Famous Deaths In September - 24

1875  William Walker, composer, dies at 66 on September - 24.   

1881  Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74 on September - 24.   

1892  On September - 24 cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69   

1894  On this day in history martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies   

1896  On September - 24 francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies   

1898  Bartel Wilton, ship builder, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history rudolf Dellinger, composer, dies at 53   

1919  On September - 24 frank Laver, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust 1899-1909), dies   

1930  Death of William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857) on September - 24.   

1933  On September - 24 death of mike Donlin, baseball player (b. 1878)   

1934  On this day in history edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69   

1938  Death of Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900) on this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history carl Laenmie, film producer, dies   

1948  Warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53 on September - 24.   

1949  On this day in history pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88   

1951  On September - 24 georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75   

1953  On September - 24 berthold Viertel, writer, dies at 68   

1954  On September - 24 death of edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904)   

1960  Matyas Seiber, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history sumner Welles, US diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68   

1967  Orville Caldwell, Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67   

1975  On September - 24 clive Morton, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71   

1976  On this day in history bruno VeSota, actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll), dies at 54   

1978  Ruth Etting, US dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1981  Patsy Kelly, actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop & the Kid), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1982  Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies   

1984  On September - 24 neil Hamilton, actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85   

1990  Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34 on September - 24.   

1991  On September - 24 mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73   

1993  Zita Johann, Hungarian/US actress (Mummy), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65   

1996  On this day in history iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87   

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0015  On September - 24 birth of vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1301  On this day in history birth of ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)   

1501  Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545) was born on this day in history.   

1513  On September - 24 birth of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)   

1534  Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581) was born on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history birth of william Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)   

1583  Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general was born on September - 24.   

1625  Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland was born on this day in history.