14 September Deaths

Published : 14 Sep 2017, 10:38

Sahos Desk

September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 108 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Friday (58 in 400 years each) than on Saturday or Sunday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Thursday (56).

Deaths

AD 23 – Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (b. 13 BC)
258 – Cyprian, African bishop and saint (b. 200)
407 – John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop and saint (b. 347)
585 – Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (b. 538)
619 – Gongdi, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (b. 605)
775 – Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (b. 718)
786 – Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (b. 764)
820 – Li Yong, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
891 – Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church
919 – Niall Glúndub, High King of Ireland
927 – Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish abbot
949 – Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman (b. 880)
1146 – Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (b. 1087)
1164 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)
1214 – Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (b. 1149)
1321 – Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (b. 1265)
1404 – Albert IV, duke of Austria (b. 1377)
1435 – John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord High Admiral (b. 1389)
1487 – Mara Branković, Serbian princess (b. 1416)
1523 – Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
1538 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (b. 1483)
1605 – Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1550)
1613 – Thomas Overbury, English poet
1638 – John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist (b. 1607)
1646 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (b. 1591)
1712 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (b. 1625)
1715 – Dom Pérignon, French monk and priest (b. 1638)
1743 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690)
1749 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1675)
1759 – Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (b. 1712)
1807 – George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1724)
1821 – Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (b. 1797)
1836 – Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
1851 – James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (b. 1789)
1852 – Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)
1852 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
1862 – Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
1862 – Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (b. 1834)
1879 – Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (b. 1808)
1891 – Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (b. 1817)
1898 – William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
1901 – William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
1905 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (b. 1852)
1916 – José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
1927 – Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1877)
1931 – Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (b. 1856)
1936 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (b. 1878)
1936 – Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1899)
1937 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)
1942 – E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (b. 1855)
1951 – Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (b. 1890)
1952 – John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
1959 – Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
1960 – M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
1961 – Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (b. 1885)
1962 – Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (b. 1879)
1965 – J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1891)
1966 – Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1966 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (b. 1881)
1966 – Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (b. 1895)
1975 – Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (b. 1902)
1979 – Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (b. 1917)
1981 – Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)
1981 – William Loeb III, American publisher (b. 1905)
1982 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)
1982 – John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (b. 1933)
1982 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1947)
1982 – Grace Kelly, American-Monacan actress; Princess of Monaco (b. 1929)
1984 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (b. 1906)
1986 – Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (b. 1921)
1989 – Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)
1991 – Julie Bovasso, American actress and playwright (b. 1930)
1991 – Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1910)
1992 – August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (b. 1906)
1992 – Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903)
1994 – Marika Krevata, Greek actress (b. 1910)
1995 – Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (b. 1912)
1996 – Rose Ouellette, Canadian actress and manager (b. 1903)
1996 – Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1937)
1999 – Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1999 – Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (b. 1947)
2000 – Beah Richards, American actress (b. 1920)
2000 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (b. 1906)
2001 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
2001 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1918)
2002 – LaWanda Page, American actress (b. 1920)
2003 – Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (b. 1947)
2003 – Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (b. 1915)
2003 – John Serry, Sr., American accordion player and composer (b. 1915)
2005 – William Berenberg, American physician and academic (b. 1915)
2005 – Vladimir Volkoff, French soldier and author (b. 1932)
2005 – Robert Wise, American director and producer (b. 1914)
2006 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)
2006 – Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918)
2007 – Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (b. 1933)
2007 – Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (b. 1927)
2008 – Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1923)
2009 – Keith Floyd, English chef and author (b. 1943)
2009 – Henry Gibson, American actor and (b. 1935)
2009 – Jody Powell, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (b. 1943)
2009 – Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1952)
2011 – Malcolm Wallop, American politician (b. 1933)
2012 – Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (b. 1924)
2012 – Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (b. 1963)
2012 – Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (b. 1949)
2012 – Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (b. 1913)
2013 – Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1989)
2013 – Osama El-Baz, Egyptian soldier and diplomat (b. 1931)
2013 – Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (b. 1941)
2014 – Tony Auth, American illustrator (b. 1942)
2014 – Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1961)
2014 – E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1933)
2015 – Davey Browne, Australian boxer (b. 1986)
2015 – Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (b. 1947)
2015 – Martin Kearns, English drummer (b. 1977)
2015 – Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1949)

Source: wikipedia

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