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September 24th
140 Notable deaths
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 (1941–2014).
Born September 10th, 1941 in Nottingham.
Died September 24th, 2014 at 73 years old in Cambridge.
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]
Nelly Arcan
Canadian novelist.
Born March 5th, 1973 in Lac-Mégantic.
Died September 24th, 2009 at 36 years old in Montreal (hanging). [ref]
Wolfgang Paalen
Austrian artist (1905-1959).
Born July 22nd, 1905 in Vienna. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1959 at 54 years old in Taxco de Alarcón (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Guatemalan president (1857-1924).
Born November 21st, 1859 in Quetzaltenango.
Died September 24th, 1924 at 64 years old in Guatemala City (pneumonia).
Warren Sturgis McCulloch
American neuroscientist (1898–1969).
Born November 16th, 1898 in Orange. [ref]
Died September 24th, 1969 at 70 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Irene Dailey
American actress (1920-2008).
Born September 12th, 1920 in New York City.
Died September 24th, 2008 at 88 years old in Santa Rosa (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Carl Laemmle Jr.
American film producer.
Born August 28th, 1908 in Chicago.
Died September 24th, 1979 at 71 years old in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills (stroke). [ref]
Corine Rottschäfer
Dutch model and beauty queen (1938–2020).
Died September 24th, 2020 at 82 years old [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 140
He who is not busy being born is busy dying. Bob Dylan