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Notable Deaths on September 6
115 people
394 – 2025
September 6 has seen 115 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 394 – 2025. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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2024 — Cathy Merrick
Canadian First Nations leader (born 1961/1962)
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In October 2022, Merrick became the first woman to be elected Grand Chief to the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, succeeding Arlen Dumas
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Merrick began her political career in 2001 as a Councillor for her home Nation of Pimicikamak Cree Nation; she served in that position for 12 years
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As Chief, Merrick supported the development of a $55 million healthcare centre within the community
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Catherine Ann Merrick was a Cree woman from Pimicikamak Cree Nation and the Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
394
Khitan ruler (born 872)
Abaoji, posthumously known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Liao, was a Khitan leader and the founding emperor of the Liao dynasty of China, ruling from 916 to 926. He had a sinicised name, Yelü Yi or Liu Yi;…
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1276
Byzantine admiral and diplomat
Demetrios Laskaris Leontares or Leontarios was an important Byzantine statesman and military leader of the early 15th century, serving under the emperors Manuel II Palaiologos and John VIII Palaiologos.
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1431
Japanese shōgun (born 1481)
Ashikaga Yoshizumi was the 11th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who reigned from 1494 to 1508 during the Muromachi period of Japan. He was the son of Ashikaga Masatomo and grandson of the sixth shōgun Ashikaga…
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1511
47th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (born c.1477)
Fra' Juan de Homedes y Coscón was a Spanish knight of Aragon who served as the 47th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, between 1536 and 1553.
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1553
Ottoman sultan (born 1494)
Suleiman I, commonly known as Suleiman the Magnificent, was the Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566. The longest reign among the Ottoman sultans, his rule brought about a notable peak in the Ottoman Empire's economic,…
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1566
Scottish historian and scholar (born 1579)
Thomas Dempster was a Scottish scholar and historian. Born into the aristocracy in Aberdeenshire, which comprises regions of both the Scottish Highlands and the Scottish Lowlands, he was sent abroad as a youth for his…
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1625
Dutch mathematician and astronomer (born 1571)
Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Metius, was a Dutch geometer and astronomer born in Alkmaar. The name "Metius" comes from the Dutch word meten ("measuring"), and therefore means something like "measurer" or "surveyor".
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1635
English geographer and explorer (born 1574)
Sir Robert Dudley was an English explorer and cartographer. In 1594, he led an expedition to the West Indies, of which he wrote an account. The illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, he inherited the…
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1649
French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (born 1619)
Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a French statesman who served as First Minister of State from 1661 until his death in 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His lasting impact on the organization of the country's politics and…
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1683
1st Baronet, English merchant and philanthropist, founded Morden College (born 1623)
Sir John Morden, 1st Baronet was a successful English merchant and philanthropist who also served briefly as an MP. He established Morden College in Blackheath, south-east London as a home for retired merchants; as a…
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1708
Italian actor and author (born 1710)
Carlo Antonio Bertinazzi, known as Carlin, was an Italian actor and author. He is known to have traveled with Giacomo Casanova's mother, Zanetta Farussi, to St Petersburg to perform for Empress Anna of Russia, only to…
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1783
1808
three-term mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (born 1781)
José Gaspar Flores de Abrego (1781–1836) was a Tejano who served three terms as the mayor of San Antonio, Texas. He was also a land commissioner and associate of Austin's early colonists. Gaspar Flores was a member of a…
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1836
American lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1797)
Pierre Adolphe Rost was a Louisiana politician, diplomat, lawyer, judge, and plantation owner.
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1868
Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (born 1819)
Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol was a Spanish lawyer, artist, journalist, newspaper publisher and engineer born in Figueres, Catalonia. He was the inventor of the first air-independent and combustion-engine-driven…
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1885
German-English businessman (born 1815)
Charles Jamrach was a leading dealer in wildlife, birds and shells in 19th-century London. He owned an exotic pet store on the Ratcliffe Highway in east London – at the time the largest such shop in the world. Jamrach's…
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1891
English chemist and engineer (born 1827)
Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, 1st Baronet was an English chemist who was recognised as the leading British authority on explosives. He is best known for the invention of cordite as a replacement for gunpowder in firearms.
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1902
French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1839)
René François Armand "Sully" Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist. He was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901.
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1907
English admiral and politician (born 1846)
Admiral Charles William de la Poer Beresford, 1st Baron Beresford,, styled Lord Charles Beresford between 1859 and 1916, was a British admiral and Member of Parliament.
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1919
American target shooter and geographer (born 1855)
William A. Libbey III was an American professor of physical geography at Princeton University. He was twice a member of the U.S. Olympic Rifle Team, and rose to the rank of colonel in the New Jersey National Guard. He…
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1927
English race car driver and pilot (born 1907)
John Stuart Hindmarsh was an English racing driver and aviator.
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1938
English illustrator (born 1867)
Arthur Rackham was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were…
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1939
Thomas Harte was the first of seven Irish Republican Army (IRA) members executed by Irish forces in Mountjoy Prison and Portlaoise Prison prisons between 1940 and 1944.
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1940
Patrick MacGrath was born into an old Dublin republican family and took part in the 1916 Rising, as did two of his brothers. He was sent to Frongoch Internment Camp after the 1916 Rising and served his time there. He…
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1940
American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (born 1864)
James Cannon Jr. was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1918. He was a prominent leader in the temperance movement in the United States in the 1920s, until derailed by scandal. H. L.…
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1944
American admiral (born 1884)
John Sidney "Slew" McCain Sr. was a United States Navy admiral and the patriarch of the McCain military family. McCain held several commands during the Pacific War of World War II and was a pioneer of aircraft carrier…
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1945
Chinese communist activist (born 1904)
Song Qiyun was a Chinese journalist and member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Born in Pi County, Jiangsu, to a poor family, he attended the Sixth Normal School but left teaching in 1926 to join the military. As a…
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1949
Chinese child internee (born 1941)
Song Zhenzhong, popularly known as Little Radish Head, was the son of Chinese Communist Party members Song Qiyun and Xu Linxia. Held by the Kuomintang for the majority of his life, he was killed together with his…
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1949
1949
Chinese general (born 1893)
Yang Hucheng was a Chinese general during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang (KMT) general during the Chinese Civil War. He was a main supporter of Zhang Xueliang during the Xi'an Incident in late 1936,…
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1949
English philosopher and author (born 1886)
William Olaf Stapledon was an English philosopher and author of science fiction. In 2014, he was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
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1950
American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (born 1867)
James Watson Gerard III was an American lawyer, diplomat, and justice of the New York Supreme Court.
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1951
English actress, singer, and dancer (born 1898)
Gertrude Lawrence was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York.
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1952
Polish mathematician (born 1904)
Witold Hurewicz was a Polish mathematician who worked in topology.
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1956
North Korean painter (born 1916)
Lee Jung-seob was a Korean artist most known for his oil paintings, such as White Ox.
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1956
English actor (born 1877)
Edmund Gwenn was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street (1947), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the…
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1959
English actress and comedian (born 1927)
Justine Kay Kendall McCarthy was an English actress and singer. She began her film career in the musical film London Town (1946), a financial failure. Kendall worked regularly until her appearance in the comedy film…
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1959
German-Austrian composer (born 1898)
Hanns Eisler was a German-Austrian composer. He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, for his long artistic association with Bertolt Brecht, and for the scores he wrote for films. The…
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1962
Japanese tennis player (born 1892)
Seiichiro Kashio was a tennis player from Japan, and with Ichiya Kumagae was one of the first Japanese Olympic medalists. He won the 1919 Canadian Open by defeating United States player Walter Wesbrook 3–6, 6–3, 6–1,…
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1962
American nurse, educator, and activist (born 1879)
Margaret Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, founded Planned Parenthood, and was instrumental in the…
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1966
Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1901)
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, also known as H. F. Verwoerd, was a Dutch-born South African politician, academic, and newspaper editor who served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966.
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1966
Brazilian footballer (born 1892)
Arthur Friedenreich was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He was nicknamed The Tiger or Golden Foot. He played for the Brazil national team and was a record nine times top scorer of the state…
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1969
Luttif Afif was a Palestinian militant who commanded the Munich massacre, a terrorist attack in the Munich Olympic Village on 5 September 1972.
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1972
David Mark Berger was an American and Israeli Olympic weightlifter, and one of the 11 Israeli Olympians taken hostage and killed by the Palestinian group Black September during the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer…
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1972
Ze'ev Friedman was an Israeli flyweight weightlifter. A member of the Israeli Olympic team, he was killed in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.
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1972
Yossef Gutfreund was an Israeli wrestling judge for his country's 1972 Olympic team. He was murdered in the Munich massacre by Black September terrorists along with 10 other members of the Israeli team.
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1972
Eliezer Halfin was a Soviet-born wrestler with the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Along with 10 other athletes and coaches he was taken hostage and later murdered by Palestinian…
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1972
Amitzur Shapira was an Israeli sprinter and long jumper. He was head coach for the Israeli track and field team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. He was killed in the Munich massacre.
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1972
Kehat Shorr was the shooting coach for the 1972 Israeli Olympic team. He was one of the 11 members of Israel's Olympic team killed in the Munich massacre.
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1972
Mark Slavin was an Israeli Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler and victim of the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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1972
Andre Spitzer was an Israeli fencing master and coach of Israel's 1972 Summer Olympics team. He was one of 11 athletes and coaches taken hostage and subsequently killed by terrorists in the Munich massacre.
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1972
Yakov Springer was a wrestler and a weightlifting coach and judge but is best known as one of the victims of the Munich massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
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1972
Russian-Swiss actress and ballerina (born 1896)
Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova, known professionally as Olga Baclanova, was a Russian-born actress who found success in Hollywood films, as well as stage roles in the US and the United Kingdom, she was mainly billed as an…
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1974
American actor (born 1885)
Otto Kruger was an American actor. Originally a Broadway matinée idol, he established a niche as a charming villain in films, such as in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942) and Douglas Sirk's Magnificent Obsession…
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1974
French tennis player (born 1882)
Maxime Omer Mathieu Décugis, sometimes spellt Decugis was a French tennis player. He won the French Championships eight times. He also won three Olympic medals at the 1900 Paris Olympics and the 1920 Antwerp Olympics,…
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1978
American record producer (born 1931)
Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr. was an American record producer. He is best known for his work in the 1960s with artists such as Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Simon & Garfunkel, the Velvet…
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1978
German cobbler and entrepreneur, founded Adidas (born 1900)
Adolf "Adi" Dassler was a German cobbler, inventor, and businessman who founded the sportswear company Adidas.
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1978
English organist and composer (born 1910)
Ronald Binge was a British composer and arranger of light music. He arranged many of Mantovani's most famous pieces before composing his own music, which included Elizabethan Serenade and Sailing By.
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1979
Turkish archaeologist, author, and academic (born 1915)
Azra Erhat was a Turkish author, archaeologist, academic, classical philologist, and translator. A pioneer of Turkish Humanism, Azra Erhat is especially well known for her published works, including many translations…
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1982
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1914)
Ernest Dale Tubb, nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked the rise of the…
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1984
Italian conductor and composer (born 1911)
Franco Ferrara was an Italian conductor and teacher. Among his many students are various prominent conductors, including Roberto Abbado, Riccardo Chailly, Andrew Davis and Riccardo Muti.
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1985
American actress (born 1896)
Sarah Blanche Sweet was an American silent film actress who began her career in the early days of the motion picture film industry. Throughout her career, Sweet appeared in 121 silent films and three sound films.
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1986
American wrestler (born 1950)
Roland C. Daniels, better known by his ring name "Bad Bad" Leroy Brown, was an American professional wrestler. He took his ring name from the Jim Croce song "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown", which also became his theme song for…
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1988
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
Thomas Richard Fogerty was an American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
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1990
English cricketer and soldier (born 1916)
Sir Leonard Hutton was an English cricketer. He played as an opening batsman for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1934 to 1955 and for England in 79 Test matches between 1937 and 1955. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack…
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1990
American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (born 1912)
Henry Ephron was an American playwright, screenwriter and film producer. He often worked with his wife, Phoebe and was active as a writer from the early 1940s through the early 1960s.
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1992
English pianist (born 1944)
Nicholas Christian Hopkins was an English pianist and organist. He performed on many British and American rock music recordings from the 1960s to the 1990s, including on songs recorded by the Beatles, the Rolling…
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1994
American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1908)
Max Kaminsky was an American jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
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1994
English author and broadcaster (born 1918)
Percy Howard Newby CBE was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. He was the first winner of the Booker Prize, his novel Something to Answer For having received the inaugural award in 1969.
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1997
Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker who directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades. With a bold and dynamic style strongly influenced by Western cinema yet distinct from it, he is widely regarded as…
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1998
American-Filipino singer-songwriter, actor, and journalist (born 1952)
Richard Vincent Macaraeg, better known as Ric Segreto, was an American-born Filipino singer, songwriter, actor, teacher, journalist and historian, who became popular in the Philippines.
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1998
1998
Nauruan politician, 3rd President of Nauru (born 1938)
Lagumot Gagiemem Nimidere Harris was a political figure from the Pacific nation of the Republic of Nauru, and served as its President. He was a cousin of René Harris, who also became Nauru president subsequently.
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1999
Indonesian general (born 1918)
Abdul Haris Nasution was a high-ranking Indonesian general and politician. He served in the military during the Indonesian National Revolution and remained in the military during the subsequent turmoil of the…
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2000
Pakistani journalist and poet (born 1929)
Hasan Abidi was a Pakistani journalist, writer, political activist and an Urdu language poet.
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2005
Dominican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Dominica (born 1919)
Dame Mary Eugenia Charles was a Dominican politician who was Prime Minister of Dominica from 21 July 1980 until 14 June 1995. The first woman lawyer in Dominica, she was Dominica's first, and to date only, woman prime…
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2005
American author and poet (born 1918)
Madeleine L'Engle was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, and An…
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2007
Italian tenor (born 1935)
Luciano Pavarotti was an Italian operatic tenor who during the late part of his career crossed over into popular music, eventually becoming one of the most acclaimed tenors of all time. He made numerous recordings of…
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2007
American actress (born 1910)
Anita Page was an American film actress who reached stardom in the final years of the silent film era.
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2008
Irish-Australian author (born 1929)
Catherine Gaskin was an Irish–Australian romance novelist.
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2009
Russian painter (born 1926)
Boris Alexandrovitch Chetkov was a Russian painter and glass artist whose works ranged across genres but can be loosely aligned with Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism and Figurative Expressionism. His theories on…
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2010
English director and editor (born 1926)
Clive Stanley Donner was a British film director who was part of the British New Wave, directing films such as The Caretaker, Nothing but the Best, What's New Pussycat?, and Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush. He also…
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2010
American author, founded Project Gutenberg (born 1947)
Michael Stern Hart was an American author credited with the invention of the e-book, and who founded Project Gutenberg (PG), the first project to make e-books freely available via the Internet. He published e-books via…
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2011
German architect (born 1921)
Elisabeth Böhm née Haggenmüller was a German architect who frequently worked together with her husband, Gottfried Böhm.
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2012
Scottish scout leader, founded World Federation of Independent Scouts (born 1931)
Lawrence 'Lawrie' Dring was a British Scouter who was one of the founding members of the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association (BPSA) and of the World Federation of Independent Scouts (WFIS). He was President of the BPSA at…
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2012
Argentine footballer and manager (born 1930)
Oscar Pablo Rossi, nicknamed Coco, was an Argentine association football player. During his career in the 1950s and 1960s Rossi played for several clubs from Buenos Aires and was member of the Argentine squad in the…
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2012
American author (born 1950)
Ann Carol Crispin was an American science fiction writer and the author of 23 published novels. She wrote several Star Trek and Star Wars novelizations; she also created an original science fiction series called…
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2013
Burmese economist and scholar (born 1926)
Khin Maung Kyi was a Burmese economist and scholar. He also served as a government consultant to several of Burma's ministries.
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2013
Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach (born 1939)
Santiago Rosario was a Puerto Rican first baseman and corner outfielder who played briefly for the Kansas City Athletics during the 1965 season. Listed at 5' 11", 165 lb., Rosario batted and threw left handed. He was…
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2013
Norwegian bishop and theologian (born 1941)
Odd Bondevik was a Norwegian theologian who was the Bishop of the Diocese of Møre in the Church of Norway from 17 November 1991 until retirement in 2008. He also served as Preses of the Bishop's Conference of the Church…
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2014
Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1933)
Seth Martin was a Canadian ice hockey goalie. He played 30 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues during the 1967–68 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1953 to 1973, was spent in…
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2014
Belarusian chess player and educator (born 1919)
Kira Alekseyevna Zvorykina was a Soviet chess player who spent many years living in Belarus. She was a three-time winner of the Women's Soviet Championship. In 2018, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.
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2014
Scottish footballer (born 1961)
Ralph Milne was a Scottish professional footballer whose clubs included Dundee United, Charlton Athletic, Bristol City and Manchester United. He played as both an attacking midfielder or a winger.
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2015
American actor (born 1931)
Martin Sam Milner was an American actor and radio host. He is best known for his performances on two television series: Route 66, which aired on CBS from 1960 to 1964, and Adam-12, which aired on NBC from 1968 to 1975.
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2015
Australian journalist and television host (born 1944)
Peter Anthony Luck was an Australian author, TV journalist, producer and presenter.
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2017
American feminist author and activist (born 1934)
Katherine Murray Millett was an American feminist writer, educator, artist, and activist. She attended the University of Oxford and was the first American woman to be awarded a degree with first-class honors after…
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2017
American billionaire businessman (born 1926)
Richard Marvin DeVos Sr. was an American billionaire businessman, co-founder of Amway with Jay Van Andel, and owner of the Orlando Magic basketball team. In 2012, Forbes magazine listed him as the 60th wealthiest person…
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2018
English actress (born 1930)
Elizabeth Joan Winch, known professionally as Liz Fraser, was a British film actress, best known for being cast in provocative comedy roles.
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2018
American actor, director and producer (born 1936)
Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. was an American actor most famous during the 1970s and '80s. He became well known in television series such as Gunsmoke (1962–1965), Hawk (1966) and Dan August (1970–1971). He had leading roles…
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2018
Zimbabwean politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe (born 1924)
Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until he was deposed in a coup in 2017. He served as the first Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from internationally recognised…
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2019
2020
French actor (born 1933)
Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo was a French actor, producer and distributor. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s thanks to the success of the film Breathless (1960), he also acted in other films that…
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2021
American actor (born 1966)
Michael Kenneth Williams was an American actor. He rose to fame for his acclaimed portrayals of Omar Little on the HBO drama series The Wire (2002–2008), Albert "Chalky" White on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire…
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2021
Turkish-American activist (born 1998)
On 6 September 2024, 26-year-old Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, a U.S. and Turkish dual citizen, was shot and killed by Israeli military forces during a protest against illegal Israeli settlements near Nablus in the…
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2024
German visual artist (born 1944)
Rebecca Horn was a German visual artist best known for her installation art, film directing and body modifications such as Einhorn (Unicorn), a body-suit with a very large horn projecting vertically from the headpiece.…
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2024
American songwriter (born 1944)
Wilbur Herschel Jennings was an American lyricist. He wrote the lyrics for the songs "Up Where We Belong", "Higher Love", "Tears in Heaven", "My Heart Will Go On" and "Valerie". He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall…
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2024
English musician (born 1944)
Richard Davies was an English musician best known as founder, vocalist and keyboardist of the rock band Supertramp. Davies was the band's only constant member and wrote or co-wrote songs including "Bloody Well Right",…
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2025
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Cathy Merrick — Canadian Cree politician (1961–2024)
FeaturedCathy Merrick
Death year2024
Known forMerrick began her political career in 2001 as a Councillor for her home Nation of Pimicikamak Cree Nation; she served in that position for 12 years
Deaths on this date115 (394 – 2025)
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2022
Boris Johnson resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and is replaced by Liz Truss. Their meetings with Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle were the Queen's final official duties before her death two days later. Wikipedia →
2022
Russo-Ukrainian war: Ukraine begins its Kharkiv counteroffensive, surprising Russian forces and retaking over 3,000 square kilometers of land, recapturing the entire Kharkiv Oblast west of the Oskil River, within the next week. Wikipedia →
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Supreme Court of India decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands. Wikipedia →
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