Deaths January 9 | History by KabAstro

1799 Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian scientist (b. 1718)
1800 Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
1805 Noble Wimberly Jones, American Continental Congressman (b. 1723)
1819 Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, German queen consort of Württemberg (1816-19), dies of erysipelas complicated by pneumonia at 30
1828 Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist and patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at 83
1843 William Hedley, British industrial engineer (b. 1773)
1848 Caroline Herschel, German-British pioneering female astronomer (comet 35P/Herschel-Rigolle), dies at 97
1849 Jan Kops, Dutch agronomist and botanist (Flora Batava), dies at 83
1853 Juan Nicasio Gallego, Spanish poet and interpreter (El dos de Mayo), dies at 75
1854 Filippo Traetta [Philip Trajetta], Italian composer, dies at 77
1858 Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas commits suicide at 59
1863 Ferdinand Huber, Swiss composer, dies at 71

Napoleon III (1808-1873)

Emperor of France (1852-70), dies at 64

1876 Samuel Gridley Howe, United States physician, abolitionist, and an advocate of education for the blind, dies at 74
1877 Alexander Brullov, Russia painter (b. 1799)

Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878)

King of Sardinia (1849-61) and Italy (1861-78), dies at 57

1886 Jakob Eduard Schmolzer, Austrian composer, dies at 73
1893 Mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle and is eaten
1895 Aaron Lufkin Dennison, 'Father of American watchmaking', American watch manufacturer and businessman (Tremont Watch Company), dies at 82
1901 Richard Copley Christie, English scholar (b. 1830)
1902 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian jurist and Minister of the Interior, dies at 66
1907 Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen of Hanover, dies at 88
1908 Abraham Goldfaden, Russian-born Jewish poet and playwright (Shulamis), dies at 67
1908 Wilhelm Busch, German poet, dies at 75
1911 Edvard Rusjan, Slovene flight pioneer (b. 1886)
1911 Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer (Song of our Saviour), dies at 57
1918 Émile Reynaud, French inventor of the praxinoscope who created the first projected animated films (Pantomimes Lumineuses), dies at 73

Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)

New Zealand short story writer (The Garden Party), dies of tuberculosis at 34

1927 Houston Stewart Chamberlain, British-German philosopher (wrote works about political philosophy and natural science), dies at 71
1930 Edward W Buck, Dutch/US editor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 66
1931 Claude Anet [Jean Schopfer], French writer (La fille perdue), dies at 62
1933 Daphne Akhurst Cozens, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship singles 1925, 26, 28, 29, 30), dies of ectopic pregnancy at 29
1936 John Gilbert [Pringle], American silent film screenwriter, director (Love's Penalty), and actor, known as "The Great Lover" (The Merry Widow The Big Parade; Flesh and the Devil), dies of a heart attack at 38
1939 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor and Royal Ball director, dies at 72
1941 Ko Boezeman, Dutch resistance fighter, dies
1943 Robin G. Collingwood, English philosopher. historian ("The Principles of Art"; "The Idea of History") and archaeologist (Roman Britain), dies at 53
1944 Johanna Beyer, German-American pianist and composer (March for Thirty Percussion Instruments; Clusters), dies from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), at 55
1945 Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1890)
1946 Countee Cullen, African American poet of the Harlem Renaissance (The Black Christ; Copper Sun), dies from high blood pressure and uremic poisoning at 42 [1]
1946 Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (b. 1874)
1947 Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist and writer (Ideology and Utopia; Diagnosis of Our Time), dies of congenital heart disease at 53
1947 Lambertus Zijl, Dutch sculptor (Merchant Exchange-Amsterdam), dies at 80
1948 Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (harpsichord and clavichord), dies at 75
1949 Amilcare Zanella, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 75
1949 Tom Longboat, Canadian athlete (Boston Marathon 1907 record time 2:24:24), dies at 61
1956 Paul Malengreau, Belgian organist, composer, and educator (Brussels Conservatory, 1813-53), dies at 71
1957 Mary Carr Moore, American composer, dies at 83
1958 Paul Fechter, German writer (Der Zauberer Gottes), dies at 77
1958 Willis Rodney Whitney, American Chemist, founder of the General Electric research laboratory, and pioneer of industrial scientific research, dies at 89
1959 Edwin A. Fleisher, American music patron (founder of the Symphony Club), musicologist (The Fleisher Collection), and philanthropist, dies at 71 [1]
1960 Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (Abbey Series), dies at 79
1961 Emily Greene Balch, American sociologist, feminist and pacifist (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom - Nobel Peace Prize 1946), dies at 94
1962 Leroy Shield [Shields], American pianist, composer (Laurel & Hardy; Our Gang; Union Pacific Suite), and orchestra leader, dies of cancer at 68
1964 Frank "Big Boy" Goudie, American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist, and upholsterer, dies of cancer at 64
1964 Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80

Albert Stevens (1887-1996)

an American patient in secret medical trials who survived the highest known radiation dose in a human, dies of heart disease at 79

1966 Haro Levoni Step'anian, Armenian composer, dies at 68
1968 Kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Olympic bronze 1964), commits suicide
1968 Louis Aubert, French composer (Habanera), dies at 90
1969 Ladislav Vycpalek, Czech composer, dies at 86
1971 Elmer Flick, American Baseball HOF outfielder (AL batting champion 1905; NL RBI leader 1900; 2 × AL stolen base leader; Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Bronchos/Naps), dies at 94
1971 Giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)
1972 Ted Shawn, American modern dance pioneer and choreographer (Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers ), dies at 80
1975 John Slater, British actor (Deadlock, 3 on a Spree), dies at 58
1975 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent, Grand Illusion), dies at 77
1975 Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov, Russian mathematician (group theory), dies at 73
1977 Alexey Fedorovich Kozlovsky, Russian composer, dies at 71
1977 Hal Sawyer, TV host (Sawyer Views Hollywood), dies at 62
1978 Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies
1979 Avery Claflin, American banker and composer ("Lament for April 15" - income tax form instructions set to music), dies at 80 [1]
1979 Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect (Nuove Struttura), dies at 87
1981 Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer and co-founder of the Warsaw Autumn Festival, dies at 58
1981 Obdulio Morales, Cuban pianist, conductor, composer, ethnomusicologist, and Afro-Cuban bandleader, dies at 70
1983 Stan Spence, American baseball center fielder (MLB All-Star 1942, 44, 46, 47; Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Browns), dies from emphysema at 67
1984 Wolfgang Staudte, German director (Ciske de Rat), dies at 77
1985 Don Brennan, cricket wicket-keeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies
1985 Robert Mayer, German-born businessman and philanthropist, dies at 105
1986 Lucia Chase, American ballerina and co-founder of American Ballet Theater, dies at 88
1987 Arthur Lake [Arthur William Silverlake], American actor (Blondie, Topper), dies from a heart attack at 81

Bill Terry (1898-1989)

American Baseball HOF first baseman (MLB All-Star 1933–35; World Series 1933; NL batting champion 1930; NY Giants) and manager (NY Giants 1932-41), dies at 90

1990 Sir Edward McTiernan, Australian jurist, lawyer and politician (b. 1892)
1990 Spud Chandler, American baseball player (AL MVP 1943), dies at 82
1991 Chris Baay, Dutch actor (Tomorrow It Will Be Better, Klatergoud, Surprise Raid), dies at 86
1992 Bill Naughton [William John Francis Naughton], English playwright (Alfie), dies at 81
1992 Steve Brodie [John Stevenson], American actor (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies from illness at 72
1993 Alois Brunner, German/Syrian commandant of KZ-Lower Drancy, dies
1993 Felix Grucci, fireworks expert, dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87
1993 Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905)
1994 Silas Hogan, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 82
1995 Gisela Mauermeyer, German discus thrower (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 81
1995 Peter Cook, British comic and actor (Bedazzled: Yellowbeard; The Princess Bride), dies of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at 57
1995 Souphanouvong, President of Laos (1975-87), dies at 85
1996 "Fearless" Nadia [Mary Ann Evans], Australian stuntwoman and actress (Hunterwali), dies at 88
1996 Kurt Schmucker, German RFA minister of Economy (1963-66), dies
1996 Michael Lynn Synar, American politician (Rep-D-Oklahoma, 1979-95), dies at 45
1996 Walter M. Miller Jr., American sci-fi author (Hugo; View from Stars), dies at 72
1997 Edward Osobka-Morawski, prime minister of Poland (1945-47), dies
1997 Junaidu ibn Buhari, scholar, dies at 90
1998 Charito Solis, Filipino actress (b. 1935)
1998 Kenichi Fukui, Japanese Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1981), dies at 79

Jim Peters (1918-1999)

English long-distance runner who was 1st to complete a marathon in under 2 hours 20 minutes, dies at 80

2000 Arnold Hall, British aeronautical engineer, dies at 84
2000 Marguerite Churchill, American stage and screen actress (Dracula's Daughter; The Big Trail), dies at 89
2000 Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author, dies at 90
2001 Maurice Prather, American photographer, and cinematograper (Carnival of Souls), dies at 74
2001 Paul Vanden Boeynants, Prime Minister of Belgium (1966-68, 1978-79), dies at 81
2003 Will McDonough, American sports journalist (b. 1935)
2004 Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909)
2004 Yinka Dare, Nigerian NBA center (NJ Nets), dies at 31
2005 Gonzalo Gavira, Mexican film sound technician (b. 1925)
2006 Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
2006 Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor (Friends, Comrades) and director, dies at 68
2007 Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
2008 John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and chairman of ICI (1982-87), dies at 83
2008 Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer, and "honorary mayor" of Hollywood, dies at 84
2008 Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (b. 1977)
2008 William Quinn, Irish Republican Army soldier (b. 1950)
2009 Dave Dee [Harman], British pop singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), dies of cancer at 67
2009 T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (b. 1915)
2010 Vimcy, Sports writer (b. 1925)
2011 Debbie Friedman, American singer-songwriter and arranger of Jewish religious music ("Mi Shebeirach"), dies of pneumonia at 59
2011 Peter Yates, English film director (Breaking Away, Bullitt), dies at 81
2012 Brian Curvis, British boxer and 1960 welterweight champion, dies from leukemia at 74
2012 Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer, dies at 87
2012 Malam Bacai Sanhá, President of Guinea-Bissau, dies of diabetes at 64
2012 Ruth Fernandez, Puerto Rican singer and politician, dies from septic shock and pneumonia at 92
2012 William Roll, German poltergeist researcher and parapsychologist (The Poltergeist, Unsolved Mysteries), dies at 85
2013 James M. Buchanan, American economist (Nobel Memorial 1986), dies at 93
2014 Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and Nobel laureate, dies at 74
2016 Ed Stewart, British DJ and broadcaster (Crackerjack), dies of a stroke at 74
2016 Mitsu Suzuki, Japanese-American Zen teacher (San Francisco Zen Center, wife of Zen teacher Shunryu Suzuki), dies at 101
2017 Teresa Ann Savoy, British actress in Italian films (Caligula; Salon Kitty), dies of cancer at 61
2017 Warren Allen Smith, American gay rights activist and writer, dies at 95
2017 Zygmunt Bauman, Polish-born sociologist (Modernity and the Holocaust), dies at 91
2018 Karin von Aroldingen, German ballet dancer (NYC Ballet), dies at 76
2018 Odvar Nordli, 21st Prime Minister of Norway (Labour: 1976-81), dies at 90
2018 Terence Marsh, British production designer (Oliver!; Dr. Zhivago; Spaceballs), dies of cancer at 86
2018 Tommy Lawrence, Scottish football player and goalkeeper (Liverpool, Tranmere Rovers), dies at 77
2019 Joseph Howze, American Roman Catholic bishop, 1st African American Bishop to be appointed in 20th century, dies at 95
2020 Bobby Comstock, American pop-rock singer (The Counts - "Let's Stomp"), dies at 78
2020 Pete Dye, American golf course designer (TPC at Sawgrass, Crooked Stick, Oakwood CC), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 94
2020 Roscoe Nance, American sportswriter (USA Today; Mississippi’s first African American sportswriter at mainstream newspaper), dies at 71
2020 Rudolf W. de Korte, Dutch businessman (Unilever) and politician (House of Representatives (VVD), 1977-86 & 1989-96), dies at 83
2021 Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov, Russian physicist, dies at 101
2021 Vivalyn Latty-Scott, West Indian women's cricket all-rounder (10 Tests, 25 wickets; Jamaica), dies at 82

Bob Saget (1956-2022)

American comedian, actor (Full House), and TV host (America's Funniest Home Video), dies of head trauma at 65

2022 Bob Shearer, Australian golfer, course designer (4 x PGA Tour of Australia Order of Merit), dies from a heart attack at 73
2022 Dwayne Hickman, American actor (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis; How to Stuff a Wild Bikini), and network executive, dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 87 [1]
2022 James Mtume [Forman], American Grammy Award-winning jazz and R&B percussionist, songwriter, record producer (Miles Davis, 1971-75; "Juicy Fruit"), social activist, and radio personality, dies at 76
2022 Maria Ewing, American opera mezzo-soprano singer (Metropolitan Opera, 1976-97), dies at 71
2023 David Duckham, English rugby union outside back (36 Tests England, 3 British & Irish Lions; Coventry RFC), dies from a heart condition at 76
2023 Ferenc Mészáros, Hungarian soccer goalkeeper (29 caps; Vasas SC 252 games), dies at 72
2023 Karl Alexander Müller, Swiss superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987), dies at 95
2023 Max Chantal, French rugby league forward (27 Tests; US Villeneuve XIII), dies at 64
2023 Melinda Dillon, American actress (Close Encounters; Slap Shot; A Christmas Story), dies at 83
2023 Norma Whiteman. Australian cricket fast bowler (7 WTests, 22 wickets, BB 4/33; NSWCA), dies at 95
2023 Virginia Kraft Payson American sports journalist (Sports Illustrated) and thoroughbred owner & breeder, dies from Parkinson's disease at 92
2023 Yoriaki Matsudaira, Japanese composer and academic, dies of pneumonia at 91
2024 James Kottak, American rock drummer (Scorpions, 1996-2016), dies at 61