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Before joining Nintendo, he had strong familial connections; his great-grandfather, Fusajiro Yamauchi, founded the company, and was its first president, and his grandfather, Sekiryo Kaneda, was its second president
Notable Deaths on September 19
87 people
643 – 2021
September 19 has seen 87 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 643 – 2021. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2013 — Hiroshi Yamauchi
Japanese businessman (born 1927)
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On the basis of this success, and his ownership of most of Nintendo's shares, he became considerably wealthy
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Hiroshi Yamauchi was the third president of Nintendo, serving in the role from 25 April 1949 to 24 May 2002, and principal owner of the Seattle Mariners from 1992 until his death
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In 2008, he was Japan's wealthiest person, with an estimated net worth of $7.8 billion
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Even in 2013, with this figure having declined to $2.1 billion, he was the 13th richest person in Japan and the 491st richest in the world.
Frankish bishop and saint
Goeric of Metz, also known as Abbo I of Metz, Goericus of Metz, and Gury of Metz, was a bishop of Metz. He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches.
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643
English archbishop and saint (born 602)
Theodore of Tarsus was Archbishop of Canterbury from 668 to 690. Theodore grew up in Tarsus, but fled to Constantinople after the Persian Empire conquered Tarsus and other cities. After studying there, he relocated to…
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690
Byzantine empress
Helena Lekapene was the empress consort of Constantine VII, known to have acted as his political adviser and de facto co-regent. She was a daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos and Theodora.
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961
979
Emperor Taizu of Jin, personal name Aguda, sinicised name Min, was the founder and first emperor of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty of China. He was originally the chieftain of the Wanyan tribe, the most dominant among the…
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1123
Igor II Olgovich was Prince of Chernigov and Grand Prince of Kiev (1146). He was a son of Oleg I of Chernigov.
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1147
Emperor Go-Daigo was the 96th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He successfully overthrew the Kamakura shogunate in 1333 and established the short-lived Kenmu Restoration to bring the…
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1339
1356
1356
Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (born 1519)
Katherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, suo jure 12th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, was an English noblewoman living at the courts of King Henry VIII, King Edward VI, Queen Mary I and Queen Elizabeth I. She was the…
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1580
1589
English politician (born 1542)
Sir Edward Lewknor or Lewkenor was a prominent member of the puritan gentry in East Anglia in the later Elizabethan period, and an important voice on religious matters in the English Parliament.
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1605
English general and politician (born 1597)
Sir William Waller JP was an English soldier and politician, who commanded Parliamentarian armies during the First English Civil War. Elected MP for Andover to the Long Parliament in 1640, Waller relinquished his…
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1668
American farmer and accused wizard (born c. 1612)
Giles Corey was an English-born farmer who was accused of witchcraft along with his wife Martha Corey during the Salem witch trials in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. After being arrested, Corey refused to enter a…
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1692
1710
German banker (born 1744)
Mayer Amschel Rothschild was a German Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty, which dominated international finance in Europe between the 1820s and the 1870s. Referred to as a "founding father…
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1812
French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1792)
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis was a French mathematician, mechanical engineer and scientist. He is best known for his work on the supplementary forces that are detected in a rotating frame of reference, leading to the…
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1843
Norwegian-American colonel and politician (born 1829)
Hans Christian Heg was a Norwegian American abolitionist, journalist, anti-slavery activist, politician and soldier, best known for leading the Scandinavian 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment on the Union side in the…
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1863
American minister and politician (born 1809)
William Sprague was a minister and politician in the U.S. state of Michigan. From 1849 to 1851, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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1868
Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (born 1811)
Sir Robert Ramsay Mackenzie, 10th Baronet was a pastoralist and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Premier of Queensland, Australia from August 1867 to November 1868.
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1873
American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (born 1831)
James Abram Garfield was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his death in September that year after being shot in July. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Garfield served nine…
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1881
English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (born 1817)
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, was a politician and Father of Confederation, the union of British North American colonies into Canada.
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1893
Japanese poet, author, and critic (born 1867)
Masaoka Shiki , pen-name of Masaoka Noboru, was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry, credited with writing…
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1902
Irish-English philanthropist (born 1845)
Thomas John Barnardo was an Irish, Christian philanthropist and founder and director of homes for poor and deprived children. From the foundation of the first Barnardo's home in 1867 to the date of Barnardo's death,…
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1905
English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (born 1816)
Maria Georgina Grey, also known as Mrs William Grey, was a British educationist and writer who promoted women's education and was one of the founders of the organisation that became the Girls' Day School Trust. The…
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1906
Australian cricketer and coach (born 1854)
Alexander Chalmers Bannerman was an Australian cricketer who played in 28 Test matches between 1879 and 1893.
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1924
Danish painter (born 1849)
Michael Peter Ancher was a Danish realist artist, widely known for his paintings of fishermen, the Skagerrak and the North Sea, and other scenes from the Danish fishing community in Skagen.
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1927
Russian scientist and engineer (born 1857)
Konstantin Eduardovich Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist who pioneered astronautics. Along with Hermann Oberth and Robert H. Goddard, he is one of the pioneers of space flight and the founding father of modern…
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1935
Indian singer and musicologist (born 1860)
Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande was an Indian music theorist who wrote the first modern treatise on Hindustani classical music, an art which had been propagated for centuries mostly through oral traditions. During…
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1936
American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (born 1873)
Condé Montrose Nast was an American publisher, entrepreneur and business magnate. He founded Condé Nast, a mass media company, and published titles such as Vanity Fair and Vogue.
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1942
British commander, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1918)
Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, was a distinguished bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was the first Commanding Officer of No. 617 Squadron, which he led in the "Dam Busters" raid in…
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1944
Irish-Canadian playwright (born 1886)
George Shiels was an Irish dramatist whose plays were a success both in his native Ulster and at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. His most famous plays are The Rugged Path, The Passing Day, and The New Gossoon.
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1949
Greek violinist and composer (born 1901)
Nikos Skalkottas was a Greek composer of 20th-century classical music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Greek tradition. He also produced a…
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1949
American journalist and politician (born 1894)
John David Dingell Sr. was an American politician who represented Michigan's 15th congressional district from 1933 to 1955. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the father of the longest-serving member of…
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1955
French mountaineer (born 1921)
Lionel Terray was a French climber who made many first ascents, including on the 1955 French Makalu expedition in the Himalaya and Cerro Fitz Roy in the Patagonian Andes.
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1965
Russian-French painter (born 1884)
Zinaida Yevgenyevna Serebriakova was a Russian painter during the Modernist period.
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1967
American physicist and lawyer (born 1906)
Chester Floyd Carlson was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington.
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1968
1968
French pianist and composer (born 1899)
Robert Marcel Casadesus was a French pianist and composer. He was the most prominent member of a distinguished musical family, being the nephew of Henri Casadesus and Marius Casadesus, husband of Gaby Casadesus, and…
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1972
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
Ingram Cecil Connor III, known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American musician. He recorded with the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, popularizing what he called "Cosmic…
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1973
English actress (born 1917)
Pamela Mary Brown was a British actress. For her portrayal of Queen Victoria's mother Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent in Victoria Regina (1961) she was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting…
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1975
French historian and philosopher (born 1884)
Étienne Henri Gilson was a Catholic, French philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also philosophized in the "existential"…
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1978
Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (born 1923)
Italo Calvino was an Italian novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952–1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities…
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1985
Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (born 1897)
Einar Henry Gerhardsen was a Norwegian politician who served as the prime minister of Norway from 1945 to 1951, 1955 to 1963 and 1963 to 1965. With a total of 17 years in office, he is the longest-serving prime minister…
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1987
American long jumper (born 1923)
William Samuel Steele was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. Steele won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1948 London Olympics. A two-time USA Outdoor champion, Steele was the 1948 Olympic…
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1989
American dancer and choreographer (born 1910)
Hermes Pan was an American dancer and choreographer, principally remembered as Fred Astaire's choreographic collaborator on the famous 1930s movie musicals starring Astaire and Ginger Rogers. He worked on nearly two…
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1990
French chef (born 1932)
Jacques Pic was a French chef best known for being head chef at his three Michelin starred restaurant Maison Pic in Valence, Drôme, France. He was the son of chef Andre Pic, and the father of chefs Alain and Anne-Sophie…
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1992
American businessman, founded his own eponymous brand (born 1907)
Orville Clarence Redenbacher was an American food scientist and businessman most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name which is now owned by Conagra Brands. The New York Times described him as…
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1995
English actress (born 1909)
Patricia Lawlor Hayes was an English character actress. She is best known for playing the titular Edna in the Play for Today, Edna, the Inebriate Woman (1971), for which she won the British Academy Television Award for…
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1998
2000
Welsh-Australian archaeologist and academic (born 1941)
Rhys Maengwyn Jones was a Welsh-Australian archeologist.
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2001
Ivorian politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (born 1941)
Robert Guéï was an Ivorian politician who served as the third president of the Ivory Coast from 24 December 1999 to 26 October 2000. He succeeded President Henri Konan Bédié after the 1999 Ivorian coup d'état and lost…
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2002
Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1927)
Slim Dusty, AO MBE was an Australian country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer. He was an Australian cultural icon, referred to universally as Australia's King of Country Music and one of the country's…
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2003
American photographer and journalist (born 1933)
Edward Thomas Adams was an American photographer and photojournalist noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and for coverage of 13 wars. He is best known for his photograph of the execution of Nguyễn Văn…
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2004
American singer-songwriter (born 1931)
Skeeter Davis was an American country music singer and songwriter who sang crossover pop music songs including 1962's "The End of the World". She started out as part of the Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s,…
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2004
Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1928)
Damayanti Joshi was a noted renowned exponent of the Kathak dance form. She believed Kathak is the art of storytelling. She began in the 1930s dancing in Madame Menaka's troupe, which travelled to many parts of the…
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2004
American businessman and activist (born 1908)
Ellis Louis Marsalis Sr. was an American businessman from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a former poultry farmer turned hotelier, Esso franchise owner and civil rights activist.
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2004
American actress (born 1929)
Elizabeth Allen was an American theatre, television, and film actress and singer whose 40-year career lasted from the mid-1950s through the mid-1990s, and included scores of TV episodes and six theatrical features, two…
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2006
American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (born 1929)
Daniel Flores, also known by his stage name Chuck Rio, was an American Rock and roll saxophonist. He is best remembered for his self-penned song "Tequila", which he recorded with The Champs, the band of which he was a…
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2006
American photographer and journalist (born 1923)
Martha Holmes Waxman was an American photographer and photojournalist.
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2006
Dutch cyclist and manager (born 1950)
Roy Schuiten was a Dutch track and road racing cyclist. After retirement he became a team manager before starting a restaurant.
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2006
American rhythm and blues drummer (born 1924)
Earl Cyril Palmer was an American drummer. Considered one of the inventors of rock and roll, he is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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2008
American historian and author (born 1915)
Milton Meltzer was an American historian and author best known for his nonfiction books on Jewish, African-American, and American history. Since the 1950s, he was a prolific author of history books in the children's…
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2009
German journalist (born 1929)
Eduard "Ede" Zimmermann was a German journalist, television presenter and security expert.
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2009
American lawyer and politician, and convicted murderer (born 1949)
Thomas Joseph Capano was a disbarred American lawyer and former Delaware deputy attorney general who was convicted of the 1996 murder of Anne Marie Fahey, his former lover.
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2011
American singer (born 1909)
Dolores Hope, DC*SG was an American singer, entertainer, philanthropist, and wife of American actor and comedian Bob Hope.
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2011
1st Prime Minister of Belize (born 1919)
George Cadle Price was a Belizean statesman who served as the head of government of Belize from 1961 to 1984 and 1989 to 1993. He was the first minister and premier under British rule until independence in 1981 and was…
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2011
Italian footballer (born 1926)
Rino Ferrario was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.
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2012
Romanian-Israeli historian and author (born 1946)
Itamar Singer was an Israeli author and historian of Jewish-Romanian origin. He is known for his research of the Ancient Near East and as a leading Hittitologist, pioneering the study of this ancient Anatolians culture…
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2012
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard veteran; last active U.S. servicemember to serve in World War II (born 1919)
Earl Russell H. Fox was an American Coast Guard and Navy veteran and doctor who is best known for, upon his retirement in November 1999, being the last active American service member who served during the Second World…
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2012
English author and critic (born 1936)
Robert Barnard was an English crime writer, critic and lecturer. In addition to over 40 books published under his own name, he also published four books under the pseudonym Bernard Bastable.
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2013
American football player (born 1931)
John George Reger was a National Football League linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Washington Redskins, and participated in three Pro Bowls during his 12-year career. Reger played college football at the…
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2013
Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (born 1913)
William Ungar was a Polish-born American author, philanthropist, Holocaust survivor, and founder of the National Envelope Corporation.
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2013
American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (born 1922)
John David Vanderhoof was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, Vanderhoof served as the 37th Governor of Colorado from 1973 to 1975, assuming the office from John Arthur Love, who was appointed to…
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2013
American actress (born 1922)
Audrey Gwendoline Long was an American stage and screen actress of English descent, who performed mainly in low-budget films in the 1940s and early 1950s. Some of her more notable film performances are in Tall in the…
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2014
English novelist (born 1937)
Jacqueline Jill Collins was an English romance novelist and actress. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and spent most of her career there. She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller…
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2015
2015
Japanese economist and politician, 63rd Japanese Minister of Finance (born 1921)
Masajuro Shiokawa was a Japanese economist and politician.
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2015
Russian bass-baritone (born 1933)
Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov was a Soviet and Russian bass-baritone singer. He was honored with People's Artist of the RSFSR and Honored Artist of RSFSR. In the West he was noted for his 1965 video of The Song of the…
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2017
American ballet dancer & choreographer (born 1934)
Arthur Mitchell was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies. In 1955, he was the first African-American dancer with the New York City Ballet, where he was promoted to…
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2018
Irish TV presenter (born 1927)
Bernard "Bunny" Carr was an Irish television presenter. He presented shows such as Quicksilver, Teen Talk and Going Strong on RTÉ. He later set up his own communications and public relations company.
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2018
Tunisian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (born 1936)
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician, military officer and dictator who served as the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. In that year, during the Tunisian…
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2019
Canadian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1929)
John Napier Wyndham Turner was the 17th prime minister of Canada, serving from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party and leader of the Opposition from 1984 to 1990.
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2020
English actor (born 1942)
John Spurley Challis was an English actor. He had an extensive theatre and television career but is best known for portraying Terrance Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC Television sitcom Only Fools and…
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2021
English footballer (born 1940)
James Peter Greaves was an English professional footballer who played as a forward and is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and one of England's best ever players. He is England's fifth-highest…
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2021
Filipino politician, 23rd Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (born 1953)
Corazon Victoria "Dinky" Nerves Juliano-Soliman was a Filipina politician, activist and social worker who served as Secretary of Social Welfare and Development twice, under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from 2001 to…
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2021
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Notable deaths
Who died on September 19?
Hiroshi Yamauchi — Japanese businessman (1927–2013)
FeaturedHiroshi Yamauchi
Death year2013
Known forBefore joining Nintendo, he had strong familial connections; his great-grandfather, Fusajiro Yamauchi, founded the company, and was its first president, and his grandfather, Sekiryo Kaneda, was its second president
Deaths on this date87 (643 – 2021)
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