Famous Deaths for 3rd September 2026

1971 – Percy Holmes, English cricket batsman (7 Tests, 4 x 50; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 84
1980 – Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73
1984 – Arthur Schwartz, American composer (“I Guess I’ll Have To Change My Plans”; “That’s Entertainment”), dies at 83
1987 – Viktor Nekrasov, Ukrainian journalist and novelist (V okopakh Stalingrada – Front-line Stalingrad; Kira Georgijevna), dies at 76
1988 – Riccardo Torriani, Swiss ice hockey player, luger (Olympic bronze 1928, 48; took the Olympic oath 1948), dies at 76
2007 – Steve Fossett, American adventurer (1st person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon,) disappears while flying at 63
2010 – Cyril Smith, British Liberal Member of Parliament and alleged serial sex offender, dies at 82
2013 – Ariel Castro, Puerto Rican-born American criminal famous for kidnapping 3 women between 2002-4, commits suicide 1 month into his life sentence at 53
2016 – Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, American actress (Beloved), commentator (NPR) and food writer (Vibration Cooking or, The Travel Notes of a Geechee Girl), dies at 79
2025 – Keith Hodiak [Hodiak Hampden Sears], Guyanese-British dancer, actor and member of the Ballet Rambert (1972-75), dies at 75

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