1705 – Willem Hadriaan of Nassau, Dutch corrupt mister of Odijk, dies
1809 – Alexander Reinagle, English-American composer, dies at 53
1906 – Samuel Arnold, American conspirator who plotted to kidnap Abraham Lincoln, dies at 72
1954 – Kōkichi Mikimoto, Japanese inventor and entrepreneur (cultured pearls), dies at 96
1966 – Paul Reynaud, Premier of France (May-June 1940), dies at 87
1983 – Andrew Brewin, Canadian lawyer and MP for Greenwood, dies at 76
1988 – Christine Norden, British actress (Little Shop of Horrors, Night Beat), dies from pneumonia at 63
1988 – Henry Koster, German-born Hollywood director, discovered Abbott and Costello, dies at 83
1997 – Jennifer Holt, American actress (b. 1920)
2016 – John D. Loudermilk, American country singer and songwriter (“Tobacco Road”; “Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye”), dies of cancer at 82
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 20th September 2025
1839 – Jose Gaspar de Francia, dictator of Paraguay (1816-39), dies at 74
1863 – William Haines Lytle, American politician, poet and Brigadier General (Union Army), killed in action during the American Civil War at 36
1897 – Karel Bendl, Czech composer, dies at 59
1905 – Walter Cecil Macfarren, British pianist, teacher (Royal Academy, 1846-1903), conductor, and composer, dies at 79
1906 – Robert R. Hitt, American politician (b. 1834)
1990 – Jackie Moran, American actor (Janie, Barefoot Boy), dies of cancer at 65
2006 – Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer (Cries and Whispers), dies at 83
2018 – John Cunliffe, British children’s book author and television presenter (Postman Pat; Rosie and Jim), dies of cardio-pulmonary
failure at 85
2019 – Howard Cassady, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1955, Ohio State; NFL C’ship 1957, Detroit Lions), dies at 85
2020 – Garland F. Pinholster, American college basketball coach (USA: gold Pan American Games 1963; Oglethorpe University 1956-66), dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 19th September 2025
1863 – Preston Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 39
1905 – Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-born British social worker, and philanthropist (established Barnardo homes for children), dies at 60
1944 – Guy Gibson, British aviator who led the Dambusters Raid (Victoria Cross), killed in action at 26
1969 – Bert Bakker, Dutch writer and publisher, dies at 57
1989 – Guido de Moor, Dutch actor (Flanagan, Because of the Cats), dies at 52
1997 – Kathy Keeton, South African-American magazine publisher (Viva, Longevity), dies of surgical complications at 58
2003 – Anatoly Bogatyrev, Belarusian composer, dies at 90
2003 – Slim Dusty [David Kirkpatrick], Australian country music singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 76
2006 – Elizabeth Allen [Gillease], American stage and screen actress (Donovan’s Reef; Bracken’s World; The Paul Lynde Show), dies of kidney disease at 77
2015 – Jackie Collins, British-American romance novelist (The Stud; The Bitch; Lucky), dies of breast cancer at 77
Famous Deaths for 18th September 2025
1261 – Conrad van Hochstaden, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1426 – Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, Flemish painter, brother of Jan van Eyck (The Ghent Altarpiece), dies
1524 – Charlotte of Valois, Princess of France as second daughter of King Francis I and his wife Claude, dies at 7
1860 – Joseph Locke, English railway and civil engineer, dies at 55
1929 – Hermann Gradener, German composer, dies at 85
1968 – Franchot Tone, American actor (Mutiny on the Bounty, Advise and Consent), dies from lung cancer at 63
1995 – Oleg Tverdokhleb, Ukrainian athlete (b. 1969)
2005 – Marv Grissom, American baseball pitcher, coach (MLB All Star 1954, NY, SF Giants), dies at 87
2013 – Ken Norton, American boxer (WBC heavyweight champion 1978; famous Muhammad Ali trilogy; International Boxing HOF), dies at 70
2021 – Neil McCarthy, American college basketball coach (Weber State Uni 1974-85, New Mexico State Uni 1985-97), dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 17th September 2025
1762 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer, dies at 74
1803 – Franz Xaver Sussmayr, Austrian composer and conductor, dies (b. 1766)
1939 – Ethel M. Dell, English author (Storm Drift), dies at 58
1948 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat (Red Cross; UN mediator for Palestine), assassinated by a Zionist group at 53
1959 – Bert Leysen, Belgian TV director (Belgian National TV), dies at 39
1979 – Miloslav Kabeláč, Czech composer, dies at 71
1992 – Feodor Chaliapin Jr, Russian actor (The Name of the Rose; The King’s Whore), dies after a brief illness at 87
1994 – Iris Adrian, American actress (Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard), dies at 82
2006 – Patricia Kennedy Lawford, American socialite and sister of President John F. Kennedy, dies at 82
2009 – Leon Kirchner, American contemporary classical composer (Pulitzer Prize for Music 1967), dies of congestive heart failure at 90
Famous Deaths for 16th September 2025
1696 – Lambert Pietkin, Flemish composer, dies at 83
1834 – Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer (Guillaume the Nassau), dies
1911 – Edward Whymper, English mountaineer 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865), dies at 71
1945 – John McCormack, Irish-American tenor (Irish folksongs), dies at 61
1961 – Percy Chapman, English cricket batsman (26 Tests, captain 1926-31, 1 x 100; Kent CCC), dies after a fall at 61
1965 – Ahn Eak-tai, Korean cellist, composer (Aegukga – national anthem of South Korea), and conductor, dies at 58
1984 – Richard Brautigan, American novelist and poet (Trout Fishing in America), takes his own life at 49 [exact date estimated based on forensic investigation]
1994 – Albert de Courtray, French archbishop of Lyon/cardinal, dies at 71
2016 – Edward Albee, American playwright (Who’s Afraid of Virgina Woolf?), dies at 88
2016 – Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian President (1999-2006) and Prime Minister (1993-94), dies at 95
Famous Deaths for 15th September 2025
1231 – Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (1183-1231), founded city of Landshut, murdered at 57
1643 – Richard Boyle, Irish politician, 1st Earl of Cork, dies at 76
1701 – Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638)
1747 – Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, German baroque composer and organist, dies at 59
1964 – Robert Dower, South African cricketer (1 Test South Africa v England 1898, scored 0 and 9), dies at 88
1972 – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Icelandic politician and the second President of Iceland (1952-68), dies at 78
1987 – Steven Tuomi, murder victim of Jeffery Dahmer (b. 1963)
1991 – Andre Baruch, Radio/TV announcer dies at 83
2007 – Brett Somers [Audrey Johnston], Canadian-American actress (The Odd Couple – “Blanche Madison”), and TV personality (Match Game), dies of cancer at 83
2023 – Fernando Botero, Colombian figurative artist and sculptor known for depicting people in exaggerated large sizes, dies of pneumonia at 91
Famous Deaths for 14th September 2025
1404 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria, dies at 26
1743 – Nicolas Lancret, French Rococo painter, dies at 53
1909 – Charles Follen McKim, American Beaux-Arts architect (Boston Public Library, Morgan Library), dies at 62
1927 – Hugo Ball, German playwright and social critic (co-founder Flametti, Dada), dies of cancer at 41
1974 – Warren Hull, American actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies from heart failure at 71
1982 – Grace Kelly, American actress (Rear Window) and Princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52
1995 – Eiji Okada, Japanese actor (Hiroshima mon amour, The Ugly American), dies of heart failure at 75
2003 – John Serry, Sr., American classical, jazz, and bolero accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, and educator, dies at 88
2005 – William Berenberg, American physician (b. 1915)
2009 – Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982)
Famous Deaths for 13th September 2025
1596 – Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Dutch astronomer and navigator (Java)
1847 – Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal, dies at 81
1872 – Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher who influenced Karl Marx (The Essence of Christianity), dies at 68
1902 – John Horace Forney, American engineer and Major General in Confederate Army, dies at 73
1967 – Varian Fry, American journalist and recognized as “Righteous Among the Nations”, dies at 59
1995 – Walter Goetz, German-British illustrator, cartoonist and painter (Colonel Up and Mr. Down), dies at 83
1999 – Benjamin Bloom, American educational theorist (b. 1913)
2005 – Toni Fritsch, Austrian soccer forward (9 caps; Rapid Vienna) and American football kicker (Super Bowl 1971 Dallas Cowboys; Pro Bowl 1979), dies of heart failure at 60
2015 – Gary Richrath, American guitarist and songwriter (REO Speedwagon), dies at 65
2017 – Grant Hart, American punk rock drummer and songwriter (Hüsker Dü), dies of liver cancer at 56
Famous Deaths for 12th September 2025
413 – Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint, executed for participating in a rebellion (later exonerated)
1015 – Lambert I with the Beard, Count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65
1362 – Innocent VI [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies
1732 – Jean Philippe Eugène de Mérode, Belgian nobleman (Marquis of Westerloo), dies at 58
1779 – Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician, dies at 67
1947 – Harry Rowe Shelley, American hymn composer, dies at 89
1955 – Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary figure (La Gazette), dies at 86
1988 – (Carlos) “Charlie” Palmieri, American salsa and charanga music bandleader, musical director, and piano player (Tito Puente; Alegre All-Stars), dies after a heart attack at 60
2011 – Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
2023 – Roy Kidd, American College Football HOF coach (Eastern Kentucky University 1964-2002, record 314–124–8), dies at 91