Deaths September 15 | History by KabAstro

1700 André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (b. 1613)
1701 Edmé Boursault, French writer (b. 1638)
1707 George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
1747 Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, German baroque composer and organist, dies at 59
1750 Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German-American composer (son of Johann Pachelbel), one of the first European composers to emigrate to America, dies at 59
1794 Abraham Clark, American patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies at 68
1803 Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1719)
1830 William Huskisson, Briton and the first rail fatality (b. 1770)
1835 Sarah Knox Taylor, wife of Jefferson Davis, dies from yellow fever (or malaria) at 21
1840 Franz Pecháček, Austrian-German composer, dies at 47
1841 Alessandro Rolla, Italian violin and viola player and composer, teacher of Paganini, dies at 84
1842 Francisco Morazán, 2nd President of The Federal Republic of Central America, dies at 50
1842 Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer, dies at 70

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859)

British engineer (SS Great Britain, Great Western Railway), dies of a stroke at 53

1864 John Hanning Speke, British explorer, the first European to reach Lake Victoria in east Africa, dies at 37
1874 Benjamin Robbins Curtis, American attorney and Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, dies at 64
1875 Louise Farrenc (née Dumont), French pianist, composer and only female professor at the Paris Conservatory during the 19th century, dies at 71
1880 William Hauser, American minister and composer, dies at 67
1883 Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist (Plateau's Law), dies at 81
1885 Juliusz Zarębski, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, dies of tuberculosis at 31
1885 Jumbo, P. T. Barnum's circus elephant, dies after being hit by a train
1893 Thomas Hawksley, English civil engineer (Nottingham Gas Light and Coke Company; Nottingham Waterworks Company), dies at 86
1895 Jan Kleczyński Sr., Polish pianist and composer, dies at 58

Koos de la Rey (1847-1914)

Boer leader and general in the South African War (1899–1902), shot and killed by police after refusing to stop at a checkpoint at 66

1916 Isidore Legouix, French composer, dies at 82
1920 Raimundo Madrazo y Garreta, Spanish Realistic painter, dies at 79
1921 Roman von Ungern-Sternberg 'the mad Baron', Baltic-German baron and anti-communist Russian general, executed by the Russian Red Army at 35
1923 Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and "father of Egyptian popular music" (Ana Haweet), dies at 31
1924 Anthony Johnson Showalter, American gospel composer, dies at 66

Frank Chance (1877-1924)

American Baseball HOF first baseman (World Series 1907, 08; 2 x NL stolen base leader; NL runs leader 1906 Chicago Orphans/Cubs) and manager (Chicago Cubs, NY Yankees, Boston RS), dies at 47

1925 Leonard Borwick, English concert pianist, dies at 57
1927 Herman Gorter, Dutch socialist and poet (May, Tiny Hero's Poem), dies at 62
1930 Milton Sills, American actor (The Sea Hawk), dies from a heart attack at 48
1932 Charles H. Gabriel, American gospel composer, dies at 76
1934 David Vaughan Thomas, Welsh musician and composer, dies at 61
1937 Clifford Heatherley, English actor (For Love or Money, Cash), dies at 48

Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938)

American novelist (Look Homeward Angel), dies of tuberculosis.at 37

1940 Dick Ket, Dutch painter and cartoonist, dies at 37
1942 Jack Singer, American war reporter, dies aboard USS Wasp
1945 André Tardieu, French politician, Prime Minister of France (1929-30, 1930, 1932), dies at 68
1945 Anton von Webern, Austrian composer, dies at 61 after being shot by an American soldier on patrol
1947 Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (had affair with Oscar Wilde, father of actress Eva Le Gallienne), dies at 81
1950 Vojtěch Říhovský, Czech composer, dies at 79
1951 Jacinto Guerrero, Spanish musician and composer, dies at 56
1953 Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies at 72
1956 Henry Clough-Leiter, American composer, dies at 82
1958 (George) "Snuffy" Stirnweiss, American MLB baseball second baseman, 1943-52, 2X All-Star. AL Batting Title, 3X World Series (New York Yankees and 2 other teams), dies in a train wreck in Bayonne, New Jersey at 39
1963 Fred Hillebrand, American actor (Martin Kane, Moon Over Manhattan), dies at 69
1964 Robert Dower, South African cricketer (1 Test South Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9), dies at 88
1965 Steve Brown, American jazz musician, dies at 75
1967 Eva McKenzie, American actress (Virtuous Husband), dies at 78
1967 Hans Haug, Swiss classical composer, dies at 67
1972 Geoffrey Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, Archbishop of Canterbury (1945-61), dies at 85
1972 Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish pianist, composer - one of "The Turkish Five" (Köçekçe - Dance Rhapsody for Orchestra), and pedagogue, dies from a stroke at 66
1973 Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden (1950-73), dies at 90
1973 Victor Jara, Chilean folk singer-songwriter, and political activist, killed by Augusto Pinochet's military interrogators at 40
1978 Robert Cliche, French Canadian politician and judge (b. 1921)
1978 Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft builder, dies at 80
1979 Caro van Eyck [Gerarda Taytelbaum], Dutch actress (De stille Kracht, Medea), dies at 63
1979 Tommy Leonetti [Tomaso Lionetti], American singer ("Free"), songwriter ("My City of Sydney"), and actor (Gomer Pyle, USMC), dies of cancer at 50
1980 Bill Evans, American jazz pianist ("Peace Piece"; "Waltz For Debbie"), dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51
1981 (Charles) "Chick" Bullock, American jazz and dance band vocalist (Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers), dies at 82
1981 Sara Haden, American actress (A Family Affair), dies at 83
1982 Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran
1983 Johnny Hartman, American jazz ballad singer (John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman - "My One And Only Love"), dies of lung cancer at 60
1983 LeRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at 88
1983 Prince Far I [Michael Williams], Jamaican reggae deejay, producer and Rastafarian, killed during a robberya t his home at 38-ish
1983 Willie Bobo [Correa], American jazz percussionist ("Evil Ways"), dies of cancer at 49
1984 Jack Ikin, English cricketer (England opener 1946-55), dies at 66
1985 (Charles) "Cootie" Williams, American jazz, jump-blues, and R&B trumpeter (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1929-40 & 1962-74), dies of kidney problems at 74
1986 Virginia Gregg, American radio and screen actress, singer and double bassist, dies of lung cancer at 70
1987 Bob Tadema Sporry, Dutch author, dies at 75
1987 Steven Tuomi, murder victim of Jeffery Dahmer (b. 1963)
1989 Harry Cave, New Zealand cricketer (New Zealand captain 1955-56), dies at 66
1989 Jan DeGaetani, American contemporary classical concert mezzo-soprano, dies of leukemia at 56
1989 Robert Penn Warren, American poet and novelist (All the King's Men, Pulitzer 1946), dies at 84
1990 Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Soviet-Russian 'lost' cosmonaut who was dismissed for disciplinary reasons, dies at 60
1991 Andre Baruch, Radio/TV announcer dies at 83
1991 John Hoyt [Hoysradt], American stage and screen actor (Mercury theatre; Gimme a Break!; Tom, Dick & Mary), and comedian, dies of lung cancer at 85
1991 Sulkhan Tsintsadze, Georgian composer, dies at 66
1992 Walter B Jones, American politician (Rep-D-NC, 1966-92), dies at 79
1993 (Nii Moi) "Speedy" Acquaye, Ghanaian drummer, percussionist and fire-eater (Tubby Hayes; Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames; Ginger Baker's Airforce), dies of cancer at 62
1993 Ethan Allen, American baseball center fielder (inventor Cadaco-Ellis board game All Star Baseball; Yale University), dies at 89
1993 Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist (Tie Musikwerk), dies at 72
1993 Herman Meyer, Germanist (Deutsche Dichtung), dies at 82
1994 (Frank) Haywood Henry, American jazz and session baritone saxophone player, dies at 81
1994 Earl George, American composer and pedagogue, dies at 70
1994 Mark Stevens, American actor (Big Town, Martin Kane, Private Eye), dies of cancer at 77
1994 Michael Joyce, Irish stage manager and theatre director, dies at 48
1995 Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish soccer striker (33 caps; AC Milan; Olympic gold 1948), dies at 73
1995 Marguerite Fawdry, English museum curator (started Pollocks Toy Museum), dies at 83
1995 Michio Watanabe, politician, dies at 72
1995 Sam McCluskie, trade unionist, dies at 63
1996 Brother Eugene Gerard Salois, teacher, dies at 76
1996 George Scheuer, Austrian writer and journalist, dies at 80
1996 Joan Perry [Elizabeth Rosiland Miller], American film actress, model, and singer (Hands of a Stranger), dies at 85
1996 Peter Michael Grayson, British showman, dies at 70
2000 Vincent Canby, American movie critic (NY Times), dies at 76
2001 Fred de Cordova, American film and TV producer (Tonight Show), dies at 90
2003 Jack Brymer, British classical clarinetist (Royal Philharmonic; BBC Symphony; London Symphony), and teacher, dies at 88
2003 Josef Hirsal, Czech novelist (b. 1920)

Johnny Ramone (1948-2004)

American punk rock guitarist and songwriter (Ramones - "I Wanna Be Sedated"), dies of prostate cancer at 55

2004 Walter Stewart, Canadian writer and journalist, dies at 73
2005 Sidney Luft, American movie director, dies at 89
2006 Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer, dies at 77
2006 Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (b. 1987)
2006 Raymond Baxter, British television presenter (b. 1922)
2007 Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, arranger, and orchestral conductor, dies at 79
2007 Brett Somers [Audrey Johnston], Canadian-American actress (The Odd Couple - "Blanche Madison"), and TV personality (Match Game), dies of cancer at 83
2007 Colin McRae, Scottish rally driver (World Rally Championship 1995), dies following a helicopter crash at 39
2007 Gordon "Specs" Powell, American jazz and studio drummer and percussionist (Red Norvo; Teddy Wilson; CBS Orchestra, 1943-72), dies of kidney disease at 85
2008 Richard Wright, British progressive rock keyboardist, arranger, composer, and occasional vocalist (Pink Floyd - "Time"; "Echoes"; "The Art Of Conversation"), dies of cancer at 65
2010 Arrow [Alphonsus Cassell], Montserratian soca singer-songwriter ("Hot, Hot, Hot"), dies of cerebral cancer at 60
2010 Guido Turchi, Italian composer (Invettiva), dies at 93
2011 Frances Bay, Canadian-American character actress (Twin Peaks - "Mrs. Tremond"), dies of pneumonia at 92
2012 George Hurst, British conductor (BBC Northern Orchestra. 1958-68; Bournemouth Sinfonietta. 1968-74), and educator, dies at 86
2013 Frances Bairstow, American labor relations arbitrator, dies at 93
2013 Jackie Lomax, British singer-songwriter (Is This What You Want?; Sour Milk Sea)), dies at 69
2014 Nicholas Romanov, French-born pretender to the Russian throne, dies at 91
2014 Timothy Mace, British cosmonaut, dies of cancer at 58
2016 Rose Mofford, American politician, 1st female Governor of Arizona (1988-1991), dies at 94

Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017)

American actor (Lucky; Alien; Cool Hand Luke; The Godfather Part II), musician, and singer, dies at 91

2018 Dudley Sutton, British stage and screen actor (Leather Boys; Brimstone & Treacle; Lovejoy - "Tinker Dill"), dies of cancer at 85
2018 Jeff Lowe, American mountain climber (co-founder Lowe Alpine), dies of pneumonia at 67
2019 Mike Stefanik, American auto racer (9 NASCAR Modified Championships), dies in a plane crash at 61
2019 Phyllis Newman, American Tony Award-winning actress (Subways Are for Sleeping: Coming of Age), and singer, dies of lung disease at 86
2019 Ric Ocasek [Otcasek], American rock singer-songwriter (The Cars - "Best Friend's Girl"; "Shake It Up"; "You Are The Girl"), found dead at 75
2020 Caroline Kaart (neé Raitt), Scottish-Dutch alto singer, TV and radio presenter, dies at 88
2020 Jan Krenz, Polish conductor and composer, dies at 94 [1]
2020 Moussa Traoré, Mali soldier, politician and dictator, President of Mali (1968-91), dies at 83
2020 Sadashiv Patil, Indian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Maharashtra), dies at 86
2020 Wang Zhiliang, Chinese table tennis player and coach (World Table Tennis C'ships gold, doubles 1963), dies from a stroke at 79
2021 Lou Angotti, Canadian ice hockey right wing (Chicago Black Hawks) and coach (St. Louis Blues, Pittsburgh Penguins), dies at 83
2021 Norman Bailey, British operatic bass-baritone (Flying Dutchman), dies at 88
2022 Eddie Butler, Welsh rugby union #8 (16 caps; Cambridge University RFC, Pontypool RFC), journalist (The Observer Sport, The Guardian) and broadcaster (BBC), dies at 65
2022 John Stearns, American baseball catcher (MLB All Star 1977, 79, 80, 82; New York Mets), dies from prostate cancer at 71
2023 Burhan Sargun, Turkish soccer forward (8 caps, 7 goals; Fenerbahçe SK), dies at 94