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May 22nd
155 Notable deaths
Jorge Larrañaga
Uruguayan politician and lawyer.
Born August 8th, 1956 in Paysandú.
Died May 22nd, 2021 at 64 years old in Montevideo Department. [ref]
Dragoljub Velimirović
Serbian chess grandmaster.
Born May 12th, 1942 in Valjevo.
Died May 22nd, 2014 at 72 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Viktor Kupreichik
Belarusian chess player (1949-2017).
Died May 22nd, 2017 at 67 years old in Minsk.
Josip Plemelj
Slovenian mathematician (1873-1967).
Born December 11th, 1873 in Bled.
Died May 22nd, 1967 at 93 years old in Ljubljana.
Herman de Coninck
Belgian poet and journalist (1944-1997).
Born February 21st, 1944 in Mechelen. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1997 at 53 years old in Lisbon (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Hobart Henley
American actor and film director (1887-1964).
Born November 23rd, 1887 in Louisville. [ref]
Died May 22nd, 1964 at 76 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Irmgard Flügge-Lotz
German mathematician.
Born July 16th, 1903 in Hamelin.
Died May 22nd, 1974 at 70 years old in Stanford.
Velimir Sombolac
Serbian football player and coach (1939-2016).
Born February 27th, 1939 in Banja Luka.
Died May 22nd, 2016 at 77 years old in Gradiška.
Roland Jacobi
Hungarian table tennis player.
Born March 9th, 1893 in Banská Bystrica.
Died May 22nd, 1951 at 58 years old in Budapest.
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Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace