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May 21st
150 Notable deaths
Robert Gist
American actor and director (1917-1998).
Born October 1st, 1917 in Miami.
Died May 21st, 1998 at 80 years old in Magalia.
Vanessa Brown
Austrian-born american actress (1928-1999).
Born March 24th, 1928 in Vienna. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1999 at 71 years old in Woodland Hills (breast cancer). [ref]
Blue Mitchell
American musician.
Born March 13th, 1930 in Miami. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1979 at 49 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]
Binyavanga Wainaina
Kenyan writer.
Born January 18th, 1971 in Nakuru.
Died May 21st, 2019 at 48 years old in Nairobi (stroke). [ref]
Dominique Venner
French journalist and essayist.
Born April 16th, 1935 in Paris. [ref]
Died May 21st, 2013 at 78 years old in Notre-Dame de Paris (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Dino Grandi
Italian politician (1895–1988).
Born June 4th, 1895 in Mordano. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1988 at 92 years old in Bologna. [ref]
Ernst Zermelo
German mathematician.
Born July 27th, 1871 in Berlin. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1953 at 81 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Eleanor H. Porter
American novelist.
Born December 19th, 1868 in Littleton.
Died May 21st, 1920 at 51 years old in Cambridge.
Bruno Mattei
Italian film director, film editor and screen writer.
Died May 21st, 2007 at 75 years old in Lido di Ostia (brain cancer). [ref]
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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