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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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