Famous Deaths In September - 15

1895  On September - 15 jan Kleczynski, composer, dies at 58   

1914  Jacobus Herculas de la Rey, [Uncle Chose], Boer general, dies at 66 on September - 15.   

1916  Isidore Edouard Legouix, composer, dies at 82 on September - 15.   

1921  On this day in history roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russ baron/general, dies   

1923  On this day in history sayed Darwish, composer, dies at 31   

1924  Anthony Johnson Showalter, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history herman Gorter, socialist/poet (Mai, Pan), dies at 62   

1929  Sara Amsel, Indon/Dutch actress/wife of Carel van Hoisted, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history death of milton Sills, American actor (b. 1882)   

1932  Charles Hutchison Gabriel, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history david Vaughan Thomas, composer, dies at 61   

1936  Bela Anton Szabados, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1937  Clifford Heatherley, actress (For Love or Money, Cash), dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history thomas Wolfe, US writer (Enigma), dies at 62   

1940  On this day in history dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37   

1942  On this day in history jack Singer, US war reporter (Wasp), dies   

1943  On this day in history hans Ulrich Humpert, composer, dies at 2   

1945  Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history vojtech Rihovsky, composer, dies at 79   

1951  On this day in history jacinto Guerrero, composer, dies at 56   

1953  Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies on September - 15.   

1956  On this day in history henry Clough-Leiter, composer, dies at 82   

1963  On September - 15 fred Hillebrand, actor (Martin Kane), dies at 69   

1964  On September - 15 robert Dower, cricketer (Test for South Africa), dies   

1965  Death of Steve Brown, American musician (b. 1890) on September - 15.   

1967  Eva McKenzie, sister of Ida Mae/actress (Virtuous Husband), dies at 78 on September - 15.   

1972  Ulvi Cemal Erkin, composer, dies at 66 on September - 15.   

1973  Death of Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882) on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft builder, dies at 80   

1979  Tommy Leonetti, singer/actor (Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at 50 on September - 15.   

1980  On this day in history bill Evans, US jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51   

1981  On this day in history sara Haden, actress (A Family Affair), dies at 83   

1982  Death of Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran on September - 15.   

1983  LeRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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0973  On this day in history birth of al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048)   

1254  Marco Polo, Italian explorer (d. 1324) was born on this day in history.   

1505  On September - 15 birth of maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Neth (1531-55)   

1533  On September - 15 birth of catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572)   

1572  Erasmus Widmann, composer was born on this day in history.   

1580  Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659) was born on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history birth of cristobal de Isla Diego, composer   

1613  François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680) was born on September - 15.