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September 27 Deaths in History - September 27 Birthdays - September 27 Events
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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 |