Famous Deaths on September 3

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

English general and puritan Lord Protector of England (1653-58), dies at 59

1662 William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591)
1667 Alonso Cano, Spanish painter, sculptor and architect, dies at 66
1675 Pieter Boel, Flemish painter and etcher, dies
1708 Christian Liebe, German composer, dies at 53
1720 Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, 1st Viscount Galway, French soldier and diplomat, dies at 72
1722 Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1646)
1729 Jean Hardouin, French scholar (b. 1646)
1739 George Lillo, English dramatist (The London Merchant), dies at 46
1766 Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (b. 1686)
1790 Thomas Norris, English composer, dies at 49
1792 Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, French aristocrat, dies at 42
1808 John Montgomery, American Continental Congressman (b. 1722)
1811 Ignaz Franzl, German composer and violinist, dies at 75
1820 Benjamin Henry Latrobe, American architect (completed U.S. Capitol), dies at 56
1843 Cornelis Pieter Jacob Elout, Dutch military and President of West Sumatra, dies at 47
1849 Ernst Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austrian physician and philosopher, dies at 43
1857 Heinrich Lichtenstein, German zoologist, botanist and explorer (collected plants in Southern Africa), dies at 77
1857 John McLoughlin, Canadian Hudson's Bay Co pioneer and fur trader in Oregon Country, dies at 72
1860 Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov, Russian poet, dies at 56
1866 Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
1871 Václav Emanuel Horák, Czech composer, chiefly of liturgical music, organist, and kapellmeister, dies at 71
1876 Nicholas Wanostrocht [Felix], English amateur cricket batsman (Kent CCC, Surry CCC) and author (Felix on the Bat), dies at 71
1877 Adolphe Thiers, French statesman, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77), dies at 80
1883 Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist, poet and playwright (Fathers & Sons), dies from a spinal tumour at 64
1886 William W. Snow, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1851-53), dies at 74
1890 Charles-A Chatrian, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 63
1890 Willem Linnig The Younger, Flemish painter and graphic artist, dies at 48
1893 James Harrison, Scottish-born inventor (b. 1816)
1903 Joseph Skipsey, British poet (b. 1832)
1908 Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, Dutch jurist and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1888-93), dies at 61
1914 Albéric Magnard, French composer (Guercœur), dies defending his property against invading Germans in WWI at 49
1918 Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed at 28
1924 Dario Resta, Italian-British auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1916; Vanderbilt Cup 1915, 16; AAA National C'ship 1916), dies in a land-speed record attempt at 42
1935 Johannes Aengenent, Bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62
1936 Nikita Balieff, Armenian vaudevillian and impresario (b. 1876 or 1877)
1938 Bart de Ligt, Dutch pacifist and anti-militarist (Acting Peace), dies at 55
1940 Vilhelm Ekelund, Swedish poet and writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59
1944 František Drdla, Czech composer, dies at 75
1946 Paul Lincke, German composer and theater conductor considered the "father" of the Berlin operetta (Frau Luna, Lysistrata), dies at 79

Edvard Beneš (1884-1948)

Czech politician, statesman, and 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (1935-38, 1945-48), dies at 64

1951 Robert Hernried, Austrian born American composer and conductor, dies at 67
1954 Eugene Pallette, American actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Mark of Zorro), dies at 65
1960 Joseph Lamb, American ragtime composer, dies at 72
1961 Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
1962 E. E. Cummings [Edward Estlin], American poet (Tulips & Chimneys), dies at 67
1963 Cruys Voorbergh [Ernest Pieter Coningh], Dutch actor and director (De vliegende Hollander, Flying Dutchman), dies from cardiac arrest at 64
1963 Frico Kafenda, Slovak composer, dies at 79
1964 Joseph Marx, Austrian composer and music critic, dies at 82
1964 Stewart Holbrook, American author (b. 1893)
1965 Otto Lederer, Austrian actor (The Jazz Singer), dies at 79
1967 David Cohen, historian and chairman of the Jewish Council, dies at 84
1968 Isabel Withers, American actress, dies at 72
1969 John Lester, American cricket all-rounder (Gentlemen of Philadelphia CC), dies at 98
1970 Alan Wilson, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27

Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)

American Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Green Bay Packers 1959-67; NFL Coach of the Year 1959, 61; Super Bowl 1967, 68), dies at 57

1971 David Street [Patrick Devlin], American actor and singer (Moonrise; I Surrender Dear; Broadway Open House), dies of cancer at 53
1971 Percy Holmes, English cricket batsman (7 Tests; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 84
1971 Veronica Turleigh, Irish actress (Promoter), dies at 68
1974 Harry Partch, American composer (Revelations in the Courthouse Park; Delusion Of The Fury), dies at 73
1980 Barbara O'Neil, American actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas), dies at 70
1980 Dirch Passer, prolific Danish actor (Going for Broke, Mig og mafiaen), dies of a myocardial infarction at 54
1980 Duncan Renaldo, Spanish actor (Cisco Kid, Guns of Fury), dies from lung cancer at 76
1980 Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73
1981 Alec Waugh, English novelist (Island in the Sun), died after suffering a stroke at 83
1981 Mary Jane DeZurik, American country singer and hillbilly yodeler (The Cackle Sisters - National Barn Dance, Grand Ole Opry), dies at 64
1982 Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa, Italian general who fought the mafia, murdered by Sicilian mafia at 61
1982 Michael Thoma, American actor (8 is Enough, Fame), dies at 55
1983 Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (b. 1926)
1984 Arthur Schwartz, American composer (Girl from Paris; Excuse My Dust), dies at 83
1985 (Jonathon) "Jo" Jones, American jazz drummer, and percussionist (Count Basie), dies of pneumonia at 73
1985 John Herbert McDowell, American composer for ballet, TV and the stage, dies at 58
1987 Morton Feldman, American composer (For Philip Guston; Rothko Chapel), dies at 61
1987 Viktor Nekrasov, Ukrainian journalist and novelist (V okopakh Stalingrada - Front-line Stalingrad; Kira Georgijevna), dies at 76
1988 Riccardo Torriani, Swiss ice hockey player, luger (Olympic bronze 1928, 48; took the Olympic oath 1948), dies at 76
1989 Gaetano Scirea, Italian soccer defender (78 caps, FIFA World Cup 1982; Juventus 377 games), dies in a car accident at 36
1989 Rip Sewell, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1943–46; NL wins leader 1943; Pittsburgh Pirates 1938–49), dies at 82
1990 David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients

Frank Capra (1897-1991)

Italian-AmericanAcademy Award-winning film director (It's a Wonderful Life; It Happened One Nigh; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 94

1991 Henri de Lubac, French theologist and antifascist, dies at 95
1992 Johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies
1993 David Brown, English industrialist (owned and developed David Brown Tractors, Aston Martin and Lagonda), dies at 89
1993 Leon Liebgold, Polish American actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83
1994 Billy Wright, English soccer defender (105 caps, captain x 90; Wolverhampton Wanderers 490 games) and manager (Arsenal 1962-66), dies at 70
1994 James T. Aubrey, American television executive (President of the CBS television network 1959-65), dies of a heart attack at 75
1994 Major Lance, American soul singer ("The Monkey Time"; "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um",), dies between 52 and 55 [year of birth disputed]
1994 Marijke Vetter, Dutch journalist, dies at 82
1994 Nikos Ghika, Greek artist, dies at 88
1994 Roswell Gilbert, who mercy killed his ailing wife, dies at 85
1995 Alec Brown, English snooker player (Daily Mail Gold Cup 1939, 40; News of the World 1951), dies at 87
1995 Donald Cuthbert Coleman, British economic historian, dies at 75
1995 Earle Birney, Canadian poet and novelist who twice won the Governor General's Award, dies at 91
1995 Mary Adshead, English muralist and painter, dies at 91
1995 Roye England, creator and founder President of the Pendon Museum of Miniature Landscape and Transport, dies at 88
1996 John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate, dies at 56
1996 Julian Amery, British conservative politician and minister, dies at 77
1996 Robert Croften Brown, politician, dies at 75
2000 Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (Escape to Athena), dies at 86
2001 Pauline Kael, American film critic (NY Times), dies at 82
2001 Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-American actress (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), dies at 27
2002 Len Wilkinson, English cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 7 wickets; Lancashire CCC), dies at 85
2002 W. Clement Stone, American entrepreneur (positive mental attitude philosophy), dies at 100
2003 (Rebert) R. H. Harris, American gospel singer (The Soul Stirrers), dies at 84
2003 Paul Jennings Hill, American anti-abortion murderer (b. 1954)
2003 Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive and 3rd postwar chairman of Volkswagen, dies at 88
2004 Billy Davis, American music producer and songwriter ("reet Petite": I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke"), dies at 72
2005 Richard S.R. Fitter, British ornithologist and botanist (b. 1913)
2005 William Rehnquist, American lawyer and 16th Chief Justice of the United States (1986-2005), dies in office at 80
2006 Annemarie Wendl, German actress (Lindenstraße, Der Seitensprung), dies at 91
2006 Ian Hamer, British jazz trumpeter and session musician (Beatles - "Got To Get You Into My Life"; Top of the Pops studio band), dies at 73
2007 Carter Albrecht, American musician, dies in a gun accident at 34
2007 Jane Tomlinson, British charity fund raiser (b. 1964)
2007 Janis Martin, American rockabilly and country singer ("Will You Willyum"; "Drugstore Rock 'n Roll"), dies of cancer at 67
2007 Steve Fossett, American adventurer (1st person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon,) disappears while flying at 63
2007 Syd Jackson, Māori activist and trade unionist (b. 1939)
2008 Donald Blakeslee, American aviator who led 4th Fighter Group during World War II, dies at 90
2008 Matthew Peaceman, American oboist, conductor, composer (Abyss/Scorched Earth), and teacher, dies of cancer at 56
2010 Cyril Smith, British Liberal Member of Parliament and alleged serial sex offender, dies at 82
2010 Mike Edwards, aka Swami Deva Pramada, British rock cellist (ELO), killed by a rolling hay bale at 62
2010 Robert Schimmel, American stand-up comedian, dies after a car accident at 60
2012 Charles Rose, American politician (Rep-D-North Carolina, 1973-97), dies at 73
2012 Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (The Green Mile), dies from respiratory failure at 54
2012 Sun Myung Moon, South Korean evangelist (Unification Church), dies at 92
2013 Ariel Castro, Puerto Rican-born American criminal famous for kidnapping 3 women between 2002-4, commits suicide 1 month into his life sentence at 53
2013 Don Meineke, American basketball forward (NBA Rookie of the Year 1953; Fort Wayne Pistons, Rochester/Cincinnati Royals), dies at 82
2013 Donald Featherstone, British writer and wargamer, dies at 95
2015 Adrian Cadbury, British confectionery manufacturer (Cadbury) and author of report on Corporate Governance, dies at 86
2015 Judy Carne, English comedienne and actress (Laugh-In), dies at 76
2017 John Ashbery, American poet (Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror), dies at 90
2017 Sugar Ramos [Ultiminio Ramos], Cuban-Mexican boxer (World Featherweight champion 1963-64), dies at 75

Walter Becker (1950-2017)

American rock bassist, guitarist, songwriter and record producer (Steely Dan - "Deacon Blues"; "Peg"), dies of esophageal cancer at 67

2019 Peter Lindbergh, German fashion photographer and director, dies at 74
2020 Dito, Portuguese soccer defender (17 caps; Braga, Benfica, Vitória Setúbal) and manager (Portimonense, Moreirense), dies from a heart attack at 58
2021 John Watkins, South African cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 29 wickets, 3 x 50s; Natal), dies from COVID-19 at 98
2021 Ruth Olay, American jazz and cabaret singer, dies at 97
2023 David Watkins, Welsh rugby union fly-half (21 Tests Wales, 6 British & Irish Lions; Newport RFC), rugby league utility (16 Tests Wales, 6 GB; Salford RLFC) and coach (4 Tests GB, 3 Wales), dies at 81
2023 Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricket all-rounder (65 Tests, 1 x 100, 11 x 50, HS 127no, 216 wickets, BB 6/73; Matabeleland, Hampshire CCC, Warwickshire CCC), dies of colon and liver cancer at 49
2023 Paul Roach, American football coach (University of Wyoming; assistant Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, GB Packers) and administrator (AD Wyoming 1986-96), dies at 95
2023 Piloo Reporter, Indian cricket umpire (14 Tests, 22 ODIs), dies at 84