September 29th
171 Notable deaths
Casey Stengel
American baseball player and coach (1890-1975).
Born July 30th, 1890 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died September 29th, 1975 at 85 years old in Glendale (cancer).
Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi
Indian politician (1931-2008).
Born February 14th, 1931 in Hyderabad.
Died September 29th, 2008 at 77 years old in Hyderabad. [ref]
Nguyen Van Thieu
President of south vietnam from 1965–75.
Born April 5th, 1923 in Ninh Thuận.
Died September 29th, 2001 at 78 years old in Newton (stroke). [ref]
S. N. Goenka
Burmese teacher of vipassanā meditation.
Born January 30th, 1924 in Mandalay.
Died September 29th, 2013 at 89 years old in Mumbai.
Carson McCullers
American writer (1917–1967).
Born February 19th, 1917 in Columbus.
Died September 29th, 1967 at 50 years old in Nyack (breast cancer).
Edward Everett Horton
American actor (1886–1970).
Born March 18th, 1886 in Brooklyn.
Died September 29th, 1970 at 84 years old in Encino (prostate cancer).
Sylvia Robinson
American singer, record producer, and executive (1936–2011).
Born March 6th, 1936 in Harlem.
Died September 29th, 2011 at 75 years old in Secaucus (heart failure). [ref]
Warren Anderson
American chemical executive (1921–2014).
Born November 29th, 1921 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died September 29th, 2014 at 92 years old in Vero Beach. [ref]
Timothy Ray Brown
First person cured of hiv/aids.
Born March 11th, 1966 in Seattle. [ref]
Died September 29th, 2020 at 54 years old in Palm Springs (acute myeloid leukemia). [ref]
Katsuko Saruhashi
Japanese geochemist (1920-2007).
Born March 22nd, 1920 in Tokyo.
Died September 29th, 2007 at 87 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht