Timeline September 1936

Events in September 1936 5

• 1899 – 1936 Irving Thalberg (1899-1936) Died 14 September 1936, aged 37 Irving Thalberg was the head of production at MGM, known as Hollywood's "boy wonder". He oversaw films including Grand Hotel and Mutiny on the Bounty. The Academy's Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award is named after him.
• 1936 Buddy Holly born in Lubbock, Texas Charles Hardin Holley The youngest of four children.
• 1936 – 1990 Jim Henson (1936-1990) Died 16 May 1990, aged 53 Jim Henson was an American puppeteer who created the Muppets and co-created "Sesame Street." His characters, including Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, became fixtures of children's television worldwide. He died suddenly of a bacterial infection in New York City.
• 1936 – 2018 Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936-2018) Died 2 April 2018, aged 81 South African anti-apartheid activist and former wife of Nelson Mandela, who campaigned for his release during his 27 years of imprisonment. She remained a prominent, and at times controversial, political figure in post-apartheid South Africa. She served as a member of parliament and within the African National Congress leadership.
• 1936 – 2023 Silvio Berlusconi (1936-2023) Died 12 June 2023, aged 86 Italian media tycoon and four-time prime minister who dominated his country's politics and television for three decades.