May 9 - Deaths

Deaths

• 1315 – Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1282)
• 1446 – Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1368)
• 1657 – William Bradford, Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590)
• 1707 – Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer
• 1745 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer(b. 1663)
• 1747 – John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673)
• 1760 – Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf, German religious and social reformer (b. 1700)
• 1789 – Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (b. 1715)
• 1790 – William Clingan, American delegate to the Continental Congress
• 1791 – Francis Hopkinson, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737)
• 1805 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (b. 1759)
• 1861 – Peter Ernst von Lasaulx, German philosopher and writer (b. 1805)
• 1889 – William S. Harney, U.S. general (b. 1800)
• 1914 – C.W. Post, American food manufacturer (b. 1854)
• 1915 – François Faber, Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887)
• 1918 – George Coşbuc, Romanian poet (b. 1866)
• 1931 – Albert Abraham Michelson, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1938 – Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist (b. 1866)
• 1949 – Prince Louis II of Monaco (b. 1870)
• 1950 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1955 – Kate Booth, oldest daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1858)
• 1957 – Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892)
• 1957 – Sir Ernest de Silva, Sri Lankan Philanthropist (b. 1887)
• 1965 – Leopold Figl, Austrian politician (b. 1902)
• 1968 – Mercedes de Acosta, American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893)
• 1968 – Finlay Currie, British actor (b. 1878)
• 1968 – Marion Lorne, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1970 – Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician (b. 1884)
• 1970 – Walter Reuther, American labor leader (b. 1907)
• 1976 – Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author (b. 1920)
• 1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, German communist militant (b. 1934)
• 1977 – James Jones, American writer (b. 1921)
• 1978 – Aldo Moro, Prime Minister of Italy: 1963-1968, 1974-1976 (b. 1916)
• 1979 – Cyrus Eaton, Canadian-American businessman and industrialist (b. 1883)
• 1981 – Ralph Allen, English footballer (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Edmond O'Brien, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1986 – Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa and 1st sherpa to climb Mt. Everest (b. 1914)
• 1989 – Keith Whitley, American country music singer (b. 1955)
• 1993 – Jacques Dextraze, French Canadian military officer (b. 1919)
• 1994 – Elias Motsoaledi, South African freedom fighter (b. 1924)
• 1997 – Rawya Ateya, Egyptian politician and first female parliamentarian in the Arab world (b. 1926)
• 1997 – Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (b. 1928)
• 1998 – Alice Faye, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1998 – Talat Mahmood, Indian singer (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Arthur Davis, American animator (b. 1905)
• 2001 – James E. Myers, American songwriter (Rock Around the Clock) and producer (b. 1919)
• 2002 – Dan Devine, American football coach (b. 1924)
• 2003 – Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. 1918)
• 2004 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen president (b. 1951)
• 2004 – Alan King, American comedian (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Nasrat Parsa, Afghani singer (b. 1969)
• 2007 – Dwight Wilson, second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran (b. 1901)
• 2007 – Edith Rodriguez, woman refused emergency room treatment for gastrointestinal perforation (b. 1964)
• 2008 – Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league footballer and coach (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Nuala O'Faolain, Irish journalist (b. 1942)
• 2009 – Chuck Daly, American basketball coach (b. 1930)
• 2009 – Evgenios Spatharis, Greek shadow theatre artist (b. 1924)
• 2010 – Lena Horne, American singer and actress (b. 1917)
• 2010 – Otakar Motejl, Czechoslvakian politician (b. 1932)