1345 – Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281)
1702 – Hoessein Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (peace of Karlowitz), dies
1935 – Karl Schröder II, German composer, dies at 86
1952 – Ian Hay [John Hay Beith], British novelist and playwright (Pip, Carrying On), dies at 76
1961 – Marion Davies [Douras], American silent and sound film actress, producer (Little Old New York; Not So Dumb; Five and Ten), and mistress of William Randolph Hearst, dies of cancer at 64
1972 – Robert KJE Antonissen, Belgian-born South African literary figure, dies at 53
1999 – Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist, dies at 81
2004 – Big Boss Man [Ray Washington Traylor Jr.], American professional wrestler, dies at 41
2007 – Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (Bip the Clown; Silent Movie), dies at 84
2021 – Jay Sandrich, American Emmy Award-winning television director (The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Soap; The Cosby Show), dies at 89
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 21st September 2022
1748 – John Balguy, English philosopher (b. 1686)
1887 – William Preston, American lawyer, politician and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 70
1911 – Arab Pasha, “al-Misri” [Pasha Ahmad Arab), Egyptian minister, dies
1921 – George Foottit, English clown, dies at 57
1983 – Andrew Brewin, Canadian lawyer and MP for Greenwood, dies at 76
1993 – Kamaran Abdalla, Iraqi-English-Dutch actor (Best Thing in Life), dies at 34
2015 – Ben Cauley, American RandB trumpeter (The Bar-Kays – “Soul Finger”) and Otis Redding plane crash survivor, dies at 67
2020 – Jacques-Louis Monod, French pianist, conductor, and composer (Cantus Contra Cantum), dies at 93
2020 – Robert Freeman Smith, American politician (Rep-R-Oregon), dies at 89
2021 – Romano Fogli, Italian soccer midfielder (13 caps; Torino FC, Bologna FC 1909, A.C. Milan, Calcio Catania) and manager (Bologna FC), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 20th September 2022
1613 – Willem H van Est (Estius), theologist, dies
1630 – Claudio Saracini, Italian composer, dies at 44
1647 – Giovanni Del Turco, Italian composer, dies at 70
1706 – Pierre Verdier, French composer working in Sweden, dies at 79
1863 – Benjamin Hardin Helm, US attorney/Confederate brigadier general, dies at 33
1933 – Annie Besant, English social reformer and supporter of Indian independence, dies at 85
1945 – Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian president (b. 1869)
1973 – Maurice T. “Maury” Muehleisen, American musician and songwriter (Jim Croce), dies in a plane crash at 24
1990 – Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65
2021 – Sherwood Boehlert, American politician (Rep-R-NY, 1983-2007), dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 19th September 2022
1356 – Geoffroy de Charny, French nobleman, dies in battle
1719 – Jan Weenix, Dutch painter, buried
1756 – Josef Antonin Sehling, Bohemian violinist, and composer dies at 46
1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, British writer and founder of the Girls’ Day School Trust (b. 1816)
1957 – Reginald Aldworth Daly, Canadian-American Geologist who independently developed the theory of magmatic stopping, dies at 86
1972 – Robert Casadesus, French concert pianist and composer (Symphony No. 7 – “Israel”), dies at 73
1978 – Rolf Gunther, East German priest, self imolation
2008 – Alois Pinos, Czech composer, dies at 82
2019 – Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, 2nd President of Tunisia (1987-2011). dies in exile at 83
2021 – Max Wiltshire, Welsh rugby union lock (4 Tests; Aberavon RFC), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 18th September 2022
1663 – Joseph of Cupertino, Italian saint, dies at 60
1735 – Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator), dies at 51
1934 – Marie Shotwell, American actress (Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 54
1939 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
1945 – “Blind” Willie Johnson, American gospel blues singer and guitarist (“Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground”), dies of malarial fever, syphilis and blindness at 48
1961 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish public servant, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations (1953-61) and posthumous Nobel Peace Prize winner (1961), dies in a plane crash over Congo at 56
1964 – Clive Bell, English art critic, dies at 83
1968 – Franchot Tone, American actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Advise and Consent), dies from lung cancer at 63
1995 – Donald Davie, English poet and critic, dies at 73
2002 – Andres Burnier [Catharina Irma Dessaur], Dutch criminologist and author (Jongensuur), dies at 71
Famous Deaths for 17th September 2022
1762 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 74
1771 – Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (The Adventures of Roderick Random), dies at 50
1863 – Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny, French musketeer and writer (Moise, Chatterton), dies at 66
1877 – William Henry Fox Talbot, English photographic pioneer, dies at 77
1953 – Henry Holden Huss, American composer, dies at 91
1959 – Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director (Belgian National TV), dies at 39
1987 – Harry Locke, British actor (Passport to Pimlico, Town on Trial), dies at 73
1997 – Jan Peder Syse, Prime Minister of Norway (1989-90), dies
2006 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite (b. 1924)
2020 – Terry Goodkind, American epic fantasy novelist (The Sword of Truth), dies at 72
Famous Deaths for 16th September 2022
1945 – John McCormack, Irish-American tenor (Irish folksongs), dies at 61
1950 – Pedro De Cordoba, American actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur), dies at 68
1956 – Shorty Ray, American football player and supervisor of NFL officials, dies at 71
1982 – Rolfe Sedan, American actor (Young Frankenstein, Ninotchka, George Burns Show), dies at 86
1991 – Carol White, actress (Prehistoric Women, Dulcima), dies at 47
1992 – Duke Robbins, entertainer, dies of pneumonia at 71
1994 – Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom), dies at 84
2018 – Frank Parker, American actor (Days of our Lives, Never Too Young), dies at 79
2021 – Clive Sinclair, British consumer electronics inventor (Executive pocket calculator; ZX Spectrum computer), dies of cancer at 81
2021 – Jane Powell [Suzanne Burce], American singer and actress (Royal Wedding; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 15th September 2022
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
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