Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 30-May

Died on This Day (30-May)

Person Person Description Age Anniv
Leon Redbone Leon Redbone Leon Redbone was a Canadian/ American singer-songwriter and musician specializing in jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley classics. Canadian-American singer-songwriter 69 1
Beau Biden Beau Biden Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III was an American politician, lawyer, and officer in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps from Wilmington, Delaware. American attorney 46 5
Andrew Huxley Andrew Huxley Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley was an English physiologist and biophysicist. Physiologist and biophysicist 94 8
Dufferin Roblin Dufferin Roblin Dufferin "Duff" Roblin, was a Canadian businessman and politician. Canadian politician 92 10
Kees Boertien Kees Boertien Cornelis "Kees" Boertien was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal party and jurist. Dutch politician 74 18
Tex Beneke Tex Beneke Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. Jazz musician 86 20
Steve Prefontaine Steve Prefontaine Steve Roland "Pre" Prefontaine was an American long-distance runner who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Athlete 24 45
Murray Balfour Murray Balfour Murray Gordon Louis Balfour was a Canadian ice hockey right wing in the National Hockey League from 1956 to 1965, with the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, and Boston Bruins. Canadian ice hockey player 28 55
Eddie Prokop Eddie Prokop Edward Stanley "Eddie" Prokop was an American football player. American football player 33 65
John F. Andrew John F. Andrew John Forrester Andrew was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. American politician 44 125
Person Person Description Age Anniv
Molly Peters Vivien Mollie Humphrey , known as Molly Peters, was an English actress and model best known for her role as Bond girl Patricia Fearing in the James Bond film Thunderball. English actress 75 3
Jayalath Jayawardena Jayalath Jayawardena Dr. Ruban Canistus Jayalath Jayawardena MP , commonly as Jayalath Jayawardena, was a medical doctor who was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka for the opposition United National Party in 1994. Sri Lankan politician 59 7
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow Rosalyn Sussman Yalow Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of the radioimmunoassay technique. American medical physicist, Nobel laureate 89 9
Rafał Kurmański Rafał Kurmański Rafał Kurmański ['rafaw kurˈmaɲskʲi] was a Polish speedway rider who was 2nd in 2001 Individual Under-19 European Championship. Polish speedway rider 21 16
Jaime Rexach Benítez Jaime Rexach Benítez Jaime Benítez Rexach was a Puerto Rican author, academic and politician. Puerto Rican politician 92 19
Glenn Burke Glenn Burke Glenn Lawrence Burke was a Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics from 1976 to 1979. Major League Baseball (MLB) player 42 25
Edwin C. Johnson Edwin C. Johnson Edwin Carl Johnson was an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as both governor of and U. American politician 86 50
Boris Pasternak Boris Pasternak Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator. Russian poet and writer 70 60
George Ernest Morrison George Ernest Morrison George Ernest Morrison was an Australian journalist, political adviser to and representative of the government of the Republic of China during the First World War and owner of the then largest Asiatic library ever assembled. Australian geologist 58 100
François Boucher François Boucher François Boucher was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. French painter 66 250