deaths
September 29, 1959
Bruce Bairnsfather, British humorist and cartoonist (born 1887)
Bruce Bairnsfather
Captain Charles Bruce Bairnsfather was a prominent British humorist and cartoonist. His best-known cartoon character is Old Bill. Bill and his pals Bert and Alf featured in Bairnsfather's weekly "Fragments from France" cartoons published weekly in The Bystander magazine during the First World War.
September 29
September 29 is the 272nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 93 days remain until the end of the year.