Famous Deaths In September - 27

1919  On September - 27 adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76  

1921  Engelbert Humperdinck, Ger opera composer (Schneewittchen), dies at 67 on September - 27.  

1935  Alan Gray, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1940  Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

1942  On September - 27 douglas Munro, only US Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies  

1943  On September - 27 waclaw Gieburowski, composer, dies at 65  

1944  Aimee Semple McPherson, Canada/US evangelist/faith healer, dies at 53 on September - 27.  

1948  On September - 27 frank Cellier, actor (Spider, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), dies at 64  

1953  On September - 27 jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist, dies at 72  

1955  Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1956  Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1960  Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist/daughter of Emmeline, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1961  Hilda Doolittle, US poetess (Bid Me to Live), dies at 75 on September - 27.  

1962  On this day in history francisco Brochado da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962), dies at 52  

1965  On this day in history clara Bow, US actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies at 60  

1967  Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1972  On September - 27 death of rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm & Hurricane), commits suicide  

1974  Death of Silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A(b. 1907) on September - 27.  

1975  Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27 on September - 27.  

1979  Gracie Fields, actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81 on September - 27.  

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

1982  Saad Sayd, [Abu Walid], Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies on this day in history.  

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

1984  On this day in history john Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72  

1985  Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83 on this day in history.  

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

1988  William V Shannon, US ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61 on September - 27.  

1991  On September - 27 huib Orizand, Dutch actor (Paul Vlanderen), dies  

1992  Keith Prentice, US actor (Boys in the Band), dies on this day in history.  

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

1994  On September - 27 gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51  

1995  Alison "Night Bird" Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer on September - 27.  

1996  Mohammed Najibullah, politician, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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1275  On September - 27 birth of john II of Brabant (d. 1312)  

1384  Cosimo de Medici, Italian Patron of the Arts was born on September - 27.  

1600  John Galle, Flemish engraver/printer, baptised was born on this day in history.  

1601  On this day in history birth of louis XIII, king of France (1610-43)  

1627  On this day in history birth of jacques Benigne Bossuet, French bishop (d. 1704)  

1637  On September - 27 birth of hieronymus Gradenthaler, composer  

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

1657  Sophia, regent of Russia (1682-89) was born on September - 27.