Died on This Day (10-May)
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba | Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba was a Spanish statesman, politician and chemist who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Spain from 2010 to 2011, and previously as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993, as Minister of the Presidency from 1993 to 1996, as Minister of the Interior from 2006 to 2011 and as acting Minister of Defence between May and June 2008. | Spanish politician | 67 | 1 | |
Geoffrey Bayldon | Albert Geoffrey Bayldon was an English actor. After playing roles in many stage productions, including the works of William Shakespeare, he became known for portraying the title role of the children's series Catweazle . | English actor | 93 | 3 | |
John Bush | Admiral Sir John Fitzroy Duyland Bush GCB DSC** was a British Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet. | British admiral | 98 | 7 | |
Norma Zimmer | Norma Zimmer was an American vocalist, best remembered for her 22-year tenure as Lawrence Welk's "Champagne Lady" on The Lawrence Welk Show. | Singer, vocalist | 87 | 9 | |
Charles R. Perry | Charles R. "Chuck" Perry was a Gainesville, Florida construction industry leader, philanthropist and businessman. | American builder | 71 | 15 | |
Lynda Lyon Block | Lynda Cheryle Lyon Block was an American convicted murderer. | American murderer | 54 | 18 | |
Craig Stevens | Craig Stevens was an American film and television actor, best known for his starring role on television as private detective Peter Gunn from 1958 to 1961. | American actor | 81 | 20 | |
Chester Gould | Chester Gould was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977, incorporating numerous colorful and monstrous villains. | Dick Tracy comic strip | 84 | 35 | |
Cecil Blachford | Cecil William Blachford was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward player who played for the Montreal Hockey Club and the Montreal Wanderers. | Canadian ice hockey player | 84 | 55 | |
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger | Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger was a German war criminal and paramilitary commander. | German general | 51 | 75 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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David Goodall | David William Goodall AM was an English-born Australian botanist and ecologist. | British-Australian botanist and ecologist | 104 | 2 | |
Sally Brampton | Sally Jane Brampton was an English journalist, writer, and magazine editor. | English journalist, writer, and magazine editor | 60 | 4 | |
Carroll Shelby | Carroll Hall Shelby was an American automotive designer, racing driver, and entrepreneur. | American racing driver and entrepreneur | 89 | 8 | |
John Kempe | John William Rolfe Kempe CVO was headmaster of Gordonstoun School from 1968–1978, during the period that the Princes Andrew and Edward arrived at the school. | British schoolteacher | 92 | 10 | |
Orvar Bergmark | Orvar Bergmark was a Swedish football defender, manager and bandy player. | Swedish footballer and manager | 73 | 16 | |
Deborah Walley | Deborah Walley was an American actress noted for playing the title role in Gidget Goes Hawaiian and appearing in several beach party films. | American actress | 57 | 19 | |
Walker Percy | Walker Percy, Obl.S.B. was an American writer whose interests included philosophy and semiotics. | American writer | 73 | 30 | |
Eino Heino | Eino Ilmari Heino was a Finnish cinematographer. During his career, he received three Jussi Awards, two for feature films Linnaisten vihreä kamari and Loviisa – Niskavuoren nuori emäntä and one for a short film Jokapäiväistä leipäämme . | Finnish cinematographer | 63 | 45 | |
Erwin Baker | Erwin George "Cannon Ball" Baker was an American motorcycle and automobile racing driver and organizer in the first half of the 20th century. | American racing driver | 78 | 60 | |
Claude Vignon | Claude Vignon was a French painter, printmaker and illustrator who worked in a wide range of genres. | French painter | 76 | 350 |