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Most of his music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career.
Notable Deaths on September 12
2003 — Johnny Cash
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1932)
September 12 has 98 recorded notable deaths across history, from 640 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
98 source records
640 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on September 12
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- 1992 NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space. Source
- 1959 Bonanza, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color, is launched in the United States. Source
- -490 Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece. Source
- 1848 A new constitution marks the establishment of Switzerland as a federal state. Source
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Tom Ewell's most successful and most identifiable role was that of Richard Sherman in The Seven Year Itch, a character he played in the Broadway production (1952–1954) and reprised for the 1955 film adaptation.
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Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV was an American poet.
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Lewis Shepard Stone was an American film actor, best known for his 29 years as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and for his portrayal of Judge James Hardy in the studio's popular Andy Hardy film series.
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T, was an American Grammy nominated jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer.
More major people who died on September 12
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1994
Tom Ewell
American actor (born 1909)
Tom Ewell was an American film, stage and television actor, and producer.
1977
Robert Lowell
American poet (born 1917)
Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the Mayflower.
1953
Lewis Stone
American actor (born 1879)
Lewis Shepard Stone was an American film actor, best known for his 29 years as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and for his portrayal of Judge James Hardy in the studio's popular Andy Hardy film series.
2000
Stanley Turrentine
American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1934)
Stanley William Turrentine, nicknamed Mr. T, was an American Grammy nominated jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer.
2017
Edith Windsor
American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (born 1929)
Edith Windsor was an American LGBT rights activist and a technology manager at IBM. She was the lead plaintiff in the 2013 Supreme Court of the United States case United States v.
1919
Leonid Andreyev
Russian author and playwright (born 1871)
Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of expressionism in Russian literature.
1982
Federico Moreno Torroba
Spanish composer and conductor (born 1891)
Federico Moreno Torroba was a Spanish composer, conductor, and theatrical impresario.
1991
Bruce Matthews
Canadian general and businessman (born 1909)
Major General Albert Bruce Matthews was a senior Canadian Army officer and businessman.
1869
Peter Mark Roget
English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (born 1779)
Peter Mark Roget was a British physician, natural theologian, lexicographer, and founding secretary of The Portico Library.
1779
Richard Grenville-Temple
2nd Earl Temple, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1711)
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, KG, PC was a British politician and peer who served as Lord Privy Seal from 1757 to 1761.
1500
Albert III
Duke of Saxony (born 1443)
Albert III was Duke of Saxony from 1464 to 1500. Known as Albert the Bold or Albert the Courageous, he founded the Albertine line of the House of Wettin.
2008
David Foster Wallace
American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1962)
David Foster Wallace was an American writer and professor who published novels, short stories, and essays.
1927
Sarah Frances Whiting
American physicist and astronomer (born 1847)
Sarah Frances Whiting was an American physicist and astronomer.
2009
Jack Kramer
American tennis player and sportscaster (born 1921)
John Albert Kramer was an American tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s, and a pioneer promoter who helped drive the sport towards professionalism at the elite level.
1918
George Reid
Australian accountant and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1845)
Sir George Houston Reid was a Scottish-born Australian politician, diplomat, and barrister who served as the fourth prime minister of Australia from 1904 to 1905.
2019
ʻAkilisi Pōhiva
Tongan politician and activist, Prime Minister of Tonga (born 1941)
Samiuela ʻAkilisi Pōhiva was a Tongan pro-democracy activist and politician. A key leader of the Democratic Party of the Friendly Islands (DPFI), he served as the Prime Minister of Tonga from 2014 to his death in 2019.
1544
Clément Marot
French poet (born 1496)
Clément Marot was a French Renaissance poet. He was influenced by the writers of the late 15th century and paved the way for the Pléiade, and is undoubtedly the most important poet at the court of Francis I.
1683
Afonso VI of Portugal (born 1643)
Dom Afonso VI, known as "the Victorious", was the second king of Portugal of the House of Braganza from 1656 until his death.
1995
Jeremy Brett
English actor (born 1933)
Peter Jeremy William Huggins, known professionally as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes from 1984 to 1994 in 41 episodes of the Granada TV series.