Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In September - 24
Wednesday, 04 February 2026
1875 William Walker, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history. 

1881 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history. 

1892 On this day in history cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69 

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

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 On September - 24 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 Death of Mike Donlin, baseball player (b. 1878) on this day in history. 

1934 Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history. 

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

1939 Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies on this day in history. 

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

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

1951 Georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75 on this day in history. 

1953 Berthold Viertel, writer, dies at 68 on September - 24. 

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

1960 On this day in history matyas Seiber, composer, dies at 55 

1961 On September - 24 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 Clive Morton, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71 on September - 24. 

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

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

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

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

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

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 Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73 on this day in history. 

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

1994 On September - 24 colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65 

1996 Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87 on this day in history. 

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