Famous Deaths In September - 24

1875  William Walker, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74   

1892  On this day in history cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69   

1894  Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies on September - 24.   

1896  Francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies on September - 24.   

1898  Bartel Wilton, ship builder, dies at 70 on September - 24.   

1910  Rudolf Dellinger, composer, dies at 53 on September - 24.   

1919  Frank Laver, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust 1899-1909), dies on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history death of william A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)   

1933  Death of Mike Donlin, baseball player (b. 1878) on this day in history.   

1934  Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69 on September - 24.   

1938  On September - 24 death of lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)   

1939  On this day in history carl Laenmie, film producer, dies   

1948  Warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53 on September - 24.   

1949  Pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88 on September - 24.   

1951  Georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75 on September - 24.   

1953  Berthold Viertel, writer, dies at 68 on September - 24.   

1954  Death of Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904) on this day in history.   

1960  Matyas Seiber, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history sumner Welles, US diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68   

1967  Orville Caldwell, Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1968  On September - 24 harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67   

1975  On September - 24 clive Morton, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71   

1976  On this day in history bruno VeSota, actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll), dies at 54   

1978  Ruth Etting, US dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1981  On September - 24 patsy Kelly, actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop & the Kid), dies at 71   

1982  Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67 on September - 24.   

1983  Isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies on this day in history.   

1984  Neil Hamilton, actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85 on this day in history.   

1990  Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34 on September - 24.   

1991  On this day in history mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73   

1993  On this day in history zita Johann, Hungarian/US actress (Mummy), dies at 89   

1994  On September - 24 colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65   

1996  Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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0015  On September - 24 birth of vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1301  Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) was born on September - 24.   

1501  Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545) was born on September - 24.   

1513  On September - 24 birth of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)   

1534  On this day in history birth of guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)   

1564  William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620) was born on September - 24.   

1583  Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general was born on September - 24.   

1625  On September - 24 birth of johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland