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May 10th
166 Notable deaths
Cleanth Brooks
American literary critic and academic.
Born October 16th, 1906 in Murray.
Died May 10th, 1994 at 87 years old in New Haven.
Vasily Sokolovsky
Marshal of the soviet union (1897-1968).
Born July 21st, 1897 in Koźliki, Białystok County.
Died May 10th, 1968 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Vyacheslav Menzhinsky
Soviet politician (1874-1934).
Born August 31st, 1874 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 10th, 1934 at 59 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Günther Kaufmann
German actor (1947-2012).
Born June 16th, 1947 in Munich.
Died May 10th, 2012 at 64 years old in Berlin (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jerome Kagan
American psychologist (1929–2021).
Born February 25th, 1929 in Newark.
Died May 10th, 2021 at 92 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Richard Benson
British musician (1955–2022).
Born March 10th, 1955 in Woking.
Died May 10th, 2022 at 67 years old in Rome. [ref]
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
German general (1894-1945).
Born May 8th, 1894 in Strasbourg.
Died May 10th, 1945 at 51 years old in Upper Austria (ballistic trauma).
Val Guest
British film director (1911–2006).
Born December 11th, 1911 in London.
Died May 10th, 2006 at 94 years old in Palm Springs (prostate cancer). [ref]
Jessica Jacobs
Australian actress and singer (1990–2008).
Born November 14th, 1990 in Canberra.
Died May 10th, 2008 at 17 years old in Cheltenham (railway accident). [ref]
Steve Smith
Canadian cyclist.
Born November 25th, 1989 in Cassidy.
Died May 10th, 2016 at 26 years old in Nanaimo (traumatic brain injury). [ref]
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