; Rochester Jeffersons; NFL C’ship 1925; NY Giants), dies at 78
1993 – Herman Nieland, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 82
2000 – Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (Wonderland), dies at 66
2009 – Willy Ronis, French photographer (b. 1910)
Famous Deaths for 11th September 2022
1911 – William R. Boggs, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and chief of engineers, dies at 82
1950 – Rudolf Palm, Curaçaoan pianist and composer, dies at 70
1968 – Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer (US Open 1927, PGA 1930, British Open 1931), dies at 71
1977 – Don Blackman, actor (Old Man and Sea, Desert Legion), dies at 65
1977 – Leonard Carey, American actor (Rebecca, Laughter), dies at 90
2001 – Hani Hanjour, Saudi Arabian 9/11 terrorist, dies in Pentagon plane attack at 29
2001 – Henry Herbert, 7th earl of Carnarvon, English peer and racing manager to the Queen, dies of a heart attack at 77
2010 – Harold Gould, American character actor (The Sting, The Golden Girls, Rhoda, Big Bus), dies at 86
2012 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean football player and journalist, dies from natural causes at 92
2020 – Charles Patrick, American do-wop singer and songwriter (The Monotones – “The Book of Love”). dies on his 82nd birthday
Famous Deaths for 10th September 2022
1167 – Empress Matilda [Maud], claimant to the English throne, daughter of Henry I of England, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102)
1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (1404-19), assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France at 48
1519 – John Colet, English churchman and educator
1765 – Jacob Gilles, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at about 74
1845 – Karl August von Lichtenstein, German composer, dies at 78
1868 – Franz Anton Adam Stockhausen, German composer and harpist, dies at 79
1905 – Pete Browning, American baseball player, dies at 44
1960 – Fjodor Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga – matushka-reka), dies at 63
1965 – Robert “Bobby” Jordan, American actor (Dead End Kids, Kid Dynamite, Flying Wild), dies of sclerosis of liver at 42
1991 – Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (6 Grand Slam singles titles), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 9th September 2022
1770 – Bernard S Albinus [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist, dies at 73
1959 – O’Neil Gordon “Collie” Smith, West Indian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, HS 168), dies in a car crash at 26
1965 – Julián Carillo, Mexiacn violinist, composer (D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance), and music theorist (Sonido 13 / The Thirteenth Sound),dies at 90
1969 – Cec Dixon, South African cricket fast-medium bowler (1 Test; 3 wickets; Transvaal), dies at 78
1975 – Minta Durfee, actress (Keystone Comedies, Mickey), dies at 85
1987 – Gerrit John Heijn, senior executive (Ahold), kidnapped/murdered
1996 – Ruggero Mastroianni, Italian film editor (Giulietta degli spiriti), dies at 66
2003 – Thomas Allibone, English physicist (Manhattan Project, high-voltage particle acceleration), dies at 99
2004 – Ernie Ball, American entrepreneur and musician who pioneered the development of guitar-related products, dies at 74
2020 – Alan Minter, English boxer (world middleweight champion 1980), dies from cancer at 69
Famous Deaths for 8th September 2022
1784 – Ann Lee, American founder of the Shakers, dies at 48
1917 – Charles-Édouard Lefebvre, French composer, dies at 74
1947 – Victor Horta, Belgium architect, founder of Art Nouveau movement (Hôtel Tassel), dies at 86
1975 – John Mylong, Austrian actor (Robot Monsters), dies at 82
1984 – Johnnie Parsons, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1950; AAA/USAC Championship 1949), dies at 66
1985 – Manuel Ivo Cruz, Portuguese composer and founder of Philharmonic Orchestra of Lisbon, dies at 84
1992 – Quentin N Burdick, (Sen-D-ND, 1960-91), dies at 84
1994 – Michael Peters, choreographer, dies
2020 – Gene A. Budig, American baseball executive (last American League [AL] president 1994-99), dies from liver disease at 81
2020 – Simeon Coxe, American songwriter, singer and psychedelic synthesizer player (Silver Apples), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 82
Famous Deaths for 7th September 2022
1799 – Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist and contributor to the Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, dies at 82
1820 – Court Lambertus van Beyma, Frisian regent and leader of the Frisian patriots, dies at 67
1872 – Antoni Stolpe, Polish pianist and composer, dies at 21
1892 – John G. Whittier, American poet/secretary Anti-Slavery Society, dies
1971 – Spring Byington, American actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride), dies at 84
1990 – A.J.P Taylor [Alan John Percival], English historian (The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918, Origins of the Second World War), dies at 84
1993 – Lefty Dizz [Walter Williams], American Chicago-style blues guitarist and singer, dies of esophageal cancer at 56
1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire (1965-97), dies at 66
2003 – Great Antonio [Antonio Barichievich], Croatian-Canadian strongman and eccentric, dies at 77
2013 – Ilja Hurnik, Czech composer, dies at 90
Famous Deaths for 5th September 2022
1912 – Arthur MacArthur, Jr., U.S. Army general (b. 1845)
1920 – Robert Harron, American actor (Birth of a Nation, Intolerance), accidentally shot to death at 27
1932 – Paul Bern, husband of Jean Harlow, dies
1972 – Alan Kippax, Australian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 2 x 100, 8 x 50, HS 145; NSW CA), dies at 75
1980 – Barbara Loden, American actress (Ernie Kovacs Show), dies of cancer at 48
1982 – Douglas Bader, RAF fighter pilot in World War II (b. 1910)
1988 – Gert Fröbe [Karl Gerhart Fröbe], German actor (Goldfinger, Lover’s Wood, Upper Hand), dies from a heart attack at 75
1995 – Francis Showering, English brewer, dies at 83
2021 – Sarah Harding, British pop singer (Girls Aloud – “Sound of the Underground,” “Love Machine), dies of breast cancer at 39
2021 – Rickie Lee Reynolds, American southern rock guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas – “Jim Dandy (To the Rescue)”), dies of Covid-19 complications, including kidney failure and heart attack at 72