Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 02

1937  On May - 02 arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73   

1945  On May - 02 martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies   

1947  Death of Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (b. 1920) on May - 02.   

1954  Pauline de Cock-Manifarges, singer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 02 tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66   

1957  Joseph McCarthy, commie hunting senator (R-Wisc), dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1958  Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1960  Death of Caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39 on May - 02.   

1961  J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history jack Crawford, cricketer (469 runs & 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies   

1964  Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies on May - 02.   

1968  On May - 02 donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69   

1969  Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69   

1973  Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61 on May - 02.   

1979  Death of Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) on May - 02.   

1980  On May - 02 clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies   

1982  Death of Helmut Dantine on May - 02.   

1983  Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies on this day in history.   

1984  On May - 02 jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66   

1985  Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery on May - 02.   

1986  Death of Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b.1956) on this day in history.   

1989  Death of Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906) on May - 02.   

1990  On this day in history death of david Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38   

1991  On May - 02 hal Bell, dies at 65   

1992  Joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at 34 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82   

1994  On this day in history louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65   

1995  Death of Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911) on this day in history.   

1996  Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, civil servant, dies at 97 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history death of paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921)   

1998  Death of Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908) on May - 02.   

1999  On May - 02 death of oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)   

2001  On May - 02 death of ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935)   

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1360  On this day in history birth of yongle, Emperor of China (d. 1424)   

1451  René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.   

1458  Leonor of Viseu, queen of Portugal (d. 1525) was born on this day in history.   

1551  William Camden, English historian (Brittania, Annales) was born on this day in history.   

1601  Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (magic lantern) was born on May - 02.   

1660  On May - 02 birth of pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer (Tigrane)   

1695  Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born architect (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

1702  Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782) was born on this day in history.