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September 19th
142 Notable deaths
Jake LaMotta
American boxer.
Born July 10th, 1922 in The Bronx.
Died September 19th, 2017 at 95 years old in Miami (pneumonia). [ref]
Gram Parsons
American singer-songwriter.
Born November 5th, 1946 in Winter Haven. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1973 at 26 years old in Joshua Tree (drug overdose). [ref]
Jimmy Greaves
English professional football player.
Born February 20th, 1940 in Manor Park.
Died September 19th, 2021 at 81 years old in Danbury. [ref]
Jackie Collins
English novelist (1937–2015).
Born October 4th, 1937 in Hampstead.
Died September 19th, 2015 at 77 years old in Beverly Hills (breast cancer). [ref]
Barron Hilton
American hotelier (1927-2019).
Born October 23rd, 1927 in Dallas.
Died September 19th, 2019 at 91 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Skeeter Davis
American singer-songwriter (1931-2004).
Born December 30th, 1931 in Dry Ridge.
Died September 19th, 2004 at 72 years old in Nashville (breast cancer).
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Tunisian politician (1936-2019).
Born September 3rd, 1936 in Hammam Sousse. [ref]
Died September 19th, 2019 at 83 years old in Jeddah (WBNA). [ref]
John Challis
English actor.
Born August 16th, 1942 in Bristol.
Died September 19th, 2021 at 79 years old [ref]
Italo Calvino
Italian journalist and writer (1923-1985).
Born January 15th, 1923 in Santiago de las Vegas. [ref]
Died September 19th, 1985 at 62 years old in Siena (traumatic intracranial hemorrhage). [ref]
Bernie Casey
American actor and professional football player (1939–2017).
Died September 19th, 2017 at 78 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde