Died This Day: May 2

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The following folks died on this day.

1925 – Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (b. 1898)

1927 – Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)

1929 – Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)

1941 – Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)

1945 – Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)

1945 – Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)

1947 – Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)

1953 – Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)

1957 – Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)

1963 – Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)

1964 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)

1969 – Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)

1972 – J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)

1974 – James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)

1977 – Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1922)

1979 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

1980 – Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)

1980 – George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908)

1983 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926)

1984 – Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (b. 1918)

1984 – Bob Clampett, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1913)

1985 – Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (b. 1951)

1985 – Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1909)

1986 – Sergio Cresto, American race car driver (b. 1956)

1986 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (b. 1956)

1989 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian author (b. 1902)

1989 – Giuseppe Siri, Italian cardinal (b. 1906)

1990 – David Rappaport, English-American actor (b. 1951)

1991 – Gauri Shankar Rai, Indian Politician(b.1924)

1991 – Ronald McKie, Australian journalist and author (b. 1909)

1992 – Wilbur Mills, American lawyer and politician (b. 1909)

1993 – André Moynet, French race car driver, pilot, and politician (b. 1921)

1994 – Dorothy Marie Donnelly, American poet and author (b. 1903)

1995 – John Bunting, Australian public servant and diplomat, (b. 1918)

1995 – Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)

1997 – John Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)

1997 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher and academic (b. 1921)

1998 – hide, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1964)

1998 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)

1998 – Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)

1999 – Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1903)

1999 – Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)

2002 – W. T. Tutte, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1917)

2005 – Wee Kim Wee, Singaporean journalist and politician, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)

2006 – Louis Rukeyser, American journalist and author (b. 1933)

2007 – Brad McGann, New Zealand director and screenwriter (b. 1964)

2008 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)

2008 – Izold Pustõlnik, Ukrainian-Estonian astronomer and academic (b. 1938)

2009 – Marilyn French, American author and academic (b. 1929)

2009 – Kiyoshiro Imawano, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1951)

2009 – Jack Kemp, American football player and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (b. 1935)

2010 – Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (b. 1943)

2011 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founder of Al-Qaeda (b. 1957)

2012 – Fernando Lopes, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)

2012 – Tufan Miñnullin, Russian playwright and politician (b. 1936)

2012 – Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, Indonesian physician and politician, Indonesian Minister of Health (b. 1955)

2012 – Akira Tonomura, Japanese physicist, author, and academic (b. 1942)

2013 – Ernie Field, English boxer (b. 1943)

2013 – Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1964)

2013 – Joseph P. McFadden, American bishop (b. 1947)

2013 – Dvora Omer, Israeli author and educator (b. 1932)

2013 – Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (b. 1980)

2013 – Charles Banks Wilson, American painter and illustrator (b. 1918)

2014 – Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (b. 1922)

2014 – Žarko Petan, Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1929)

2014 – Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., American actor (b. 1918)

2015 – Stuart Archer, English colonel and architect (b. 1915)

2015 – Michael Blake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1945)

2015 – Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist (b. 1927)

2015 – Maya Plisetskaya, Russian-Lithuanian ballerina, choreographer, actress, and director (b. 1925)

2015 – Ruth Rendell, English author (b. 1930)

2016 – Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman, activist, and Black Panther (b. 1947)