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Deaths on May 24

1144 : Petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies
1153 : David I, King of Scotland, dies
1543 : Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland
1612 : Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48
1665 : Maria de Jesus de Agreda [Maria Coronel], Spanish franciscans, dies
1669 : Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48
1670 : Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59
1696 : Albertine Agnes, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies at 62
1751 : William Hamilton, of Gilbertsfield, poet, dies
1762 : Joseph Umstatt, composer, dies at 51
1773 : Jan Zach, composer, dies at 73
1792 : George Brydges, 1st baron Rodney/admiral, dies
1792 : Jakob M R Lenz, writer (That Soldier), dies
1804 : Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73
1817 : Juan Mel‚ndez Vald‚s, Spanish lawyer/poet, dies at 63
1826 : Friedrich Fesca, composer, dies at 37
1831 : Benjamin Carr, composer, dies at 62
1844 : William Crockford, clubman/gambler, dies
1848 : A V Droste-Hlshoff, writer, dies at 51
1850 : Jane Porter, novelist (Scottish Chiefs), dies at 74
1851 : Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slavic poet (Grammatica), dies at 40
1861 : Elmer Ellsworth, US warrior (Chicago Zouaves), shot to death at 23
1861 : James T Jackson, US landlord (doodde EE Ellsworth), shot dead)
1871 : Francisco Salvador Daniel, composer, dies at 40
1872 : Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, painter, dies
1876 : Henry Kingsley, English/Australian writer, dies at 46
1879 : William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist (Liberator), dies at 73
1881 : Samuel Palmer, landscape painter, dies
1894 : William Joseph Westbrook, composer, dies at 63
1895 : Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73
1919 : Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican poet, dies at 48
1941 : Lancelot Holland, British vice-admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle
1943 : Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84
1948 : Alfred Kastner, composer, dies at 78
1953 : Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63
1956 : Guy Kibbee, actor (Capt Blood, Babes in Arms), dies at 74
1959 : John Foster Dulles, US Secretary of State (1953-59), dies at 71
1963 : Elmore James, blues guitarist, dies at 45 of a heart attack
1968 : Bernard Rogers, composer (Warrior, Passion), dies at 75
1969 : Mitzi Green, actress (Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer), dies at 48
1972 : Asta Nielsen, actress (Joyless Street), dies at 88
1972 : Gavin Muir, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show), dies at 64
1974 : Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies of cancer at 75
1976 : Henk Lankhorst, pacifist/Dutch MP (PSP), dies at 62
1976 : Melle J Oldeboerrigter ("Melle"), painter/cartoonist, dies at 65
1979 : Jan Arvan, actor (Red Skelton Show, Zorro), dies
1981 : George Jessel, actor (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 83
1981 : Jack Warner, [Waters], actor (Captive Heart), dies at 84
1981 : Jaime Rold¢s Aguilera, President of Ecuador, dies in air crash
1986 : Gunnar Bj”rnstrand, actor (7th Seal, Devil's Eye), dies at 76
1986 : Stephen D Thorne, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33
1986 : Yakima Canutt, actor/director (Diary of a Young Comic), dies at 91
1987 : Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89
1988 : James "Hamish" Hamilton, Brit publisher (Salinger/Mitford), dies at 87
1988 : Tom Burtt, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer in 11 Tests 1947-53), dies
1989 : Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72
1991 : Gene Clark, folk-rocker (Byrds-Tambourine Man), dies at 49
1992 : Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79
1993 : Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66
1993 : Milton O Thompson, astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15), dies at 66
1994 : Jean-Pierre E Plooij, Dutch writer (Bird House), dies at 48
1994 : John Barrington Wain, author, dies at 69
1994 : Sandor Lakatos, Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69
1994 : Yehuda Mor-Mirkovsky, Israeli kibbutz-founder, dies at 96
1995 : Harold Wilson, British PM (1964-70, 74-76), dies of cancer at 79
1995 : Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist, dies at 54
1996 : Alexander Langsdorf, physicist, dies at 83
1996 : Harry Campion, statistician, dies at 91
1996 : Jack McCarthy, kiddie show host (Popeye), dies of cancer at 81
1996 : Jacob R Druckman, composer, dies at 67
1996 : John Abbott, British actor (Lady Jane, Quest), dies at 90
1996 : Joseph Mitchell, writer, dies at 87
1997 : Edward Mulhare, actor (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of lung cancer at 74

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