Famous Deaths In May - 24
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1894 William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1895 On May - 24 joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73
1908 Death of Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821) on May - 24.
1919 Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican poet, dies at 48 on this day in history.
1941 On May - 24 lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle
1943 On this day in history vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84
1948 On May - 24 alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78
1949 Death of Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (b. 1873) on this day in history.
1950 Death of Archibald Wavell, British general (b. 1883) on this day in history.
1953 Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63 on May - 24.
1956 Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74 on May - 24.
1959 John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71 on May - 24.
1963 On this day in history elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack
1968 Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1969 Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 on May - 24.
1972 On May - 24 asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88
1974 On this day in history duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75
1976 Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62 on May - 24.
1979 Jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies on May - 24.
1981 On this day in history george Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83
1984 Death of Vincent J. McMahon, American pro wrestling promoter (b. 1914) on May - 24.
1986 On this day in history gunnar Bjornstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76
1987 Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89 on this day in history.
1988 James "Hamish" Hamilton, Brit publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87 on May - 24.
1989 Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1991 On May - 24 gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49
1992 On this day in history joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79
1993 Death of Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66 on May - 24.
1994 On May - 24 jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48
1995 Harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79 on this day in history.
1996 On May - 24 alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83
1997 Edward Mulhare, actor (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of lung cancer at 74 on May - 24.
2000 On this day in history death of kurt Schork, American reporter (b. 1947)
2002 On this day in history death of wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926)
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