May 20th
174 Notable deaths
Renato Carosone
Italian musician; band leader, pianist, singer (1920–2001).
Born January 3rd, 1920 in Naples.
Died May 20th, 2001 at 81 years old in Rome.
Oleg Yankovsky
Soviet and russian actor (1944-2009).
Born February 23rd, 1944 in Karsakpay.
Died May 20th, 2009 at 65 years old in Moscow (pancreatic cancer).
Arthur Erickson
Canadian architect and urban planner.
Born June 14th, 1924 in Vancouver. [ref]
Died May 20th, 2009 at 84 years old in Vancouver. [ref]
Jean-Pierre Rampal
French flutist.
Born January 7th, 1922 in Marseille.
Died May 20th, 2000 at 78 years old in Paris (heart failure).
Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou
Politician and priest from greece (1891-1949).
Born March 15th, 1891 in Dorvitsa.
Died May 20th, 1949 at 58 years old in Athens.
Bill Gold
American graphic designer.
Born January 3rd, 1921 in New York City.
Died May 20th, 2018 at 97 years old in Greenwich (Alzheimer's disease).
Jarno Saarinen
Finnish motorcycle racer (1945-1973).
Born December 11th, 1945 in Turku.
Died May 20th, 1973 at 27 years old in Monza Circuit (falling, struck by vehicle).
Tetsuzō Iwamoto
Japanese flying ace.
Born June 15th, 1916 in Japan.
Died May 20th, 1955 at 38 years old in Masuda (sepsis).
Gilbert Murray
Anglo-australian scholar (1866-1957).
Born January 2nd, 1866 in Sydney.
Died May 20th, 1957 at 91 years old in Oxford.
Jean Daniélou
French jesuit theologian and cardinal (1905–1974).
Born May 14th, 1905 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1974 at 69 years old in Paris, 17th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 51 to 60 of 174
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