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September 27, 2003 Donald O'Connor, actor/dancer, Singing in the Rain, dies at 78
September 27, 2000 Frank Wills, often unemployed security guard, he the Democratic National Committee office in the Watergate Building had been burgled in June 1972, dies at 52
September 27, 2000 Keith Roberts, writer, Pavane, dies at 65
September 27, 1996 Mohammed Najibullah, politician, dies at 55
September 27, 1996 Najibullah, President of Afghanistan Democratic Party (1986-90), executed
September 27, 1995 Alison "Night Bird" Steele, DJ (WNEW-FM, WXRK-FM), dies of cancer
September 27, 1995 Christopher Shaw, composer pianist/critic, dies at 71
September 27, 1994 Gerald Bledsoe, DJ (Soul Alive, WWRL), dies of heart attack at 51
September 27, 1994 Guiseppe Martelli, physicist, dies at 71
September 27, 1994 Ruth Niehaus, dies
September 27, 1993 Andrei Solovyiov, Russian photographer, dies in battle at 38
September 27, 1993 James H Doolittle, U.S. air force general (Tokyo 1942), dies at 96
September 27, 1993 Jimmy Doolittle, American Aviator
September 27, 1992 Keith Prentice, U.S. actor (Boys in the Band), dies
September 27, 1992 Keith Prentice, U.S. actor (Boys in the Band), dies of cancer at 52
September 27, 1992 Ray Gill, actor (Prelude to a Kiss), dies of AIDS at 42
September 27, 1992 Wim Van Exter, founder Unity Profession Central (1944), dies
September 27, 1991 Huib Orizand, Dutch actor (Paul Vlanderen), dies
September 27, 1991 Jan Hart, director (Friends of Curacao), dies
September 27, 1991 Oona Chaplin, daughter of Eugene O'Neill/wife of Charles, dies at 66
September 27, 1988 William V Shannon, U.S. ambassador to Ireland (1977-81), dies at 61
September 27, 1986 Cliff Burton, rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24
September 27, 1985 Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr. Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83
September 27, 1984 John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72
September 27, 1983 Tino Rossi, singer and actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76
September 27, 1982 Saad Sayd, [Abu Walid], Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies
September 27, 1981 Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist, dies at 77
September 27, 1981 Robert Montgomery, actor/dir (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 77
September 27, 1979 Gracie Fields, actress (Queen of Hearts), dies at 81
September 27, 1979 Jimmy McCullough, musician (Wings), dies of a drug overdose
September 27, 1975 Mark Frechette, actor (Zabriskie Point, Uomini Contro), dies at 27
September 27, 1972 Rory Storm, lead singer (Rory Storm and Hurricane), commits suicide
September 27, 1969 Violet Farebrother, actress (Downhill, Easy Virtue), dies at 81
September 27, 1967 Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch, dies at 80
September 27, 1965 Clara Bow, U.S. actress, (Down to the Sea in Ships, Wings), dies at 60
September 27, 1965 Harry Reser, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 69
September 27, 1962 Francisco Brochado da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962), dies at 52
September 27, 1961 Hilda Doolittle, U.S. poet (Bid Me to Live), dies at 75
September 27, 1961 Peter Dawson, Australian Musician
September 27, 1960 Sylvia Pankhurst, English feminist/daughter of Emmeline, dies at 78
September 27, 1956 Gerald Raphael Finzi, composer, dies at 55
September 27, 1956 Milburn Apt, in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but, dies in crash
September 27, 1956 [Mildred] Babe Didrikson-Zaharias, javelin (Oly-gold-32), dies at 45
September 27, 1955 Henri Liebrecht, Belgian stagewriter/journalist, dies at 71
September 27, 1953 Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist, dies at 72
September 27, 1948 Frank Cellier, actor (Spider, Quiet Wedding, Big Blockade), dies at 64
September 27, 1944 Aimee Semple McPherson, Canada/US evangelist/faith healer, dies at 53
September 27, 1944 Aristide Maillol, Fr sculptor/graphic artist, dies in car crash at 82
September 27, 1943 Waclaw Gieburowski, composer, dies at 65
September 27, 1942 Douglas Munro, only U.S. Coast Guard with WW II-Med of Honor, dies
September 27, 1940 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48
September 27, 1935 Alan Gray, composer, dies at 79
September 27, 1932 John Sharp Williams, American Politician
September 27, 1921 Engelbert Humperdinck, Ger opera composer (Schneewittchen), dies at 67
September 27, 1919 Adelina [Adela JM] Patti, Italian soprano (Lucio), dies at 76
September 27, 1917 Edgar Degas, painter, Paris
September 27, 1916 Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian writer (Les Heures du Soir), dies at 61
September 27, 1915 Conrad T van Deventer, Dutch jurist/MP (liberal), dies at 57
September 27, 1915 Kaspar C E Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austrian sculptor, dies at 84
September 27, 1915 Remy de Gourmont, French critic/writer (Physique L'Amour), dies at 57
September 27, 1891 I Gontscharow, writer, dies
September 27, 1875 Edouard Corbiere, French captain/writer (Le Negrier), dies at 82
September 27, 1870 Henry TP Comstock, Canadian silver prospector, dies at 50
September 27, 1868 Alexander Walewski, French earl/duke/diplomat/Foreign minister, dies
September 27, 1865 William Duane, American Lawyer
September 27, 1844 Charles Nodier, French writer (History du chien the Brisquet), dies
September 27, 1831 Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91
September 27, 1831 Joannis Capodistrias, Greek governor of Troezen, murdered at 55
September 27, 1821 Luis (Philippus) Brion, Curaeaos admiral/supreme commander, dies at 39
September 27, 1808 Gaetano B Vestris, ballerina, dies at 79
September 27, 1784 Boniface Stoecki, composer, dies at 38
September 27, 1700 Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700), dies at 85
September 27, 1674 Robert Arnauld d'andilly, French literary/financier/translator, dies
September 27, 1674 Thomas Traherne, English poet/mystic (Roman Forgeries), dies
September 27, 1660 St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Cong founder, dies
September 27, 1651 Maximilian I, duke/ruler of Bayern (Codex Maximilianus), dies at 78
September 27, 1641 Francois van d'aerssen, mister of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69
September 27, 1617 Johan Earnest count of Nassau-Siegen, dies
September 27, 1612 Piotr Skarga, Polish theology/PM (Sanctity of Life), dies at 76
September 27, 1590 Urban VII, [Giambattista Castagna], Italian Pope (1590), dies
September 27, 1566 Marcus A Vida, [Marcus Hieronymus], Italian humanist/poet/bishop, dies
September 27, 1404 William of Wykeham, chancellor/Bishop of Winchester, dies
September 27, 1259 Ezzeline III da Romano, gentleman of Verona/"cruel monster", dies



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