Famous Deaths on September 24

Paracelsus

1541 Paracelsus, Swiss physician and alchemist (Zinc, Laudanum), dies at 47

1545 Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop and monarch of Mainz, dies at 55
1568 Antoon van Stralen, Flemish mayor of Antwerp, beheaded at about 47
1605 Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer (bc. 1547)
1621 Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)
1646 Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (bc. 1565)
1707 Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b. 1642)
1732 Emperor Reigen, 112th Emperor of Japan, dies at 78
1742 Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (b. 1684)
1755 Georg Gebel, German composer, dies at 45
1790 John Keyse Sherwin, engraver/painter, dies
1802 Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer, commits suicide by drinking poison at 53
1813 Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry, composer, dies at 72
1815 John Sevier, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn), dies at 70
1834 Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31) and King of Portugal (1826), dies at 35
1848 Branwell Brontë [Patrick Branwell Brontë], English painter and writer and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily and Anne, dies at 31
1855 Alexandre Stievenard, composer, dies at 86
1856 Henry, 1st viscount Hardinge of Lahore, gov-gen of India, dies
1865 Frantiszek Sołtyk, Polish composer, dies at 81
1868 Jan Albert van Eijken, Dutch composer and organist, dies at 45
1875 William Walker, American composer (The Southern Harmony), dies at 66
1881 Luigi Ferdinando Casamorata, composer, dies at 74
1889 Daniel Harvey Hill, Confederate General (American Civil War), dies at 68

1892 Cornelis A van Sypesteyn, Dutch governor of Suriname, dies at 69
1892 Patrick S Gilmore, composer, dies at 62
1894 Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch publisher (Van Dale) and founder (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers), dies at 68
1896 Percy McDonnell, Australian cricketer (19 Tests 1880-88, 3 centuries), dies a 35
1896 Louis Gerhard De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (1876-80), dies at 78
1898 Bartel Wilton, ship builder, dies at 70
1904 Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician and phototherapist (Nobel 1903), dies at 43
1910 Rudolf Dellinger, composer, dies at 53
1919 Frank Laver, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust 1899-1909), dies
1924 Manuel Estrada Cabrera, 13th President of Guatemala (1898-1920), dies in prison at 66
1930 William A. MacCorkle, American politician, 90th Governor of West Virginia, dies at 73
1933 Mike Donlin, baseball player (b. 1878)
1933 Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)
1934 Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69
1938 Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
1939 Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies
1945 Hans Geiger, German physicist (co-inventor of the Geiger counter), dies at 62
1948 Warren William [Krech], American actor (The Wolf Man, Cleopatra), dies of multiple myeloma at 53
1949 Pierre de Bréville, French composer, author and professor (Une histoire du théâtre lyrique en France), dies at 88
1951 Georges Rency, Belgian poet/literature, dies at 75
1953 Berthold Viertel, Austrian screenwriter, dies at 68
1954 Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904)
1960 Mátyás Seiber, composer (Scherzando), dies at 55
1960 Melanie Klein, [Reizes], child psycho-analyst, dies
1961 Sumner Welles, American diplomat (Good Neighbor Policy), dies at 68
1967 Orville Caldwell, American actor (Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning), dies at 71
1967 Robert H van Gulik, diplomat/writer (Judge Tie), dies
1968 Harry Robert Wilson, composer, dies at 67
1968 Robert Arthur Ley, sci-fi author (Telepath, Power of X), dies at 47
1975 Clive Morton, British actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71

1975 Earle Cabell, American politician, 48th Mayor of Dallas (1961-64), dies at 68
1976 Bruno VeSota, American character actor and director (They Stand Accused, Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers), dies of a heart attack at 54
1976 Romney Brent, Mexican-American actor and writer (Dinner at the Ritz), dies at 74
1978 Ruth Etting, US dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80
1981 Patsy Kelly, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars), dies at 71
1982 Sarah Churchill, British actress (Matinee Theatre , All Over Town, Royal Wedding), dies at 67
1983 Isobel Baillie, Scottish oratorio singer, dies at 88
1984 Neil Hamilton, American actor (The White Rose, When Strangers Marry, Batman), dies of asthma at 85
1990 Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34
1991 Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73

Dr. Seuss

1991 Dr. Seuss [Theodor Geisel], American children's author (The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham), dies of cancer at 87

1991 Peter Bellamy, folk singer (b. 1944)
1993 Zita Johann, Hungarian/US actress (Mummy), dies at 89
1993 Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian nuclear physicist, dies at 80
1993 Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (b. 1957)
1994 Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65
1994 David Napley, English solicitor, dies at 79
1994 Otto F. Walter, Swiss writer and publisher (Walter Verlag), dies of pulmonary cancer at 66
1996 Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards, egyptologist, dies at 87
1996 Pavel Anatolievich Sudoplatov, spy, dies at 89
1996 Zeki Müren, Turkish actor, singer, and composer (Game of Silence), dies of a heart attack at 64
1996 Henry Charles Gordon, American engineer and astronaut (Dynasoar), dies at 70
1997 Jonathon Silver, entrepreneur/arts patron, dies at 47
2002 Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian rebel (b. 1953)
2002 Mike Webster, National Football League player (b. 1952)
2002 Tim Rose, American singer-songwriter, dies at 62
2003 Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (b. 1924)
2003 Lyle Bettger, American actor (The Greatest Show on Earth, Lone Ranger), dies at 88
2004 Françoise Sagan, French writer and playwright (Bonjour Trieste), dies at 69
2004 Marvin Davis, CEO (Davis Oil Company), dies at 79
2005 Thomas "Tommy" Bond, Amercan actor (Butch-Our Gang, Superman), dies at 79
2006 Thomas Stewart, American bass-baritone (La Roche Capriccio), dies at 78
2008 Mickey Vernon, American MLB baseball player, dies at 90
2008 Irene Dailey, American actress (Another World, Grissom Gang), dies of colon cancer at 88
2008 Bengt Anderberg, Swedish poet and writer (Kain), dies at 88
2009 Susan Atkins, American murderer (b. 1948)
2010 Gennady Yanayev, Soviet politician (b. 1937)
2014 Deborah "Debs" Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire and the Chatsworth estate, one of the Mitford sisters, dies at 94
2014 Stephen Sykes, Church of England bishop, dies at 75
2016 Buckwheat Zydeco [Stantley Dural Jr] US accordionist (On Track), dies at 68
2016 Bill Nunn, American actor (Do the Right Thing), dies at 63
2017 Joseph M. McDade, American politician (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1963-1999), dies at 85