Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 03
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
1863 Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton, US Confederate brig-gen, dies at 35 on this day in history.
1868 On this day in history olof Wilhelm Udden, composer, dies at 68
1881 On May - 03 josip Jurcic, Slovic writer (Schone Vida), dies
1893 Josef Rudolf Zavrtal, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1902 On May - 03 david R Capriles, Curacaos director of psychiatric, dies at 64
1910 On this day in history death of artie Shaw, bandleader
1917 Norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies on May - 03.
1918 On this day in history death of charlie Soong, Christian Missionary
1921 Death of Théodore Pilette, Belgian racing driver (b. 1883) on May - 03.
1926 On May - 03 napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne, dies at 63
1931 On May - 03 frank Hoyt Losey, composer, dies at 59
1932 Anton Wildgans, Austr writer (Dies Irae)/dir Burgtheater, dies at 51 on May - 03.
1939 On May - 03 [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, German general, dies at 71
1942 Death of Johan H Westerveld, lt-col/leader Order Service, executed on May - 03.
1943 On this day in history leslie Heward, composer, dies at 45
1945 Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1955 Philips C Visser, explorer/ambassador to Moscow, dies on May - 03.
1958 Frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies on May - 03.
1961 On this day in history maurice [Jean Jacques] Merleau-Ponty, French philosopher, dies at 53
1964 On May - 03 diana Wynyard, dies at 58
1965 Howard Spring, British author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1966 Wylie Watson, dies at 77 on May - 03.
1968 Leonid Leonidovich Sabaneyev, composer, dies at 86 on May - 03.
1969 Imre Vincze, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.
1970 Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82 on May - 03.
1972 On this day in history bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68
1975 Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78 on this day in history.
1976 On May - 03 david Bruce, dies at 62
1978 Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71 on May - 03.
1979 On May - 03 erin O'Brien-Moore, actress (Nurse Choate-Peyton Place), dies at 76
1982 Helmut Dantine, actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies at 64 on May - 03.
1983 On May - 03 vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72
1986 Robert Alda, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1987 Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test for WI 1935, one run, 0-12), dies on May - 03.
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