Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In May - 24

1894  William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 24.   

1943  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of archibald Wavell, British general (b. 1883)   

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

1956  Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74 on May - 24.   

1959  On this day in history john Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71   

1963  Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75   

1969  On this day in history 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  Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75 on May - 24.   

1976  On May - 24 henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62   

1979  On May - 24 jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies   

1981  On May - 24 george Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83   

1984  Death of Vincent J. McMahon, American pro wrestling promoter (b. 1914) on May - 24.   

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 May - 24.   

1989  Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72 on May - 24.   

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 May - 24.   

1993  On this day in history death of jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66   

1994  Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48 on May - 24.   

1995  On May - 24 harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79   

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 this day in history death of wallace Markfield, American writer (b. 1926)   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on May - 24.   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on May - 24.   

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

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

1616  On this day in history birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist was born on this day in history.   

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