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Deaths on the 21st of May in history

Deaths
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21 May 0987 Louis V of France (b. 967)
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21 May 1237 Olaf the Black, Manx son of Godred II Olafsson
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21 May 1254 Conrad IV of Germany (b. 1228)
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21 May 1254 Koenraad IV Roman Catholic-German king (1237-54), dies at 26
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21 May 1471 Henry VI of England (b. 1421)
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21 May 1481 Christian I of Denmark (b. 1426)
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21 May 1512 Pandolfo Petrucci, Italian ruler (b. 1452)
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21 May 1524 Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1443)
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21 May 1542 Hernando de Soto, Spanish-American explorer (b. 1496)
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21 May 1607 John Rainolds, English scholar and academic (b. 1549)
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21 May 1639 Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella: Italian philosopher / poet, dies at 70
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21 May 1639 Tommaso Campanella, Italian astrologer, theologian, and poet (b. 1568)
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21 May 1647 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1581)
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21 May 1650 James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, Scottish general and politician (b. 1612)
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21 May 1650 James G Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged
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21 May 1664 Elizabeth Poole, English-American settler, founded Taunton, Massachusetts (b. 1588)
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21 May 1670 Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist (b. 1586)
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21 May 1690 John Eliot, English-American minister and missionary (b. 1604)
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21 May 1703 Roemer Vlacq Dutch Admiral, dies in battle
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21 May 1719 Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (b. 1646)
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21 May 1724 Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
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21 May 1725 Robert Haley earl of Oxford English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63
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21 May 1742 Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (b. 1664)
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21 May 1771 Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1722)
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21 May 1786 Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist (b. 1742)
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21 May 1786 Carl W Scheele Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43
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21 May 1790 Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (b. 1728)
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21 May 1810 Charles Chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont French spy, dies at 81
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21 May 1812 Joseph Wolfl composer, dies at 38
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21 May 1815 Roman Hoffstetter composer, dies at 73
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21 May 1817 Johann Friedrich Christmann composer, dies at 64
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21 May 1844 Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)
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21 May 1844 Guiseppi Baini composer, dies at 68
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21 May 1860 Johannes Frederick Frohlich composer, dies at 53
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21 May 1862 John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (b. 1827)
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21 May 1879 Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)
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21 May 1885 Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin composer, dies at 73
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21 May 1894 Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
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21 May 1894 August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
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21 May 1894 August A Kundt German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54
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21 May 1895 Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
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21 May 1897 Karol Mikuli composer, dies at 77
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21 May 1901 Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
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21 May 1911 Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
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21 May 1915 Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)
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21 May 1919 Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)
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21 May 1919 Victor A D S
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21 May 1920 Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)
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21 May 1924 Bobby Franks killed by Leopold & Loeb, at 14
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21 May 1925 Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (b. 1871)
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21 May 1926 Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (b. 1886)
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21 May 1926 Georgy L'vovich Catoire composer, dies at 65
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21 May 1926 Ronald Arthur A Firbank British writer (Prancing Nigger), dies at 40
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21 May 1929 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1847)
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21 May 1929 V P F A Royle cricketer (one Test England vs Australia 1879), dies
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21 May 1932 Marcel Jacques Boulenger, French fencer and author (b. 1873)
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21 May 1933 John Henry Mackay Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69
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21 May 1935 Jane Addams, American activist and author, co-founded Hull House, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
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21 May 1935 Hugo de Vries, Dutch botanist and geneticist (b. 1848)
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21 May 1940 Billy Minter, English footballer and manager (b. 1888)
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21 May 1949 Klaus Mann, German-American soldier and author (b. 1906)
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21 May 1952 John Garfield, American actor and singer (b. 1913)
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21 May 1954 Janos Hammerschlag composer, dies at 68
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21 May 1956 Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (b. 1877)
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21 May 1957 Alexander Vertinsky, Ukrainian-Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (b. 1889)
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21 May 1957 Edwin St Hill cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies
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21 May 1964 James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
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21 May 1965 Geoffrey de Havilland, English pilot and engineer, designed the de Havilland Mosquito (b. 1882)
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21 May 1966 Pat O'Malley silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75
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21 May 1968 Doris Lloyd, English-American actress (b. 1896)
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21 May 1970 E. L. Grant Watson, English-Australian biologist and author (b. 1885)
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21 May 1970 Vinton Hayworth actor (General Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63
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21 May 1971 Dennis King actor (Devil's Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73
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21 May 1973 Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, bandleader, and actor (b. 1911)
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21 May 1973 Carlo E Gadda Italian engineer/writer (War Diary), dies at 79
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21 May 1973 George Breakstone actor/director (Great Expectations), dies at 53
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21 May 1976 Sulo Nikolai Salonen composer, dies at 77
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21 May 1978 Joseph EA "Jo" Spier: Dutch cartoonist / water color painter, dies at 77
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21 May 1980 Ida Kaminska actress (Shop on Main Street), dies
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21 May 1981 Raymond McCreesh, Irish activist (b. 1957)
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21 May 1981 Patsy O'Hara, Irish activist (b. 1957)
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21 May 1981 Yuki Shimoda actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies
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21 May 1983 Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (b. 1903)
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21 May 1983 Finn Einar Mortensen composer, dies at 61
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21 May 1984 Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
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21 May 1984 Andrea Leeds actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70
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21 May 1987 Alejandro Rey actor (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies at 57
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21 May 1988 Sammy Davis, Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1900)
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21 May 1988 Dino Conte Grandi Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92
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21 May 1990 Franklyn Seales actor (Silver Spoon, Onion Field), dies of AIDS at 37
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21 May 1990 Mary Victor Bruce who flew around the Empire State Building in 1930, dies
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21 May 1990 Moelvi Mohammed Farouk Indian spiritual leader, murdered
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21 May 1991 Lino Brocka, Filipino director and screenwriter (b. 1939)
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21 May 1991 Rajiv Gandhi, Indian politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (b. 1944)
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21 May 1991 Bobby Dale dies at 92
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21 May 1991 Jean Van Joutte PM of Belgium (1952-54), dies
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21 May 1992 Brendan Nulholland Daily Mail reporter, dies at 59
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21 May 1992 Elizabeth David British cookbook writer, dies
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21 May 1992 Mrithi gorilla (Gorilla in the Mist), dies at 24
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21 May 1992 Skip Stephenson TV host (Real People), dies
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21 May 1993 John Frost English Lieutenant-Colonel (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80
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21 May 1993 John Holland actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65
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21 May 1994 John Weidner: War hero, dies at 71
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21 May 1994 Cliff Wilson snooker player, dies at 60
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21 May 1994 Forsyth Hardy documentary film pioneer, dies at 84
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21 May 1994 Giovanni Goria PM of Italy (1987-88), dies
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21 May 1995 Les Aspin, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1938)
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21 May 1995 Kieron Walsh academic, dies at 46
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21 May 1995 Patrick Bowles writer/translator, dies at 68
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21 May 1996 Al "Lash" La Rue: Cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78
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21 May 1996 Paul Delph, American singer-songwriter and producer (Zahara) (b. 1957)
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21 May 1996 Lash LaRue, American actor and producer (b. 1917)
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21 May 1996 Al "Lash" La Rue cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78
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21 May 1996 Bobby Tulloch ornithologist, dies at 67
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21 May 1996 Eric Stuart Woord archaeologist, dies at 83
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21 May 1996 Laurence Dowdall lawyer, dies at 91
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21 May 1996 Mary Perot Nichols journalist, dies at 79
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21 May 1996 Peter Fletcher music teacher, dies at 60
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21 May 1998 Robert Gist, American actor and director (b. 1917)
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21 May 2000 Barbara Cartland, English author (b. 1901)
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21 May 2000 John Gielgud, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1904)
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21 May 2000 Mark R. Hughes, American businessman, founded Herbalife (b. 1956)
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21 May 2002 Niki de Saint Phalle, French-American sculptor and painter (b. 1930)
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21 May 2003 Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentinian-Italian race car driver and businessman, founded De Tomaso (b. 1928)
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21 May 2003 Frank D. White, American captain, banker, and politician, 41st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1933)
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21 May 2005 Howard Morris, American actor and director (b. 1919)
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21 May 2006 Spencer Clark, American race car driver (b. 1987)
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21 May 2006 Katherine Dunham, American dancer, choreographer, and author (b. 1909)
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21 May 2006 Cherd Songsri, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
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21 May 2006 Billy Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)
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21 May 2012 Eddie Blazonczyk, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
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21 May 2012 Otis Clark, American butler and preacher, survivor of the Tulsa race riot (b. 1903)
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21 May 2012 Roman Dumbadze, Georgian commander (b. 1964)
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21 May 2012 Constantine of Irinoupolis, American metropolitan (b. 1936)
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21 May 2012 Douglas Rodríguez, Cuban boxer (b. 1950)
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21 May 2012 Bill Stewart, American football player and coach (b. 1952)
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21 May 2012 Alan Thorne, Australian anthropologist and academic (b. 1939)
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21 May 2013 Count Christian of Rosenborg (b. 1942)
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21 May 2013 Frank Comstock, American trombonist, composer, and conductor (b. 1922)
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21 May 2013 Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
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21 May 2013 Mohammad Khaled Hossain, Bangladeshi mountaineer (b. 1979)
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21 May 2013 Leonard Marsh, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1933)
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21 May 2013 Bob Thompson, American pianist and composer (b. 1924)
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21 May 2013 Dominique Venner, French journalist and historian (b. 1935)
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21 May 2013 David Voelker, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1953)
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21 May 2014 Poni Adams, American actress (b. 1918)
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21 May 2014 Tunku Annuar, Malaysian son of Badlishah of Kedah (b. 1939)
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21 May 2014 Evelyn Blackmon, American businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)
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21 May 2014 Johnny Gray, American baseball player (b. 1926)
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21 May 2014 Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela (b. 1924)
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21 May 2014 Alireza Soleimani, Iranian wrestler (b. 1956)
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21 May 2015 Twinkle, English singer-songwriter (b. 1948)
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21 May 2015 Jassem Al-Kharafi, Kuwaiti businessman and politician, 8th Kuwaiti Speaker of the National Assembly (b. 1940)
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21 May 2015 Fred Gladding, American baseball player and coach (b. 1936)
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21 May 2015 Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer (The Brothers Johnson) (b. 1955)
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21 May 2015 Annarita Sidoti, Italian race walker (b. 1970)
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