Famous Deaths for 17th May 2021

1729 – Samuel Clarke, English philosopher and theologian, dies at 53
1916 – Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre, composer, dies at 68
1931 – Timothy Cole, American wood engraver, dies at about 71
1945 – Sasaki Shigetsu Sokei-an, founder 1st Zen Institute of America, dies
1985 – Hugh Burden, actor (Night of Laughing Dead), dies at 72
1996 – Johnny “Guitar” Watson, musician, dies at 61
2001 – Ikuma Dan, Japanese composer (Yūzuru), dies at 77
2001 – Frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (b. 1908)
2002 – James Chichester-Clark, Irish politician, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1969-71), dies at 79
2020 – Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler (WWE), bodyguard, and actor, drowns at 39

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Famous Deaths for 16th May 2021

1669 – Reyer Anslo, writer/poet, dies at about 42
1790 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, dies at 70
1847 – Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59
1864 – Lean Bear, Cheyenne chief, murdered
1913 – Louis Perrier, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council, dies at 63
1938 – Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies
1963 – Oleg Penkovsky, Soviet military intelligence (GRU), dies at 44
1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (The Wizard of Oz), dies at 82
1996 – Jeremy Boorda, U.S. Navy admiral (25th Chief of Naval Operations), commits suicide at 56
2011 – Edward Hardwicke, British actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 78

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Famous Deaths for 15th May 2021

1782 – Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter, dies at 67
1926 – Mohammed VI Vahideddin, last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies
1937 – Phillip Snowden, British politician first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, dies at 72
1991 – Reno Browne, American Western actress, dies at 70
1992 – Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
1993 – Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese writer, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)
2007 – Jerry Falwell, American TV evangelist, founder of Liberty University, dies at 73
2008 – Tommy Burns, Scottish soccer midfielder (8 caps; Celtic, Kilmarnock) and manager (Scotland, Celtic, Kilmarnock, Reading), dies of melanoma at 51
2012 – Jean Craighead George, American writer (Julie of the Wolves), dies at 92
2015 – Bob Hopkins, American basketball forward and coach (Syracuse Nationals; Seattle SuperSonics), dies of heart and kidney failure at 80

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Famous Deaths for 14th May 2021

1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden, King of Sweden (1448–57, 1464–65 and 1467-70) and Norway (1449–50), dies at 60
1832 – John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried
1906 – Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (b. 1829)
1925 – Henry Rider Haggard, British author (King Solomon’s Mines, She, Dawn), dies at 68
1935 – Magnus Hirschfeld, German physician and gay rights advocate, dies of a heart attack at 67
1938 – Jacobus C J “Jacques” Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
1940 – Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49
1943 – Henri La Fontaine, Belgian international lawyer (Nobel 1913), dies at 89
1966 – Megan Lloyd George, English politician (1st female MP for Welsh – Carmarthen), dies at 64
1997 – Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, descendant of Dracula, dies at 76

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Famous Deaths for 13th May 2021

1176 – Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1119)
1704 – Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher, dies at 71
1884 – Cyrus McCormick, American inventor and businessman (mechanical reaper), dies at 75
1914 – Tip Foster, English cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903), dies at 36
1931 – Josif Marinković, Serbian composer, dies at 79
1933 – Paul Ernst, German writer, dies at 67
1966 – Henk [Hendrik M] of Randwijk, poet/editor in chief (illegal), dies
1978 – Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets; Canterbury, Otago), dies at 68
1984 – Stanislaw Ulam, Polish mathematician, dies at 75
2000 – Paul Bartel, American actor (b. 1938)

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Famous Deaths for 12th May 2021

1699 – Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
1916 – James Connolly, Irish socialist (founder of the Irish Socialist Republican Party), dies at 47
1921 – Emilia Pardo Bazán, Spanish countess and writer (Pascual López: Autobiography of a Medical Student), dies at 68
1930 – Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch politician (SDAP), dies at 70
1956 – Hendrik P. Marchant, Dutch minister of Education, dies at 87
1971 – Johnny Taylor, Australian cricket batsman (20 Tests; 1 x 100, 8 x 50) and rugby union fly-half (2 caps), dies at 75
1975 – Joe Mooney, American jazz and pop accordionist, organist, and vocalist, dies at 64
1977 – Luc van Brabant, Flemish writer and erotic poet, dies at 67
1980 – Lillian Roth [Rutstein], American singer and actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies at 69
1996 – Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer, dies on Mt Everest at 35

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Famous Deaths for 11th May 2021

1708 – Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect, dies at 62
1907 – John Albert Delany, Australian composer, dies at 54
1976 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (Finlandia House), dies at 78
1982 – Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist and conductor (Neth Chamber Orchestra), dies at 70
1983 – Zenna Henderson, American sci-fi author (Anything Box), dies at 65
1995 – David Avidan, Israeli poet, dies at 62
2001 – Klaus Schlesinger, German writer, dies at 64
2008 – John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (Rush), dies at 55
2008 – Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer, dies at 74
2013 – Oliver “Ollie” Mitchell, American musician and bandleader (The Wrecking Crew), dies of cancer at 86

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Famous Deaths for 10th May 2021

1566 – Leonhard Fuchs, German physician and botanist (Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants) for which the flowering plants and color Fuchsia is named after, dies at 65
1641 – Johan Banér, Swedish soldier (b. 1596)
1764 – Picander [Christian Henrici], German writer (Die Weiberprobe), dies
1798 – George Vancouver, British explorer, (Voyage of Discovery), dies at 40
1807 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French military leader (commander of the French Expeditionary Force that assisted the Thirteen Colonies), dies at 81
1826 – Giuseppe Sigismondo, Italian historian and composer, dies at 86
1897 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino revolutionary leader of 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain, dies at 33
1915 – Albert Weisgerber, German painter and graphic artist, dies in battle at 37
2006 – Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (b. 1917)
2020 – John Teerlinck, American NFL defensive end (SD Chargers) and coach (annual award for NFL best defensive line coach named after him), dies at 69

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Famous Deaths for 9th May 2021

1443 – Niccolo d’Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies at 70
1884 – Hermanus Willem Witteveen, Dutch theologist, dies at 69
1977 – James Jones, American novelist (Bad Blood, From Here to Eternity), dies at 55
1986 – Dirk de Vroome, Dutch campaigner and Limbourg activist, dies at 60
2001 – William T. Stearn, British botanist, dies at 90
2001 – James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer, dies at 81
2007 – Dwight Wilson, second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran, dies at 106
2008 – Nuala O’Faolain, Irish journalist, dies at 68
2015 – Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novelist (Confessions), dies at 79
2018 – Omar Daoud, Libyan footballer, dies in a traffic collision at 35

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Famous Deaths for 8th May 2021

1788 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician and naturalist (b. 1723)
1846 – Giacomo Cordella, Italian composer, dies at 59
1925 – Frank L. Gillespie, American founder of Supreme Life Insurance Company, dies at 48
1957 – Johannes C B “Jan” Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75
1985 – Redmond “Edmond” O’Brien, American actor (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Sam Benedict, Johnny Midnight), dies of Alzheimer’s at 69
1991 – Lloyd Ford, stuntman, dies at 79
1992 – Gul Mahomed, Pakistani cricketer (8 Tests for India and one for Pakistan), dies at 70
1996 – Luis Miguel Domiguin, bullfighter, dies at 69
2012 – Nicholas Katzenbach, American Attorney General, dies at 90
2018 – Mahmoud Hammoud, Lebanese politician and diplomat, dies at 82 or 83

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