Deaths September 26 | History by KabAstro

1802 Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)
1808 Pavel Vranicky, Moravian-Austrian composer (Oberon – The Fairy King), and conductor, dies at 51

Daniel Boone (1734-1820)

American frontiersman and explorer (US Hall of Fame 1915), dies at 85

1826 Alexander Gordon Laing, Scottish explorer (1st European to reach Timbuktu), murdered in or near Timbuktu at 31
1846 Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation), dies at 86
1866 Carl Almqvist, Swedish author (Amorina), dies at 72
1868 August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
1871 Cipriani Potter, English pianist and composer, dies at 78
1877 Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician, dies at 68

Levi Strauss (1829-1902)

German-born American clothing designer who founded the 1st company to manufacture blue jeans (Levi Strauss & Co.), dies at 73

1904 John F. Stairs, Canadian businessman and statesman (b. 1848)
1904 Lafcadio Hearn, American author (Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan), dies at 54
1935 Andy Adams, American writer (Cattle fire), dies at 76
1936 Harriet Monroe, American poet (You & I, A Poet's Life) and editor of Poetry magazine, dies at 75
1937 Bessie Smith, American blues singer known as the "Empress of the Blues" (recorded over 200 songs), dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43
1937 Edward A. Filene, American entrepreneur and philanthropist, dies at 77
1940 William Henry Davies, Welsh poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp), dies at 69
1944 Ernst Isler, Swiss organist and critic, dies at 64

Béla Bartok (1881-1945)

Hungarian pianist, composer (Concerto for Orchestra), and ethnomusicologist, dies of leukemia at 64

1945 Richard Beer-Hofmann, Austrian writer, dies at 78
1946 William Strunk Jr., American grammarian and author (The Elements of Style), dies at 77
1947 Hugh Lofting, English writer (Dr Dolittle), dies at 61
1951 Hans Cloos, German geologist and pioneer in the study of granite tectonics (the deformation of crystalline rocks), dies at 65
1952 George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher and poet (Last Puritan), dies at 88
1953 Xu Beihong, Chinese painter, dies at 58
1954 Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1890), dies at 86
1956 Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un Destin, Martin Luther), dies at 78
1958 Carl Brisson, Danish actor (Ship Cafe, Ring, Song of Soho, Murder at the Vanities), dies of jaundice at 64
1959 S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1956-59), assassinated by a Buddhist monk at 60
1960 William Ling, South African cricketer (batsman in 6 Tests 1921-23), dies at 68
1961 Charles Erwin Wilson, American engineer (President and CEO of General Motors) and politician (United States Secretary of Defense 1953-57), dies at 71
1961 Eily Malyon, English actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch), dies at 81
1961 Juanita Hansen, actress (Fast Company), dies of heart ailment at 67
1965 James Fitzmaurice, Irish aviation pioneer (b. 1898)
1965 Otto Nothling, Australian rugby union player and cricketer (did next to nothling in Aust), dies at 65
1966 Helen Kane, American actress and singer (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), dies of cancer at 62
1968 Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian politician, 20th Premier of Quebec, dies at 53
1972 Charles Correll, American actor and radio comedian (Calvin & the Colonel), dies at 82

Anna Magnani (1908-1973)

Italian actress (The Rose Tattoo; Miracle; Wild is the Wind), dies of pancreatic cancer at 65

1973 Anton Schnack, German writer and poet, dies at 81
1975 Jacob Paludan, Danish writer and critic (Jorgen Stein), dies at 79
1976 (Louis Charles) "L. C." Robinson, American blues singer, guitarist, fiddler, and electric steel guitar player, dies of a heart attack at 62
1976 Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist (Nobel 1939), dies at 89
1977 Ernie Lombardi, American Baseball HOF catcher (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1940; NL MVP 1938; Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, NY Giants), dies at 69
1978 Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist (Nobel 1924-discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy), dies at 91
1979 Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (El Dorado, Big Sky, Apache Uprising), dies from mouth cancer at 69
1979 John Cromwell, American actor and director (Spitfire, Of Human Bondage), dies at 91
1979 Seymour Shifrin, American composer (Satires of Circumstance), dies at 53
1982 Alec Hurwood, Australian cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 11 wickets, BB 4/22; Queensland), dies at 80
1983 Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76
1984 Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter, dies after being gored by a bull in the ring at 36
1984 Shelly Manne, American 'West Coast' jazz and session drummer, percussionist, composer, and bandleader, dies of a heart attack at 64
1986 Hugh Franklin, American soap opera actor (b. 1916)
1989 Arnold Shaw, American writer on popular music and composer, dies at 80
1989 Pavlos Bakoyannis, Greek parliament leader, murdered in Rome
1990 Alberto Moravia [Pincherle], Italian writer (Woman in Red), dies at 82
1991 Billy Vaughn, American singer, saxophonist, and bandleader ("Sail Along Sil'vry Moon"), dies of stomach cancer at 72
1992 Ralph Manheim, Jewish-American translator (Mein Kampf), dies at 85
1993 James Boyden, British Labour MP (1959-79), dies at 82
1993 John Pennel, American pole vaulter (James E. Sullivan Award-1963), dies at 53
1993 Owen Aisher, English businessman and president (Royal Yachting Association 1970-75), dies at 93
1994 Jessie Kesson, Scottish writer and radio producer, dies at 77
1994 Maurice Ashley, British historian and editor (The Listener), dies at 87
1996 Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist (1973 Nobel Prize - organometallic compounds), dies at 75
1996 George Henderson, Scottish priest (Bishop of Argyll and the Isles from 1977-92), dies at 74
1996 Mark Frankel, British actor (Leon the Pig Farmer), dies in a motorcycle accident at 34
1997 Dorothy Kingsley, American screenwriter (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), dies at 87
1998 Betty Carter [Lillie Mae Jones], American jazz singer and scat vocalist, dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
1999 Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)
2000 Baden Powell, Brazilian jazz and samba guitarist, dies of bacterial pneumonia at 63
2000 Nick Fatool, American jazz and session drummer, dies at 85
2000 Richard Mulligan, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Soap - "Burt"; Empty Nest; The Big Bus), dies of colorectal cancer at 67
2000 Robert Lax, American poet (The Circus of the Sun; The Peacemaker's Handbook), dies at 84
2003 Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 67
2003 Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter ("Addicted To Love"; The Power Station), dies of a heart attack at 54
2003 Shawn Lane, American session rock, jazz, and world fusion guitarist, dies of lung issues at 40
2005 Helen Cresswell, English author and scriptwriter (Lizzie Dripping), dies at 71
2005 Michael Wittenberg, American investment banker and husband of actress Bernadette Peters, dies in a Montenegro helicopter crash at 43

Byron Nelson (1912-2006)

American golfer (winner 5 major titles; record 19 tournaments 1945), dies of a blood disorder at 94

2006 Philip Randle, British biochemist (Randle cycle), dies at 80
2006 Tokyo Rose [Iva Toguri D'Aquino], American-born Japanese propagandist (WWII), dies at 90
2007 Bill Wirtz, American longtime Chicago Blackhawks owner, dies at 77
2007 Dorothy Schwartz (neé Cohen), American violinist (Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra), dies at 94
2008 Marc Moulin, Belgian jazz and rock pianist (Placebo), and journalist, dies of throat cancer at 66

Paul Newman (1925-2008)

American actor (Hud, Hombre, Hustler), auto racer and team owner (Newman/Haas Racing) and charity food company founder (Newman's Own), dies of lung cancer at 83

Gloria Stuart (1910-2010)

American actress (Titanic) and founder of the Screen Actors Guild, dies from respiratory failure at 100

2011 Bob Cassilly, American artist, sculptor, and founder of the St. Louis City Museum, dies in a bulldozer accident at 61
2011 Harry Muskee, Dutch blues-rock vocalist (Cuby & Blizzards), dies of cancer at 70
2012 Johnny Lewis, American actor, dies from injuries from a fall at 28
2015 Fred Ridgway, England cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets, BB 4/83; Kent CCC, MCC), dies at 92
2015 Manuel Oltra, Spanish secular and sacred music composer, and professor (Barcelona Conservatory, 1959-87), dies at 93
2015 Toshiya Sukegawa, Japanese contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer (The Eternal Morning 1945.8.6; A Projection), dies at 85
2017 Robert Delpire, French publisher, editor and photographer, dies at 91

Jacques Chirac (1932-2019)

President of France (1995-2007) and Prime Minister of France (1974-76, 1986-88), dies at 86

2019 Martin Wesley-Smith, Australian composer, dies at 74
2019 William Joseph Levada, American Catholic prelate, theologian, and educator (Archbishop of San Francisco, 1995-2005; Archbishop of Portland, 1985-95), dies at 83
2021 Alan Lancaster, British rock bassist (Status Quo, 1967-85 - "Pictures of Matchstick Men"), dies from multiple sclerosis complications at 72
2021 Commander Cody [George Frayne], American singer and pianist (Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen - "Hot Rod Lincoln"), dies of esophageal cancer at 77
2021 Ndakasi, Congolese mountain gorilla whose photobomb went viral, dies of illness at Virunga National Park at 14 [1]
2021 Syarhyey Hyerasimets, Belarusian soccer midfielder (25 caps; Shakhter Donetsk, Dinamo Minsk) and manager (Okzhetpes, Piter Saint Petersburg), dies at 55
2022 Ronney Pettersson, Swedish soccer goalkeeper (17 caps; IFK Skövde, Djurgårdens IF, Hudiksvalls ABK), dies at 82
2022 Tom Reed, American college football coach (Miami University, North Carolina State University), dies at 77
2022 Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Egyptian Muslim scholar ("Sharia and Life" on Al Jazeera), dies at 96