Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 19
Friday, 18 July 2025
1912 Death of Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (b. 1847) on this day in history.
1915 On May - 19 death of john Simpson Kirkpatrick stretcher bearer with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli during World War I (b. 1892)
1918 On this day in history death of raoul Lufbery, French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace (b. 1885)
1922 Heinrich I Quincke, German internist (postural drainage), dies at 79 on May - 19.
1924 Billy Zulch, cricketer (S Afr batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies on this day in history.
1928 Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.
1935 Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, French composer, dies at 74 on May - 19.
1942 On this day in history [Nicoline] Magdalene Anchor-Roll, Norwegian author (Enken), dies at 69
1943 Death of Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter (b. 1865) on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history death of philipp Bouhler, German nazi leader (b. 1889)
1946 Death of Booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869) on this day in history.
1953 Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish gen/min of War, dies at 79 on May - 19.
1954 On May - 19 aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73
1958 On May - 19 bruno Sturmer, composer, dies at 65
1961 Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 on May - 19.
1965 On this day in history maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies
1966 Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies on this day in history.
1969 On May - 19 coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies
1971 Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76 on May - 19.
1978 On May - 19 george Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies
1983 Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies on May - 19.
1986 Death of Jimmy Lyons, American musician (b. 1931) on May - 19.
1987 Alice B[radley] Sheldon, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1988 Virginia Farmer, actresss (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 90 on this day in history.
1989 Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies on this day in history.
1991 Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch), dies on May - 19.
1993 Nemesio Antunes, Chilean painter, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1994 On this day in history henry Morgan, TV panalist (To Tell the Truth), dies of cancer at 74
1996 Johnny "Guitar" Watson, musician, dies at 61 on May - 19.
1997 On this day in history millie, dog of President Bush (Millie's Book), dies at 12
1998 On this day in history death of sÅsuke Uno, Japanese prime minister (b. 1922)
1999 On this day in history death of james Blades, English percussionist (b. 1901)
2000 On May - 19 death of yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (b. 1933)
2001 On May - 19 death of susannah McCorkle, American singer (b. 1946)
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