Famous Deaths for 18th May 2022

1410 – Rupert, King of Germany (1400-10), dies at 58
1551 – Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 65
1780 – Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland, dies at 66
1799 – Pierre de Beaumarchais, French polymath and dramatist (The Marriage of Figaro, Barber of Seville), dies at 67
1800 – Alexander Suvorov, Russian general, dies at 70
1832 – Bonafacio Asioli, Italian composer, dies at 62
1974 – Dan Topping, American baseball team owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61
2004 – Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme”), dies of heart failure at 76
2006 – Andrew Martinez, American activist (U.C. Berkeley’s “Naked Guy”), dies at 33
2020 – Marko Elsner, Slovenian soccer defender (14 caps Yugoslavia, 2 Slovenia; Red Star Belgrade), dies at 60

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