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May 19th
228 Notable deaths
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
First lady of the united states from 1961 to 1963.
Born July 28th, 1929 in Southampton.
Died May 19th, 1994 at 64 years old in New York City (non-Hodgkin lymphoma).
T. E. Lawrence
British archaeologist, army officer and diplomat (1888–1935).
Born August 16th, 1888 in Tremadog.
Died May 19th, 1935 at 46 years old in Bovington Camp (traffic collision, motorcycle accident). [ref]
Jamsetji Tata
Indian industrialist, founder of the tata group (born 1839).
Born March 3rd, 1839 in Navsari.
Died May 19th, 1904 at 65 years old in Bad Nauheim.
Stanislav Petrov
Officer of the soviet air defence forces, noted for not executing a nuclear strike during a nuclear false alarm incident (1939-2017).
Born September 7th, 1939 in Vladivostok. [ref]
Died May 19th, 2017 at 77 years old in Fryazino (pneumonia). [ref]
Ebrahim Raisi
President of iran from 2021 to 2024.
Born December 14th, 1960 in Mashhad.
Died May 19th, 2024 at 63 years old in Bakrabad Rural District (helicopter crash). [ref]
Ravi Zacharias
Canadian-american christian apologist (1946–2020).
Born March 26th, 1946 in Chennai.
Died May 19th, 2020 at 74 years old in Atlanta (Spinal cord cancer).
William Ewart Gladstone
British liberal prime minister (1809–1898).
Born December 29th, 1809 in Liverpool.
Died May 19th, 1898 at 88 years old in Hawarden Castle.
Martin Amis
British novelist.
Born August 25th, 1949 in Oxford.
Died May 19th, 2023 at 73 years old in Lake Worth Beach (esophageal cancer). [ref]
José Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895).
Born January 28th, 1853 in Havana.
Died May 19th, 1895 at 42 years old in Dos Rios, Cuba.
Alan Young
British actor (1919–2016).
Born November 19th, 1919 in North Shields.
Died May 19th, 2016 at 96 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
V. N. Janaki
Indian actress and former chief minister of tamil nadu (1924-1996).
Born November 30th, 1923 in Vaikom. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1996 at 72 years old in Chennai.
Timothy J. Keller
American pastor (1950–2023).
Born September 23rd, 1950 in Allentown.
Died May 19th, 2023 at 72 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
Austrian archduke (1833–1896).
Born July 30th, 1833 in Schönbrunn Palace. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1896 at 62 years old in Vienna (typhoid fever).
Ronald Colman
British actor (1891–1958).
Born February 9th, 1891 in Richmond.
Died May 19th, 1958 at 67 years old in Santa Barbara (pulmonary emphysema).
Andy Rourke
British musician (1964–2023).
Born January 17th, 1964 in Manchester.
Died May 19th, 2023 at 59 years old in New York City (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Annie Glenn
American advocate (1920-2020).
Born February 17th, 1920 in Columbus. [ref]
Died May 19th, 2020 at 100 years old in Saint Paul (COVID-19). [ref]
Morley Safer
Canadian-american reporter and correspondent (1931-2016).
Born November 8th, 1931 in Toronto.
Died May 19th, 2016 at 84 years old in Manhattan (pneumonia). [ref]
John Betjeman
English poet, writer and broadcaster (1906–1984).
Born August 28th, 1906 in London.
Died May 19th, 1984 at 77 years old in Cornwall (Parkinson's disease).
Happy Rockefeller
Second lady of the united states from 1974 to 1977.
Born June 9th, 1926 in Bryn Mawr.
Died May 19th, 2015 at 88 years old in Tarrytown (disease).
Charles Ives
American modernist composer (1874–1954).
Born October 20th, 1874 in Danbury.
Died May 19th, 1954 at 79 years old in New York City.
Jack Brabham
Australian racing driver (1926–2014).
Born April 2nd, 1926 in Hurstville.
Died May 19th, 2014 at 88 years old in Gold Coast (liver failure). [ref]
Robert Webber
American actor (1924-1989).
Born October 14th, 1924 in Santa Ana.
Died May 19th, 1989 at 64 years old in Malibu (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Jacques Ellul
French sociologist, technology critic, and christian anarchist.
Born January 6th, 1912 in Bordeaux.
Died May 19th, 1994 at 82 years old in Pessac.
Ogden Nash
American poet (1902–1971).
Born August 19th, 1902 in Rye.
Died May 19th, 1971 at 68 years old in Baltimore (heart failure).
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I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner