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May 10th
166 Notable deaths
Orvar Bergmark
Swedish footballer (1930-2004).
Born November 16th, 1930 in Bureå parish.
Died May 10th, 2004 at 73 years old in Örebro.
Lillian Nordica
American opera singer (1857–1914).
Born December 12th, 1857 in Farmington.
Died May 10th, 1914 at 56 years old in Jakarta (pneumonia).
Svante Thuresson
Swedish jazz and schlager singer (1937–2021).
Born February 7th, 1937 in Stockholm.
Died May 10th, 2021 at 84 years old [ref]
Béla Balassa
Hungarian economist.
Born April 6th, 1928 in Budapest. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1991 at 63 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Paul Émile Chabas
French painter (1869-1937).
Born March 7th, 1869 in Nantes.
Died May 10th, 1937 at 68 years old in Paris.
Ivan Merz
Bosnian-croatian academic, catholic layperson, writer, schoolteacher, polyglot and blessed of the catholic church (1896–1928).
Born December 16th, 1896 in Banja Luka.
Died May 10th, 1928 at 31 years old in Zagreb (infectious disease).
Nina Grebeshkova
Soviet and russian actress (1930—2025).
Born November 29th, 1930 in Moscow.
Died May 10th, 2025 at 94 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Futabatei Shimei
Japanese author, translator and literary critic (1864–1909).
Born February 28th, 1864. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1909 at 45 years old in Bay of Bengal (pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis).
Antun Augustinčić
Croatian sculptor, political commissar and university teacher (1900-1979).
Born May 4th, 1900 in Klanjec. [ref]
Died May 10th, 1979 at 79 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Jacinto Quincoces
Spanish footballer (1905-1997).
Born July 17th, 1905 in Barakaldo.
Died May 10th, 1997 at 91 years old in Valencia.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 166
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel