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1979Mary Pickford, actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 87

1911William Schwenck Gilbert, English dramatist (Gilbert & Sullivan), dies at 74

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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