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September 30th
209 Notable deaths
Carlos Prats Gonzalez
Chilean army officer and politician t(1915–1974).
Born February 24th, 1915 in Talcahuano.
Died September 30th, 1974 at 59 years old in Buenos Aires (car bomb). [ref]
Barry Commoner
American biologist, college professor and eco-socialist.
Born May 28th, 1917 in Brooklyn.
Died September 30th, 2012 at 95 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Herbert Bayer
Austrian architect, photographer, graphic and typographer (1900-1985).
Born April 5th, 1900 in Haag am Hausruck. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1985 at 85 years old in Montecito. [ref]
Günther Schwägermann
Ss officer.
Born July 24th, 1915 in Uelzen.
Died September 30th, 1986 at 71 years old in Sonthofen.
Bruno Munari
Italian artist and designer (1907-1998).
Born October 24th, 1907 in Milan. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1998 at 90 years old in Milan. [ref]
Louis Leon Thurstone
American psychologist & scholar (1887–1955).
Born May 29th, 1887 in Chicago.
Died September 30th, 1955 at 68 years old in Chapel Hill.
Lina Basquette
American actress (1907–1994).
Born April 19th, 1907 in San Mateo.
Died September 30th, 1994 at 87 years old in Wheeling (lymphoma).
Ralph Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist (1943–2011).
Born January 14th, 1943 in Montreal. [ref]
Died September 30th, 2011 at 68 years old in Manhattan (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Nicholas Kaldor
Hungarian-british economist.
Born May 12th, 1908 in Budapest.
Died September 30th, 1986 at 78 years old in Cambridge.
Konstantin Makovsky
Russian painter (1839-1915).
Born July 2nd, 1839 in Moscow. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1915 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Lewis Fry Richardson
Uk mathematician & polymath (1881–1953).
Born October 11th, 1881 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died September 30th, 1953 at 71 years old in Kilmun.
Bud Jamison
Actor (1894-1944).
Born February 15th, 1894 in Vallejo.
Died September 30th, 1944 at 50 years old in Hollywood (kidney cancer).
Carlisle Floyd
American composer (1926–2021).
Born June 11th, 1926 in Latta.
Died September 30th, 2021 at 95 years old in Tallahassee. [ref]
Walter Laqueur
American historian and political commentator (1921-2018).
Born May 26th, 1921 in Wrocław.
Died September 30th, 2018 at 97 years old in Washington, D.C..
Edgar G. Ulmer
American film director, set designer (1904-1972).
Born September 17th, 1904 in Olomouc. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1972 at 68 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Barbara Ann Scott
Canadian figure skater (1928–2012).
Died September 30th, 2012 at 84 years old in Fernandina Beach (disease). [ref]
Jerrie Mock
.american aviation pioneer (1925–2014).
Born November 22nd, 1925 in Newark.
Died September 30th, 2014 at 88 years old in Quincy.
Frederic Bartlett
British psychologist and academic (1886–1969).
Born October 20th, 1886 in Stow-on-the-Wold.
Died September 30th, 1969 at 82 years old in Cambridge.
Floyd Crosby
American cinematographer (1899-1985).
Born December 12th, 1899 in West Philadelphia.
Died September 30th, 1985 at 85 years old in Ojai.
Martin Lewis Perl
American scientist (1927–2014).
Born June 24th, 1927 in Manhattan.
Died September 30th, 2014 at 87 years old in Palo Alto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Franz Oppenheimer
German-jewish physician, sociologist and political economist (1864-1943).
Born March 30th, 1864 in Berlin.
Died September 30th, 1943 at 79 years old in Los Angeles.
John Thomson
Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller (1837–1921).
Born July 14th, 1837 in Edinburgh. [ref]
Died September 30th, 1921 at 84 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Helen MacInnes
20th-century scottish-american author.
Born October 7th, 1907 in Glasgow.
Died September 30th, 1985 at 77 years old in New York City. [ref]
Takashi Sakai
Japanese general and war criminal (1887-1946).
Born October 18th, 1887 in Kamo district.
Died September 30th, 1946 at 58 years old in Nanjing (capital punishment in China).
Michel Leiris
French surrealist writer and ethnographer (1901–1990).
Born April 20th, 1901 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 30th, 1990 at 89 years old in Saint-Hilaire (myocardial infarction).
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Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black