May 9th
170 Notable deaths
Koshirō Oikawa
Japanese admiral (1883-1958).
Born February 16th, 1883 in Morioka.
Died May 9th, 1958 at 75 years old
Bernard Dwork
American mathematician.
Born May 27th, 1923 in The Bronx. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1998 at 74 years old in New Brunswick.
Rudolf Ismayr
German weightlifter (1908-1998).
Born October 14th, 1908 in Landshut.
Died May 9th, 1998 at 89 years old in Marquartstein.
Pedro Pablo León
Peruvian footballer (1943-2020).
Born June 29th, 1943 in Lima. [ref]
Died May 9th, 2020 at 76 years old in Lima (pneumonia, kidney failure). [ref]
Ivan M. Niven
Canadian-american number theorist (1915–1999).
Born October 25th, 1915 in Vancouver.
Died May 9th, 1999 at 83 years old in Eugene.
Rawya Ateya
Egyptian female politician and officer.
Born April 19th, 1926 in Giza Governorate.
Died May 9th, 1997 at 71 years old
Danielle Casanova
French resistance member (1909-1943).
Born January 9th, 1909 in Ajaccio. [ref]
Died May 9th, 1943 at 34 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (typhus). [ref]
Gino Pariani
American soccer player (1928-2007).
Born February 21st, 1928 in St. Louis.
Died May 9th, 2007 at 79 years old in St. Louis (bone cancer). [ref]
Kazumi Kawai
Japanese actor and singer (1964-1997).
Born July 9th, 1964 in Suginami-ku.
Died May 9th, 1997 at 32 years old in Tokyo (falling).
Johnny McCarthy
American basketball player and coach.
Born April 25th, 1934 in Buffalo.
Died May 9th, 2020 at 86 years old in Buffalo. [ref]
Deaths 111 to 120 of 170
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.