May 4th
187 Notable deaths
Saliamonas Banaitis
Lithuanian businessman (1866-1933).
Born July 15th, 1866 in Vaitiekupiai.
Died May 4th, 1933 at 66 years old in Kaunas (gastric ulcer).
Johannes Walther
German geologist.
Born July 20th, 1860 in Neustadt an der Orla.
Died May 4th, 1937 at 76 years old in Bad Hofgastein.
Matsumura Jinzō
Japanese botanist (1856-1928).
Born February 14th, 1856 in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Died May 4th, 1928 at 72 years old in Tokyo.
August Hellemans
Belgian footballer (1907–1992).
Born September 14th, 1907 in Kapelle-op-den-Bos.
Died May 4th, 1992 at 84 years old in Berchem-Sainte-Agathe - Sint-Agatha-Berchem.
Géza Varasdi
Hungarian athletics competitor (1928–2022).
Born February 6th, 1928 in Budapest.
Died May 4th, 2022 at 94 years old [ref]
Kōtō Matsudaira
Japanese diplomat.
Born February 5th, 1903 in Tokyo City.
Died May 4th, 1994 at 91 years old in Tokyo.
Helga Königsdorf
German writer.
Born July 13th, 1938 in Gera. [ref]
Died May 4th, 2014 at 75 years old in Berlin (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Gerhard Menzel
German screenwriter (1894–1966).
Born September 29th, 1894 in Wałbrzych.
Died May 4th, 1966 at 71 years old in Comano.
Leif Erland Andersson
Swedish astronomer (1943–1979).
Born November 4th, 1943 in Falkenberg.
Died May 4th, 1979 at 35 years old in Vinberg parish (lymphoma).
Walter Weiler
Swiss footballer (1903-1945).
Born December 4th, 1903 in Winterthur. [ref]
Died May 4th, 1945 at 41 years old in Bern. [ref]
Deaths 151 to 160 of 187
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks