Deaths September 6 | History by KabAstro

William Allen (1704-1780)

American loyalist, Chief Justice of the Province of Pennsylvania and Mayor of Philadelphia, dies at 76

1782 Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (b. 1748)
1783 Carlo Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (commedia dell'arte), dies at 72
1808 Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (b. 1723)
1811 Julien-Amable Mathieu, French composer, dies at 77
1819 Georg Druschetzky [Jiří Družecký], Czech composer, oboist, and timpanist, dies at 74
1831 Friedrich Wollank, German composer, dies at 49
1863 Lucius March Walker, Confederate brigadier general, dies of his wounds in a duel at 33
1868 Pierre Adolphe Rost, Louisiana judge, Confederate commissioner and plantation owner (b. 1797)
1902 Frederick Able, English chemist and inventor (cordiet), dies at 75
1902 Philip James Bailey, English poet (Universal hymn), dies at 86
1903 Charles Ammi Cutter, American librarian (Expansive classification), dies at 66
1919 Pier Pander, Dutch sculptor, dies at 55
1924 Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, 4th and last child of Franz Joseph I of Austria and Elisabeth of Bavaria, dies at 56
1926 Harriet Williams Russell Strong, American inventor, agricultural entrepreneur (created dams and reservoirs in California) women's rights activistb, dies at 82 [1]
1927 Lafayette "Lave" Cross [Vratislav Kriz], American MLB baseball infielder, 1892-1907 (Philadelphia Phillies, Philadelphia Athletics, and 5 other teams), dies of a heart attack at 61
1937 Henry Kimball Hadley, American composer (Bianca; Streets of Pekin), and conductor (San Francisco Symphony, 1915-18), dies of cancer at 65
1938 John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (b. 1907)
1939 Arthur Rackham, English book illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales, Rip van Winkle), dies of cancer at 71
1941 Hugo Loudon, Dutch businessman (President of Royal Dutch Shell), dies at 81
1944 Robert Lejour, Belgian lawyer and resistance fighter, murdered
1945 John S. Mccain Snr., US admiral, (WW II-Pacific Ocean), dies of a heart attack at 61
1947 Paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76
1948 Gerrit Hendrik Kersten, Dutch vicar and founder (Calvinist Party), dies at 66
1950 Olaf Stapledon, British philosopher and sci-fi writer (Star Maker), dies at 64
1951 James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat, dies at 84
1951 Joe Falcaro, American bowler (National Match Game champion 1929-33), dies at 55

Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952)

English actress (Mimi, Rembrandt) and musical performer, dies of liver and abdominal cancer at 54

1952 Jose Forns y Cuadras, Spanish composer and teacher, dies at 54
1956 Felix Borowski, British-American composer, educator (Chicago Musical College, 1896-1925), and musicologist (Chicago Symphony, 1908-56), dies at 84
1956 Michael Ventris, English architect who deciphered Linear B, dies in a car accident at 34
1959 Edmund Gwenn, English actor (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 81
1959 Kay Kendall [Justine McCarthy], British actress (Genevieve, The Constant Husband, Les Girls), dies of leukemia at 32
1960 Jimmy Savo, American comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at 65
1962 Hanns Eisler, Austrian composer (East German National Anthem), dies at 64
1962 Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
1963 Margarita Sierra, Spanish-American actress (Surfside 6 - "Cha Cha"), dies after heart surgery at 27
1965 (Ernest) "Red" Ingle, American jazz and novelty saxophonist, songwriter, arranger and vocalist (Ted Weems; Spike Jones and His City Slickers; The Natural Seven), dies of an internal hemorrhage at 58
1965 Konstantin G. Mostras, Russian composer, dies at 79
1966 Hendrik Verwoerd, South African Prime Minister (1958-66), assassinated at 64 by Dimitri Tsafendas
1966 Luigi Perrachio, Italian pianist, composer (Nove Poemetti; 25 Preludi), and pedagogue (Liceo Musicale Torino), dies at 83

Margaret Sanger (1879-1966)

American nurse, birth control proponent and feminist, dies at 86

1968 Karl Rankl, Austrian-born British composer and conductor (Covent Garden Opera Company), dies at 69
1969 Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian football player, dies at 77
1973 William Henry Harris, English composer, dies at 90
1974 Olga Baclanova, Russian-American actress (Freaks, Docks of NY), dies at 75
1974 Otto Kruger, American actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday
1977 Guido Pannain, Italian composer and musicologist, dies at 85
1977 Paul Burkhard, Swiss composer, dies at 65
1978 Adolf Dassler, German entrepreneur (founder sportswear company Adidas), dies at 78
1978 Tom Wilson, American record producer (Sun Ra; Bob Dylan; Simon & Garfunkel; Mothers of Invention; Velvet Underground), dies of a heart attack at 47
1979 Ronald Binge, British composer (Elizabethan Serenade, Sailing By), dies at 69
1981 Christy Brown, Irish painter and autobiography writer (My Left Foot; Down All the Days), dies from choking during a meal at 49
1981 Joseph Yasser, Russian-American composer, dies at 88
1981 Maria Palmer, Austrian-American actress (Days of Glory, Web), dies at 64
1984 E. J. Andre, American actor (Eugene Bullock-Dallas), dies at 74
1984 Ernest Tubb, American country musician ("Walking the Floor Over You"), dies of emphysema at 70
1985 Eurreal "Little Brother" Montgomery, American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist, singer, and composer ("Crescent City Blues"), dies at 79
1985 Jane Frazee [Mary Jane Frehse], American actress, singer, and dancer (Beautiful But Broke, Beulah), dies at 70 of pneumonia
1985 Johnny Desmond [Giovanni De Simone], American radio and big band singer (Bob Crosby; Gene Krupa; Your Hit Parade; Glenn Miller's Army Air Forces Orchestra),dies of cancer at 65 [1]
1985 Leon Orthel, Dutch pianist and composer, dies at 79
1986 Blanche Sweet, American actress (DW Griffith movies), dies at 90
1988 Leroy Brown [Roland Daniels], American professional wrestler, dies after a stroke at 37
1990 Issan Dorsey, American founder of the Hartford St Zen Center in San Francisco, dies of AIDS at 57
1990 Len Hutton, English cricket batsman (79 Tests, 19 x 100, HS 364, BA 56.67; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 74

Tom Fogerty (1941-1990)

American rhythm guitarist (Creedence Clearwater Revival), and singer-songwriter, dies of tuberculosis at 48

1991 Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1922)
1991 Donald Henry "Pee Wee" Gaskins, American serial killer (claimed to have murdered over 100 people), executed in the electric chair at 58
1992 Pat Harder, American NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions), dies at 70
1993 Josephine Rich Corday, American vaudevillian, dies of kidney failure at 79
1994 Duccio Tessari, Italian director, dies of cancer at 67
1994 Max Kaminsky, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (Max Kaminsky Orchestra), dies at 85

British rock session pianist (Rolling Stones (1967-75); The Who - "Getting In Tune"; The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon"; Beatles - "Revolution"; John Lennon - "Jealous Guy"; Quicksilver Messenger Service), dies after surgical complications at 50

1994 Wolf Donner, Austrian movie historian/festival director, dies at 55
1995 Buster Mathis, American boxer (World Super Heavyweight title 1972), dies from heart failure at 52
1995 Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor, dies at 83
1997 P. H. Newby, British author and BBC radio director (b. 1918)
1997 Philippe Rossillon, French civil servant and French language advocate, dies at 66

Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)

Japanese director and screenwriter who was posthumously named "Asian of the Century" in the "Arts, Literature, and Culture" category (Rashomon, Drunken Angel, Seven Samurai, Ran), dies of a stroke at 88

1999 René Lecavalier, French Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
2000 Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian army general, dies at 81
2000 Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, American stillborn child - first to have cause of their stillborn solved by Kleihauer-Betke test (b. 2000)
2000 Desmond Wilcox, English broadcaster (BBC, ITV), dies at 69
2001 Carl Crack, German musician (Atari Teenage Riot) (b. 1971)
2003 Harry Goz, American musical theatre actor and voice actor, dies at 71
2003 Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountain climber, dies after being caught in an avalanche climbing Gasherbrum I (b. 1969)
2005 Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet, dies at 76
2007 Alex, African Grey parrot "student" of Dr. Irene Pepperberg (b. 1976)

Luciano Pavarotti (1935-2007)

Italian operatic tenor (Oh Giorgio; The Three Tenors), dies at 71

2007 Madeleine L'Engle, American writer of young adult fiction, novelist, and poet (Wrinkle in Time and sequels; Ilsa; Lines Scribbled on an Envelope), dies at 88
2007 Percy Rodriguez [Rodrigues], Canadian actor (Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Brainwaves), dies of kidney failure at 89
2008 Anita Page, American silent screen actress (Our Dancing Daughters), dies at 98
2008 Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (b. 1917)
2010 Richard Bilderback Hervig, American composer, dies at 92
2011 Wardell Quezergue, American jazz, blues, and funk composer, arranger, record producer, and bandleader, known as the "Creole Beethoven", dies at 81

Art Modell (1925-2012)

American businessman (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Modells Stores), dies from heart failure at 87 (b. 1925)

2012 Jake Eberts, Canadian film producer (Chariots of Fire, Dances with Wolves), dies from cancer at 71
2013 Cameron Rusby, British Royal Navy officer (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in WWII), dies at 87
2015 Martin Milner, American actor (Route 66, Adam 12), dies at 83
2016 Lewis Merenstein, American record producer (Miriam Makeba; Van Morrison's Astral Weeks; Glass Harp), dies of pneumonia at 81
2016 Raymond Hide, British geophysicist (geomagnetism, meteorology, geodesy and oceanography), dies at 87
2017 Derek David Bourgeois, British composer, conductor and educator (National Youth Chamber Orchestra), dies of cancer at 75
2017 Jim McDaniels, American basketball forward (All American 1971; Western Kentucky Uni; No. 1 overall pick ABA Draft 1971; ABA All-Star 1972; Carolina Cougars), dies from diabetes complications at 69
2017 Kate Millett, American feminist and author (Sexual Politics), dies at 82
2018 Alan Oakman, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests; Sussex CCC), dies at 88

Burt Reynolds (1936-2018)

American actor (Deliverance, Evening Shade, Strip Tease, Cannonball), dies of cardiac arrest at 82

2018 Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor (I Solisti Veneti), dies at 83
2018 Diane Leather, British athlete (first woman to run sub-5 minute mile), dies of a stroke at 85
2018 Evelyn Anthony, English historical writer (Poellenberg Inheritance), dies at 92

Richard DeVos (1926-2018)

American businessman who co-founded Amway, dies at 92

Abdul Qadir (1955-2019)

Pakistani cricket spin bowler (67 Tests; 236 wickets; best 9/56 1987), dies of cardiac arrest at 63

Robert Mugabe (1924-2019)

Zimbabwean revolutionary, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-87) and 1st black President of Zimbabwe (1988-2017), dies at 95

2020 Kevin Dobson, American actor (Kojak, Knots Landing, Shannon), dies at 77

Lou Brock (1939-2020)

American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1964, 67; 8 × NL stolen base leader; St Louis Cardinals), dies from multiple myeloma at 81

2020 Mike Sexton, American poker player (World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2006; Poker Hall of Fame) and commentator (WPT), dies from prostate cancer at 72
2020 Mister Satan [Sterling Magee], American blues guitarist, singer, and percussionist (Satan & Adam), dies of COVID-19 complications at 84 [1]
2020 Tom Jernstedt, American Basketball Hall of Fame administrator (NCAA 1972-2010), dies at 75

Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933-2021)

French actor (Breathless; Casino Royale; Magnifique), dies at 88

2021 Jean-Pierre Adams, French soccer centre-back (22 caps; Nîmes, Nice, Paris Saint-Germain), dies after 39 years in a coma at 73
2022 Dan Schachte, American ice hockey linesman (Canada Cup 1991; World Cup of Hockey 1996; Winter Olympics 2002; Stanley Cup Finals 1997, 98, 2000, 01, 02), dies from diabetes complications at 64
2022 Guy Morriss, American football coach (Kentucky, Baylor, Texas A&M–Commerce) and guard (Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 71
2023 Larry Chance [Figueiredo], American doo-wop vocalist (The Earls - "Remember Then"; "I Believe"), dies at 82
2023 Richard Davis, American jazz double bassist described as "the greatest bass ever heard on a rock album" (Van Morrison's Astral Weeks), dies at 93
2023 Robyn Broughton, New Zealand netball coach (Coca Cola Cup 1999, 2000, 01; National Bank Cup 2002, 03, 04, 07 Southern Sting; assistant coach NZ Silver Ferns 2000-02), dies at 80