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May 31st
181 Notable deaths
Angelo Moriondo
Italian inventor known for inventing the first espresso machine.
Born June 6th, 1851 in Turin. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1914 at 62 years old in Marentino.
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]
Fathia Nkrumah
First lady of ghana and wife of kwame nkrumah (1932-2007).
Born February 22nd, 1932 in Cairo.
Died May 31st, 2007 at 75 years old in Cairo (stroke). [ref]
Robert Quine
American guitarist (1942–2004).
Born December 30th, 1942 in Akron.
Died May 31st, 2004 at 61 years old in New York City (drug overdose).
Ama Ata Aidoo
Ghanaian author and poet.
Born March 23rd, 1942 in Abeadzi Kyiakor.
Died May 31st, 2023 at 81 years old (disease). [ref]
Tino Insana
American actor (1948-2017).
Born February 15th, 1948 in Chicago.
Died May 31st, 2017 at 69 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).
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).
Jacques Monod
French biologist and biochemist, nobel laureate (1910-1976).
Born February 9th, 1910 in 17th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 31st, 1976 at 66 years old in Cannes (leukemia).
Vladimir Tatlin
Russian artist and bandurist (1885–1953).
Born December 28th, 1885 in Kharkiv. [ref]
Died May 31st, 1953 at 67 years old in Moscow (infectious disease). [ref]
Mbaye Diagne
Senegalese army officer (1958-1994).
Born March 18th, 1958 in Senegal.
Died May 31st, 1994 at 36 years old in Kigali.
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris