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May 2, 2002 Judy Toll, comic/writer, Sex and the City, dies at 44 May 2, 1999 Oliver Reed, actor, Oliver!, dies at 61 May 2, 1998 Don Harrison, Headline News anchor, dies at 61 May 2, 1998 Gene Raymond, actor, dies at 89 May 2, 1996 Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, civil servant, dies at 97 May 2, 1996 Emile Habibi, writer, dies at 73 May 2, 1996 Peter John Swales, football club chairman, dies at 63 May 2, 1994 Louis Calaferte, writer (Requiem of the Innocents), dies at 65 May 2, 1994 Wilson Charles Geoffery Baldwin, hero, dies at 75 May 2, 1993 Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82 May 2, 1993 WLPM, the Short, Dutch MP (KVP, 1945-73), dies at 83 May 2, 1993 Will Weng, Sunday Times crossword puzzle editor (1968-78), dies at 86 May 2, 1992 Joey Cuevas, dancer, dies at 34 May 2, 1992 Lee Salk, baby doctor/author, dies of cardiac arrest at 65 May 2, 1992 Margareth Wallmann, Austrian opera director, dies at 88 May 2, 1992 Philip Dunne, screenwriter, dies of cancer at 84 May 2, 1992 Wilbur Mills, (Rep-D-Ark)/involved with Fanne Foxe, dies at 82 May 2, 1991 Hal Bell, dies at 65 May 2, 1991 Leib Lensky, dies at 82 May 2, 1990 David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38 May 2, 1990 Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49 May 2, 1990 William Levi Dawson, composer, dies at 90 May 2, 1985 Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery May 2, 1985 Milton S Eisenhower, U.S. diplomat, dies at 85 May 2, 1984 Jack Barry, game show emcee (Joker's Wild), dies at 66 May 2, 1984 Piet van Aken, Flemish writer (Failing God, Niggers), dies at 64 May 2, 1983 Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies May 2, 1982 Helmut Dantine May 2, 1982 Hugh Marlowe, actor (Jim Matthews-Another World), dies at 71 May 2, 1980 Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies May 2, 1973 Alan Carney, actor (Herbie-Take it from Me), dies at 61 May 2, 1972 Hugo Hartung, writer, dies at 69 May 2, 1972 J Edgar Hoover, head of FBI (1924-72)/cross dresser, dies at 77 May 2, 1972 J. Edgar Hoover, American Public Servant May 2, 1969 Franz JHMM von Papen, German chancellor (1932), dies at 89 May 2, 1969 Franz von Papen, German Politician May 2, 1968 Donald L Hall, airplane designer (Spirit of St. Louis), dies at 69 May 2, 1964 Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies May 2, 1964 Nancy Astor, British Politician May 2, 1963 Tomas Vackar, composer, dies at 17 May 2, 1963 Van Wyck Brooks, U.S. historian (Ordeal of Mark Twain), dies at 77 May 2, 1960 Caryl Chessman, rapist executed after 12 years of appeals at 39 May 2, 1959 Yrlo Henrik Kilpinen, Finnish composer, dies at 67 May 2, 1958 Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist, dies at 89 May 2, 1957 Joseph McCarthy, commie hunting senator (R-Wisc), dies at 47 May 2, 1957 Tadeusz Zygfryd Kassern, composer, dies at 53 May 2, 1955 Tadeusz Jarecki, composer, dies at 66 May 2, 1954 Pauline de Cock-Manifarges, singer, dies at 82 May 2, 1947 William Moulton Marston, American Psychologist May 2, 1945 Martin Bormann, propoganda minister for Hitler, dies May 2, 1937 Arthur Somervell, composer, dies at 73 May 2, 1919 Gustav Landauer, German socialist, dies May 2, 1897 William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer, dies at 63 May 2, 1892 Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 69 May 2, 1864 Giacomo Meyerbeer, composer, dies at 72 May 2, 1857 LC Alfred the Musset, French poet (Lesson caprices Marianne), dies May 2, 1857 Alfred de Musset, French Writer May 2, 1849 David H Chasse, baron/gen (fought Napoleon at Waterloo), dies at 84 May 2, 1845 August Pauly, German writer (Real Encyclopedia), dies at 48 May 2, 1818 Herman W. Daendels, governor-gen of Guinea (1815-18), dies at 55 May 2, 1799 Henri-Joseph Rigel, composer, dies at 58 May 2, 1736 Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71 May 2, 1727 Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70 May 2, 1685 Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter, buried May 2, 1669 Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61 May 2, 1567 Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies May 2, 1519 Leonardo Da Vinci, artist/scientist, dies at 67 May 2, 1488 Jacob van Horne, Burgundy statesman, dies May 2, 1459 Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies May 2, 1250 Toeransa, sultan of Egypt, murdered May 2, 649 Maruta of Tagrit, theology/1st mafriaan Jakobitische church, dies |
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