May 19th
181 Notable deaths
Dževad Karahasan
Bosnia and herzegovina writer (1953–2023).
Born January 25th, 1953 in Tomislavgrad.
Died May 19th, 2023 at 70 years old in Graz. [ref]
Osman Fuad Efendi
Ottoman noble (1895–1973).
Born February 24th, 1895 in Çırağan Palace.
Died May 19th, 1973 at 78 years old in Nice.
Batya Gur
Israeli writer (1947–2005).
Born January 20th, 1947 in Tel Aviv.
Died May 19th, 2005 at 58 years old in Jerusalem (cancer).
Hilding Rosenberg
Swedish modernist composer (1892-1985).
Died May 19th, 1985 at 92 years old in Västerled. [ref]
Marcus Ward Lyon, Jr.
U.s. mammalogist, bacteriologist, and pathologist (1875–1942).
Born February 5th, 1875 in Rock Island Arsenal.
Died May 19th, 1942 at 67 years old in South Bend.
Ray Rennahan
American cinematographer.
Born May 1st, 1896 in Las Vegas.
Died May 19th, 1980 at 84 years old in Tarzana.
Hans Mayer
German literary scholar.
Born March 19th, 1907 in Cologne. [ref]
Died May 19th, 2001 at 94 years old in Tübingen. [ref]
Gerald Götting
East german politician (1923-2015).
Born June 9th, 1923 in Nietleben.
Died May 19th, 2015 at 91 years old in Berlin (disease).
Georges Boillot
French racing driver.
Born August 3rd, 1884 in Valentigney. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1916 at 31 years old in Vadelaincourt (killed in action). [ref]
Ian Burgess
British racing driver.
Born July 6th, 1930 in London.
Died May 19th, 2012 at 81 years old in London Borough of Harrow. [ref]
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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