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May 29th
177 Notable deaths
May Whitty
English actress (1865-1948).
Born June 19th, 1865 in Liverpool. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1948 at 82 years old in Beverly Hills (cancer). [ref]
Ada Blackjack
Iñupiat explorer.
Born May 10th, 1898 in Solomon.
Died May 29th, 1983 at 85 years old in Palmer.
Peggy Stewart
American actress (1923-2019).
Born June 5th, 1923 in West Palm Beach.
Died May 29th, 2019 at 95 years old in Los Angeles County. [ref]
Luc Bourdon
Canadian ice hockey player (1987–2008).
Born February 16th, 1987 in Shippagan.
Died May 29th, 2008 at 21 years old in Lamèque (motorcycle accident). [ref]
Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Prime minister of greece from 1990 to 1993.
Born October 18th, 1918 in Chania.
Died May 29th, 2017 at 98 years old in Athens. [ref]
John Cipollina
American musician.
Born August 24th, 1943 in Berkeley. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1989 at 45 years old in San Francisco (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Spanish poet (2025/2028.
Born December 23rd, 1880 in Moguer- Andalucía. [ref]
Died May 29th, 1958 at 77 years old in San Juan Puerto Rico Temple. [ref]
Henry Morgentaler
Canadian champion of women's right to safe, legal abortion.
Born March 19th, 1923 in Łódź.
Died May 29th, 2013 at 90 years old in Toronto (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Alf Clausen
American film and television composer (1941—2025).
Born March 28th, 1941 in Minneapolis.
Died May 29th, 2025 at 84 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Martin Gottfried Weiss
German ss officer, concentration camp commandant (1905-1946).
Born June 3rd, 1905 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz.
Died May 29th, 1946 at 40 years old in Landsberg am Lech (hanging).
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris