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September 24th
129 Notable deaths
Tetsurō Tamba
Japanese actor (1922-2006).
Born July 17th, 1922 in Tokyo. [ref]
Died September 24th, 2006 at 84 years old in Mitaka (pneumonia). [ref]
Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba
Spanish noble.
Born October 17th, 1878 in Madrid. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1953 at 74 years old in Lausanne. [ref]
Tim Rose
American musician.
Born September 23rd, 1940 in Washington, D.C..
Died September 24th, 2002 at 62 years old in London.
Valery Asapov
Russian lieutenant general.
Born January 1st, 1966 in Konstantinovka.
Died September 24th, 2017 at 51 years old in Deir ez-Zor.
Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia
Daughter of george i of greece and olga constantinovna of russia; wife of grand duke paul alexandrovich of russia.
Born August 30th, 1870 in Corfu.
Died September 24th, 1891 at 21 years old in Moscow (puerperal disorders).
Bruno Pontecorvo
Italian nuclear physicist.
Born August 22nd, 1913 in Pisa.
Died September 24th, 1993 at 80 years old in Dubna (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Ana María Matute
Spanish writer.
Born July 26th, 1925 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died September 24th, 2014 at 89 years old in Barcelona (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Harry McNish
Scottish carpenter and participant in ernest shackleton's endurance expedition.
Born September 11th, 1874 in Port Glasgow.
Died September 24th, 1930 at 56 years old in Wellington.
Christopher Hogwood
English conductor, harpsichordist and musicologist.
Born September 10th, 1941 in Nottingham. [ref]
Died September 24th, 2014 at 73 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Robert van Gulik
Dutch diplomat (1910-1967).
Born August 9th, 1910 in Zutphen. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1967 at 57 years old in The Hague (lung cancer). [ref]
Deaths 41 to 50 of 129
You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman