Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

1894  William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1895  Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history death of old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821)   

1919  Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican poet, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1941  On May - 24 lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle   

1943  On this day in history vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84   

1948  Alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78 on May - 24.   

1949  Death of Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (b. 1873) on May - 24.   

1950  Death of Archibald Wavell, British general (b. 1883) on May - 24.   

1953  Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63 on May - 24.   

1956  On May - 24 guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74   

1959  On this day in history john Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71   

1963  Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack on May - 24.   

1968  On May - 24 bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75   

1969  Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 on May - 24.   

1972  On this day in history asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88   

1974  Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75 on this day in history.   

1976  On May - 24 henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62   

1979  On this day in history jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies   

1981  On May - 24 george Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83   

1984  Death of Vincent J. McMahon, American pro wrestling promoter (b. 1914) on May - 24.   

1986  On May - 24 gunnar Bjornstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76   

1987  Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1988  On May - 24 james "Hamish" Hamilton, Brit publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87   

1989  Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1991  Gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1992  On May - 24 joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79   

1993  Death of Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66 on this day in history.   

1994  Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48 on May - 24.   

1995  On May - 24 harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79   

1996  Alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1997  Edward Mulhare, actor (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of lung cancer at 74 on this day in history.   

2000  Death of Kurt Schork, American reporter (b. 1947) on May - 24.   

2002  Death of Wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926) on this day in history.   

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1522  On this day in history birth of john Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571)   

1544  On this day in history birth of william Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism)   

1605  On May - 24 birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  On this day in history birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on May - 24.   

1671  On May - 24 birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)