May 21st
150 Notable deaths
Jiří Zídek Sr.
Czech basketball player and basketball coach.
Born February 8th, 1944 in Prague. [ref]
Died May 21st, 2022 at 78 years old [ref]
Jean-Pierre Blanc
Film director.
Born April 23rd, 1942 in Charenton-le-Pont. [ref]
Died May 21st, 2004 at 62 years old in Saint-Cloud (cancer). [ref]
Charles Kent
British-american actor and film director (1852-1923).
Born June 18th, 1852 in London.
Died May 21st, 1923 at 70 years old in Brooklyn.
Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran
Icelandic writer (1859-1938).
Born December 6th, 1859 in Vallanes.
Died May 21st, 1938 at 78 years old in Reykjavík.
Friedrich Kluge
German philologist and educator (1856-1926).
Born June 21st, 1856 in Cologne. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1926 at 69 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Gerhard Strack
German football player (1955-2020).
Born September 1st, 1955 in Kerpen.
Died May 21st, 2020 at 64 years old in Germany (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Marco Cornez
Chilean footballer.
Born October 15th, 1957 in Santiago.
Died May 21st, 2022 at 64 years old (stomach cancer). [ref]
Roberto Moya
Cuban athletics competitor (1965-2020).
Born February 11th, 1965 in Havana.
Died May 21st, 2020 at 55 years old in Valencia. [ref]
Algot Untola
Finnish writer, journalist and politician.
Born November 28th, 1868 in Tohmajärvi. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1918 at 49 years old in Helsinki.
Deaths 111 to 120 of 150
That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis