Died on This Day (15-May)
Person | Person | Description | Age | Anniv | |
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Bobby Diamond | Robert LeRoy Diamond was an American actor active in the 1950s and 1960s before retiring from the profession and becoming a lawyer. | American actor | 75 | 1 |
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Ian Brady | The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around Manchester, England. | Moors murderer | 79 | 3 |
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Carlos Fuentes | Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist and essayist. | Mexican writer | 83 | 8 |
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Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was the 11th vice president of India. | Indian politician | 86 | 10 |
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Gloria E. Anzaldúa | Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa was an American scholar of Chicana cultural theory, feminist theory, and queer theory. | American scholar of Chicana cultural theory | 61 | 16 |
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David Jamieson | Major David Auldjo Jamieson, VC, CVO was a British Army officer in the Second World War who received the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. | Recipient of the Victoria Cross | 80 | 19 |
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Emerson Spencer | Emerson Lane "Bud" Spencer was an American sprint runner who won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics, breaking the world record in the process. | Athletics (sport) competitor | 78 | 35 |
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Antonio Pedrotti | Antonio Pedrotti was an Italian conductor and composer. | Italian composer and conductor | 73 | 45 |
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John Harley | John Harley was a Uruguay international footballer of Scottish background. | Scottish footballer | 74 | 60 |
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Kenneth J. Alford | Frederick Joseph Ricketts was an English composer of marches for band. | British composer of marches for band | 64 | 75 |
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Ray Wilson | Ramon Wilson, MBE was an English professional footballer who played at left back. | English footballer | 83 | 2 |
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Henrique Rosa | Henrique Pereira Rosa was a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as interim President of Guinea-Bissau from 2003 to 2005. | President of Guinea-Bissau | 67 | 7 |
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Barbara Stuart | Barbara Stuart was an American actress. Barbara Stuart starred as Violet Ryder in the Perry Mason episode “The Guilty Clients” in 1961. | American actress | 81 | 9 |
Arsenio Farell | Arsenio Farell Cubillas was a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party . | Mexican politician | 83 | 15 | |
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June Carter Cash | June Carter Cash was an American singer, songwriter and dancer. | American singer | 73 | 17 |
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Eric Porter | Eric Richard Porter was an English actor of stage, film and television. | English actor of stage, film and television | 67 | 25 |
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Len Lye | Leonard Charles Huia Lye was a New Zealand artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture. | Artist, Film Maker, Poet | 78 | 40 |
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Clark Shaughnessy | Clark Daniel Shaughnessy was an American football coach and innovator. | American football player and coach | 78 | 50 |
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Hervé-Edgar Brunelle | Hervé-Edgar Brunelle was a Canadian politician and lawyer. | Canadian politician | 58 | 70 |
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Owen Morgan Edwards | Sir Owen Morgan Edwards was a Welsh historian, educationalist and writer. | British politician | 61 | 100 |