September 19 - Deaths

Deaths

• 690 – Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 602)
• 1339 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
• 1356 – Killed at the Battle of Poitiers:

• Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
• Walter VI of Brienne, Constable of France (b. 1304)

• 1668 – William Waller, English soldier
• 1692 – Giles Corey, American farmer killed in the Salem Witch Trials
• 1693 – Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (b. 1641)
• 1710 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (b. 1644)
• 1812 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, (b. 1744)
• 1843 – Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis, French scientist (b. 1792)
• 1868 – William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)
• 1881 – James Garfield, 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
• 1893 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, Canadian politician, a father of Canadian Confederation (b. 1817)
• 1905 – Thomas John Barnardo, Irish philanthropist (b. 1845)
• 1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, British writer and founder of the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
• 1924 – Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
• 1927 – Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
• 1935 – Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1857)
• 1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
• 1938 – Pauline Frederick, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1942 – Condé Nast, American publisher (b. 1873)
• 1944 – Guy Gibson, British aviator, awarded Victoria Cross (b. 1918)
• 1949 – Will Cuppy, American humorist (b. 1884)
• 1949 – George Shiels, Irish dramatist (b. 1886)
• 1949 – Nikolaos Skalkottas, Greek composer (b. 1901)
• 1955 – John D. Dingell, Sr., U.S. Congressman from Michigan (b. 1894)
• 1965 – Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
• 1967 – Zinaida Serebriakova, Russian painter (b. 1884)
• 1967 – Monica Proietti, Canadian criminal (b. 1940)
• 1968 – Chester Carlson, American inventor (b. 1906)
• 1968 – Red Foley, American singer (b. 1910)
• 1969 – Rex Ingram, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1972 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Gram Parsons, American musician (b. 1946)
• 1978 – Étienne Gilson, French philosopher and historian (b. 1884)
• 1985 – Italo Calvino, Italian writer (b. 1923)
• 1987 – Einar Gerhardsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
• 1989 – Willie Steele, American Olympic gold medalist (b. 1923)
• 1990 – Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)
• 1995 – Orville Redenbacher, American botanist and businessman (b. 1907)
• 1997 – Jack May, American voice actor (b. 1922)
• 1997 – Rich Mullins, American singer (b. 1955)
• 2000 – Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
• 2001 – Rhys Jones, Welsh-Australian archeologist (b. 1941)
• 2002 – Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
• 2002 – Duncan Hallas, prominent member of the Trotskyist movement in Great Britain. (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Slim Dusty, Australian singer (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Eddie Adams, American photographer (b. 1933)
• 2004 – Árpád Bogsch, Hungarian-born American civil servant (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Skeeter Davis, American singer (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman, musician, and activist (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Damayanti Joshi, Indian classical dancer of Kathak style (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (b. 1950)
• 2006 – Chuck Rio, American singer and saxophonist (The Champs) (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Hugh Kawharu, New Zealander Ngāti Whātua Māori chief (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Martha Holmes, American photographer (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Arthur Ferrante, American popular pianist (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Roc Raida, Turntablist (b. 1972)
• 2009 – Eduard Zimmermann, German broadcaster (b. 1929)