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September 6th
163 Notable deaths
Edmund Gwenn
British actor.
Born September 26th, 1877 in London.
Died September 6th, 1959 at 81 years old in Woodland Hills (pneumonia). [ref]
Kay Kendall
English actress (1927-1959).
Born May 21st, 1927 in Withernsea.
Died September 6th, 1959 at 32 years old in The London Clinic (leukemia).
Ernest Tubb
American singer-songwriter.
Born February 9th, 1914 in Crisp. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1984 at 70 years old in Nashville (pulmonary emphysema).
Kate Millett
American writer and activist.
Born September 14th, 1934 in Saint Paul.
Died September 6th, 2017 at 82 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris (cardiac arrest).
Arthur Rackham
English book illustrator.
Born September 19th, 1867 in Lewisham. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1939 at 71 years old in Limpsfield (cancer). [ref]
Gertrude Lawrence
English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer.
Born July 4th, 1898 in London.
Died September 6th, 1952 at 54 years old in New York City (liver cancer).
John Edensor Littlewood
English mathematician.
Born June 9th, 1885 in Rochester. [ref]
Died September 6th, 1977 at 92 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria
Austrian archduchess (1868-1924).
Born April 22nd, 1868 in Buda.
Died September 6th, 1924 at 56 years old in Vienna (cancer).
Chester Williams
South african rugby union footballer and coach (1970-2019).
Born August 8th, 1970 in Paarl.
Died September 6th, 2019 at 49 years old in Cape Town (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Will Jennings
American songwriter.
Born June 27th, 1944 in Kilgore.
Died September 6th, 2024 at 80 years old in Tyler. [ref]
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