Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1894 William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63 on May - 24.
1895 On May - 24 joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73
1908 On May - 24 death of old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821)
1919 On this day in history amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican poet, dies at 48
1941 Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle on this day in history.
1943 On May - 24 vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84
1948 On this day in history alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78
1949 Death of Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (b. 1873) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1956 On this day in history 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 On this day in history elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack
1968 On May - 24 bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75
1969 Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48 on this day in history.
1972 On May - 24 asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88
1974 On May - 24 duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75
1976 On May - 24 henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62
1979 Jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies on this day in history.
1981 On May - 24 george Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83
1984 On May - 24 death of vincent J. McMahon, American pro wrestling promoter (b. 1914)
1986 Gunnar Bjornstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76 on this day in history.
1987 On this day in history hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89
1988 James "Hamish" Hamilton, Brit publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87 on this day in history.
1989 On this day in history herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72
1991 On May - 24 gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49
1992 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1995 Harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79 on May - 24.
1996 Alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83 on May - 24.
1997 Edward Mulhare, actor (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of lung cancer at 74 on May - 24.
2000 On this day in history death of kurt Schork, American reporter (b. 1947)
2002 On May - 24 death of wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926)
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