Notable Deaths on September 26

Q: Who died on September 26?

Notable people who died on September 26 include: Berowulf, Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, Fujiwara no Teika, Margaret, Gottfried von Hagenau.

Q: What is Mario Montez known for?

Mario Montez, Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1935)

108 people 800 – 2024

September 26 has seen 108 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 800 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

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2013 — Mario Montez

Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1935)

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René Rivera, known professionally as Mario Montez, was one of the Warhol superstars, appearing in thirteen of Andy Warhol's underground films from 1964 to 1966

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He took his name as a male homage to the actress Maria Montez, an important gay icon in the 1950s and 1960s

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Montez also stars in the Ron Rice film Chumlum, made in 1964

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Mario Montez, was "a staple in the New York underground scene of the 1960s and '70s."

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Before appearing in Warhol's films, he appeared in Jack Smith's underground films Flaming Creatures and Normal Love

Berowulf

bishop of Würzburg

Berowulf or Berowelf was the bishop of Würzburg from 768 or 769 until his death. Since the 11th century, his name has appeared as Bernwelf. It may also be spelled Berowolf, Bernwulf or Bernulf. Berowulf's predecessor,…

800

Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi

Muslim military leader (born c. 790)

Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi (Arabic: موسى بن موسى القسوي) also nicknamed the Great ; died 26 September 862) was leader of the Muwallad Banu Qasi clan and ruler of a semi-autonomous principality in the upper Ebro valley in…

862

Fujiwara no Teika

Japanese poet

Fujiwara no Sadaie or Teika was a Japanese anthologist, calligrapher, literary critic, novelist, poet, and scribe of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. His influence was enormous, and he is counted as among the…

1241

Margaret

Maid of Norway Queen of Scotland (born 1283)

Margaret, known as the Maid of Norway, was the queen-designate of Scotland from 1286 until her death. As she was never inaugurated, her status as monarch is uncertain and has been debated by historians.

1290

Gottfried von Hagenau

Alsatian theologian, medical doctor, and poet

Gottfried von Hagenau was a medieval priest, physician, theologian and poet from Alsace. As his name suggests, he was probably born in Haguenau, before 1275.

1313

Cecco d'Ascoli

Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet (born 1257)

Cecco d'Ascoli is the popular name of Francesco degli Stabili, an Italian encyclopaedist, physician and poet. Cecco is the diminutive of Francesco. Ascoli was the place of his birth. The lunar crater Cichus is named…

1327

Ibn Taymiya

Islamic scholar and philosopher of Harran (born 1263)

Ibn Taymiyya was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, Mujtahid, traditionist, Qadiri Sufi, proto-Salafi theologian and iconoclast. Born in Harran in 1263 CE and fleeing from the Mongol invasion, he was taught by his…

1328

William II

Count of Hainaut

William II was Count of Hainaut from 1337 until his death. He was also Count of Holland and Count of Zeeland. He succeeded his father, Count William I of Hainaut. While away fighting in Prussia, the Frisians revolted.…

1345

Jovan Uglješa

Serbian despot

Jovan Uglješa was a Serbian medieval nobleman of the Mrnjavčević family and one of the most prominent magnates of the Serbian Empire. He held the title of despot, received from Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V, whose…

1371

Stephen III

Duke of Bavaria (born 1337)

Stephen III, called the Magnificent or the Fop, was the Duke of Bavaria-Ingolstadt from 1375. He was the eldest son of Stephen II and Elizabeth of Sicily.

1413

Francesco Zabarella

Italian cardinal (born 1360)

Francesco Zabarella was an Italian cardinal and canonist.

1417

Juan de Torquemada

Spanish cardinal and theologian (born 1388)

Juan de Torquemada O.P., was a Spanish Thomistic Theologian, polemicist, and Cardinal. He has been described as the most articulate papal apologist of the fifteenth century, and a defender of Jewish converts to the…

1468

Didier de Saint-Jaille

46th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller

Fra' Didier de Saint-Jaille was the 46th Grand Master of the Order of Saint John between 1535 and 1536.

1536

Amias Paulet

Governor of Jersey (born 1532)

Sir Amias Paulet of Hinton St. George, Somerset, was an English diplomat, Governor of Jersey, and the gaoler for a period of Mary, Queen of Scots.

1588

Claude Le Jeune

French composer (born 1530)

Claude Le Jeune was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was the primary representative of the musical movement known as musique mesurée, and a significant composer of the "Parisian" chanson, the…

1600

Taichang Emperor of China (born 1582)

The Taichang Emperor, personal name Zhu Changluo, was the 15th emperor of the Ming dynasty. He was the eldest son of the Wanli Emperor and succeeded his father as emperor in 1620. His reign came to an abrupt end less…

1620

Charles Grey

7th Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire (born 1540)

Charles Grey was the 7th Earl of Kent from 1615 to his death.

1623

Wakisaka Yasuharu

Japanese daimyō (born 1554)

Wakisaka Yasuharu , sometimes referred to as Wakizaka Yasuharu, was a daimyō of Awaji Island who fought under a number of warlords over the course of Japan's Sengoku period.

1626

Antoine Parent

French mathematician and theorist (born 1666)

Antoine Parent was a French mathematician, born in Paris and died there, who wrote in 1700 on analytical geometry of three dimensions. His works were collected and published in three volumes at Paris in 1713.

1716

Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro

Spanish monk and scholar (born 1676)

Friar Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro was a Spanish monk and scholar who led the Spanish Enlightenment. He was an energetic popularizer noted for encouraging scientific and empirical thought in an effort to debunk…

1764

William Billings

American composer and educator (born 1746)

William Billings was an American composer and is regarded as the first American choral composer and leading member of the First New England School.

1800

Jurij Vega

Slovene mathematician and physicist (born 1754)

Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega was a Slovene mathematician, physicist, and artillery commissioned officer.

1802

Daniel Boone

American hunter and explorer (born 1734)

Daniel Boone was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the…

1820

José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero

Marquis of Torre Tagle, Peruvian soldier and politician, 2nd President of Peru (born 1779)

José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle, was a Peruvian soldier and politician who served as the Interim President of Peru in 1823 as well as the second President of Peru from 1823 to 1824. He…

1825

Teresa Casati

Italian noblewomen and revolutionary (born 1787)

Teresa Casati Confalonieri was an Italian noblewoman and revolutionist. She is known as the wife of revolutionist Federico Confalonieri, sister of former Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Gabrio Casati, and as…

1830

Thomas Clarkson

English abolitionist (born 1760)

Thomas Clarkson was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade and helped achieve passage…

1846

August Ferdinand Möbius

German mathematician and astronomer (born 1790)

August Ferdinand Möbius was a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.

1868

Hermann Grassmann

German mathematician and physicist (born 1809)

Hermann Günther Grassmann was a German polymath known in his day as a linguist and now also as a mathematician. He was also a physicist, general scholar, and publisher. His mathematical work was little noted until he…

1877

Levi Strauss

German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (born 1829)

Levi Strauss was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in 1853 in San Francisco, California.

1902

Lafcadio Hearn

Greek-Japanese author and academic (born 1850)

Yakumo Koizumi was a Greek and Irish writer, translator, and teacher whose work played a significant role in the introduction of the culture and literature of Japan to the mainstream Western world.

1904

John Fitzwilliam Stairs

Canadian businessman and politician (born 1848)

John Fitzwilliam Stairs, also known as John Fitz William Stairs was an entrepreneur and statesman, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a member of the prominent Stairs family of merchants and shippers founded by William…

1904

Charles Wade

Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (born 1863)

Sir Charles Gregory Wade KCMG, KC, JP was Premier of New South Wales 2 October 1907 – 21 October 1910.

1922

Andy Adams

American author (born 1859)

Andy Adams was an American writer of Western fiction.

1935

Iván Persa

Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (born 1861)

Iván Persa was a Hungarian Slovene Roman Catholic priest and writer.

1935

Bessie Smith

American singer and actress (born 1894)

Bessie Smith was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" and formerly Queen of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s.…

1937

Henri Fertet

French Resistance fighter (born 1926)

Henri Claude Fertet was a French schoolboy and resistance fighter who was executed by the German occupying forces during World War II. He was posthumously awarded several national honours. He is known for the letter he…

1943

Béla Bartók

Hungarian pianist and composer (born 1881)

Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest…

1945

William Strunk Jr.

American author and educator (born 1869)

William Strunk Jr. was an American professor of English at Cornell University and the author of The Elements of Style (1918). After his former student E. B. White revised and extended the book, The Elements of Style…

1946

Hugh Lofting

English-American author and poet (born 1886)

Hugh John Lofting was an English-American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician talking to animals, based in an English…

1947

Hans Cloos

German geologist and academic (born 1885)

Hans Cloos was a prominent German structural geologist.

1951

George Santayana

Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (born 1863)

George Santayana was a Spanish and U.S. philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Born in Spain, he moved to the United States at the age of eight.

1952

Xu Beihong

Chinese painter and educator (born 1895)

Xu Beihong, also known as Ju Péon, was a Chinese painter.

1953

Ellen Roosevelt

American tennis player (born 1868)

Ellen Crosby Roosevelt was an American tennis player. Roosevelt was a daughter of John Aspinwall Roosevelt, an estate proprietor, and Ellen Murray Crosby. She started playing tennis with her sister Grace in 1879 when…

1954

Arthur Powell Davies

American minister and author (born 1902)

Arthur Powell Davies was an English and American minister and theologian. He served as the minister of All Souls Church, Unitarian in Washington, D.C. from 1944 until his death in 1957. A prolific author of theological…

1957

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike

Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1899)

Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike, also known as "The Silver Bell of Asia", was a Sri Lankan statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon, serving from 1956 until his assassination…

1959

Leslie Morshead

Australian general (born 1889)

Lieutenant General Sir Leslie James Morshead, was an Australian soldier, teacher, businessman, and farmer, whose military career spanned both world wars. During the Second World War, he led the Australian and British…

1959

Teodor Ussisoo

Estonian furniture designer and educator (born 1878)

Teodor Ussisoo was an Estonian pedagogue, furniture designer, and interior architect.

1959

Charles Erwin Wilson

American politician, 5th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1890)

Charles Erwin Wilson was an American engineer and businessman who served as United States Secretary of Defense from 1953 to 1957 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Known as "Engine Charlie", he was previously the…

1961

James Fitzmaurice

Irish soldier and pilot (born 1898)

James Michael Christopher Fitzmaurice DFC was an Irish aviation pioneer. He was a member of the crew of the Bremen, which made the first successful trans-Atlantic aircraft flight from East to West on 12–13 April 1928.

1965

Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin

Polish-Israeli neurologist and physician (born 1902)

Ben Shlomo Lipman-Heilprin was an Israeli physician and director of the Neurology Department of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.

1968

Daniel Johnson Sr.

Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (born 1915)

Francis Daniel Johnson Sr. was a Canadian politician and the 20th premier of Quebec from 1966 until his death in 1968.

1968

Władysław Kędra

Polish pianist (born 1918)

Władysław Kędra was a Polish pianist.

1968

Charles Correll

American actor and screenwriter (born 1890)

Charles James Correll was an American radio comedian, actor and writer who was best known for his work in the radio Amos 'n' Andy radio series with Freeman Gosden. Correll voiced the main character, Andy Brown, along…

1972

Samuel Flagg Bemis

American historian and author (born 1891)

Samuel Flagg Bemis was an American historian and biographer. For many years he taught at Yale University. He was also president of the American Historical Association and a specialist in American diplomatic history. He…

1973

Ralph Earnhardt

American race car driver (born 1928)

Ralph Lee Earnhardt was an American stock car racer and patriarch of the Earnhardt racing family. He was the father of seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt, grandfather of Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley…

1973

Anna Magnani

Italian actress and singer (born 1908)

Anna Maria Magnani was an Italian actress. She was the first Italian woman to win an Academy Award.

1973

Leopold Ružička

Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)

Leopold Ružička was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" "including the first chemical synthesis of male sex hormones." He…

1976

Uday Shankar

Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1900)

Uday Shankar was an Indian dancer and choreographer, best known for creating a fusion style of dance, adapting European theatrical techniques to Indian classical dance, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk,…

1977

Manne Siegbahn

Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1886)

Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn was a Swedish physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1924 "for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy."

1978

Arthur Hunnicutt

American actor (born 1910)

Arthur Lee Hunnicutt was an American actor known for his portrayal of old, wise, grizzled rural characters. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Big Sky (1952). He…

1979

Alec Hurwood

Australian cricketer (born 1902)

Alexander Hurwood, was an Australian cricketer who played in two Tests in the 1930–31 season.

1982

Paquirri

Spanish bullfighter (born 1948)

Francisco Rivera Pérez, better known as Paquirri, was a Spanish bullfighter. He died after being gored by a bull named Avispado at the Pozoblanco bullring. During his career, he was six times borne shoulder-high out…

1984

John Facenda

American sportscaster (born 1913)

John Thomas Ralph Augustine James Facenda was an American broadcaster and sports announcer. He was a fixture on Philadelphia radio and television for decades, and achieved national fame as a narrator for NFL Films and…

1984

Ramang

Indonesian footballer and manager (born 1928)

Andi Ramang was an Indonesian footballer who played as a forward, who was considered one of the most influential players in the country in the 1950s and 1960s. He was also referred to as Rusli Ramang in official FIFA…

1987

Herbert Tichy

Austrian geologist, journalist, and mountaineer (born 1912)

Herbert Tichy was an Austrian writer, geologist, journalist and climber.

1987

Branko Zebec

Croatian and Yugoslav football player and coach (born 1929)

Branislav "Branko" Zebec was a Croatian footballer and manager who played for Yugoslavia.

1988

Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay

Indian singer-songwriter and producer (born 1920)

Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, known professionally as Hemanta Mukherjee and Hemant Kumar, was an Indian music director and a playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, along with several other Indian languages,…

1989

Hiram Abas

Turkish intelligence officer (born 1932)

Hiram Abas was a Turkish intelligence official in the National Intelligence Organization (MIT). He retired after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état, but returned in August 1986 as deputy to MIT chief Hayri Ündül, retiring…

1990

Alberto Moravia

Italian author and critic (born 1907)

Alberto Pincherle, known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia, was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his…

1990

Billy Vaughn

American singer and bandleader (born 1919)

William Vaughn, popularly known as Billy Vaughn was an American musician, singer, multi-instrumentalist, orchestra leader, and A&R man for Dot Records.

1991

Kalju Pitksaar

Estonian chess player (born 1931)

Kalju Pitksaar was an Estonian chess player, who won the Estonian Chess Championship.

1995

Nicu Ceaușescu

Romanian politician (born 1951)

Nicu Ceaușescu was a Romanian physicist and communist politician who was the youngest child of Romanian leaders Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu. He was a close associate of his father's political regime and considered the…

1996

Dorothy Kingsley

American screenwriter and producer (born 1909)

Dorothy Kingsley was an American screenwriter, who worked extensively in film, radio, and television.

1997

Betty Carter

American singer (born 1930)

Betty Carter was an American jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative interpretation of lyrics and melodies.…

1998

Oseola McCarty

American philanthropist (born 1908)

Oseola McCarty was a local washerwoman in Hattiesburg, Mississippi who became The University of Southern Mississippi's (USM) most famous benefactor.

1999

Richard Mulligan

American actor (born 1932)

Richard Mulligan was an American character actor. He was known for his roles in the sitcoms Soap (1977–1981) and Empty Nest (1988–1995). Mulligan was the winner of two Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe Award (1989). He…

2000

Baden Powell de Aquino

Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1937)

Baden Powell de Aquino, known professionally as Baden Powell, was a Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer. He combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing. He performed in many styles, including…

2000

Nils Bohlin

Swedish engineer, invented three-point safety belt (born 1920)

Nils Ivar Bohlin was a Swedish mechanical engineer and inventor who invented the three-point safety belt while working at Volvo.

2002

Shawn Lane

American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1963)

Shawn Lane was an American musician who released two studio albums and collaborated with a variety of musicians including Ringo Starr, Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Reggie Young, Joe…

2003

Robert Palmer

English singer-songwriter (born 1949)

Robert Allen Palmer was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful and soulful voice, sartorial elegance, and stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, reggae, and blues. His…

2003

Marianna Komlos

Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (born 1969)

Marianna Komlos was a Canadian bodybuilder, fitness model and professional wrestling manager. She is perhaps best known for her stint in World Wrestling Federation in 1999 as Marianna and "Mrs. Cleavage", where she was…

2004

Helen Cresswell

English author and screenwriter (born 1934)

Helen Cresswell was an English television scriptwriter and author of more than 100 children's books, best known for comedy and supernatural fiction. Her most popular book series, Lizzie Dripping and The Bagthorpe Saga,…

2005

Byron Nelson

American golfer and coach (born 1912)

John Byron Nelson Jr. was an American professional golfer between 1935 and 1946, widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time.

2006

Iva Toguri D'Aquino

American wartime propaganda broadcaster (born 1916)

Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino was an American citizen visiting Japan when World War II began. Unable to return to the United States, she risked her life smuggling food to American service men held in prisoner of war camps.

2006

Bill Wirtz

American businessman (born 1929)

William Wadsworth Wirtz was the chief executive officer and controlling shareholder of the family-owned Wirtz Corporation. He was best known as the owner of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League, who are…

2007

Marc Moulin

Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (born 1942)

Marc Moulin was a Belgian musician and journalist. In the early-mid seventies, he was the leader of the jazz-rock group Placebo. He went on to become a member of the avant-rock band Aksak Maboul in 1977 and also formed…

2008

Paul Newman

American actor, director, producer, and businessman (born 1925)

Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He has been described as "one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars". He was the recipient of numerous…

2008

Terry Newton

English rugby player (born 1978)

Terry Newton was an English professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker. He began his professional career with Leeds Rhinos in 1996, before joining his hometown club Wigan Warriors in 2000. He later also…

2010

Gloria Stuart

American actress (born 1910)

Gloria Frances Stuart was an American actress, visual artist and activist. She was known for her roles in pre-code films, and garnered renewed fame late in life for her portrayal of Rose Dawson Calvert in James…

2010

Bob Cassilly

American sculptor, founded the City Museum (born 1949)

Robert James Cassilly Jr. was an American sculptor, entrepreneur, and creative director based in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1997, Cassilly founded the idiosyncratic City Museum, which draws over 700,000 visitors a year and…

2011

M'el Dowd

American actress and singer (born 1933)

Mary Ellen Dowd was an American stage, musical theatre and film actress, and singer, whose career spanned half a century. Beginning in Shakespeare roles and films in the 1950s, Dowd continued to perform on stage, film…

2012

Sylvia Fedoruk

Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (born 1927)

Sylvia Olga Fedoruk was a Canadian physicist, medical physicist, curler and the 17th lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, from 1988 to 1994.

2012

Eugene Genovese

American historian and author (born 1930)

Eugene Dominic Genovese was an American historian of the American South and American slavery. He was noted for bringing a Marxist perspective to the study of power, class and relations between planters and slaves in the…

2012

Sam Steiger

American journalist and politician (born 1929)

Samuel Steiger was an American politician, journalist, political pundit. He served five terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Arizona State Senate, and one term as mayor of Prescott,…

2012

Azizan Abdul Razak

Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (born 1944)

Azizan bin Abdul Razak was a Malaysian politician who served as the 10th Menteri Besar of the state of Kedah from 2008 to 2013. A member of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), he was the first Chief Minister of Kedah…

2013

Seánie Duggan

Irish hurler (born 1922)

Seán "Seánie" Duggan was an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper for the Galway senior team.

2013

Sos Sargsyan

Armenian actor and director (born 1929)

Sos Artashesi Sargsyan was a prominent Armenian actor, director and writer.

2013

Jim Boeke

American football player and coach (born 1938)

James Frederick Boeke was an American professional football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams, Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints. He played college football at…

2014

Sam Hall

American screenwriter (born 1921)

Allison Samuel Hall, known as Sam Hall, was a screenwriter known for his work in daytime soap operas, particularly Dark Shadows and One Life to Live. Hall also co-wrote the 1976 PBS miniseries The Adams Chronicles.

2014

Gerald Neugebauer

American astronomer and physicist (born 1932)

Gerhart Otto "Gerry" Neugebauer was an American astronomer known for his pioneering work in infrared astronomy.

2014

Tamir Sapir

Georgian-American businessman (born 1946)

Tamir Sapir was a Georgian-born, Georgian-American businessman, real estate developer and investor. He was the founder of the Sapir Organization, a real estate investment firm based in New York City. Sapir originally…

2014

Eudóxia Maria Froehlich

Brazilian zoologist (born 1928)

Eudóxia Maria Froehlich was a Brazilian zoologist.

2015

Sidney Phillips

American soldier, physician, and author (born 1924)

Sidney Clarke Phillips, Jr. was a United States Marine, family practice physician, and author from Mobile, Alabama. He provided source material and interviews for the making of Ken Burns' PBS documentary film The War…

2015

Ana Seneviratne

Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (born 1927)

Ganegoda Appuhamelage Don Edmund Ananda Seneviratne was a Sri Lankan police officer. He was the former Inspector-General of Police, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Malaysia, former adviser to Cabinet Minister of…

2015

Toughie

last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (h. fl. 2005)

Toughie was the last known living Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog. The species, scientifically known as Ecnomiohyla rabborum, is thought to be extinct, as the last specimen—Toughie—died in captivity on September 26, 2016.

2016

Jacques Chirac

French politician, President of France (born 1932)

Jacques René Chirac was President of France from 1995 to 2007. He was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988, as well as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.

2019

John Ashton

American actor (born 1948)

John David Ashton was an American actor, known for his roles in the Beverly Hills Cop films, Some Kind of Wonderful, and Midnight Run.

2024

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