May 19th
158 Notable deaths
Robert Sinclair Dietz
American scientist.
Born September 14th, 1914 in Westfield.
Died May 19th, 1995 at 80 years old in Tempe.
Archie Scott Brown
British racecar driver.
Born May 13th, 1927 in Paisley.
Died May 19th, 1958 at 31 years old in Heusy (traffic collision).
Dorothy Donegan
American jazz pianist.
Born April 6th, 1924 in John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1998 at 74 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo
Spanish author.
Born November 3rd, 1856 in Santander. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1912 at 55 years old in Santander. [ref]
Herbert York
American physicist (1921-2009).
Born November 24th, 1921 in Rochester.
Died May 19th, 2009 at 87 years old in San Diego (leukemia).
Alexey Maresyev
Soviet aviator.
Born May 20th, 1916 in Kamyshin. [ref]
Died May 19th, 2001 at 84 years old in Moscow (infarction). [ref]
Paul Schultze-Naumburg
German architect (1869-1949).
Born June 10th, 1869 in Almrich. [ref]
Died May 19th, 1949 at 79 years old in Jena. [ref]
Yevgeny Khrunov
Soviet cosmonaut.
Born September 10th, 1933.
Died May 19th, 2000 at 66 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction).
Valery Voronin
Russian footballer (1939-1984).
Born July 17th, 1939 in Moscow.
Died May 19th, 1984 at 44 years old in Moscow.
Nanni Balestrini
Italian poet and artist (1935–2019).
Born July 2nd, 1935 in Milan. [ref]
Died May 19th, 2019 at 83 years old in Rome. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 158
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but retire a little from sight and afterwards return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson