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History Deaths on May 11

By  Sherri Blalock  11 May   68 Views

History Deaths on May 11

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Kim Philby, British-Soviet double agent (b. 1912)

#Kim_Philby

In 1988

Floyd Patterson, American boxer and actor (b. 1935)

#Floyd_Patterson

In 2006

Timothy Carey, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)

#Timothy_Carey

In 1994

John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)

#John_Cadbury

In 1889

James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)

#James_E._Brewton

In 1967

Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bob Marley and the Wailers) (b. 1945)

#Bob_Marley

In 1981

Douglas Adams, English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952)

#Douglas_Adams

In 2001

Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)

#Charles_Kingston

In 1908

Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)

#Gilbert_Jessop

In 1955

Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

#Odd_Hassel

In 1981

John Hart, American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)

#John_Hart_(New_Jersey_politician)

In 1779

Noel Redding, English bass player (b. 1945)

#Noel_Redding

In 2003

Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)

#Jozef_Murgaš

In 1929

Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)

#Spencer_Perceval

In 1812

Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (b. 1894)

#Fritz_Pollard

In 1986

Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)

#Frederick_Innes

In 1882

Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888):169

#Herbert_Spencer_Gasser

In 1963

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)

#William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham

In 1778

George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)

#George_Lyon_(golfer)

In 1938

Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, Indian admiral (b. 1915)

#Sardarilal_Mathradas_Nanda

In 2009

Claudio Huepe, Chilean economist and politician, Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government (b. 1939)

#Claudio_Huepe

In 2009

Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)

#Juliette_Récamier

In 1849

George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)

#George_Elmslie_(Australian_politician)

In 1918

Matteo Ricci, Italian priest and mathematician (b. 1552)

#Matteo_Ricci

In 1610

Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (b. 1602)

#Otto_von_Guericke

In 1686

John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)

#John_D._Rockefeller_Jr.

In 1960

Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873):xix

#Karl_Schwarzschild

In 1916

William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)

#William_Dean_Howells

In 1920

Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)

#Tom_Cribb

In 1848

Doris Eaton Travis, American dancer and vaudevillian (b. 1904)

#Doris_Eaton_Travis

In 2010

Robert Traylor, American basketball player (b. 1977)

In 2011

Abel Goumba, Central African physician and politician, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1926)

In 2009

John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (b. 1953)

In 2008

Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (b. 1913)

In 2007

Léo Cadieux, Canadian politician, 17th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1908)

In 2005

Bill Peet, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)

In 2002

Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)

In 2002

Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (b. 1900)

In 1985

Zenna Henderson, American writer (b. 1917)

In 1983

Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)

In 1979

Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

In 1927

James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)

In 1920

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