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May 20th
145 Notable deaths
Bob Belden
American musician.
Born October 31st, 1956 in Evanston.
Died May 20th, 2015 at 58 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction).
Renzo Pasolini
Italian motorcycle racer.
Born July 18th, 1938 in Rimini.
Died May 20th, 1973 at 34 years old in Monza.
Eugene Polley
Engineer, inventor of remote control.
Born November 29th, 1915 in Chicago. [ref]
Died May 20th, 2012 at 96 years old in Downers Grove. [ref]
Philipp von Ferrary
French philatelist.
Born January 11th, 1850 in Paris.
Died May 20th, 1917 at 67 years old in Lausanne.
Khiuaz Dospanova
Soviet po-2 navigator in wwii and hero of kazakhstan (1922-2008).
Born May 15th, 1922 in Atyrau, Kurmangazy District.
Died May 20th, 2008 at 86 years old in Almaty.
Gesang Martohartono
Indonesian singer-songwriter (1917-2010).
Born October 1st, 1917 in Surakarta.
Died May 20th, 2010 at 92 years old in Surakarta. [ref]
Jacob Ellehammer
Danish aviator.
Born June 14th, 1871 in Vordingborg.
Died May 20th, 1946 at 74 years old in Gentofte.
John Gould Fletcher
American writer.
Born January 3rd, 1886 in Little Rock. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1950 at 64 years old in Little Rock (drowning).
Leontine Sagan
Austrian-hungarian stage and film director.
Born February 13th, 1889 in Budapest. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1974 at 85 years old in Pretoria. [ref]
Kang Sok-ju
Vice premier of north korea (1939-2016).
Born August 29th, 1939 in Pyongwon County.
Died May 20th, 2016 at 76 years old in Pyongyang (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 145
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde