Died on This Day (11-May)
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Silver King | César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón was a Mexican luchador enmascarado and actor. | Mexican luchador enmascarado | 51 | 1 |
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Tony Cozier | Winston Anthony Lloyd Cozier was a Barbadian cricket journalist, writer, and radio commentator on West Indian cricket for over fifty years. | Barbadian cricket journalist | 75 | 4 |
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Henry G. Marsh | Henry G. Marsh was a Democratic politician from Michigan who served as Mayor of Saginaw, and was the first African-American to hold that office. | American politician | 89 | 9 |
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Noel Redding | David Noel Redding was an English rock musician, best known as the bass player for the Jimi Hendrix Experience and guitarist/singer for Fat Mattress. | English rock musician | 57 | 17 |
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Douglas Adams | Douglas Noel Adams was an English author and screenwriter, best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. | English Sci Fi Writer | 49 | 19 |
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Boris Pash | Boris Theodore Pash was a United States Army military intelligence officer. | United States Army officer | 94 | 25 |
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Charlie Root | Charles Henry "Chinski" Root was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. | American baseball player and coach | 71 | 50 |
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Christian Weber | Christian Weber was a German Nazi Party official and member of the Schutzstaffel . | German SS General | 61 | 75 |
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Carlo Emery | Carlo Emery was an Italian entomologist. He is remembered for Emery's rule, which states that insect social parasites are often closely related to their hosts. | Italian entomologist | 76 | 95 |
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William H. Roane | William Henry Roane was a politician from Virginia who served in the Virginia House of Delegates, the United States House of Representatives, and the United States Senate. | American politician | 57 | 175 |
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Yale Lary | Robert Yale Lary Sr. was an American football player, businessman, and politician. | American football playe | 86 | 3 |
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Tony DeZuniga | Antony de Zuñiga who worked primarily under the name Tony DeZuniga, was a Filipino comics artist and illustrator best known for his works for DC Comics. | Filipino comic book artist | 79 | 8 |
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Bud Mahurin | Colonel Walker Melville "Bud" Mahurin was a United States Air Force officer and aviator. | American World War II flying ace | 91 | 10 |
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Joseph Bonanno | Joseph Charles Bonanno , sometimes referred to as Joe Bananas, was an Italian-American crime boss of the Bonanno crime family, which he ran from 1931 to 1968. | Mafiosi | 97 | 18 |
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Paula Wessely | Paula Anna Maria Wessely was an Austrian theatre and film actress. | Austrian actor | 93 | 20 |
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Kaarlo Mäkinen | Kaarlo Mäkinen was a Finnish wrestler who competed at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Olympics in freestyle wrestling. | Olympic wrestler | 87 | 40 |
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Gilbert Jessop | Gilbert Laird Jessop was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been the fastest run-scorer cricket has ever known. | English cricket player | 80 | 65 |
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Nils Kreuger | Nils Edvard Kreuger was a Swedish painter. He specialized in landscapes and rural scenes. | Swedish artist | 71 | 90 |
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William Dean Howells | William Dean Howells was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters". | American novelist, literary critic | 83 | 100 |