1392 – Aleid van Poelgeest, mistress of Albert I of Bavaria, murdered in The Hague by warring nobles at 22
1703 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (Viviani’s theorem), dies at 81
1897 – Charles-Denis Bourbaki, French general (Crimean War, Franco-Prussian war), dies at 81
1959 – Jane Winton, American actress (Hell’s Angel, Patsy, Don Juan), dies at 53
1969 – Adolfo López Mateos, 48th President of Mexico, dies at 59
1972 – Robert K.J.E. Antonissen, Belgian-born South African literary figure, dies at 53
2004 – Edward Larrabee Barnes, American architect (Walker Art Center), dies at 89
2020 – Road Warrior Animal [Joseph Laurinaitis], American pro wrestler (3 x WWE Tag Team C’ship; WWE Hall of Fame), dies at 60
2022 – John Hartman, American rock drummer (Doobie Brothers, 1970–79 and 1987–92 – “China Grove”), dies at 72
2022 – Tim Hankinson, American soccer coach (Alabama AandM, Syracuse University; Tampa Bay Mutiny, Colorado Rapids), dies from cancer at 67
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 21st September 2023
1839 – (Jacob) Gottfried Weber, German composer, and writer (Theory of Musical Composition), dies at 60
1887 – William Preston, American lawyer, politician and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 70
1915 – Anthony Comstock, American anti-vice crusader, special agent to the U.S. Post Office, dies at 71
1956 – Robert Mills Delaney, American composer, dies at 53
1974 – Jacqueline Susann, American author (Valley of the Dolls), dies of cancer at 56
1995 – Vernell Townsend, American blues and gospel singer, dies at 64
1997 – Eric William Hunter Christie, British lawyer and advocate for the Falkland Islands, dies at 75
2018 – José Luis de Delás, Spanish composer and conductor, dies at 90
2020 – Jaime Alves, Portuguese soccer midfielder (3 caps; Boavista), dies at 55
2020 – Robert Freeman Smith, American politician (Rep-R-Oregon), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 20th September 2023
1168 – Paschal III [Guido di Crema], Italian Antipope (1164-68), dies of cancer at around 58
1460 – Gilles Binchois, Franco-Flemish composer of early Renaissance music, dies at about 60
1630 – Claudio Saracini, Italian composer, dies at 44
1823 – Daniel Steibelt, German pianist and composer, dies at 57
1905 – Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian Realist writer (Pavao Šegota), dies at 46
1933 – Annie Besant, English social reformer and supporter of Indian independence, dies at 85
1975 – Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and poet (Nobel 1960), dies at 78
2001 – Marcos Pérez Jiménez, President of Venezuela (1953-58), dies at 87
2014 – Rob Bironas, American football placekicker (First-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl, PFW Golden Toe Award 2007; Tennessee Titans), dies in a car crash at 36
2015 – Jack Larson, American actor (The Adventures of Superman -“Jimmy Olsen”), screenwriter, and librettist (Virgil Thomson’s “Lord Byron”), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 19th September 2023
1339 – Go-Daigo, 96th Emperor of Japan (1318-39), dies at 50
1356 – Gautier de Brienne, Duke of Athens, French supreme commander, dies
1693 – Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Slovenian polymath and natural historian, dies at 52
1968 – Chester F. Carlson, American physicist and inventor (photocopying), dies at 62
1969 – Bert Bakker, Dutch writer and publisher, dies at 57
1973 – Gram Parsons [Cecil Ingram Connor III], American country-rock singer-songwriter (Byrds – Sweethearts of the Rodeo; Flying Burrito Brothers; “Grievous Angel”), dies of a drug overdose at 26
1985 – Italo Calvino, Italian author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 61
2004 – Eddie Adams, American photographer (photograph of execution of a Viet Cong soldier, Pulitzer Prize 1969), dies of complications from ALS at 71
2021 – John Challis, British stage and screen actor (Only Fools and Horses – “Boycie”; Green Green Grass), dies of cancer at 79
2022 – Vladimir Golubev, Russian soccer defender (3 caps USSR; Zenit Leningrad 335 games) and manager (Zenit Leningrad), dies at 72
Famous Deaths for 18th September 2023
1426 – Hubert [Huybrecht] van Eyck, Flemish painter, brother of Jan van Eyck (The Ghent Altarpiece), dies
1827 – Robert Pollok, Scottish poet (The Course of Time), dies of TB at 28
1872 – Charles XV, King of Sweden and Norway (1859-72), dies at 46
1890 – Dion Boucicault [Dionysus Lardner Boursiquot], Irish actor and playwright (London Assurance; The Poor of New York), dies at 69 [or 67, birth year disputed]
1944 – Robert Cole, US army Lt, Colonel shot by a sniper in battle at Best, Netherlands at 29
1982 – Pei Wenzhong, Chinese anthropologist and archaeologist (Peking Man), dies at 78
1997 – James “Jimmy” Witherspoon, American jump blues singer (Ain’t Nobody’s Business), dies at 77
2004 – Marvin Mitchelson, American celebrity attorney, dies at 76
2005 – Michael Park, British Rally co-driver (b. 1966)
2007 – Pepsi Tate [Huw Smith], Welsh glam-rock bassist (Tigertailz), dies of pancreatic cancer at 42
Famous Deaths for 17th September 2023
1422 – Constantine II of Bulgaria
1665 – Philip IV, King of Spain and Portugal (1621-65), dies at 60
1820 – Henri Hamal, Belgian composer, dies at 76
1836 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (Classification of flowering plants), dies at 88
1879 – Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (restored medieval monuments including city of Carcassonne), dies at 65
1936 – Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand activist (b. 1877)
1953 – Emil Ermatinger, Swiss literature historian, dies at 80
1973 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer, dies at 63
2019 – Corrine “Cokie” Roberts, American journalist, pioneering newscaster (ABC; NPR; PBS), and author, dies of with metastatic breast cancer at 75
2020 – Terry Goodkind, American epic fantasy novelist (The Sword of Truth), dies at 72
Famous Deaths for 16th September 2023
1542 – Diego de Almagro, Spanish captain-general of Peru, beheaded
1944 – Gustav Bauer, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (1919-1920), dies at 74
1945 – Johannes “Pa” van der Steur, Dutch missionary to the East Indies, philanthropist and humanitarian (established Oranje Nassau Orphanage), dies at 80
1946 – James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, mathematician and astronomer (The Mysterious Universe), dies at 69
1957 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter famous for whimsical and playful watercolor paintings, dies at 93
1992 – Millicent Fenwick, American politician (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82), dies at 82
1994 – Bernie Lazaroff Leighton, pianist, dies at 73
2008 – Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer for Motown (“I Heard It Through the Grapevine”), dies at 68
2013 – Scott Adams, American NFL offensive linesman (Chicago Bears),, dies of a heart attack at 46
2021 – Boet van Dulmen, Dutch motorcycle racer (84 starts, 1 win, 4 podiums,1 pole; Finnish 500cc GP 1979), dies in a road accident at 73
Famous Deaths for 15th September 2023
1352 – Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273)
1880 – William Hauser, American minister and composer, dies at 67
1932 – Charles H. Gabriel, American gospel composer, dies at 76
1951 – Jacinto Guerrero, Spanish musician and composer, dies at 56
1965 – Steve Brown, American jazz musician, dies at 75
1980 – Bill Evans, American jazz pianist (“Peace Piece”; “Waltz For Debbie”), dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51
1990 – G. M. J. Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA), dies at 69
1991 – John Hoyt, American actor (Gimme a Break, Tom Dick and Mary), dies of lung cancer at 87
1996 – Joan Perry [Elizabeth Rosiland Miller], American film actress, model, and singer (Hands of a Stranger), dies at 85
2006 – Raymond Baxter, British television presenter (b. 1922)
Famous Deaths for 14th September 2023
1851 – James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major American novelist (The Last of the Mohicans), dies of dropsy at 61
1905 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer of the Congo (Brazzaville named after him), dies at 53
1916 – Pierre Duhem, French naturalist, philosopher and historian, dies at 55
1974 – Vera Vague [Barbara Jo Allen], American actress (Sleeping Beauty, Follow the Leader), dies at 66
1974 – Pieter Y Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer, dies at 95
1982 – John Gardner, American writer (Life and Times of Chaucer High), dies in a motorcycle accident at 49
1989 – Eddie McLeod, New Zealand cricketer (one Test for NZ), dies at 88
2009 – Keith Floyd, English celebrity cook and restaurateur (Floyd on Fish), dies of a heart attack at 65
2019 – John Ralston, American College Football Hall of Fame linebacker, coach and executive (Cal, Stanford, Denver Broncos), dies at 92
2021 – Norm MacDonald, Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor (Saturday Night Live, 1993-98; Dirty Work; The Norm Show), dies of cancer at 61
Famous Deaths for 13th September 2023
1759 – James Wolfe, British Army officer who defeated the French in Canada and captured Quebec, dies in battle at 32
1806 – Charles James Fox, English politician (b. 1749)
1808 – Saverio Bettinelli, Italian Jesuit writer, dies at 90
1939 – Eugene Foss, American politician (45th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 80
1976 – Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
1977 – Leopold Stokowski, British conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1912-39; Disney’s Fantasia), dies of a heart attack at 95
2015 – Gary Richrath, American guitarist and songwriter (REO Speedwagon), dies at 65
2017 – Pete Domenici, American politician, U.S. Senator from New Mexico (1973-2009), dies at 85
2022 – Ken Starr, American lawyer who investigated sitting US President Bill Clinton (Starr Report), dies from complications after surgery at 76
2022 – Horacio Accavallo, Argentine boxer (undisputed WBA and WBC flyweight titles 1966-68), dies at 87