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Deaths on the 15th of May in history

Deaths
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15 May 0392 Valentinian II, Roman emperor (b. 371)
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15 May 0392 Valentinianus II emperor of Rome (375-392), murdered at 21
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15 May 0884 Marinus I [Martinus II] Pope (882-84), dies
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15 May 0913 Hatto I, German archbishop (b. 850)
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15 May 1036 Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)
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15 May 1157 Yuri Dolgorukiy, Russian prince (b. 1099)
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15 May 1174 Nur ad-Din, atabeg of Aleppo, Syrian ruler (b. 1118)
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15 May 1381 Eppelein von Gailingen, German warrior (b. 1315)
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15 May 1470 Charles VIII Knutsson Bonde, king of Sweden (14??-70), dies
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15 May 1482 Paolo Toscanelli Italian physician & mapmaker, dies
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15 May 1585 Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (b. 1535)
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15 May 1591 Dmitry of Uglich (b. 1582)
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15 May 1591 Dimitri Ivanovitch Russian son of czar Ivan IV, murdered at 9
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15 May 1609 Giovanni Croce, Italian composer and educator (b. 1557)
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15 May 1621 Henrick de Keyser Amsterdam's master builder, dies at 56
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15 May 1622 Peter Plancius Flemish vicar/cartographer, dies at about 69
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15 May 1634 Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
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15 May 1685 Henri Otto Spanish marquis of Caretto/Savona/Grana, dies
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15 May 1698 Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
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15 May 1699 Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1631)
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15 May 1700 John Hale, American minister (b. 1636)
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15 May 1740 Ephraim Chambers, English publisher (b. 1680)
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15 May 1746 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri composer, dies at 67
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15 May 1761 Jacob Mossel Governor-General (Dutch East Indies), dies at 56
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15 May 1773 Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710)
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15 May 1785 Karel Blazej Kopriva composer, dies at 29
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15 May 1801 Louis C count Barbiano de Belgioioso Austrian diplomat, dies at 73
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15 May 1821 John Wall Calcott composer, dies at 54
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15 May 1822 Christian Ludwig Dieter composer, dies at 64
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15 May 1823 Antonio Frantisek Becvarovsky composer, dies at 69
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15 May 1824 Alexander Campbell composer, dies at 60
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15 May 1832 Carl Friedrich Zelter composer, dies at 73
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15 May 1833 Edmund Kean English actor (Shylock), dies at 46
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15 May 1842 Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases: French Historian (Napoleon), dies at 76
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15 May 1842 Emanuel Count de las Cases French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76
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15 May 1845 Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
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15 May 1845 Samuel I Wiselius Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76
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15 May 1855 Jan Mazereeuw Frisian farmer/sect leader, dies at 75
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15 May 1872 Thomas Hastings composer, dies at 87
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15 May 1873 Alexander J Cuza monarch of Moldavia/Romania, dies at 53
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15 May 1879 Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
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15 May 1886 Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
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15 May 1889 Alfred Potocki premier Austrian/Governor/Viceroy of Galicia, dies
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15 May 1892 Arthur Hodister British ivory seller (Heart of Darkness), murdered
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15 May 1895 Joseph Whitaker British publisher (Whitaker' Almanack), dies at 75
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15 May 1899 Francisque Sarcey French writer (Le Temps), dies at 70
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15 May 1919 Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
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15 May 1924 Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
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15 May 1924 Paul d'Estornelles de Constant French diplomat/pacifist, dies at 71
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15 May 1926 Mohammed VI Vahideddin last sultan of Turkey (1918-22), dies
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15 May 1928 Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
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15 May 1932 Ki Inukai premier Japan (1931-32), murdered
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15 May 1933 Ernest Torrence actor (I Cover the Waterfront), dies at 54
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15 May 1935 Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
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15 May 1937 Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
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15 May 1940 Joseph Limburg liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75
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15 May 1940 Willem A Bonger Dutch criminologist (Race & Crime), suicide at 63
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15 May 1945 Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
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15 May 1945 Major Courtney US medal of honor marine, dies in battle of Sugar Loaf
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15 May 1948 Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
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15 May 1952 Albert Basserman actor (Madame Curie, Rhapsody in Blue), dies at 84
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15 May 1952 Italo Montemezzi composer, dies at 76
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15 May 1954 William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
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15 May 1956 Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
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15 May 1957 Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
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15 May 1958 Michael G the Boer historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91
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15 May 1959 Berend van den Amstel [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56
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15 May 1964 Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
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15 May 1964 Cornelis H Edelman Dutch geologist, dies at 61
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15 May 1965 Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)
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15 May 1965 Adrian Schoevers Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies
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15 May 1967 Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
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15 May 1967 Jaromir Fiala composer, dies at 74
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15 May 1969 Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
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15 May 1971 Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
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15 May 1972 Nigel Green actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47
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15 May 1973 Willem H Rassers Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95
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15 May 1976 Samuel Eliot Morison US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88
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15 May 1978 Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
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15 May 1980 Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)
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15 May 1982 Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
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15 May 1984 Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)
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15 May 1984 Lionel Charles Robbins British economist, dies at 85
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15 May 1985 Jackie Curtis playwright/actor (Underground USA), dies of a drug overdose at 38
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15 May 1986 Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
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15 May 1986 Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
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15 May 1987 John Baur museum director, dies at 78
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15 May 1987 Wynne Gibson actor (Night After Night, Aggie Appleby), dies
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15 May 1988 Andrew Duggan actor (Jigsaw, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 64
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15 May 1988 Greta Nissen actress (Ambassador Bill), dies
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15 May 1989 Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (b. 1910)
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15 May 1989 Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
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15 May 1989 John Waldo Green composer, dies at 80
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15 May 1991 Fritz Riess, German race car driver (b. 1922)
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15 May 1991 Ronald Lacey, English actor (b. 1935)
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15 May 1991 Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian ethnologist and author (b. 1901)
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15 May 1991 Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
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15 May 1991 Bud Freeman jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84
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15 May 1991 Freddie Paris dies
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15 May 1991 Reno Brown dies
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15 May 1992 Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
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15 May 1992 Barbara Lee, American singer (The Chiffons) (b. 1947)
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15 May 1992 Bruce Hopkins performer/director, dies at 44
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15 May 1992 Robert Morris Page US physicist (radar), dies at 88
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15 May 1993 Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933)
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15 May 1994 Gilbert Roland, Mexican-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
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15 May 1994 [Henry] John Baker resistance fighter/journalist (Slogan), dies at 79
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15 May 1994 Frederik baron van Pallandt Danish singer (Nina & F), murdered at 61
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15 May 1994 Ronnie Potsdammer singer/song/text writer/programmer, dies at 71
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15 May 1994 Royal Dano actor (Ghoulies 2), dies of a heart attack at 71
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15 May 1995 Eric Porter, English actor (b. 1928)
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15 May 1995 Edouard Dermit actor (Testament of Orpheus), dies at 69
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15 May 1995 Eric Richard Porter actor (Crucible, Hennessy), dies at 67
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15 May 1995 Johnny Van Derrick jazz violinist, dies at 68
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15 May 1995 Perry Lederman folk singer, dies at 52
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15 May 1996 Charles B. Fulton, American lawyer and judge (b. 1910)
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15 May 1996 George M Tindley songwriter/vocalist, dies at 57
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15 May 1998 Naim Talu, Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919)
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15 May 1998 Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
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15 May 2003 June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (b. 1929)
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15 May 2005 Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer and jurist (b. 1917)
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15 May 2007 Yolanda King, American actress and activist (b. 1955)
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15 May 2007 Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (b. 1933)
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15 May 2008 Astrid Zachrison, Swedish super-centenarian (b. 1895)
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15 May 2008 Robert Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1960)
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15 May 2008 Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
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15 May 2008 Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
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15 May 2009 Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (b. 1964)
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15 May 2009 Bud Tingwell, Australian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
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15 May 2009 Rodger McFarlane, American soldier, therapist, and activist (b. 1955)
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15 May 2010 Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (b. 1950)
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15 May 2010 Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (b. 1987)
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15 May 2011 Barbara Stuart, American actress (b. 1930)
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15 May 2012 George Wyllie, Scottish sculptor (b. 1921)
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15 May 2012 John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl, South African surveyor (b. 1929)
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15 May 2012 Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian soldier and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1918)
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15 May 2012 Arno Lustiger, German historian and author (b. 1924)
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15 May 2012 Jean Craighead George, American author (b. 1919)
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15 May 2012 Carlos Fuentes, Mexican author, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1928)
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15 May 2013 Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1946)
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15 May 2013 Billy Raymond, Scottish-Australian television host (b. 1938)
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15 May 2013 Albert Lance, Australian-French tenor and actor (b. 1925)
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15 May 2013 Robert Hunt, English police officer (b. 1935)
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15 May 2013 Linden Chiles, American actor (b. 1933)
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15 May 2013 Paddy Buggy, Irish hurdler (b. 1929)
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15 May 2014 Noribumi Suzuki, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
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15 May 2014 Michael Mence, English cricketer (b. 1944)
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15 May 2014 Greg Hughes, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1939)
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15 May 2014 Robert J. Flynn, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (b. 1937)
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15 May 2014 Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
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15 May 2015 Garo Yepremian, Cypriot-American football player (b. 1944)
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15 May 2015 John Stephenson, American actor (b. 1923)
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15 May 2015 Corey Hill, American mixed martial artist (b. 1978)
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15 May 2015 Jackie Brookner, American sculptor and educator (b. 1945)
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15 May 2015 Elisabeth Bing, German-American physical therapist and author (b. 1914)
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