published on September 18, 2024 in UncategorizedNewsInfoBlog

Famous Deaths on September 4

September 4 Calendar

Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad and founder of the Seljuk Empire (1037-63), dies at about 73

1085 Irmgarde van Suchtelen, German countess of Aspel, hermit and saint, dies
1199 Joan of England, Queen consort of Sicily, wife of William II of Sicily (b. 1165)
1537 Johann Dietenberger, German theologian (b. c. 1475)
1553 Cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake
1571 Matthew Stuart, Earl of Lennox, regent of Scotland for his grandson King James VI, shot and killed during a skirmish in Stirling at 54
1588 Robert Dudley, English Earl of Leicester, favourite of Elizabeth I, dies at 87
1644 John Wtenbogaert, Dutch theologist (Kerckelicke history), dies at 87
1709 Jean-François Regnard, French comedic poet, dramatist and traveller (captured by pirates to be a slave in Algeria), dies at 54
1759 Girolamo Chiti, Italian composer and music theorist, dies at 80
1767 Charles Townshend, English politician, 3rd Viscount of Townshend, dies at 42
1780 John Fielding, English magistrate and social reformer (b. 1721)
1784 César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (geodesic labor), dies at 70
1794 John Hely-Hutchinson, Irish statesman (b. 1724)
1804 Richard Somers, American naval officer, killed during assault on Tripoli during First Barbary Wars at 25

1st President of Chile (1811-14), shot and killed after a show trial at 35

1828 Cornelis Stevens, Belgian priest and polemist, dies at 80
1845 Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard, French statesman and philosopher, dies at 82
1852 William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
1853 Jonathan Blewitt, English organist and composer, dies at 71

American Confederate military leader of 'Morgan's Raiders', killed by Union troops at Greeneville at 39

1903 Hermann Zumpe, German composer, dies at 53
1907 Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite), dies at 64

American playwright (Nathan Hale, The Girl with the Green Eyes), dies of blood poisoning after an appendectomy at 44 [1]

1916 José Echegaray, Spanish politician and dramatist (Nobel Prize for Literature 1904), dies at 84
1922 Georges Sorel, French philosopher and theorist of Sorelianism, dies at 74
1937 Giovanni Salviucci, Italian composer, dies at 29
1938 Clifford Dempsey, American actor (Salute), dies at 73
1944 Izaak van der Horst, Dutch resistance fighter, executed at Herzogenbusch concentration camp at 35
1960 Alfred E. Green, American film director (Copacabana, The Jolson Story), dies after long illness at 71
1962 William Clothier, American tennis player (US Nat C'ships 1906; 1st President International Hall of Fame 1954), dies at 80
1963 Robert Schuman, Luxembourg-born French statesman and Prime Minister of France (1947-48), dies at 77
1964 Werner Bergengruen, Baltic German writer (Der Großtyrann und das Gericht), dies at 71
1965 Albert Schweitzer, German-French theologian and philosopher (Nobel Peace Prize 1954), dies at 90
1970 James M. Taylor, American USAF officer and astronaut, killed during a training mission at 39
1974 Creighton W. Abrams, US general and army staff chief (Vietnam), dies at 59
1974 Lewi Pethrus, Swedish Pentecostal minister and politician, dies at 90
1974 Marcel Achard, French playwright (La forges the Paris), dies at 75
1975 Walter Tetley, American voice-over actor (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60
1977 E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (b. 1911)
1977 Gabriel Mekler, Israeli-American songwriter and record producer (Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Janis Joplin, Etta James), dies in a motorcycle crash at 32
1977 Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher, dies at 82
1977 Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek folk singer, songwriter and guitarist, dies at 78
1979 Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
1979 Jef van de Wiele, Belgian pro-Nazi politician, dies at 76
1979 Turkey Stearnes, American Baseball HOF outfielder (5 × NgL All-Star; 2 × Negro NL batting champion; KC Monarchs, Chicago American Giants), dies at 78
1980 Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist, dies at 74
1981 Verne Rowe, American character actor (Fernwood 2-Night - "Verne"), dies at 59
1984 Ernst Stueckelberg, Swiss mathematician and physicist, dies at 79
1985 George O'Brien, American actor (Sunrise: A Song of Two Human), dies of a stroke at 85
1985 Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93
1985 Robert McCormick, American NBC newscaster (Current Opinion), dies at 74

American Baseball Hall of Fame first baseman (5 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1935, 45; AL MVP 1935, 40; Detroit Tigers), dies of cancer at 75

1988 Oda Schaefer, German writer and journalist (Die Windharfe, Ladies Only), dies at 87
1989 Georges Simenon, Belgian born writer and director (Maigret detective novels), dies at 86
1989 Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian, dies at 86
1990 Henry Faas [Wandelganger], Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), dies

1991 Charlie Barnet, saxophonist (Cherokee), dies of pneumonia at 77
1991 Dottie West [Dorothy Marsh], American country singer ("Here Comes My Baby"; with Kenny Rogers - "What Are We Doin' in Love"), dies from internal injuries sustained in a car crash at 58
1991 Henri de Lubac, French Jesuit cardinal and theologist of the "new theology” movement that influenced the Second Vatican Council, dies at 95
1991 Margaret Ramsay, vocalist, dies
1991 Tom Tryon, American actor (The Cardinal, All That Glitters, The Longest Day) and novelist (The Other), dies of stomach cancer at 65
1992 John van Dreelen [Jacques T van Drielen Gimberg], actor (Topaz), dies
1993 Clyde Adler, American writer and voice actor (Soupy Sales Show - "White Fang"; "Black Tooth"), dies at 67
1993 Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (Fantasy Island - Ze plane! Ze plane!), shoots self to death at 50
1993 Mehmet Sincar, Turkish/Kurd MP, murdered
1994 Ladislav Holoubek, Slovak conductor (Košice Opera, 1966-81), and composer (Rodina), dies at 81
1994 Laurens van Deenen, Dutch biochemist, dies at 66
1994 Louis Myers, American blues guitarist and harmonica player, dies at 64
1995 Chuck Greenberg, new age musician (Shadowfax), dies at 45
1995 Edmond Jouhaud, French general, dies at 90
1995 William Kunstler, American defense attorney (defended the Chicago 7), dies at 78
1996 Sam Cook, English cricket spin bowler in (1 Test; Gloucestershire CCC), dies at 75
1997 Aldo Rossi, Italian architect (b. 1931)
1997 Belle Stewart, Scottish traditional singer, dies at 91
1997 Hans Eysenck, German-born British psychologist (most frequently cited living psychologist), dies at 81
1997 Jeffrey Bernard, British writer (Spectator Magazine - Low Life), dies at 65
1997 Natko Devčić, Croatian composer, dies at 83
1998 Elizabeth Kata, Australian writer, A Patch of Blue (b. 1912)
1999 Klement Slavický, Czech composer (Sinfonietta No. 4 - Pax hominibus in universo orbi), dies at 88 [1]
2000 David Brown, American rock bassist (Santana, 1967-71, 1974-76), dies of liver and kidney failure at 53
2001 Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio personality (b. 1962)
2002 Jerome Biffle, American long jumper (Olympic gold, 1952), track coach, and jogging proponent, dies at 74
2002 Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist, dies at 98
2003 Lola Bobesco, Romanian-born violinist (b. 1921)
2003 Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and orchestra leader (Ripley's Game), dies at 82
2004 Alphonso Ford, American basketball guard (EuroLeague Top Scorer, All-EuroLeague First Team 2001, 03; Olympiacos, Montepaschi Siena), dies from leukemia at 32
2004 James O. Page, American paramedic (b. 1936)
2004 Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (Canadian Golf Hall of Fame), dies from congestive heart failure at 75
2006 Astrid Varnay, Swedish soprano (Met Opera 1941-56), dies at 88
2006 Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920)
2006 Giacinto Facchetti, Italian soccer left-back (94 caps; Inter Milan 476 games), dies at 64
2006 John Conte, American actor (The Man with the Golden Arm, Lost in a Harem, Mantovani), dies of natural causes at 90

2007 John Scott, Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish peer, then largest landowner in Scotland, 1st MP in a wheelchair, dies at 83
2007 Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese army officer and educator, dies at 95
2009 Buddy Blattner, American baseball second baseman (St. Louis Cards, NY Giants, Philadelphia Phillies) and table tennis player World C'ship gold doubles 1936, 37), dies at 89
2009 Iain Cuthbertson, Scottish actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB), dies at 79
2010 Paul Conrad, American cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84), dies at 86
2011 Lee Roy Selmon, American College-Pro Football HOF defensive end (NFL Defensive Player of the Year 1979; First-team All-Pro 1979, 80, 82; 6× Pro Bowl; TB Buccaneers), dies from a stroke at 56
2012 Ian Parrott, British-Welsh composer (The Black Ram), dies at 96
2014 Donatas Banionis, Lithuanian actor (Solaris, Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment), dies at 90
2014 Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian rock singer-songwriter (Soda Stereo), dies of cardiac arrest after 4 years in a coma at 55

American comedian and actress (Late Show, Hollywood Squares), dies at 81 after serious complications from a procedure on her vocal cords

2014 Wolfhart Pannenberg, German theologist (Gingham Girl), dies at 85
2014 Włodzimierz Kotoński, Polish composer, dies at 89
2015 Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez, Jamaican ska trombonist (The Specials), dies at 80
2015 Rainer Kirsch, German writer, playwright (Heinrich Schlaghands Höllenfahrt), and poet, dies at 81
2016 David Jenkins, English controversial cleric (Bishop of Durham), dies at 91
2016 Ralph Goings, American photorealistic painter, dies at 88
2017 Iryna Kyrylina, Ukrainian composer (Rozmyte bachene (What I have seen has been washed away), choral director, and educator, dies at 62
2018 Bill Daily, American actor and comedian (I Dream of Jeannie - "Roger"; The Bob Newhart Show - "Howard"), dies at 91
2019 Peter Ellis, New Zealand convicted child abuser, dies at 61
2020 Gary Peacock, American jazz bassist (Keith Jarrett Trio), dies at 85 [1]
2020 Peter Cronjé, South African rugby union center (7 caps; Transvaal, Natal), dies from cancer at 70
2021 Tunch Ilkin, American football offensive tackle (Pro Bowl 1988, 89; Pittsburgh Steelers) and broadcaster (Pittsburgh Steelers TV & radio 1998-2020), dies of ALS complications at 63
2021 Willard Scott, American weather forecaster (Today Show), dies at 87
2022 Bo Brundin, Swedish actor (The Rhinemann Exchange; A Baltic Tragedy), dies at 85
2022 Boris Lagutin, Russian boxer (Olympic gold USSR light-middleweight 1964, 68; bronze 1960), dies at 84
2022 John Till, Canadian rock guitarist (Full Tilt Boogie Band), dies at 76
2023 Ed Meador, American football cornerback (First-team All-Pro 1968, 69; 6 × Pro Bowl; Los Angeles Rams), dies at 86
2023 Gary Wright, American rock singer and keyboardist (Spooky Tooth - It's All About; solo - "Dream Weaver"), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 80 [1]
2023 Hameur Hizem, Tunisian soccer coach (Tunisia national team 1970-74, 1978-79, 1980-81; US Monastir), dies at 85
2023 Steve Harwell, American rock singer-songwriter (Smash Mouth, 1994-2021 - "All Star", "I'm A Believer"), dies of liver failure at 56 [1]

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