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Deaths on May 02

1250 : Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered
1459 : Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies
1488 : Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies
1519 : Leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67
1567 : Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies
1669 : Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61
1685 : Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried
1727 : Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70
1736 : Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71
1799 : Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58
1818 : Herman W Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55
1845 : August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48
1849 : David H Chass‚, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84
1857 : LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies
1864 : Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72
1892 : Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69
1897 : William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63
1919 : Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies
1937 : Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73
1945 : Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies
1954 : Pauline de Cock-Manifarges, singer, dies at 82
1955 : Tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66
1957 : Joseph McCarthy, commie hunting senator (R-Wisc), dies at 47
1957 : Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer, dies at 53
1958 : Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89
1959 : Yrl” Henrik Kilpinen, Finnish composer, dies at 67
1960 : Caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39
1961 : J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies
1963 : Jack Crawford, cricketer (469 runs & 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies
1963 : Tomas Vackar, composer, dies at 17
1963 : Van Wyck Brooks, US historian (Ordeal of Mark Twain), dies at 77
1964 : Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies
1968 : Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St Louis), dies at 69
1969 : Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89
1972 : Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69
1972 : J Edgar Hoover, head of FBI (1924-72)/cross dresser, dies at 77
1973 : Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61
1980 : Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies
1982 : Helmut Dantine
1982 : Hugh Marlowe, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World), dies at 71
1983 : Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies
1984 : Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66
1984 : Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Failing God, Niggers), dies at 64
1985 : Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery
1985 : Milton S Eisenhower, US diplomat, dies at 85
1990 : David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38
1990 : Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49
1990 : William Levi Dawson, composer, dies at 90
1991 : Hal Bell, dies at 65
1991 : Leib Lensky, dies at 82
1992 : Joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at 34
1992 : Lee Salk, baby doctor/author, dies of cardiac arrest at 65
1992 : Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88
1992 : Philip Dunne, screenwriter, dies of cancer at 84
1992 : Wilbur Mills, (Rep-D-Ark)/involved with Fanne Foxe, dies at 82
1993 : Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82
1993 : WLPM, the Short, Dutch MP (KVP, 1945-73), dies at 83
1993 : Will Weng, Sunday Times crossword puzzle editor (1968-78), dies at 86
1994 : Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65
1994 : Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero, dies at 75
1996 : Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, civil servant, dies at 97
1996 : Emile Habibi, writer, dies at 73
1996 : Peter John Swales, football club chairman, dies at 63

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