Famous Deaths In May - 24

1894  On this day in history william Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63  

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

1908  Death of Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1821) on May - 24.  

1919  Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican poet, dies at 48 on May - 24.  

1941  Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle on May - 24.  

1943  On May - 24 vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84  

1948  Alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1949  Death of Aleksey Shchusev, Russian architect (b. 1873) on this day in history.  

1950  Death of Archibald Wavell, British general (b. 1883) on this day in history.  

1953  On this day in history cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63  

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

1959  On May - 24 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  Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75 on May - 24.  

1969  On May - 24 mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48  

1972  Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1974  On May - 24 duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75  

1976  Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

1981  On this day in history george Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83  

1984  On this day in history death of vincent J. McMahon, American pro wrestling promoter (b. 1914)  

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

1987  On May - 24 hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89  

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

1989  On May - 24 herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72  

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

1992  Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1993  Death of Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66 on May - 24.  

1994  On this day in history jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48  

1995  Harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79 on this day in history.  

1996  On May - 24 alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83  

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

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.  

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history birth of nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church  

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

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

1619  Philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter was born on May - 24.  

1650  On this day in history birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist  

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on May - 24.