Famous Deaths In September - 24

1875  On September - 24 william Walker, composer, dies at 66  

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

1892  Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1894  Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies on this day in history.  

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

1898  Bartel Wilton, ship builder, dies at 70 on September - 24.  

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

1919  On this day in history frank Laver, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust 1899-1909), dies  

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

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

1934  Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69 on September - 24.  

1938  On this day in history death of lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)  

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

1948  On September - 24 warren William, actor (Fear, Wolf Man, Madame X), dies at 53  

1949  Pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88 on September - 24.  

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

1953  Berthold Viertel, writer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

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

1968  Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67 on September - 24.  

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

1976  On September - 24 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 September - 24.  

1982  On September - 24 sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67  

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 September - 24.  

1991  On this day in history 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 September - 24.  

1996  On September - 24 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  On September - 24 birth of girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545)  

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

1534  On this day in history birth of guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)  

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.