Famous Deaths on September 28

Roman political and military leader (1st Triumvirate and Consul), dies at 59

Roman noblewoman who was wife and adviser to Roman Emperor Augustus and mother of Emperor Tiberius, dies at around 87

• 935 Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (921-935), assassinated at around 28 in a plot by his younger brother, Boleslaus the Cruel
• 1104 Pedro I, King of Navarra and Aragon, dies
• 1197 Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, dies in Messina, Sicily
• 1296 Adolf VIII, Count of Berg (1259-96), dies imprisoned at about 56
• 1429 Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria
• 1509 Siwara/Sjoerd Aylva, Fries army leader (siege of Franeker)
• 1582 George Buchanan, Scottish historian (b. 1506)
• 1618 Gilles van Ledenberg, Secretary of Utrecht States (1588-1618), commits suicide at 68
• 1618 Joshua Sylvester, English poet (b. 1563)
• 1649 Ottavio Vernizzi, Italian composer, dies at 79
• 1652 Jan Asselijn, Dutch landscape painter and etcher, dies at about 42
• 1657 Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, 6th and youngest daughter of William of Orange, dies at 75
• 1667 Jacobus Golius, Dutch mathematician and Arabic translator, dies at 71
• 1687 Francis Turretin, Swiss theologian (b. 1623)
• 1694 Gabriel Mouton, French abbot and mathematician, dies at about 76
• 1702 Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland and politician (English Prime Minister 1687-88), dies at 61
• 1742 Jean Baptiste Massillon, French churchman, dies at 79
• 1757 Andrea Zani, Italian composer and violinist, dies at 60
• 1759 Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter and cartoonist, dies at 67
• 1781 William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (b. 1717)
• 1789 Thomas Day, British author and abolitionist (The History of Sandford and Merton), killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire at 41
• 1810 John Archer, American Congressman who received the 1st medical diploma issued on US continent (1768), dies at 69
• 1815 Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist and geographer (volcanos), dies at 90
• 1819 Karl Haack, German composer, dies at 68
• 1833 Lemuel Haynes, American clergyman (1st black man ordained as a minister in the US) and Revolutionary War veteran, dies at 88
• 1844 Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and statesman (b. 1769)
• 1851 Allen Frances Gardiner, British naval officer and Anglican missionary (Port Natal, Zululand; Patagonia), dies of starvation on Picton Island at about 57 [exact date unconfirmed]
• 1852 Johann Friedrich Schwencke, German organist and composer, dies at 60
• 1859 Rinse Posthumus, Frisian writer and poet, dies at 68
• 1864 Peguis, Saulteaux Indian chief (assisted early settlers in Red River, signed The Selkirk Treaty), dies (b. c. 1774) [1]
• 1868 Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Jr., American attorney, and Confederate Army Major General, assassinated at 40
• 1869 Guglielmo Libri, Italian mathematician, dies at 66
• 1869 Gugliemo Libri [della Somaia], Italian mathematician and book lover who stole 30,000 books, dies at 66
• 1873 Emile Gaboriau, French writer (father of the French detective novels), dies at 37
• 1875 Aleksei K. Tolstoi, Russian poet and writer, dies at 58 [OS]
• 1879 Nathan Cook Meeker, American journalist and social reformer, murdered by Ute Indians at 62
• 1881 John Milton Bernhisel, American physician, politician and Latter Day Saints figure, dies at 82
• 1884 Fred Morley, English cricket fast bowler, (4 Tests, 16 wickets, BB 5/56; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 33

American author (Moby-Dick, Billy Budd), dies at 72

French bacteriologist (invented pasteurization), dies at 72

• 1899 Giovanni Segantini, Italian landscape painter (The Bad Mothers), dies of peritonitis at 41

French writer and critic (J'accuse), dies at 62

• 1903 Jesús de Monasterio, Spanish violinist, conductor, composer, and pedagogue (Madrid Conservatory, 1857-1903), dies at 67
• 1907 Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907), dies at 81
• 1911 Louis Pincoffs, Dutch businessman and politician (1st-Chamber), dies
• 1914 Richard Warren Sears, American businessman (Sears, Roebuck and Company), dies at 50
• 1914 Stevan Mokranjac [Stojanović], Serbian cellist, educator and composer of choral music (Garlands), dies at 58
• 1914 Þorsteinn Erlingsson, Icelandic poet (Pyrnar), dies at 56
• 1915 Saitou Hajime, 3rd squad leader of the Shinsengumi died under name of Goro Fujita (b. 1844)
• 1917 T. E. Hulme, English writer and poet, dies at 34
• 1918 Eduard von Keyserling, Baltic German writer (Dritte Stiege), dies at 63
• 1918 Freddie Stowers, American soldier (b. 1896)
• 1918 Georg Simmel, German sociologist and philosopher, dies at 60
• 1922 Andrejs Jurjans, Latvia's first professional classical composer, dies at 65
• 1930 Daniel Guggenheim, American mining magnate and philanthropist, dies at 74
• 1931 Sylvain Dupuis, Belgian conductor, composer, (Le Chant de la Création), and music educator, dies at 74
• 1932 Emil Orlik, Czech painter, etcher and lithographer, dies at 62
• 1935 William Kennedy Dickson, Scottish inventor (devised an early motion picture camera), dies at 75
• 1938 Charles Duryea, American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company, first auto built in the US), dies at 76
• 1938 Con Conrad, American songwriter and producer, dies at 48
• 1939 Felicjan Szopski, Polish composer, dies at 74
• 1942 Eva Thatcher, American actress, dies at 80
• 1943 Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer (played in South Africa's 1st 3 tests), dies at 77
• 1943 Fritzi Brunette, American actress, dies at 53
• 1946 Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies (b. 1875)
• 1947 Francisco Santiago, Filipino pianist, composer (Taga-ilog Symphony), conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 58
• 1947 William B. Davidson, American film actor dies at 59
• 1948 E. J. Ratcliffe, English stage and screen actor, dies at 85
• 1948 Gregg Toland, American influential cinematographer (Citizen Kane, Wuthering Heights), dies of coronary thrombosis at 44
• 1952 Paul Hastings Allen, American composer, dies at 68

American astronomer, first to announce existence of other galaxies, dies at 63

• 1954 Bert Lytell, American actor (One Man's Family), dies at 69
• 1954 George Harrison Shull, American plant geneticist, dies at 80
• 1955 Arthur Donaldson, Swedish American actor, dies at 86

• 1957 Albert Ascoli, Italian serologist and chemist (developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine), dies at 80
• 1957 Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, Uruguayan composer, dies at 67
• 1958 Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (Juha; Schott Concerto), and educator, dies of lung cancer at 65
• 1959 Gerard Hoffnung, German-British artist, humorist and tuba player (Hoffnung Music Festival), dies at 34
• 1959 Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901)
• 1959 Vincent Richards, American tennis player (US Pro C'ships 1927-28, 30, 33), dies of a heart attack at 56
• 1961 Michael Shepley, British actor (Squibs, Dick & the Duchess), dies at 54
• 1964 George Dyson, English musician and composer, dies at 81
• 1964 Harpo Marx [Adolph], American actor and comedian (Marx brothers), dies at 75
• 1964 Mikhail Svetlov, Russian poet and writer, dies at 61
• 1964 Nacio Herb Brown, American composer (Singin' In The Rain), dies at 68
• 1965 Eddie Gribbon, American actor (Keystone Kops), dies after long illness at 75

French writer and poet, founder of Surrealism, dies at 70

• 1966 Eric Fleming, American actor (Gil-Rawhide), drowns at 41
• 1966 Lucky Millinder [Lucius Venable], American swing and rhythm-and-blues bandleader (Rosetta Tharpe - "Shout, Sister, Shout"; Wynonie Harris - "Who Threw The Whiskey in the Well"), dies of a liver ailment at 56
• 1968 Corry Lievens, Flemish actress, playwright and director (Blue Bird), dies at 64
• 1968 Dewey Philip "Daddy-O", American pioneering DJ, dies of heart failure at 42

Egyptian revolutionary and politician (Acting President, 1954-56; President, 1956-70), dies of a heart attack at 52

American novelist (Manhattan Transfer; The 42nd Parallel; Nineteen Nineteen; The Big Money), poet, and painter, dies at 74

• 1972 Maurice Thiriet, French composer, dies at 66
• 1972 Rory Storm [Alan Caldwell], Brirish rock singer (Rory Storm & the Hurricanes), commits suicide with sleeping pills at 34
• 1973 Mantan Moreland, American actor and comedian (Watermelon Man), dies at 71
• 1973 Norma Crane, American actress (Tea & Sympathy, Fiddler on the Roof, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!), dies of cancer at 44
• 1973 Wystan H. Auden, British-American writer (Spain, Platonic Blow), dies at 66
• 1974 Raymond Largay, American actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), dies at 88
• 1975 Agnes Windeck, German actress (A Time to Love and a Time to Die), dies at 87
• 1975 Sidney Fields, American comedian and actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 77
• 1978 John Paul I [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978), dies after 33 days as pope at 65
• 1979 John Herbert Chapman, Canadian physicist, and space researcher, dies at 58
• 1981 Romulo Betancourt, President of Venezuela (Acción Democrática: 1945-48, 1959-64) known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", dies at 73
• 1982 Larry Breeding, American actor (Who's Watching the Kids), dies in a car crash on his 36th birthday
• 1982 Mabel Albertson, American actress (Gazebo, Bewitched), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 81
• 1986 Carmen De Rue, American child actor in silent films, dies at 78
• 1986 Robert Helpmann, Australian actor, choreographer and dancer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Don Quixote), dies at 77
• 1987 Mehdi Hashemi, Iranian aid of Ayatollah Khomeini, shot for treason
• 1987 Roman Brandstaetter, Polish poet, playwright and journalist, dies at 91
• 1988 Ethel Grandin, American silent screen actress (Deserter), dies at 94
• 1988 Marjorie Bonner Lowry, American actress (Reno, Poor Girls), wife of writer Malcolm Lowry, dies at 83

• 1989 John Gart, Russian-American orchestra leader, composer (Robert Montgomery Presents), and actor (Paul Winchell Show), dies at 84
• 1990 Lawrence F. O'Brien, American political strategist (Watergate conspirators broke into his office, in-charge of JFK's presidential campaign), dies at 73 [1]

American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer (Kinda Blue; Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet; Sketches of Spain), dies of pneumonia at 65

• 1992 John Leech, British mathematician, dies at 66
• 1992 William Douglas-Home, British playwright (Now .. Barabbas), dies at 80
• 1993 Alexander A. Drabik, American soldier (b. 1910)
• 1993 Fraser MacPherson, Canadian jazz saxophonist (b. 1928)
• 1993 Gustavo Brillembourg, Venezuelan-American tax corporate lawyer, dies in a climbing accident at 35
• 1993 Peter De Vries, American author (Reuben, Reuben; The Prick of Noon) and editor (New Yorker), dies at 83
• 1994 Harry Saltzman, Canadian theater and film producer (Goldfinger), dies at 78
• 1994 Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican PRI-politician, murdered at 48
• 1994 Lady Huxley [Marie Juliette Baillot], Swiss sculptor and author, dies at 96
• 1994 Urmas Alender, Estonian rock singer-songwriter and musician (Ruja), died in ferry sinking in the Baltic Sea at 40
• 1994 Warwick Hutton, British artist and illustrator of children's books, dies of cancer at 55
• 1995 Allen Johnson, American doo-wop baritone vocalist (The Marcels - "Blue Moon"), dies of cancer at 55
• 1995 Eddy Grove, American actor (Dragnet; The Silent Service; Medic), dies at 78
• 1995 Lynette Roberts, British poet, dies at 86
• 1995 Olive Gibbs, British politician, anti-nuclear activist and peace campaigner, dies at 77
• 1996 Bob Gibson, American folk musician, dies at 64
• 1999 Carl Hall [Caldwell], American soul singer ("You Don't Know Nothing About Love"; "What About You"), and session vocalist, dies at 65

• 2002 Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman (Molson family), senator and sports executive (Montreal Canadiens), dies at 95
• 2002 Patsy Mink, American attorney and politician (1st woman of color elected to Congress, Rep-D-Hawaii 1990-2002), dies at 74

American tennis player (7 Grand Slam singles titles), dies of respiratory and bladder infections at 76

Greek-American Tony and Academy Award-winning stage and screen director (A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront; East of Eden), dies at 94

• 2003 George Odlum, Saint Lucian politician (b. 1934)
• 2004 Christl Cranz, German alpine skier (combined gold Winter Olympics 1936), dies at 90
• 2004 Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (8 Coty Awards), dies at 77
• 2004 Scott Muni, American disc jockey (b. 1930)
• 2004 Victor Rosow, Russian dramatist, dies at 91
• 2005 Constance Baker Motley, American judge (b. 1921)
• 2005 Leo Sternbach, Polish-American chemist, created first benzodiazepines including valium, dies at 97 [1]
• 2006 Viktor Kalabis, Czech composer (Two Worlds), dies at 83
• 2007 Derek Shackleton, England cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 18 wickets, BB 4/72; Hampshire CCC, MCC), dies at 83
• 2007 Wally Parks, Founder of the NHRA (b. 1913)
• 2008 Andrzej Badeński, Polish athlete (400 metres)
• 2009 Guillermo Endara, former President of Panama (b. 1936)
• 2009 Ulf Larsson, Swedish stage and television comedian, actor, and director, dies from an aortic aneurysm at 53
• 2010 Arthur Penn, American film director (Miracle Worker; Bonnie & Clyde), dies at 88
• 2010 Dolores Wilson, American opera singer (b. 1928)
• 2013 Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, HS 35; Oxford University CC,Northamptonshire CCC, Transvaal), dies at 81
• 2014 Dannie Abse, Welsh writer and poet, dies at 91
• 2015 Frankie Ford [Frank Guzzo], American rock vocalist (Sea Cruise), dies at 76
• 2016 Agnes Nixon, American television producer, director and writer (One Life to Live; All My Children), dies at 93
• 2016 Gloria Naylor, American author (Women of Brewster Place), dies at 66
• 2016 Max Walker, Australian cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 138 wickets) and broadcaster (Nine Network), dies at 68

Polish-Israeli Labor Party politician (President. 2007-14; Prime Minister, 1984-86 and 1995-96; Foreign Minister, 1986-88, 1992-95, and 2001-02), and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1994), dies of a stroke at 93

• 2017 Chuck Low, American actor (Goodfellas; Once Upon a Time in America), dies at 89
• 2017 Vann Molyvann, Cambodian architect (New Khmer architecture), dies at 90
• 2018 Don Chargin, American boxing promoter (IBHOF; Bobby Chacon, Tony "The Tiger" Lopez, Loreto Garza), dies from brain cancer at 90
• 2018 Koos Alberts [Jacobus Krommenhoek], Dutch folk and pop singer (Many More Years; Life Goes On), dies of bladder cancer at 71
• 2019 José José 'The Prince of Song' [José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz], Mexican singer and actor, dies at 71
• 2020 Frédéric Devreese, Belgian conductor, and composer of classical music (Gemini Suite; Valse Sacrée), and film scores (The Cruel Embrace), dies of cancer at 91
• 2020 Hiroki Yuhara, Japanese rugby union hooker (22 caps; Toshiba Brave Lupus), dies at 36
• 2021 "Dr." Lonnie Smith, American jazz Hammond B3 organist (George Benson Quartet; Lou Donaldson), dies of pulmonary fibrosis at 79 [1]
• 2021 B. Satyaji Rao, Indian cricket umpire (17 Tests 1960-79; 5 x Ranji Trophy finals), dies at 91
• 2021 Carlisle Floyd, American opera composer (Susanna; Prince of Players), dies at 95
• 2021 Eberhard Jüngel, German Lutheran theologian, dies at 86
• 2021 Tommy Kirk, American actor (Old Yeller), dies at 79

American Grammy Award-winning singer-rapper ("Gangsta's Paradise"; "Fantastic Voyage"), dies of accidental drug overdose at 59

• 2023 Dianne Feinstein (née Goldman), American politician (1st female mayor of San Francisco, 1978-88; longests serving female US Senator-D-CA, 1992-2023), dies at 90 [1]
• 2023 M. S. Swaminathan, Indian agricultural scientist, leader of the green revolution in India, dies at 98
• 2023 Mervyn Brown, British diplomat and historian of Madagascar, dies at 100

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