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May 31, 2001 Arlene Francis, actress, What's My Line?, dies at 93 May 31, 2000 Johnnie Taylor, singer, Who's Makin' Love?, dies at 62 May 31, 2000 "Tito ""The Mambo King"" Puente", bandleader/percussionist, dies at 76 May 31, 2000 John Coolidge, American Celebrity May 31, 1997 Rosie Will Monroe, WW II icon, Rosie the Riveter, dies at 76 May 31, 1996 Colin Morris, playwright/documentary filmmaker, dies at 80 May 31, 1996 Elsbeary Hobbs, singer, dies at 59 May 31, 1996 Neela Sanjiva Reddy, president of India (1977-82), dies May 31, 1996 Paul Peter Piech, artist, dies at 76 May 31, 1996 Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer, dies at 68 May 31, 1996 Timothy Francis Leary, Harvard prof/LSD guru, dues of cancer at 75 May 31, 1996 Timothy Leary, American Educator May 31, 1995 Tim Mara, owner (New York Giants), dies at 59 May 31, 1995 Stanley Elkin, American Author May 31, 1994 Emmanuel "Manny" Klein, trumpeter, dies at 86 May 31, 1994 Herva Nelli, soprano, dies at 85 May 31, 1994 Sidney Gilliat, British screenwriter/director, dies at 86 May 31, 1993 John Granger, actor (Advise and Consent), dies at 69 May 31, 1992 Lutz Stavenhagen, top aid to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dies at 52 May 31, 1991 Angus Wilson, [Johnstone-W], British writer (Wrong Set), dies May 31, 1991 H N "Swanie" Swanson, literary agent, dies at 91 of a stroke May 31, 1989 C L R James, cricket writer (distinguished Trinidadian), dies May 31, 1989 Charles A Hufnagel, doc (artificial heart valve pioneer), dies at 72 May 31, 1989 Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer May 31, 1987 Dorothy Patrick, actress (Torch Song, New Orleans, High Wall), dies May 31, 1986 Dora Russell, English Celebrity May 31, 1986 James Rainwater, American Scientist May 31, 1982 Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight boxing champ/actor, dies at 86 May 31, 1976 Jacques Monod, French biochemist, dies May 31, 1976 Martha Mitchell wife of former Att Gen John Mitchell, dies in New York at 57 May 31, 1976 Jacques Lucien Monod, French Scientist May 31, 1974 Adelle Davis, U.S. nutrionalist (Let's stay healthy), dies at 70 May 31, 1973 Albert Egges van Giffen, Dutch archaeologist, dies at 89 May 31, 1971 Massimo Campigli, Italian painter/illustrator, dies at 75 May 31, 1971 Reinhold Niebuhr, U.S. theologist, dies at 78 May 31, 1967 Billy Strayhorn, American Composer May 31, 1963 Carel C van Essen, archaeologist (Art of Ancient Rome), dies at 63 May 31, 1962 Adolf Eichmann, war criminal, hanged at Ramie Prison in Israel at 56 May 31, 1962 Eduardo Toldra, composer, dies at 67 May 31, 1962 Nazi Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel for crimes against Jews in WW II May 31, 1961 ? Trujillo, Dominican Republic president, assassinated at 69 May 31, 1960 Willem Elsschot, [Alfons de Ridder], Flemish writer (Kas), dies at 78 May 31, 1955 "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500 May 31, 1955 Raoul Gunsbourg, composer, dies at 95 May 31, 1952 Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies May 31, 1948 Jose Vianna da Motta, composer, dies at 80 May 31, 1947 Adrienne Ames, actress (Black Sheep, 24 Hours), dies at 39 May 31, 1947 Henri G Casadesus, Fr altviolist/composer (viola d'amour), dies at 66 May 31, 1942 Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia and Moravia, assassinated May 31, 1928 Ludwig Enneccerus, German leader, dies at 85 May 31, 1928 Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian, dies at 60 May 31, 1916 Horace Hood, British spy (Battle of Jutland), dies in battle May 31, 1910 Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 May 31, 1906 Hermann Schell, German theologist (Gott und Geist), dies at 56 May 31, 1906 King Alfonso XIII, assassinated in Madrid May 31, 1906 Victoria von Battenberg, assassinated in Madrid May 31, 1900 James Loudon, Governor-General of Neth-Indies (1871-75), dies at 75 May 31, 1900 John Power, Irish baronet/whiskey manufacturer, dies in battle May 31, 1875 Eliphas Levi, French Author May 31, 1862 Robert Hatton, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at about 34 May 31, 1854 Vatroslav Lisinski, composer, dies at 34 May 31, 1850 Giuseppe Giusti, Italian Poet May 31, 1849 Leonard PJ du Bus de Gisignies, Governor-General of Neth-Indies, dies at 69 May 31, 1837 Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 May 31, 1832 Evariste Galois, French revolutionary/mathematician, dies at 20 May 31, 1809 Ferdinand von Schill, Prussian officer/rebel, dies in battle at 33 May 31, 1809 Franz Josef Haydn, Austrian composer (Jahreszeiten), dies at 77 May 31, 1806 Michael FB baron von Melas, Austrian general, dies at 77 May 31, 1740 Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 May 31, 1696 Heinrich Schwemmer, composer, dies at 75 May 31, 1665 Pieter J Saenredam, Dutch architectural painter, dies at 67 May 31, 1620 Willem Louis, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies at 59 May 31, 1594 Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter, dies at 75 May 31, 1567 Pereguin de la Grange, French minister/martyr of Reform, dies May 31, 1551 Aristotele "Basiano" da Sangallo, Italian set designer, dies May 31, 1504 Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, dies May 31, 1198 Moses ben Solomon Ha-Cohen, rabbi of Mainz, dies May 31, 1091 Hendrik van Verdun, bishop of Luik (1075-91), dies |