Famous Deaths on September 19

September 19 Calendar

German Jewish banker and founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty, dies at 68

1830 Stanislas Champein, French composer, dies at 76
1836 Carl Friedrich Ebers, German composer and conductor, dies at 66
1843 Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist, first described the Coriolis force, dies at 51
1859 John Pringle Nichol, Scottish astronomer and educator (University of Glasgow), dies at 55
1862 [Lewis] Henry Little, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 45
1863 Preston Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in battle at 39
1864 Archibald Campbell Godwin, Confederate brigadier general, dies in The Third Battle of Winchester at 32 or 33
1864 David Allen Russell, United States Army officer (Union), dies at the Third Battle of Winchester at 43
1864 Robert Emmet Rodes, American Civil War Confederate Army Major General, dies at the Third Battle of Winchester at 35
1868 William Sprague, American minister and politician from (b. 1809)

20th US President (Republican: 1881), dies of a gunshot wound at 49

1882 Andreas Ignatius Schaepman, Archbishop of Utrecht (1868-82), dies at 67
1893 Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation, dies at 76
1902 Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians, consort to King Leopold II, dies at 66
1902 Masaoka Shiki, Japanese haiku & tanka poet and diarist (Salt Water Ballads), dies at 34
1903 Sydir Vorobkevych, Ukrainian composer, poet, newspaper editor, and Orthodox priest, dies at 67
1905 Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-born British social worker, and philanthropist (established Barnardo homes for children), dies at 60
1906 Maria Georgina Grey, British writer and founder of the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
1918 Liza Lehmann, English composer, dies at 56
1924 Alick Bannerman, Australian cricket batsman (28 Tests, 8 x 50s; NSW 1876–94), dies at 70
1927 Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
1930 Hendrik Zwaardemaker, Dutch physiologist (invented the olfactometer), dies at 73
1931 David Starr Jordan, American biologist and founding president of Stanford University, dies at 90
1935 Jules Cambon, French ambassador, to U.S. (1897), Spain (1902–07) and Germany (1907–14), dies at 90
1935 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian pioneer in rocket and space research, dies at 78
1936 Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musicologist, dies at 76
1938 Pauline Frederick, American actress (Mr. Moto), dies of an asthma attack at 55
1942 Condé Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast company (Vanity Fair), dies at 69
1944 David Lord, British RAF pilot (Victoria Cross), dies in the Battle of Arnhem at 30

1944 Hilaro Barlow, British colonel, dies during the Battle of Arnhem at 37
1949 George Shiels, Irish dramatist (The Rugged Path), dies at 68
1949 Will Cuppy, American humorist (The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody), dies at 65
1952 Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies at 56
1952 Hugo Bezdek, Czech American College Football Hall of Fame coach (University of Oregon, University of Arkansas, Penn State; NFL: Cleveland Browns; MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 68
1954 Tibor Harsányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor who settled Paris, France, dies at 56
1955 Carl Milles, Swedish sculptor (Wedding of Rivers), dies at 80
1955 John D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894)
1957 Reginald Aldworth Daly, Canadian-American Geologist who independently developed the theory of magmatic stopping, dies at 86
1961 Helen Kimble, fictional wife of Dr Richard Kimble (The Fugitive), murdered by a one-armed man
1961 Maurice Delage, French pianist, and composer (Ragamalika; Seven Haikais), dies at 81 [date of passing may be 21 Sept]
1961 Pieter Tesch, Dutch mine engineer and geologist (Pedestal of Netherlands), dies at 82
1962 Nikolai Pogodin, Soviet playwright, dies at 61
1967 Martin Block, American disc jockey and TV announcer (Chesterfield Supper Club), dies at 64
1967 Monica Proietti "Machine Gun Molly", Canadian bank robber and criminal, dies in a high-speed chase at 27
1967 Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter, dies at 82
1968 Chester F. Carlson, American physicist and inventor (photocopying), dies at 62
1968 Red Foley, American country singer ("Mr Smith Goes to Washington"), dies at 58
1969 Bert Bakker, Dutch writer and publisher, dies at 57
1969 Rex Ingram, American actor (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tarzan of the Apes, The ten Commandments), dies of a heart attack at 73
1970 Greville Stevens, British cricketer (10 Tests for England 1922-29), dies at 69
1972 Robert Casadesus, French concert pianist and composer (Symphony No. 7 - "Israel"), dies at 73
1973 Bobby Gilbert, American actor (Some Like It Hot, The Rebel Set), dies of hepatitis at 75
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
1974 Eve March, American actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63
1978 Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and historian, dies at 94
1981 Joke Smit, Dutch writer (Het onbehagen bij de vrouw / The Discontent of Women), and feminist leader, dies of breast cancer at 48
1982 Samuel L. M. Barlow, American composer (Mon Ami Pierrot), dies at 90
1982 Ted Badcock, New Zealand cricketer (7 Tests for NZ 1930-33, 16 wkts), dies at 85
1984 June Preisser, American acrobatic dancer and actress (Babes in Arms; Strike Up the Band), dies in a car crash at 64
1985 Italo Calvino, Italian author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 61
1986 Vivian Duncan, American vaudevillian (Duncan Sisters), actress (Topsy and Eva), dies of complications from Alzheimer's disease at 89
1987 Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician (Prime Minister of Norway 1945-51, 1955-63, 1963-65), dies at 90
1988 Oren Lee Staley, American 1st President of the National Farmers Organization (1955-79), dies after a fall at 65
1989 Guido de Moor, Dutch actor (Flanagan, Because of the Cats), dies at 52
1989 Willie Steele, American athlete (Olympic gold long jump 1948), dies at 66
1990 Werner Janssen, American conductor and composer (New Years Eve in NY), dies at 91
1992 Frederick Combs, American stage and screen actor (The Boys In The Band), playwright, and director, dies of AIDS at 56
1992 Jacques Pic, French restaurant owner (Maison Pic), dies of a heart attack at 59
1993 András Mihály, Hungarian composer, dies at 75
1993 Bruce Ferden, American conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44
1993 Richard Landau, American screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79
1994 Frankie Kennedy, Irish folk flute player (Altan), dies of Ewing's Sarcoma at 38
1994 Sandra Fisher, American painter, dies at 47
1995 Mr. Bo [Louis Collins], American electric blues guitarist and singer, dies at 63

American popcorn magnate (Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Popcorn), suffers heart attack drowns in his whirlpool bathtub at 88

1995 Rudolf Peierls, German-British physicist (atomic bomb), dies at 88
1995 Walter Gross, Israeli journalist (Haaretz), dies at 83
1995 Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 55
1996 Douglas Hyde, English political journalist, dies at 85
1997 Kathy Keeton, South African-American magazine publisher (Viva, Longevity), dies of surgical complications at 58
1997 Malcolm Hughes, English constructive artist, dies at 77
1997 Rich Mullins, American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter ("Awesome God"), dies in a car accident at 41
1999 Ed Cobb, American pop vocalist (The Four Preps, 1956-66 -"26 Miles (Santa Catalina)"), songwriter ("Tainted Love"), sound engineer and producer, dies of leukemia at 61
2000 Ann Doran, American actress (Longstreet, Shirley, Rebel Without a Cause), dies at 89
2000 Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
2000 Gloria Talbott, American film and television actress, sometimes known as "the Scream Queen" for her work in B-movies, dies of kidney failure at 69
2001 Jan Koplowitz, German writer, dies at 91
2002 Robert Guéï, Military ruler and President of the Ivory Coast (1999-2001), murdered on the first day of the country's civil war at 61
2003 Anatoly Bogatyrev, Belarusian composer, dies at 90
2003 Jim Thompson, English Bishop of Bath & Wells and "Thought for the Day" contributor, dies at 67
2003 Johnny Best, American big band jazz and session trumpeter (Artie Shaw; Glenn Miller), dies at 89
2003 Slim Dusty [David Kirkpatrick], Australian country music singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 76
2004 Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-born American civil servant (b. 1919)
2004 Eddie Adams, American photographer (photograph of execution of a Viet Cong soldier, Pulitzer Prize 1969), dies of complications from ALS at 71
2004 Ellis Marsalis Sr., American businessman, hotel operator, and civil rights activist, dies at 96
2004 Skeeter Davis [Mary Penick], American country-pop singer-songwriter ("(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too"; "Set Him Free"; "The End Of The World"), dies of breast cancer at 72
2006 Chuck Rio [Daniel Flores], American rock singer, saxophonist, and songwriter (The Champs - "Tequila"), dies of pneumonia at 77
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
2006 Hugh Kawharu, New Zealander Ngāti Whātua Māori chief (b. 1927)
2006 Martha Holmes, American photographer (b. 1923)
2006 Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)
2008 Alois Pinos, Czech composer, dies at 82
2008 David Jones, English director (Betrayal), dies at 74
2008 Earl Palmer, American session drummer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer (The Wrecking Crew), dies at 83
2009 Arthur Ferrante, American pianist and composer (Ferrante & Teicher - Exodus), dies at 88
2009 Eduard Zimmermann, German broadcaster (b. 1929)
2011 Ctirad Kohoutek, Czech composer, dies at 82
2011 Johnny Răducanu, Romanian jazz pianist, dies of a heart attack at 79
2011 Thomas Capano, American lawyer and Delaware deputy attorney general who was convicted of murder, dies in prison at 61
2013 Gerrie Mühren, Dutch soccer midfielder (10 caps; Ajax, Volendam), dies from myelodysplastic syndrome at 67
2013 Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (President of Nintendo, 1949-2003, owner of Seattle Mariners), dies at 85
2013 Robert Barnard, British mystery writer, dies at 76
2014 Francisco Feliciano, Filipino conductor and composer (Pokpok Alimpako), dies at 73

2017 Bernie Casey, American actor (Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop), dies at 78
2017 Billy Hatton, English rock bassist (The Fourmost - A Little Loving), dies at 76
2017 Brian Barder, British diplomat, British Ambassador to Ethiopia who assisted during 1984-85 famine, dies at 83
2017 David Shepherd, British painter (paintings of steam locomotives), dies at 86

American boxer (world middleweight champion 1949-51, immortalised in 'Raging Bull'), dies at 95

2018 Arthur Mitchell, African-American ballet dancer (New York City Ballet, 1955-66), choreographer, and founder of Dance Theater of Harlem (1968), dies of renal failure at 84
2018 Louis Blom-Cooper, British barrister specializing in public and administrative law and co-editor of "The Judicial House of Lords 1876–2009", dies at 92
2018 Marilyn Lloyd, American politician (Rep-D-TN, 1975-95), dies at 89
2019 Maurice Ferre, American politician, 1st Latino Mayor of Miami, dies at 84
2019 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 2nd President of Tunisia (1987-2011). dies in exile at 83

2020 Lee Kerslake, British drummer (Uriah Heep; Ozzy Osbourne), dies of prostate cancer at 73 [1]
2021 Jimmy Greaves, English soccer striker (57 caps; FIFA World Cup 1966; Chelsea, Tottenham) and journalist/broadcaster (The Sun, World of Sport, On the Ball), dies at 81
2021 John Challis, British stage and screen actor (Only Fools and Horses - "Boycie"; Green Green Grass), dies of cancer at 79
2021 Max Wiltshire, Welsh rugby union lock (4 Tests; Aberavon RFC), dies at 83
2021 Sylvano Bussotti, Italian composer, filmmaker and novelist, dies at 89
2022 Julien Rascagnères, French rugby league referee (10 Tests), dies at 77
2022 Maury Wills, American baseball shortstop (7 x MLB All-Star; NL MVP 1962, World Series 1959, 63, 65; LA Dodgers), dies at 89
2022 Vladimir Golubev, Russian soccer defender (3 caps USSR; Zenit Leningrad 335 games) and manager (Zenit Leningrad), dies at 72
2022 [Robin] "Robert" Brown, American actor (Here Come the Brides - "Jason"; Primus), and author, dies at 95
2023 Buddy Teevens, American college football coach (Dartmouth College 1987-91, 2005-23; Uni of Maine, Tulane Uni, Stanford University), dies from injuries sustained in road accident at 66
2023 Egil Johansen, Norwegian soccer midfielder (12 caps; Vålerenga IF), dies of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 61
2023 Stephen Gould, American operatic tenor (Bayreuth Festival, 2004-22), dies of bile duct cancer at 61
2023 Vitaly Dubko, Russian trampolining coach (named best coach of 20th Century by International Gymnastics Federation), dies at 87

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Famous Deaths on September 19