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September 27

Actors Who Died on September 27

1886 John Esten Cooke, American novelist (The Virginia Comedians) and Confederate States Army, dies at 55
1948 Frank Cellier, British actor (Quiet Wedding;, Big Blockade), dies from ill health at 64

Clara Bow (1905-1965)

American silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid), dies at 60

Clara Bow

1969 Violet Farebrother, English actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81
1975 Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27
1977 Willis Bouchey, American character actor (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), dies at 70
1979 Gracie Fields, English music hall/vaudeville performer and actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81
1981 Robert Montgomery, American actor and director (Robert Montgomery Presents, Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack), dies at 77
1985 Lloyd Nolan, American actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Peyton Place), dies of lung cancer at 83
1990 Matvey Isaakovich Blanter, Russian-Soviet composer of popular songs and film music ("Katyusha"), dies at 87
1991 Huib Orizand, Dutch actor (Paul Vlanderen), dies
1992 Keith Prentice, American actor (Boys in the Band), dies of cancer at 52
1992 Ray Gill, American actor (Prelude to a Kiss), dies of AIDS at 42
1994 Gerald Bledsoe, American broadcaster (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of a heart attack at 51
1994 Ruth Niehaus, German actress, dies at 69
2003 Donald O'Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin' in the Rain), dies at 78
2005 Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor (A Família Trapo), dies at 76
2009 Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1947)
2012 Herbert Lom, Czech-born British actor (Pink Panther, Dorian Gray), dies at 95
2013 Jay Robinson, American actor (Born Again, Malibu Bikini Shop), dies at 83
2015 Frank Tyson, England Test cricket fast bowler/broadcaster (17 Tests, 76 wickets @ 18.56), dies at 85
2015 John Guillermin, British film director (The Towering Inferno), dies at 89
2017 Anne Jeffreys [Annie Carmichael], American singer and actress (Dick Tracy; Topper; General Hospital), dies at 94
2020 Yūko Takeuchi, Japanese actress (Miss Sherlock), dies at 40
2023 Bob Sheridan, American boxing and MMA broadcaster (WGBS "Rumble in the Jungle", "Thrilla in Manila"; bodogFIGHT), dies at 79

Michael Gambon (1940-2023)

Irish-English stage and screen actor (The Singing Detective; Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series), dies of pneumonia at 82 [1]

Michael Gambon

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