Famous Deaths for 14th May 2019

1919 – Henry John Heinz, German-American entrepreneur who founded prepared-foods company (H.J. Heinz Company-57 varieties), dies at 74
1923 – Charles de Freycinet, French prime minister (b. 1828)
1925 – Henry Rider Haggard, British author (King Solomon’s Mines, She, Dawn), dies at 68
1955 – Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44
1965 – Frances Perkins, American politician and 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position (Labor 1933-45), dies at 83
1973 – Jean Gebser, German-born author, linguist, and poet, dies at 67
1982 – Hugh Beaumont, American actor (The Mole People, Leave it to Beaver), dies from a heart attack at 73
1991 – Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies
1994 – Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies
1996 – Qazaleh Alizadeh, writer, dies at 48

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