Notable Deaths on May 29th
May 29th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1259 |
King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219) |
1379 |
King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334) |
1405 |
Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France |
1425 |
Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378) |
1453 |
Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49 |
1500 |
Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns off the Cape of Good Hope aged 48 or 49 |
1544 |
Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68 |
1546 |
Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered |
1593 |
John Penry, English congressionalist, executed |
1629 |
Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74 |
1660 |
Gyorgy Rákóczi II, prince of Transylvania, dies in battle |
1660 |
Peter Scriverius, lawyer/historian, dies at 44 |
1660 |
Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (b. 1615) |
1680 |
Abraham Megerle, composer, dies at 73 |
1691 |
Cornelis Tromp, admiral-general/son of Maarten T, dies at 61 |
1750 |
Giuseppe Porsile, composer, dies at 70 |
1788 |
Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61 |
1790 |
Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718) |
1796 |
Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720) |
1814 |
Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon I and first Empress of France (1804-14), dies of pneumonia aged 50 |
1815 |
Cornelis de Gijselaar, politician/patriot, dies at 64 |
1816 |
Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies |
1829 |
Humphry Davy, scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 84 |
1833 |
William Marshall, composer, dies at 84 |
1847 |
Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766) |
1862 |
Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer, dies at 71 |
1866 |
Winfield Scott, American general (b. 1786) |
1866 |
Henry Darwin Rogers, American Geologist (theory of mountain building, first geological mapping of Pennsylvania), dies at 57 |
1868 |
Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823) |
1869 |
Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer/publisher, dies at 73 |
1877 |
John Lothrop Motley, (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63 |
1882 |
Vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833) |
1883 |
Albrecht of Prussia, mistress of John van Rossum, dies at 73 |
1883 |
WFLC Marianne, princess of Orange-Nassau, dies |
1885 |
Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63 |
1892 |
Baha'u'llah [Mirza HA Noeri], Persian founder (Baha'i), dies at 74 |
1896 |
Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814) |
1899 |
Frantz Jehin-Prume, composer, dies at 60 |
1903 |
Bruce Price, American architect (b. 1845) |
1905 |
Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55 |
1910 |
Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Russian composer (Islamej), dies at 73 |
1911 |
William Schwenck Gilbert, English dramatist (Gilbert & Sullivan), dies at 74 |
1911 |
William S. Gilbert, The Pirate Movie |
1919 |
Robert Bacon, American politician (b. 1860) |
1922 |
Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director, dies at 39 |
1924 |
Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies |
1929 |
George Thompson, Why Bring That Up? |
1931 |
Felix Hollaender, Jealousy |
1932 |
Pascual Contursi, Jack and Jill |
1933 |
Frank Sugg, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for England 1888), dies |
1934 |
Eugenie Besserer, actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at 65 |
1935 |
Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61 |
1936 |
Norman 'Chubby' Chaney, Pups Is Pups |
1936 |
Archibald Denny, The Builders of Shamrock II |
1937 |
George D. Parker, Strike Me Lucky |
1938 |
Mirko Eliás, Láska a lidé |
1939 |
Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (b. 1865) |
1940 |
Mary Navarro, Babette |
1941 |
Thomas Findley, The Lucky Devil |
1941 |
Oskar Joost Orchester, Suite Française |
1942 |
John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60 |
1942 |
Fred J. Williams, A Modern Cain |
1942 |
John Barrymore, Grand Hotel |
1943 |
Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer, dies at 72 |
1943 |
Olive West, Madame Butterfly |
1943 |
Walter C. Reed, An Aerial Joyride |
1943 |
William Koenig, Moontide |
1944 |
Rosa Rosanova, Blood and Sand |
1945 |
Hermann Fegelein, |
1945 |
Mihail Sebastian, Bezymyannaya zvezda |
1946 |
Martin Gottfried Weiss, Commandant of Dachau concentration camp (b. 1905) |
1948 |
May Whitty, actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 82 |
1948 |
Dame May Whitty, The Lady Vanishes |
1949 |
Harry Lash, Headin' East |
1949 |
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart, Flying Tigers |
1949 |
Casey Roberts, To Have and Have Not |
1950 |
Wilhelm Bendow, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen |
1950 |
Thor Modéen, Pensionat Paradiset |
1950 |
F. Chase Taylor, The Inventors |
1951 |
Dimitrios Levidis, composer, dies at 66 |
1951 |
Fanny Brice, Zeigfield Girl (Baby Snooks Show), dies at 59 |
1951 |
Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer, dies at 91 |
1951 |
Robert Kahn, composer, dies at 85 |
1951 |
Fanny Brice, The Great Ziegfeld |
1951 |
Gertrude Thanhouser, Their One Love |
1951 |
Robert Kahn, |
1951 |
Robert Kahn, Earth Days |
1951 |
Laurence Schwab, Good News |
1952 |
Erika Voigt, Alle går rundt og forelsker sig |
1952 |
Émile Mylo, Marie-Jeanne ou la femme du peuple |
1953 |
Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (b. 1891) |
1953 |
Man Mountain Dean, The Gladiator |
1953 |
Max Wilmsen, Die Goldgrube |
1953 |
Frank Allenby, The Flame and the Arrow |
1955 |
Daniel G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78 |
1955 |
Karel Tresnák, Babicka |
1956 |
Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65 |
1956 |
Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 73 |
1957 |
George Bacovia [Vasiliu], Romanian poet/composer (Plumb), dies at 75 |
1957 |
Ernest Pasque, The False Faces |
1957 |
James Whale, Frankenstein |
1957 |
Olga Vittoria Gentilli, Doctor, Beware |
1958 |
Juan Ramon Jiménez, Spanish poet (Nobel 1956), dies at 76 |
1958 |
Louis Shankland, By the Sad Sea Waves |
1960 |
Hans Carl Mueller, Die Nibelungen: Siegfried |
1961 |
Uuno Kalervo Klami, composer, dies at 60 |
1961 |
Uuno Klami, Yli rajan |
1962 |
Benedict Dabija, La 'Moara cu noroc' |
1962 |
Ernest Golm, Rhapsody in Blue |
1962 |
Rose Smith, The Birth of a Nation |
1963 |
Charles-Félix Tavano, Ce bon Monsieur Durand |
1964 |
Horacio Priani, Yo soy el criminal |
1964 |
Russell Dennis, Bright Victory |
1966 |
Lucille Kellar, A Peach at the Beach |
1966 |
Roland Price, The Bride and the Beast |
1967 |
Geronimo Baqueiro Foster, composer, dies at 69 |
1967 |
Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Pandora's Box |
1968 |
Jesse Scott, The Champ |
1970 |
John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68 |
1970 |
Eve Hesse, German born Jewish American sculptor dies of a brain tumour aged 34 |
1971 |
Max Trapp, composer, dies at 83 |
1972 |
Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (b. 1902) |
1972 |
Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878) |
1973 |
Eric Applewhite, entertainer, dies |
1973 |
P. Ramlee, Malaysian film actor, director, singer and songwriter. (b. 1929) |
1976 |
Sheree Winton, Terry-Thomas |
1977 |
Goddard Lieberson, composer, dies at 66 |
1977 |
Ba Maw, Burmese politician (b. 1893) |
1978 |
Charles Wood, The Sins of Rachel Cade |
1978 |
Sy Bartlett, Twelve O'Clock High |
1979 |
Mary Pickford, actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 87 |
1979 |
John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (b. 1916) |
1979 |
Eddie Imazu, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
1979 |
Mary Pickford, Coquette |
1980 |
Tore Sjöberg, Secrets of the Nazi Criminals |
1980 |
Jock Livingston, Star! |
1981 |
Irving Briskin, The Face Behind the Mask |
1981 |
Helene Hatch, The Good Samaritan |
1981 |
Ching-Ling Soong, From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China |
1981 |
Lee Sullivan, Sing for Sweetie |
1982 |
Romy Schneider, actress (Cardinal), dies of cardiac arrest at 43 |
1982 |
Erv Palica, Game 5 |
1983 |
Arvīds Pelše, Soviet Latvian statesman (b. 1899) |
1983 |
Willy Rozier, Dora... la frénésie du plaisir |
1984 |
Cyril Lord, Ice Spy |
1984 |
Viljo Castrén, Polyteekkarifilmi |
1985 |
39, die at Heysel Stadium in Liverpool in a riot prior to soccer match |
1985 |
Madge West, actress (Grandma-McLean Stevenson Show), dies at 93 |
1985 |
Madge West, Money Troubles |
1985 |
Kathleen Boutall, Fanny's First Play |
1986 |
Inge Landgut, M |
1986 |
Mariya Sauts, Krasnyy galstuk |
1986 |
Jac McAnelly, The Hitcher |
1986 |
Onelio Jorge Cardoso, Cumbite |
1987 |
Alain Vincx, Belgian stuntman, dies in an accident at 40 |
1987 |
Howard Shoup, Cool Hand Luke |
1987 |
Danuta Halladin, Moja ulica |
1988 |
Hans Ola Sørlie, Orion's Belt |
1988 |
Vladimír Mensík, The Loves of a Blonde |
1988 |
Charla Doherty, In the Year 2889 |
1989 |
John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943) |
1989 |
John Cipollina, Fillmore |
1989 |
Ratko Buljan, Train in the Snow |
1990 |
Mozelle Miller, Gone with the Wind |
1990 |
Dorothea Thiesing, The Singing Ringing Tree |
1990 |
Jack Hendricks, Caryl of the Mountains |
1991 |
Coral Browne, Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77 |
1991 |
Margaret Barr, Climbers |
1991 |
Coral Browne, Auntie Mame |
1991 |
Henny Valjus, Katupeilin takana |
1991 |
Henry Cronjager Jr., The Over-the-Hill Gang |
1992 |
Bill Beyers, actor (Wally-Capitol), dies of AIDS at 37 |
1992 |
Karl Carstens, president of RFA (1979-84), dies |
1992 |
Peter John "Ollie" Halsall, guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 43 |
1992 |
Pippa Steele, actress (Vampire Lovers), dies of cancer at 44 |
1992 |
Bill Beyers, A Fashionable Way to Die |
1992 |
Ion Bostan, Lacul cu nuferi |
1992 |
Pippa Steel, The Vampire Lovers |
1992 |
Margaret Brayton, Jack Takes Beavers to Dentist |
1992 |
Ollie Halsall, Observe and Report |
1992 |
Geraldine Harris, You're My Everything |
1993 |
Billy Conn, boxer, dies of pneumonia at 75 |
1993 |
Tiny Hofman, Amsterdam activist (Nieuwmarkt), dies at 68 |
1993 |
Paul Malvern, House of Dracula |
1993 |
Ann Wadlington, Murder, She Wrote |
1993 |
Alex Kampouris, Whistling in Brooklyn |
1993 |
Nikolai Popov, Ritzar bez bronya |
1993 |
Richard Macdonald, The Addams Family |
1993 |
Jayne Shadduck, 42nd Street |
1994 |
Erich Honecker, president of German DR (1971-89), dies in Chile at 81 |
1994 |
Ezra Taft Benson, min of Agr/leader of mormon (1985-94), dies at 94 |
1994 |
Harry Levin, literary Scholar, dies at 81 |
1994 |
Jose Bohr, actor (El Traidor, Sueno de Amor), dies at 92 |
1994 |
Joseph Janni, producer, dies at 78 |
1994 |
Oliver "Bops Junior" Jackson, drummer, dies at 61 |
1994 |
Erich Honecker, Waiting for Fidel |
1994 |
Jan Gabrielsson, Horoskooppi |
1994 |
Joseph Janni, Darling |
1994 |
Patrick Brady, Staying Alive |
1994 |
Konstantin Mikhaylov, Adventures in Bokhara |
1994 |
Suzanne Guémard, We Will All Go to Monte Carlo |
1994 |
José Bohr, Marihuana |
1995 |
Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep & Sen (R-Me), dies at 97 |
1995 |
Margaret Chase Smith, Episode #4.28 |
1995 |
Jim Atkinson, Deliverance |
1996 |
James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77 |
1996 |
Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), dies at 45 |
1996 |
Tamara Toumanova, dancer, dies at 77 |
1996 |
Jennings Lang, High Plains Drifter |
1996 |
Richard Dia, Dionysus in '69 |
1996 |
Jeremy Sinden, Star Wars |
1996 |
Isidro B. Maiztegui, Death of a Cyclist |
1996 |
Louis Rantz, Captain Calamity |
1996 |
Tamara Toumanova, Torn Curtain |
1997 |
George Fenneman, announcer (You Bet Your Life), dies at 77 |
1997 |
Jeff Buckley, musician, drowns at 30 |
1997 |
John Sengstacke, publisher (Defender), dies at 84 |
1997 |
Ole Nezer, Havoc |
1997 |
Jeff Buckley, Vanilla Sky |
1997 |
George Fenneman, Marge on the Lam |
1997 |
Herbert Weicker, Confessions of Felix Krull |
1998 |
Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909) |
1998 |
Joanna Geldof, Lisa |
1998 |
Francis Lee, 1941 |
1998 |
Roy Jordan, |
1998 |
Philip O'Connor, Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways |
1998 |
Barry Goldwater, Episode dated 5 December 1966 |
1999 |
João Carlos de Oliveira, Games of the XXI Olympiad Montreal 1976 |
1999 |
Bernard La Jarrige, Madame Rosa |
1999 |
Jo Lustig, 84 Charing Cross Road |
1999 |
Richard Albain, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge |
1999 |
Lois Egg, Ostwind |
2000 |
Neil Harris, Reunion |
2000 |
Anthony Spinelli, Nothing to Hide |
2000 |
David Wilson, Catalina Caper |
2000 |
Jana Brezinová, Jan Amos Comenius |
2000 |
David Broadnax, Zombie Island Massacre |
2000 |
Aubrey Richards, The Ipcress File |
2001 |
Russell Saunders, The Goonies |
2001 |
Ferenc Zentai, A vérdíj |
2001 |
Hédi Temessy, Almanac of Fall |
2002 |
Mildred Benson, American writer (b. 1905) |
2002 |
Jack Nilon, Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee |
2002 |
Lois Gould, Such Good Friends |
2002 |
Billy Judkins, The Usual Suspects |
2002 |
Maggie Ross, Broadway Rhythm |
2002 |
Fyodor Panasenko, Povest o zhenshchine |
2003 |
David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (b. 1972) |
2003 |
Henry Garson, G.I. Blues |
2003 |
Dubb Tubb, Grand Champion |
2003 |
Olimpia Di Nardo, Delitto a Porta Romana |
2003 |
Amy Károlyi, Pomádé király új ruhája |
2003 |
Pierre Restany, Rituel pour Pierre |
2003 |
Wallace Terry, Dead Presidents |
2003 |
Karl Genus, Playhouse 90 |
2003 |
Lee Katz, British Intelligence |
2003 |
Basil Langton, General Hospital |
2003 |
Robert Stafford, Escape to Witch Mountain |
2003 |
Janusz Krzepkowski, Czlowiek z cyfra |
2003 |
Todorka Kondova, So tugj konj na sred voda |
2004 |
Archibald Cox, Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912) |
2004 |
Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (b. 1925) |
2004 |
Sam Dash, Watergate |
2004 |
Zebedy Colt, The Devil Inside Her |
2004 |
Richard Coker-Enahoro, Banshee |
2004 |
Archibald Cox, Watergate |
2004 |
Jack Rosenthal, Yentl |
2004 |
Ivica Serfezi, Episode #1.2 |
2004 |
Etienne Roda-Gil, Same Old Song |
2005 |
George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918) |
2005 |
Luciano Rossi, They Call Me Trinity |
2005 |
Hamilton Naki, Hidden Heart |
2005 |
Oscar Brown Jr., Priceless |
2005 |
George Rochberg, The Mind of Music |
2006 |
Steve Mizerak, American pool player (b. 1944) |
2006 |
Jacques Bouchard, Quebec advertising executive (b. 1930) |
2006 |
Brook Byron, Auntie Mame |
2006 |
Peter C. Borsari, Inside Deep Throat |
2006 |
Edwin Zbonek, Man and Beast |
2006 |
Masumi Okada, Izo |
2006 |
Katarína Kolníková, ...kone na betóne |
2006 |
Rex Koury, You Don't Say |
2006 |
Steve Mizerak, The Color of Money |
2006 |
Kat Schurmann, O Mundo Em Duas Voltas |
2007 |
Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938) |
2007 |
Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian Politician (stroke) (b. 1927) |
2007 |
Posteal Laskey, American convicted murderer widely believed to be the Cincinnati Strangler of natural causes (b. 1938) |
2007 |
Yildiray Çinar, Çarsambayi sel aldi |
2007 |
Vanamala, Parbat Pe Apna Dera |
2007 |
Earl Ubell, Six Hours of Surgery |
2007 |
Vladimir Popkov, Serdtsa tryokh |
2007 |
Norman Kaye, Moulin Rouge! |
2007 |
Howard Cutler, The Hidden Epidemic: Heart Disease in America |
2007 |
Wallace Seawell, Bob Judges a Beauty Pageant |
2007 |
Orlando Ortega, Speed Dating 101 |
2007 |
Tony Bastable, Database |
2007 |
András Veszelinov, Episode #1.4 |
2008 |
Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987) |
2008 |
Harvey Korman, American actor (b. 1927) |
2008 |
Dianne Odell, American medical figure (b. 1947) |
2008 |
Georg Fenady, Arnold |
2008 |
Harvey Korman, Blazing Saddles |
2008 |
Jeannie Millar, The Key to Sex |
2009 |
Karine Ruby, French snowboarder and Olympic champion (b. 1978) |
2009 |
Hans-Dieter Mäde, Das Stacheltier - Der Dickhäuter |
2009 |
Nico Orengo, Il signor Pietro |
2009 |
Sergej Hudák, Zelary |
2009 |
Nantas Salvalaggio, Without a Flag |
2010 |
Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (b. 1936) |
2010 |
Dany Mann, The River Line |
2010 |
Sepy Dobronyi, Inside Deep Throat |
2010 |
Dennis Hopper, Speed |
2011 |
Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian politician, President of Hungary (b. 1931) |
2011 |
Bill Clements, Governor of Texas (b. 1917) |
2011 |
Sergei Bagapsh, Abkhazian president (b. 1949) |
2011 |
Simon Brint, Tracey Takes on New York |
2011 |
Lawrence Madden, Episode #18.13 |
2011 |
William P. Clements Jr., |
2011 |
Roberto Valentino De Leon, Sweet Hostage |
2011 |
Maryam Campbell, Five Cent War.com |
2011 |
Michel Boujut, Le bunker |
2011 |
Barbara Wronowska, Awans |
2011 |
Jean-Émile Jeanneson, La boue et le feu |
2011 |
Edmund Villa, Scarface |
2012 |
Doc Watson, American bluegrass musician, dies from complications following surgery at 89 |
2012 |
Mark Minkov, V zone osobogo vnimaniya |
2012 |
Ildikó Monyók, A legnagyobb sürüség közepe |
2012 |
Kaneto Shindô, Hachi: A Dog's Tale |
2012 |
Jim Unger, Sword |
2012 |
Cassandra Jardine, Episode dated 9 January 2010 |
2012 |
Dick Beals, Superdoo! |
2012 |
Toni Arden, Episode #3.14 |
2012 |
Jim Paratore, Let's Ask America |
2012 |
Turquoise Taylor Grant, CanniBallistic! |
2012 |
Doc Watson, The Guilt Trip |
2012 |
John Robert Slaughter, Voices of the Veterans |
2013 |
Françoise Blanchard, French actress, dies at 58 |
2013 |
Marvin Junior, Dinner Rush |
2013 |
Máté Tóth Tahi, Hamis a baba |
2013 |
Velimir Subotic, Kod Kamile |
2013 |
Henry Morgentaler, Henry |
2013 |
Franca Rame, Una pareja abierta |
2013 |
Donald Bevan, Stalag 17 |
2013 |
Andrew Greeley, Santa Claus |
2013 |
Kai Rautenberg, Twins from Immen Farm |
2013 |
Nino Baragli, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly |
2014 |
Bern Bennett, Password All-Stars |
2014 |
Miljenko Prohaska, Rondo |
2014 |
Karlheinz Böhm, Peeping Tom |
2014 |
Ian Price, The Adventure of the Cheap Flat |
2015 |
Walter Mossmann, Lemberg - Geöffnete Stadt |
2015 |
Bruno Pesaola, Quel ragazzo della curva B |
2015 |
Doris Hart, Queens of the Court |
2015 |
Peter Cropper, The Lindsays/Half a Mile from Stoke |
2015 |
Yuri Muravitsky, Yaroslav Mudry |
2015 |
Natalya Lagoda, |
2015 |
Sarah Erulkar, Never Go with Strangers |
2015 |
Betsy Palmer, Friday the 13th |
2017 |
Former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis dies aged 98 |
2018 |
Actress Cornelia Frances who played Home and Away's Morag dies aged 77 |
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