Famous Deaths on September 13

• 1409 Isabella of Valois, former queen consort of Richard II of England, dies in childbirth at 19
• 1506 Andrea Mantegna, Italian Renaissance painter (painting in ducal palace in Mantua) (b. 1431)
• 1557 John Cheke, English classical scholar, statesman, and tutor to King Edward VI, dies at 43
• 1592 Michel de Montaigne, French writer (b. 1533)
• 1596 Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Dutch astronomer and navigator (Java)

• 1632 Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, dies at 45
• 1650 Ferdinand of Bavaria, German prince elector and Catholic Archbishop of Cologne, dies at 72
• 1657 Jacob van Campen, Dutch painter and architect (Amsterdam Townhall), dies at 62

• 1766 Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar, dies at 62
• 1803 John Barry, 1st American commodore of the US Navy, dies at 58
• 1806 Charles James Fox, English politician (b. 1749)
• 1808 Saverio Bettinelli, Italian Jesuit writer, dies at 90
• 1813 Hezqeyas, Emperor of Ethiopia (1789-94), dies
• 1847 Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal, dies at 81
• 1848 María Isabella of Spain, Queen of the Two Sicilies (1825-30), dies at 59
• 1872 Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher who influenced Karl Marx (The Essence of Christianity), dies at 68
• 1877 Maria Anna of Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria and Queen consort of Saxony, dies at 72

• 1885 Friedrich Kiel, Austrian composer, and mountain climber, dies at 63
• 1894 Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (España; Joyeuse marche; Le roi malgré lui), dies from general paresis at 53
• 1902 John Horace Forney, American engineer and Major General in Confederate Army, dies at 73
• 1904 Kartini, Indonesian activist for women’s rights and national heroine, dies at 25
• 1905 René Goblet, French politician (41st Prime Minister of France. 1886-87), dies at 76
• 1906 Georges Jacobi, German violinist, composer (The Black Crook), and conductor (Alhambra Theatre, London, 1872-98), dies at 66
• 1912 Maresuke Nogi, Japanese general (b. 1849)
• 1913 Alfred R. Gaul, English composer, dies at 76
• 1915 Andrew L. Harris, American Civil War hero and Governor of Ohio (1906-09), dies at 79
• 1921 Louis of Battenberg [Mountbatten], Austrian-born British admiral (WWI), dies at 67
• 1924 (Pekka) P. J. Hannikainen, Finnish composer, choral director, and music magazine editor (Säveleitä), dies at 69
• 1928 Italo Svevo [Ettore Schmitz], Italian writer (La Coscienza di Zeno), dies at 66

• 1932 Julius Röntgen, German-Dutch composer, dies at 77
• 1932 Paul Gorguloff, Russian murderer of French President Paul Doumer, beheaded at 37
• 1937 Ellis Parker Butler, American author (Pigs is Pigs), dies at 67
• 1938 Samuel Alexander, English philosopher (Space, time & deity), dies at 79
• 1939 Eugene Foss, American politician (45th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 80
• 1941 Elias Disney, Canadian-American construction worker, entrepreneur, and father of Roy and Walt Disney, dies at 82
• 1944 Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and Special Operations Executive agent in WWII posthumously awarded the George Cross, executed at Dachau at 30
• 1944 W. Heath Robinson, English illustrator and cartoonist (Don Quixote), dies at 72

• 1946 Eugene Lanceray, Russian artist, dies at 71
• 1948 Paul Wegener, German actor and director (The Golem, The Student of Prague), dies at 73

• 1950 Sara Allgood, Irish-American stage and screen actress (Peg o’ My Heart; Blackmail; How Green Was My Valley), dies of a heart attack at 69
• 1959 Gilbert Adrian [Greenberg], American costume designer (The Wizard of Oz), dies of a heart attack at 56
• 1960 Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer (Toldi), and music educator (Budapest Academy of Music, 1912-60), dies at 75
• 1965 Jean B. Fletcher, American architect (TAC, the Architects’ Collaborative), dies of cancer at 50
• 1967 Russell L. Rogers, American electrical engineer and astronaut (X-20), dies in explosion at 39
• 1967 Varian Fry, American journalist and recognized as “Righteous Among the Nations”, dies at 59
• 1969 Charles Foulkes, Canada general and honorary citizen of Wageningen who accepted WWII Germany’s surrender in the Netherlands, dies at 66
• 1971 Lin Biao, Chinese Communist Marshal during the Civil War and party leader, dies in a plane crash at 63, possibly while fleeing from a botched coup against Mao
• 1971 Nelly A “Nell” Knoop, Dutch actress (Silent Waters), dies at 72
• 1971 Paul Blackburn, American poet, and editor (Black Mountain Review), dies of esophageal cancer at 44 [1]
• 1973 Betty Field, American actress (Of Mice and Men; Kings Row; Bus Stop), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 57
• 1976 Albert Tessier, French Canadian priest, historian and filmmaker (b. 1895)
• 1976 Armand Mondou, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
• 1977 Arthur Fagg, English cricket batsman (5 Tests; dual double-centuries for Kent v Essex 1938) and umpire (18 Tests, 7 ODIs), dies at 62
• 1977 Leopold Stokowski, British conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1912-39; Disney’s Fantasia), dies of a heart attack at 95
• 1981 William Loeb III, American publisher of Manchester Union Leader, NH, dies at 75
• 1982 Philip Ober, American actor (North by Northwest), dies at 80
• 1982 Ray Carter, American orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party), dies at 73
• 1985 Dane Rudhyar [Daniel Chennevière], French-American composer, author, and astrologist dies at 90
• 1987 Mervyn LeRoy, American movie producer (Devil at 4 O’Clock), dies at 86
• 1989 Yamada Koun, Zen teacher Sanbo Kyodan line, dies at 82
• 1990 Samuel S. Stratton, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 73
• 1991 Ferry Barendse, Dutch trumpeter, composer, and singer (Ramblers), dies at 80
• 1991 Joe Pasternak, Hungarian-American film producer (Spinout, Big City), dies of Parkinson’s at 73
• 1991 Metin Oktay, Turkish football player (b. 1936)
• 1991 Paul Thompson, Canadian ice hockey forward (Stanley Cup 1928 NY Rangers; 1934, 38 Chicago Black Hawks), and coach (Chicago BHs 1938-45), dies at 84
• 1992 Lou Jacobs, US clown (1966 US postage stamp), dies at 89
• 1994 John Stevens, British jazz drummer (Spontaneous Music Ensemble), dies of a heart attack at 54
• 1994 Kaleria Fadicheva, Russian ballerina (Kirov) and choreographer, dies at 58 [1]
• 1994 Pieter Zaanen, Dutch architect (Musical Trade scholarship, Amsterdam), dies at 63
• 1995 Francesco Messina, Italian sculptor, dies at 94
• 1995 Harold Sheperdson, British soccer trainer, dies at 76
• 1995 Walter Goetz, German-British illustrator, cartoonist and painter (Colonel Up and Mr. Down), dies at 83
• 1996 Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, American historian, dies at 68
• 1996 Cesar Mendoza, general of Military junta of Chile (1973-85), dies at 78
• 1996 Jane Baxter, British actress (We Live Again, Blossom Time), dies at 87
• 1996 Silas Roy Crain, American singer, Founder of Soul Stirrers Gospel Quartet, dies at 85

• 1998 Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
• 1999 Benjamin Bloom, American educational theorist (b. 1913)
• 2001 Dorothy McGuire, American actress (Gentlemen’s Agreement, Old Yeller, Summer Magic), dies of cardiac arrest following a short illness at 85

• 2002 Douglas Black, Scottish physician and medical scientist (played a key role in the development of the National Health Service), dies at 89
• 2003 Frank O’Bannon, American politician (Governor of Indiana, 1997-2003), dies of a stroke at 73(
• 2004 Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist and co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill, dies at 79
• 2005 Hans Joachim Koellreutter, German Brazilian composer, teacher and musicologist, dies at 90
• 2005 Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician (b. 1916)
• 2005 Toni Fritsch, Austrian soccer forward (9 caps; Rapid Vienna) and American football kicker (Super Bowl 1971 Dallas Cowboys; Pro Bowl 1979), dies of heart failure at 60
• 2006 Ann Richards, American politician (46th Governor of Texas 1991-95), dies at 73
• 2007 Clare Oliver, Chinese-Australian cancer activist, campaigned against use of solariums, dies of melanoma at 26
• 2007 Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia, dies at 87
• 2007 Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand Anglican clergyman (Archbishop of New Zealand, 2004-06; Bishop of Aotearoa, 1981-2004), and Māori rights advocate, dies of cancer at 79
• 2009 Paul Burke, American actor (Naked City, Thomas Crown Affair, Neal-Dynasty), dies at 83
• 2011 DJ Mehdi [Favéris-Essadi], French hip hop and electro producer, dies from falling through a skylight at his home at 34
• 2011 Walter Bonatti, Italian climber (b. 1930)
• 2012 Peter Lougheed, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Alberta), dies at 84
• 2012 William Duckworth, American composer (Time Curve Preludes), teacher (Bucknell, 1973-2011), and internet pioneer (PitchWeb), dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
• 2013 Bayani Mendoza de Leon, Filipino-American musician and composer (Batong-Buhay), dies at 70
• 2013 James Bradford, American heavyweight weightlifter (Olympic silver 1952, 56), dies at 84
• 2015 Brian Close, English cricketer (played for England between 1949 & 1976), dies at 84
• 2015 Gary Richrath, American guitarist and songwriter (REO Speedwagon), dies at 65

• 2017 Frank Vincent, American actor (The Sopranos), dies of a heart attack at 80
• 2017 Grant Hart, American punk rock drummer and songwriter (Hüsker Dü), dies of liver cancer at 56
• 2017 Pete Domenici, American politician, U.S. Senator from New Mexico (1973-2009), dies at 85
• 2018 Ivo Petric, Slovenian composer, dies at 86
• 2019 Eddie Money [Mahoney], American rock singer-songwriter (“Two Tickets To Paradise”; ‘Take Me Home Tonight”), dies of esophageal cancer at 70
• 2021 Antony Hewish, English radio astronomer (led team that discovered pulsars, Nobel Prize for Physics 1974), dies at 97 [1]
• 2021 George Wein, American music promoter (Newport Jazz Festival; Newport Folk Festival; New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival), dies at 95
• 2021 Ruly Carpenter, American baseball executive (principal owner and president Philadelphia Phillies 1972-81), dies at 81
• 2022 Horacio Accavallo, Argentine boxer (undisputed WBA & WBC flyweight titles 1966-68), dies at 87

• 2023 John McDonald, Australian rugby league centre (13 Tests; Queensland; Manly-Warringah RLFC), dies at 79
• 2023 Perrie Mans, South African snooker player (Benson & Hedges Masters 1979; World C’ship 1978 runner-up; South African Pro C’ship x 20), dies at 82
• 2023 Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-British country singer (“The Last Farewell”; “Durham Town”), dies at 87 [1]

September 13 Highlights