September 6 - Deaths

Deaths

• 957 – Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (b. 930)
• 972 – Pope John XIII
• 1276 – Vicedomino de Vicedominis, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina and dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals (b. ca. 1215)
• 1511 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1481)
• 1536 – William Tyndale, Protestant bible translator (b. c.1494)
• 1625 – Thomas Dempster, Scottish historian (b. 1579)
• 1635 – Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (b. 1571)
• 1649 – Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English explorer and geographer (b. 1574)
• 1683 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister finance (b. 1619)
• 1708 – Sir John Morden, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1623)
• 1748 – Edmund Gibson, English jurist (b. 1669)
• 1782 – Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of Thomas Jefferson (b. 1748)
• 1783 – Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (b. 1710)
• 1808 – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian (b. 1723)
• 1868 – Pierre Adolphe Rost, Louisiana judge, Confederate commissioner (b. 1797)
• 1902 – Frederick Augustus Abel, English chemist (b. 1827)
• 1907 – Sully Prudhomme, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
• 1938 – John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (b. 1907)
• 1939 – Arthur Rackman, English book illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1945 – John McCain, Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)
• 1950 – Olaf Stapledon, British writer and philosopher (b. 1886)
• 1951 – James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat (b. 1867)
• 1952 – Gertrude Lawrence, English actress (b. 1898)
• 1962 – Hanns Eisler, German-born composer (b. 1898)
• 1962 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
• 1966 – Margaret Sanger, American birth control activist (b. 1879)
• 1966 – Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1901)
• 1969 – Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian football player (b. 1892)
• 1974 – Olga Baclanova, Russian-born actress (b. 1896)
• 1978 – Tom Wilson, American record producer (b. 1931)
• 1981 – Christy Brown, Irish author (b. 1932)
• 1984 – Ernest Tubb, American singer (b. 1914)
• 1985 – Johnny Desmond, American singer (b. 1919)
• 1986 – Blanche Sweet, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1987 – Quinn Martin, American television producer (b. 1922)
• 1988 – Leroy Brown, wrestler (b. 1950)
• 1990 – Len Hutton, English cricketer (b. 1916)
• 1990 – Tom Fogerty, American singer (b. 1941)
• 1991 – Bob Goldham, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1922)
• 1992 – Henry Ephron, American playwright, screenwriter and producer (b. 1912)
• 1994 – Nicky Hopkins, British musician (b. 1944)
• 1996 – Esther Soré, Chilean musician (b. 1915)
• 1997 – P. H. Newby, British author and BBC radio director (b. 1918)
• 1998 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (b. 1910)
• 1999 – René Lecavalier, French Canadian sportscaster (b. 1918)
• 1999 – Lagumot Harris, Nauruan politician and former President (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Carl Crack, German musician (Atari Teenage Riot) (b. 1971)
• 2003 – Harry Goz, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2003 – Mohammad Oraz, Iranian mountain climber (b. 1969)
• 2005 – Hasan Abidi, Pakistani journalist and Urdu poet (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Madeleine L'Engle, American author (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor (b. 1935)
• 2007 – Alex, African Grey parrot "student" of Dr. Irene Pepperberg (b. 1976)
• 2007 – Percy Rodrigues, Canadian actor (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Sören Nordin, Swedish harness racing driver and trainer (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Anita Page, American actress (b. 1910)