Famous Deaths In September - 27

1919  Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1921  On September - 27 engelbert Humperdinck, Ger opera composer (Schneewittchen), dies at 67   

1935  Alan Gray, composer, dies at 79 on September - 27.   

1940  On this day in history walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48   

1942  Douglas Munro, only US Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies on September - 27.   

1943  Waclaw Gieburowski, composer, dies at 65 on September - 27.   

1944  Aimee Semple McPherson, Canada/US evangelist/faith healer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1948  Frank Cellier, actor (Spider, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), dies at 64 on September - 27.   

1953  On this day in history jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist, dies at 72   

1955  On September - 27 henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71   

1956  Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55 on September - 27.   

1960  On September - 27 sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist/daughter of Emmeline, dies at 78   

1961  On September - 27 hilda Doolittle, US poetess (Bid Me to Live), dies at 75   

1962  Francisco Brochado da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1965  On September - 27 clara Bow, US actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies at 60   

1967  Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch, dies at 80 on September - 27.   

1969  On September - 27 violet Farebrother, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81   

1972  Death of Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm & Hurricane), commits suicide on this day in history.   

1974  On September - 27 death of silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A(b. 1907)   

1975  On this day in history mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27   

1979  On this day in history gracie Fields, actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81   

1981  Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist, dies at 77 on September - 27.   

1982  On this day in history saad Sayd, [Abu Walid], Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies   

1983  Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1984  On September - 27 john Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72   

1985  Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83 on September - 27.   

1986  Cliff Burton, rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24 on this day in history.   

1988  On September - 27 william V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61   

1991  On this day in history huib Orizand, Dutch actor (Paul Vlanderen), dies   

1992  On this day in history keith Prentice, US actor (Boys in the Band), dies   

1993  On September - 27 andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38   

1994  Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51 on September - 27.   

1995  Alison "Night Bird" Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer on this day in history.   

1996  On September - 27 mohammed Najibullah, politician, dies at 55   

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1275  On this day in history birth of john II of Brabant (d. 1312)   

1384  On this day in history birth of cosimo de Medici, Italian Patron of the Arts   

1600  On September - 27 birth of john Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, baptised   

1601  On September - 27 birth of louis XIII, king of France (1610-43)   

1627  Jacques Benigne Bossuet, French bishop (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1637  Hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer was born on September - 27.   

1643  Solomon Stoddard, American Puritan clergyman was born on this day in history.   

1657  On September - 27 birth of sophia, regent of Russia (1682-89)