May 3rd
152 Notable deaths
Xue Yue
National revolutionary army general.
Born December 26th, 1896 in Lechang.
Died May 3rd, 1998 at 101 years old in Chiayi County.
Thorvald Stauning
Prime minister of denmark (1873–1942).
Born October 26th, 1873 in Copenhagen.
Died May 3rd, 1942 at 68 years old in Copenhagen.
Lev Pontryagin
Soviet mathematician.
Born September 3rd, 1908 in Moscow.
Died May 3rd, 1988 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
Spanish politician, president of the government from 1981 to 1982.
Born April 14th, 1926 in Madrid. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 2008 at 82 years old in Pozuelo de Alarcón (cardiac arrest).
John Joseph O'Connor
American cardinal, archbishop of new york.
Born January 15th, 1920 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 2000 at 80 years old in New York City (brain cancer). [ref]
Steve Chiasson
Canadian ice hockey defenceman.
Born April 14th, 1967 in Barrie.
Died May 3rd, 1999 at 32 years old in Raleigh (traffic collision).
Narciso Yepes
Spanish classical guitarist.
Born November 14th, 1927 in Lorca. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1997 at 69 years old in Murcia (lymphoma). [ref]
Patsy Montana
American country music singer-songwriter.
Born October 30th, 1908 in Hot Springs.
Died May 3rd, 1996 at 87 years old in San Jacinto.
Louis Wirth
American sociologist (1897-1952).
Born August 28th, 1897 in Gemünden. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 1952 at 54 years old in Buffalo.
Gojko Šušak
Croatian politician (1945-1998).
Born March 16th, 1945 in Široki Brijeg.
Died May 3rd, 1998 at 53 years old in Zagreb (esophageal cancer).
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Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø