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History Deaths on September 04


Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (b. 1962)

#Steve_Irwin

Erich Fellgiebel
Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)

#Erich_Fellgiebel

John Hunt Morgan
John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)

#John_Hunt_Morgan

John Ogilby
John Ogilby, Scottish-born impresario and cartographer (b. 1600)

#John_Ogilby

Richard Somers
Richard Somers, American lieutenant (b. 1778)

#Richard_Somers

Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author (b. 1903)

#Georges_Simenon

Joan of England, Queen of Sicily
Joan of England, queen of Sicily (b. 1165)

#Joan_of_England,_Queen_of_Sicily

Ronald Syme
Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and author (b. 1903)

#Ronald_Syme

Colin Thiele
Colin Thiele, Australian author, poet, and educator (b. 1920)

#Colin_Thiele

Hervé Villechaize
Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (b. 1943)

#Hervé_Villechaize

Marcel Achard
Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1899)

#Marcel_Achard

Tibor Varga (violinist)
Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)

#Tibor_Varga_(violinist)

Syed Mustafa Siraj
Syed Mustafa Siraj, Indian author (b. 1930)

#Syed_Mustafa_Siraj

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk (b. 1532)

#Robert_Dudley,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester

Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (b. 1933)

#Joan_Rivers

Giacinto Facchetti
Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1942)

#Giacinto_Facchetti

Tom Tryon
Tom Tryon, American actor and author (b. 1926)

#Tom_Tryon

Hank Greenberg
Hank Greenberg, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)

#Hank_Greenberg

William Kunstler
William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)

#William_Kunstler

Friedrich Laun
Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)

#Friedrich_Laun

Gegeen Khan
Gegeen Khan, Chinese emperor (b. 1302)

#Gegeen_Khan

Charlie Barnet
Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1913)

#Charlie_Barnet

Creighton Abrams
Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)

#Creighton_Abrams

Dottie West
Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1932)

#Dottie_West

Thomas Smythe
Thomas Smythe, English diplomat (b. 1558)

#Thomas_Smythe

Otto Glória
Otto Glória, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1917)

#Otto_Glória

William MacGillivray
William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)

#William_MacGillivray

Bill Bowes
Bill Bowes, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)

#Bill_Bowes

John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch
John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire (b. 1923)

#John_Scott,_9th_Duke_of_Buccleuch

José Miguel Carrera
José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)

#José_Miguel_Carrera

Ernst Jaakson
Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (b. 1905)

#Ernst_Jaakson

Bill Daily
Bill Daily, American actor, comedian (b. 1927)

#Bill_Daily

John Francon Williams
John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)

#John_Francon_Williams

Elizabeth Kata
Elizabeth Kata, Australian author and screenwriter (b. 1912)

#Elizabeth_Kata

Bermudo III of León
Bermudo III, king of León (b. c. 1017)

#Bermudo_III_of_León

Jean Rostand
Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (b. 1894)

#Jean_Rostand

Albert Schweitzer
Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)

#Albert_Schweitzer

Wolfhart Pannenberg
Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (b. 1928)

#Wolfhart_Pannenberg

Clyde Fitch
Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)

#Clyde_Fitch

Wilfred de Souza
Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa (b. 1927)

#Wilfred_de_Souza

George William de Carteret
George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)

#George_William_de_Carteret

Gustavo Cerati
Gustavo Cerati, Argentine Musician (b.1959)

#Gustavo_Cerati

John Fielding
John Fielding, English lawyer and judge (b. 1721)

#John_Fielding

Musa al-Kadhim
Musa al-Kadhim, Arabic imam (b. 745)

#Musa_al-Kadhim

Timothy Brown (radical)
Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (b. 1743/4)

#Timothy_Brown_(radical)

Charles Townshend
Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1725)

#Charles_Townshend

Lewi Pethrus
Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (b. 1884)

#Lewi_Pethrus

Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox
Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, English nobleman (b. 1516)

#Matthew_Stewart,_4th_Earl_of_Lennox

Tughril
Tughril, Seljuq sultan (b. 990)

#Tughril

Robert Schuman
Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)

#Robert_Schuman

César-François Cassini de Thury
César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (b. 1714)

#César-François_Cassini_de_Thury

Charles Péguy
Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)

#Charles_Péguy

Vasyl Stus
Vasyl Stus, Ukrainian poet, publicist, and dissident (b. 1938)

#Vasyl_Stus

Edvard Grieg
Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)

#Edvard_Grieg

Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily
Margaret of Burgundy, queen of Sicily (b. 1250)

#Margaret_of_Burgundy,_Queen_of_Sicily

Irene Dunne
Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (b. 1898)

#Irene_Dunne

Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
Warren Murphy, American author and screenwriter (b. 1933)
Jean Darling, American actress (b. 1922)
Graham Brazier, New Zealand singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (b. 1930)
Casey Viator, American bodybuilder and journalist (b. 1951)
Stanislav Stepashkin, Russian boxer (b. 1940)
Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (b. 1980)
Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (b. 1930)
Michel Pagé, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
Hakam Sufi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
George Savitsky, American football player (b. 1924)
Albert Marre, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
Abraham Avigdorov, Israeli soldier (b. 1929)
Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (b. 1954)
Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano (b. 1918)
Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)
Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
Lola Bobesco, Romanian-Belgian violinist and educator (b. 1921)
Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (b. 1904)
Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (b. 1919)
Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (b. 1931)
Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1926)
Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (b. 1917)
Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (b. 1950)
Turan Dursun, Turkish scholar and author (b. 1934)
Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (b. 1925)
George O'Brien, American actor and singer (b. 1899)
Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter (b. 1900)
E. F. Schumacher, German-English economist and statistician (b. 1911)
Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)
Charles Arnison, English airman (b. 1893)
John Hely-Hutchinson, Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1724)
Johann Dietenberger, German theologian and translator (b. 1475)
Robert Hallam, English Catholic bishop

#Robert_Hallam

Anna Anachoutlou, empress of Trebizond
Boniface I, pope of the Catholic Church