Marsden, British neurologist (b. 1938) 1998 – Bruno Munari, Italian artist, designer, and inventor (b. 1907) 1999 – Edward William O'Rourke, American bishop (b. 1917) 2000 – John Grant, English journalist and politician (b. 1932) 2001 – Mabel Fairbanks, American figure skater and coach (b. 1915) 2001 – Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, South Vietnamese military officer and politician, 2nd President of South Vietnam (b. 1923) 2004 – Richard Sainct, French motorcycle racer (b. 1970) 2004 – Patrick Wormald, English historian (b. 1947) 2005 – Patrick Caulfield, English painter and academic (b. 1936) 2005 – Austin Leslie, American chef and author (b. 1934) 2006 – Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer and manager (b. 1915) 2006 – Michael A. Monsoor, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1981) 2006 – Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian cardinal (b. 1912) 2007 – Lois Maxwell, Canadian actress (b. 1927) 2007 – Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (b. 1920) 2008 – Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (b. 1921) 2010 – Tony Curtis, American actor (b. 1925) 2010 – Greg Giraldo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1965) 2011 – Sylvia Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1936) 2012 – Neil Smith, Scottish geographer and academic (b. 1954) 2012 – Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, American publisher (b. 1926) 2012 – Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician (b. 1947) 2013 – Harold Agnew, American physicist and engineer (b. 1921) 2013 – S. N. Goenka, Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation (b. 1924) 2013 – Marcella Hazan, Italian cooking writer (b. 1924) 2014 – Mary Cadogan, English author (b. 1928) 2014 – John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (b. 1921) 2015 – Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (b. 1932) 2015 – Hellmuth Karasek, Czech-German journalist, author, and critic (b. 1934) 2015 – Phil Woods, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1931) 2016 – Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (b. 1945) 2017 – Tom Alter, Indian actor (b. 1950) 2018 – Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1934) 2019 – Martin Bernheimer, German-American music critic (b. 1936) 2020 – Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti Emir (b. 1929) 2020 – Helen Reddy, Australian-American singer, actress, and activist (b. 1941) 2022 – Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist and mathematician (b. 1922) 2022 – Akissi Kouamé, Ivorian army officer (b. 1955) Holidays and observances Christian feast day: Charles, Duke of Brittany Hripsime Jean de Montmirail Theodota of Philippi September 29 (Eastern Orthodox