May 2nd
175 Notable deaths
Maidie Norman
Actress, drama teacher (1912-1998).
Born October 16th, 1912 in Carroll County.
Died May 2nd, 1998 at 85 years old in San Jose (lung cancer).
Pridi Banomyong
Thai prime minister (1900-1983).
Born May 11th, 1900 in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya.
Died May 2nd, 1983 at 82 years old in Antony.
W. T. Tutte
British-canadian codebreaker and mathematician (1917-2002).
Born May 14th, 1917 in Newmarket.
Died May 2nd, 2002 at 84 years old in Ontario.
Darius Morris
American professional basketball player.
Born January 3rd, 1991 in Los Angeles.
Died May 2nd, 2024 at 33 years old in Greater Los Angeles. [ref]
Gustav Landauer
German anarchist, editor (1870-1919).
Born April 7th, 1870 in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1919 at 49 years old in Munich (ballistic trauma). [ref]
John Eccles
Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997).
Born January 27th, 1903 in Melbourne. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 1997 at 94 years old in Tenero-Contra. [ref]
Rafael Hernández Colón
Puerto rican politician (1936-2019).
Born October 24th, 1936 in Ponce.
Died May 2nd, 2019 at 82 years old in San Juan (leukemia).
Carlos Romero Barceló
Fifth governor of the commonwealth of puerto rico (1932-2021).
Born September 4th, 1932 in San Juan.
Died May 2nd, 2021 at 88 years old in San Juan.
Ernest Joyce
Royal naval seaman and explorer.
Born December 22nd, 1875 in Bognor Regis.
Died May 2nd, 1940 at 64 years old in London.
Walther Hewel
German diplomat (1904-1945).
Born January 2nd, 1904 in Cologne.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 41 years old in Berlin (ballistic trauma).
Deaths 51 to 60 of 175
Die happily and look forward to taking up a new and better form. Like the sun, only when you set in the west can you rise in the east. Rumi