September 26 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1417 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (b. 1360)
• 1468 – Juan de Torquemada, Spanish cardinal (b. 1388)
• 1501 – Džore Držić, Croatian poet and playwright (b. 1461)
• 1620 – Taichang Emperor of China (b. 1582)
• 1626 – Wakisaka Yasuharu, Japanese warrior (b. 1554)
• 1716 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)
• 1763 – John Byron, English poet (b. 1692)
• 1764 – Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Spanish monk and scholar (b. 1676)
• 1800 – William Billings, American composer (b. 1746)
• 1802 – Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician and military officer (b. 1754)
• 1820 – Daniel Boone, American explorer (b. 1734)
• 1868 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 – Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 – Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 – Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author(b. 1850)
• 1904 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1908 – Samuel Duvall, American archer (b. 1836)
• 1935 – Iván Persa, Hungarian-Slovene priest (b. 1861)
• 1937 – Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)
• 1945 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer (b. 1881)
• 1946 – William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869)
• 1947 – Hugh Lofting, English author and poet (b. 1886)
• 1951 – Hans Cloos, German geologist (b. 1885)
• 1952 – George Ducker, Canadian soccer player (b. 1871)
• 1952 – George Santayana, Spanish philosopher (b. 1863)
• 1953 – Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895)
• 1954 – Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
• 1957 – Arthur Powell Davies, American minister (b. 1902)
• 1959 – Leslie Morshead, Australian soldier (b. 1889)
• 1963 – Otto Christman, Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
• 1965 – James Fitzmaurice, Irish pilot (b. 1898)
• 1968 – Lipman Heilprin, Israeli physician (b. 1902)
• 1968 – Daniel Johnson, Sr., Canadian politician, 20th Premier of Quebec (b. 1915)
• 1968 – Władysław Kędra, Polish pianist (b. 1918)
• 1972 – Charles Correll, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1973 – Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1973 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress (b. 1908)
• 1976 – Lavoslav Ružička, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1978 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
• 1979 – Arthur Hunnicutt, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1982 – Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (b. 1902)
• 1983 – Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (b. 1907)
• 1984 – Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1948)
• 1984 – John Facenda, American sportscaster (b. 1913)
• 1987 – Ramang, Indonesian footballer (b. 1928)
• 1987 – Herbert Tichy, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912)
• 1989 – Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer, composer, and producer (b. 1920)
• 1990 – Alberto Moravia, Italian author (b. 1907)
• 1991 – Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (The Hilltoppers) (b. 1919)
• 1996 – Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951)
• 1998 – Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)
• 1999 – Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)
• 1999 – Bernadette O'Farrell, Irish actress (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2000 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)
• 2003 – Shawn Lane, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Black Oak Arkansas) (b. 1963)
• 2003 – Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter (The Power Station and Vinegar Joe) (b. 1949)
• 2004 – Marianna Komlos, Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (b. 1969)
• 2005 – Helen Cresswell, English author and scriptwriter (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Byron Nelson, American golfer (b. 1912)
• 2006 – Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American broadcaster (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Bill Wirtz, American businessman (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (Aksak Maboul and Telex) (b. 1942)
• 2008 – Paul Newman, American actor, director, and businessman, co-founded Newman's Own (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Terry Newton, English rugby player (b. 1978)
• 2010 – Gloria Stuart, American actress and painter (b. 1910)
• 2011 – Bob Cassilly, American sculptor, founded City Museum (b. 1949)
• 2012 – Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian scientist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Eugene D. Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Vance Heafner, American golfer (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Johnny Lewis, American actor (b. 1983)
• 2012 – Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri, Pakistani scholar and author
• 2012 – Maya Nasser, Syrian journalist (b. 1979)