Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

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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1522  On May - 24 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 this day in history birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church   

1610  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer   

1616  On May - 24 birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1650  On May - 24 birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

1671  On this day in history birth of gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737)