Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In September - 18
Friday, 02 January 2026
1905 On September - 18 george MacDonald, sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie), dies at 80 

1911 Death of Russian Premier Peter Stolypin (1906-11), shot and murdered at the Kiev Opera House aged 49 on this day in history. 

1918 Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer, dies at 33 on September - 18. 

1924 On this day in history francis Herbert Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism), dies 

1929 On this day in history hermann Gradener, composer, dies at 85 

1931 Death of Hazrat Babajan, a Baloch Muslim saint (b. c. 1806) on this day in history. 

1934 On this day in history marie Shotwell, actress (Sally of the Sawdust), dies at 54 

1939 Death of Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter, and photographer (b. 1885) on September - 18. 

1944 On September - 18 death of anthony Stefanich, British boxer/captain, killed in Arnhem 

1949 On this day in history frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59 

1951 John Douglas Cockcroft, physicist, dies on September - 18. 

1952 On September - 18 hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Dreamy), dies 

1953 Death of Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927) on this day in history. 

1956 Death of Adélard Godbout, premier of Quebec (b. 1892) on this day in history. 

1960 A J Evans, cricketer (only England Test v Aus 1921), dies on September - 18. 

1961 Dag Hammarskjoeld, UN Sect Gen, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56 on September - 18. 

1962 On September - 18 therese Neumann, German stigma, dies at 64 

1964 Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright (The Plough and the Stars), dies at 84 on this day in history. 

1966 On this day in history fernand Lamy, composer, dies at 85 

1967 On this day in history death of john Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) 

1968 On September - 18 franchot Tone, actor (Advise & Consent, Dark Waters), dies at 63 

1969 Rudolph Wagner-Regeny, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history. 

1970 On September - 18 jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Haze), dies of an overdose at 27 

1973 On September - 18 nora Nicholson, actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), dies at 80 

1974 On this day in history edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74 

1975 Pamela Brown, actress (Cleopatra, Beckett, Night Digger), dies at 58 on this day in history. 

1977 On this day in history death of paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (b. 1888) 

1979 Gene Kelly, sportscaster (Sportsreel), dies at 60 on this day in history. 

1980 On this day in history k A Porter, writer, dies at 90 

1994 Franco Moschino, Italian fashion designer, dies at 44 on September - 18. 

1995 Donald Alfred Davie, poet/critic, dies at 73 on September - 18. 

1996 Spiro Theodore Agnew, US VP (1969-73), dies at 77 on this day in history. 

1997 On September - 18 harry Brian Boyne, journalist, dies at 87 

2001 On this day in history death of ernie Coombs, Canadian entertainer (b. 1927) 

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