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1927 – 2024Lucine Amara (1927-2024)Died 6 September 2024, aged 97American soprano and prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera for four decades.
1931 – 2024James Earl Jones (1931-2024)Died 9 September 2024, aged 93American actor whose deep voice gave us Darth Vader and Mufasa, and whose stage work won two Tony Awards.
1934 – 2024Dame Maggie Smith (1934–2024)Dame Margaret Natalie Smith (28 December 1934, Ilford, Essex – 27 September 2024, London) was a British actress whose career on stage and screen spanned more than seven decades. She won two Academy Awards -- Best Actress for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and Best Supporting Actress for California Suite (1978) -- four Emmy Awards, five BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globes and a Tony Award, making her one of a handful of performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. She worked with Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre, played Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter films, and the Dowager Countess in Downton Abbey. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1990. King Charles III described her as "a national treasure." She died on 27 September 2024 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, aged 89.
1936 – 2024Kris Kristofferson (1936-2024)Died 28 September 2024, aged 88American singer-songwriter and actor who wrote Me and Bobby McGee and Help Me Make It Through the Night, and starred in A Star Is Born.
1938 – 2024Alberto Fujimori (1938-2024)Died 11 September 2024, aged 86Peruvian politician who was president from 1990 to 2000 and was later convicted of ordering death squad killings.
1941 – 2024Pete Rose (1941-2024)Died 30 September 2024, aged 83American baseball player who broke Ty Cobb's career hits record and was later banned from the game over gambling.
1953 – 2024Tito Jackson (1953-2024)Died 15 September 2024, aged 70American musician and member of the Jackson 5.
1960 – 2024Hassan Nasrallah (1960-2024)Died 27 September 2024, aged 64Lebanese secretary-general of Hezbollah for over three decades, killed by an Israeli air strike on Beirut.
1966 – 2024Dikembe Mutombo (1966-2024)Died 30 September 2024, aged 58Congolese-American basketball player, one of the great defenders in NBA history and a noted philanthropist.
1995 – 2024Michaela DePrince (1995-2024)Died 10 September 2024, aged 29Sierra Leonean-born American ballerina who overcame the loss of both parents in civil war to dance at the highest level.
2022 – 2024The Rings of Power -- Amazon Prime adaptationAmazon Studios premieres The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on 2 September 2022 -- the most expensive television production ever made, with the first season costing approximately $465 million (the entire five-season commitment exceeds $1 billion). Set in the Second Age, the show covers the forging of the Rings of Power, the rise of Sauron and the fall of Numenor. Reception is mixed: praised for its production design and ambition, criticised for pacing and departures from Tolkien's text. Season one attracts 25 million viewers on its premiere day -- Prime Video's largest ever debut.
2024Marries Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro in PortofinoBecker marries his longtime partner Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro, a Portuguese woman who had stood by him throughout his trial and imprisonment, in an intimate ceremony in Portofino, Italy — a new beginning in one of Europe's most beautiful settings.
2024Polaris Dawn completes the first commercial spacewalkA private crew reaches the highest Earth orbit since ApolloThe Polaris Dawn mission launched on 10 September 2024 and carried out the first spacewalk by a private crew, reaching the highest Earth orbit flown since the Apollo programme.
2024Pagers explode across LebanonA coordinated attack on Hezbollah communicationsThousands of pagers used by Hezbollah members detonated simultaneously across Lebanon on 17 September 2024, followed a day later by walkie-talkies. Dozens were killed and thousands injured in an operation widely attributed to Israel.
2024"Viva Tu"First studio album in 17 yearsReleased "Viva Tu" on 20 September 2024 — his fifth solo studio album and first in seventeen years, on the independent label Because Music. Featuring guest appearances from Willie Nelson and Laeti, the album spans Spanish, French, English and Portuguese and shows his hot rhythms and rabble-rousing spirit entirely intact.
2024Eagles open a residency at the SphereLas VegasA run of shows at the giant Las Vegas venue.
2024Hurricane HeleneCatastrophic flooding across the southeastern USHurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend region as a powerful Category 4 storm before tracking inland and causing catastrophic flooding across Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee. Over 230 people were killed, making it one of the deadliest hurricanes in modern US history. The mountain town of Asheville, North Carolina, was particularly devastated.
2024Hurricane Helene devastates the southeastern United StatesCatastrophic flooding hundreds of miles inlandHurricane Helene made landfall in Florida on 26 September 2024 and drove catastrophic flooding through Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee. More than 230 people were killed, many in western North Carolina.
2024Maggie Smith dies aged 89Maggie Smith dies on 27 September 2024 at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, aged 89. Her sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin say: "An intensely private person, she was with friends and family at the end." King Charles III calls her "a national treasure." Daniel Radcliffe says he will always consider himself "amazingly lucky" to have worked with her. Helen Mirren compares her to Queen Elizabeth II: "She was one of the greatest actresses of the past century." On 1 October theatres across the West End dim their lights for two minutes; Broadway follows suit. Her funeral takes place privately on 4 November at Mortlake Crematorium.
2024Karl-Anthony Towns tradeIn a blockbuster three-team deal, the Knicks acquire All-Star center Karl-Anthony Towns from Minnesota for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a first-round pick.