Famous Deaths In September - 24

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

1881  On this day in history luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74   

1892  On this day in history 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  Francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies on September - 24.   

1898  On September - 24 bartel Wilton, ship builder, dies at 70   

1910  On September - 24 rudolf Dellinger, composer, dies at 53   

1919  Frank Laver, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust 1899-1909), dies on September - 24.   

1930  On September - 24 death of william A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)   

1933  On this day in history death of mike Donlin, baseball player (b. 1878)   

1934  On September - 24 edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69   

1938  On September - 24 death of lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)   

1939  On September - 24 carl Laenmie, film producer, dies   

1948  Warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1949  On September - 24 pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88   

1951  Georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75 on September - 24.   

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

1954  On this day in history death of edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904)   

1960  On September - 24 matyas Seiber, composer, dies at 55   

1961  Sumner Welles, US diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68 on September - 24.   

1967  On this day in history orville Caldwell, Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71   

1968  On September - 24 harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67   

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

1976  Bruno VeSota, actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1978  On September - 24 ruth Etting, US dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80   

1981  Patsy Kelly, actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop & the Kid), dies at 71 on September - 24.   

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

1983  Isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies on September - 24.   

1984  Neil Hamilton, actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85 on September - 24.   

1990  Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

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

1993  On this day in history zita Johann, Hungarian/US actress (Mummy), dies at 89   

1994  Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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0015  Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on September - 24.   

1301  Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) was born on September - 24.   

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

1513  Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535) was born on September - 24.   

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

1564  William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620) was born on this day in history.   

1583  Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general was born on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history birth of johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland