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May 31st
167 Notable deaths
Jackie McLean
American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader.
Born May 17th, 1932 in New York City. [ref]
Died May 31st, 2006 at 74 years old in Hartford. [ref]
Sunanda Kumariratana
Queen consort of thailand (1860-1880).
Born November 10th, 1860 in Bangkok.
Died May 31st, 1880 at 19 years old in Thailand (drowning).
Robert Quine
American guitarist.
Born December 30th, 1942 in Akron. [ref]
Died May 31st, 2004 at 61 years old in New York City (drug overdose).
Jacques Monod
French biologist and biochemist, nobel laureate (1910-1976).
Born February 9th, 1910 in 17th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1976 at 66 years old in Cannes (leukemia). [ref]
Mbaye Diagne
Senegalese army officer (1958-1994).
Born March 18th, 1958 in Senegal.
Died May 31st, 1994 at 36 years old in Kigali (killed in action).
Tino Insana
American actor (1948-2017).
Born February 15th, 1948 in Chicago.
Died May 31st, 2017 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
Vladimir Tatlin
Russian artist (1885-1953).
Born December 28th, 1885 in Moscow. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1953 at 67 years old in Moscow (infectious disease). [ref]
Ama Ata Aidoo
Ghanaian author and poet.
Born March 23rd, 1942 in Abeadzi Kyiakor.
Died May 31st, 2023 at 81 years old (disease). [ref]
Edith Hamilton
American teacher and writer.
Born August 12th, 1867 in Dresden.
Died May 31st, 1963 at 95 years old in Washington, D.C..
Amitai Etzioni
German-israeli immigrant to the united states, sociologist and political theorist of communitarianism.
Born January 4th, 1929 in Cologne.
Died May 31st, 2023 at 94 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
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