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September 8 Deaths in History - September 8 Birthdays - September 8 Events
September 8, 2003 Leni Riefenstahl, director, Triumph of the Will, dies at 101
September 8, 1998 Leonid Kinskey, actor, Casablanca, dies at 95
September 8, 1996 Elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102
September 8, 1995 Eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer, dies at 73
September 8, 1995 Olga Ivinskaya, mistress of Boris Pasternak, dies of cancer at 83
September 8, 1995 Safa Khulusi, writer, dies at 78
September 8, 1994 Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93
September 8, 1994 Deborah Bear, Engl still photographer (Pasolini/Fellini), dies at 44
September 8, 1994 Dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass), dies at 83
September 8, 1994 Edna Manilow, mother of singer Barry Manilow, dies at 70 of cancer
September 8, 1994 Michael Peters, choreographer, dies
September 8, 1993 Hall Bartlett, U.S. director (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), dies at 70
September 8, 1993 Lorin "Whitey" Harrison, surfer, dies at 80 of a heart attack
September 8, 1993 Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Egyptian philosopher/author/diplomat, dies at 88
September 8, 1992 Quentin N Burdick, (Sen-D-ND, 1960-91), dies at 84
September 8, 1991 Alex North, music composer (Spartacus), dies at 80 of cancer
September 8, 1991 Brad Davis, U.S., actor (Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire), dies at 41
September 8, 1991 Jan J Lipski, chairman (Polish Socialist Party)/writer, dies
September 8, 1991 Jo Budie, Dutch orch leader (KRO), dies
September 8, 1984 Rene Bernier, composer, dies at 79
September 8, 1983 Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies
September 8, 1983 Willem C "Wim" Kan, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 72
September 8, 1981 Hediki Joekawa, Japans physicist (Nobel 1949) at 74
September 8, 1981 Roy Wilkins, longtime executive director of NAACP, dies at 80
September 8, 1980 Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist/theory/educator, dies at 84
September 8, 1980 Willard Libby, American Scientist
September 8, 1979 Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40
September 8, 1978 Pancho Vladigerov, composer, dies at 79
September 8, 1977 Zero [Samuel J] Mostel, U.S. actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 62
September 8, 1976 Assen Karastoyanov, composer, dies at 83
September 8, 1976 Joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer, dies at 81
September 8, 1975 John Mylong, actor (Robot Monster), dies at 82
September 8, 1974 Robert Cox, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79
September 8, 1969 Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at 61
September 8, 1965 Dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood
September 8, 1962 Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84
September 8, 1960 Johan J "Jussi" Bjorling, Swedish epic tenor, dies at 49
September 8, 1956 Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84
September 8, 1956 Vital Celen, Flemish writer ('t Pastoorke van Vossendonck), dies at 69
September 8, 1955 John de Young, cardinal and archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69
September 8, 1953 Frederick M. Vinson, American Judge
September 8, 1951 Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed
September 8, 1951 Maria Montez, actress (Arabian Nights), dies of heart seizure at 33
September 8, 1951 John French Sloan, American Artist
September 8, 1949 Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85
September 8, 1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged at 62
September 8, 1944 Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63
September 8, 1935 Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down
September 8, 1935 Huey P Long, (Sen-La) assassinated at Baton Rouge Capitol building
September 8, 1933 Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria, dies at 50
September 8, 1917 Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74
September 8, 1914 William E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74
September 8, 1899 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer, dies at 78
September 8, 1895 Adam Opel, German manufacturer (motorcars), dies at 58
September 8, 1894 Hermann von Helmholtz, German Physicist
September 8, 1882 Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (surface of Liouville), dies
September 8, 1881 W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84
September 8, 1879 Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58
September 8, 1879 William Morris Hunt, American Artist
September 8, 1871 Etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57
September 8, 1840 John H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77
September 8, 1838 Pietro Rovelli, composer, dies at 45
September 8, 1819 Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer, dies at 56
September 8, 1814 Thomas Spence, English Writer
September 8, 1811 Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69
September 8, 1706 Romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53
September 8, 1675 Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, dies at 73
September 8, 1660 Daniel von Czepko, German poet, dies at 54
September 8, 1656 Joseph Hall, English Clergyman
September 8, 1654 Peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies
September 8, 1645 Francisco Gomez Quevedo y Villegas, Spanish author and poet, dies at 64
September 8, 1645 Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish Writer
September 8, 1644 Francis Quarles, English poet (Enchiridion), dies
September 8, 1637 Robert Fludd, composer, dies at 63
September 8, 1633 Carlo Caraffa, Ital jesuit/religious order founder, dies at about 72
September 8, 1613 Don Carlo Gesauldo, composer, dies
September 8, 1560 Amy Robsart, wife of English premier Robert Dudley, dies by accident
September 8, 1555 Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies
September 8, 1550 Hans [Johann] Vischer, German count of Johann Cicero, dies
September 8, 1100 Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies
September 8, 876 Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72
September 8, 780 Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies
September 8, 701 Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies
September 8, 394 Arbogast, French general, commits suicide



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