1896 – Percy McDonnell, Australian cricket batsman (19 Tests, 3 x 100s), dies of cardiac failure at 35
1933 – Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)
1967 – Orville Caldwell, American actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning), dies at 71
1968 – Robert Arthur Ley, English sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47
1991 – Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel], American children’s author (The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham), dies of cancer at 87
1991 – Peter Bellamy, English folk singer, commits suicide at 47
1993 – Zita Johann, Hungarian/American actress (Mummy), dies at 89
1993 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (b. 1957)
1994 – Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65
2008 – Vinko “Vice” Vukov, Croatian singer (Eurovision Song Contest 1963 and 1965) dies from head injury at 72
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 23rd September 2021
79 – Pope Linus, second Bishop of Rome after St Peter
965 – Aboe a-Taia-H al-Moetanabbi, Arabic royal poet (Diwan), murdered
1571 – John Jewel, English bishop, dies at 49
1605 – Pontus de Tyard, French poet
1900 – William Marsh Rice, American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816)
1929 – Richard A Zsigmondy, Austria chemist (Nobel 1925), dies at 64
1972 – Carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63
1975 – Ian Hunter, South African character actor (Dr. Blood’s Coffin; White Unicorn), dies at 75
2006 – Etta Baker, American blues guitarist, dies at 93
2020 – Ray Batten, English rugby league back-rower (Great Britain 3, England 3 Tests; Leeds 434 games) and coach (Wakefield Trinity), dies at 75
Famous Deaths for 22nd September 2021
1399 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366)
1408 – Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies
1531 – Louise Van Savoye, French regent of King Francis I, dies at 55
1703 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (Viviani’s theorem), dies at 81
1957 – Soemu Toyoda, Japanese admiral during World War II, dies at 72
1960 – Melanie Klein, Austrian-British author and child psychoanalyst (object relations theory), dies at 78
1972 – Robert KJE Antonissen, Belgian-born South African literary figure, dies at 53
1985 – Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73
2003 – Gordon Jump, American actor (Arthur Carlson-WKRP, Growing Pains), dies at 71
2018 – Charles “Chas” Hodges, English musician (Chas and Dave), dies at 74
Famous Deaths for 21st September 2021
1542 – Juan Boscán Almogáver, Spanish poet
1957 – Haakon VII, King of Norway (1905-57), dies at 85
1979 – John McQuade, actor (Charlie Wild Private Detective), dies at 73
1991 – JA Mommersteeg, Dutch state sect of Defense (KVP), dies
1992 – Billy Williams, actor (Adv of Kit Carson), dies at 76 of brain tumor
1994 – Oswald “Ossie” Stevens Nock, railway Writer, dies at 69
1996 – Sulkhan Nasidze, Georgian composer, dies at 69
1997 – Tommy Cecil, Irish ferryman, dies at 51
2007 – Ruth Jessen, American golfer (11 LPGA Tour wins, 3-time major runner-up), dies of lung cancer at 70
2020 – Tommy Devito, American rock baritone vocalist and guitarist (Four Seasons – “Sherry”) dies of COVID-19 at 93
Famous Deaths for 20th September 2021
1625 – Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet, dies at 69
1630 – Claudio Saracini, Italian composer, dies at 44
1679 – Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch vice admiral of Zealand, dies at 51
1706 – Pierre Verdier, French composer working in Sweden, dies at 79
1949 – Richard Dix, American actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron, The Ghost Ship), dies from a heart attack at 56
1974 – Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer (La Chanson d’Eve), dies at 88
1976 – Johan Boskamp, opera singer/actor, dies at 83
1990 – Jackie Moran, actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65
1994 – Jimmy Hamilton, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 77
1999 – Robert Lebel, French Canadian ice hockey executive, dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 19th September 2021
1719 – Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59
1905 – Thomas John Barnardo, British social worker, dies at 60
1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, British writer and founder of the Girls’ Day School Trust (b. 1816)
1968 – Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62
1981 – Joke Kool-Smit, Dutch feminist, dies
1989 – Guido de Moor, actor (Flanagan, Because of the Cats), dies
1994 – Sandra Fisher, American painter, dies at 47
1995 – Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 55
1995 – Orville Redenbacher, American popcorn magnate (Orville Redenbacher’s Gourmet Popcorn), drowns in bathtub at 88
2011 – Johnny Răducanu, Romanian jazz pianist (b. 1931)
Famous Deaths for 18th September 2021
31 – Sejanus, Roman head of praetorian guard, executed
1261 – Conrad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1524 – Charlotte of Valois, Princess of France as second daughter of King Francis I and his wife Claude, dies at 7
1675 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1624-75), dies at 71
1891 – William Ferrel, American mathematician (b. 1817)
1896 – Armand-Hippolyte-Louis Fizeau, French physicist, dies at 75
1953 – Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver, dies at 26
1956 – Adélard Godbout, Canadian politician (15th Premier of Quebec), dies at 63
1964 – Sean O’Casey, Irish playwright (The Plough and the Stars), dies at 84
1966 – Jeno Vecsey, Hungarian composer, dies at 57
Famous Deaths for 17th September 2021
1621 – Roberto Bellarmino, Italian saint (Doctor of the Church), dies at 78
1630 – Thomas Lake, English statesman (b. 1567)
1894 – Deng Shichang, Chinese admiral (b. 1849)
1934 – Edmund van der Straeten, German composer, dies at 79
1939 – Ethel M. Dell, English author (Storm Drift), dies at 58
1958 – Friedrich Adolf Paneth, Austrian/British chemist, dies at 71
1972 – Akim Tamiroff, Armenian-Russian actor (Touch of Evil, For Whom the Bell Tolls), dies at 72
1992 – Feodor Chaliapin Jr, actor (King’s Whore), dies after illness at 87
1995 – Lucien Victor, Belgian road racing cyclist, dies at 64
2006 – Alvin Wayne “Al” Casey, American rock and session guitarist (Duane Eddy: The Wrecking Crew) dies at 69
Famous Deaths for 16th September 2021
1925 – Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (b. 1888)
1933 – George Gore, American baseball player, dies at 79
1944 – Gustav Bauer, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (1919-1920), dies at 74
1950 – Pedro De Cordoba, American actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur), dies at 68
1965 – Fred Quimby, American film producer (Tom and Jerry cartoons), dies of a heart attack at 79
1990 – Steve Condos, tap dancer, dies of heart attack at 71
1994 – Albert de Courtray, French archbishop of Lyon/cardinal, dies at 71
1994 – Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom), dies at 84
2006 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Stanley Cup 1953, 56-58; Montreal Canadiens), dies at 81
2008 – Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer for Motown (I Heard It Through the Grapevine), dies at 68
Famous Deaths for 15th September 2021
1596 – Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535 or 1540)
1840 – Franz Pecháček, Austrian-German composer, dies at 47
1927 – Herman Gorter, Dutch socialist and poet (May, Tiny Hero’s Poem), dies at 62
1978 – Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft builder, dies at 80
1980 – Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (Peace Piece; Waltz For Debbie), dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51
2004 – Johnny Ramone, American lead guitarist of the punk rock band The Ramones, dies of prostate cancer at 55
2005 – Sidney Luft, American movie director, dies at 89
2007 – Gordon “Specs” Powell, American jazz and studio drummer and percussionist (Red Norvo; Teddy Wilson; CBS Orchestra, 1943-72), dies of kidney disease at 85
2007 – Colin Steele McRae, British rally driver, dies following a helicopter crash at 39
2020 – Wang Zhiliang, Chinese table tennis player and coach (World Table Tennis C’ships gold, doubles 1963), dies from a stroke at 79