May 1st
166 Notable deaths
Charles Sutherland Elton
British zoologist and ecologist (1900-1991).
Born March 29th, 1900 in Liverpool.
Died May 1st, 1991 at 91 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Werner Ostendorff
German general (1903-1945).
Born August 15th, 1903 in Königsberg.
Died May 1st, 1945 at 41 years old in Bad Aussee (gangrene).
Herbert Brownell
American politician (1904-1996).
Born February 20th, 1904 in Nemaha County.
Died May 1st, 1996 at 92 years old in New York City (cancer).
Everett Shinn
American artist (1876-1953).
Born November 6th, 1876 in Woodstown. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1953 at 76 years old in New York City.
Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa
Mongolian politician (1894-1962).
Born February 15th, 1894 in Ulaanbaatar.
Died May 1st, 1962 at 68 years old in Ulaanbaatar.
Bo Widerberg
Swedish film director, screenwriter and film editor.
Born June 8th, 1930 in Malmö. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1997 at 66 years old in Båstad (stomach cancer). [ref]
José Enrique Rodó
Uruguayan writer.
Born July 15th, 1871 in Montevideo. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1917 at 45 years old in Palermo. [ref]
Edward Ochab
Polish general (1906-1989).
Born August 16th, 1906 in Kraków.
Died May 1st, 1989 at 82 years old in Warsaw.
Ralph Hartley
American electronics researcher and information theorist.
Born November 30th, 1888 in Sprucemont.
Died May 1st, 1970 at 81 years old in New Jersey, Summit. [ref]
Marion Mack
American actress and screenwriter (1902-1989).
Born April 8th, 1902 in Mammoth. [ref]
Died May 1st, 1989 at 87 years old in Costa Mesa. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 166
Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names. Unknown