Editing May 11 (section)

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[912]] &ndash; [[Leo VI the Wise]], [[Byzantine Emperor]], the second ruler of the [[Macedonian dynasty]] (b. 866)<ref name="Kazhdan, p. 1211">Kazhdan, p. 1211</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] &ndash; [[Matteo Ricci]], Italian priest and mathematician (b. 1552)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13034a.htm |title=Matteo Ricci |last=Brucker |first=Joseph |encyclopedia=The Catholic Encyclopedia |volume=13: Revelation-Simon Stock |location=New York |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |year=1912 |access-date=17 August 2017 |oclc=174525342}}</ref>
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] (b. 1708)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page167.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070420212700/http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page167.asp |archive-date=2007-04-20 |title=Earl of Chatham |date=20 April 2007}}</ref>
*[[1779]] &ndash; [[John Hart (New Jersey politician)|John Hart]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000288 |title=HART, John - Biographical Information |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Spencer Perceval]], English lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1762)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/spencer-perceval |title=History of Spencer Perceval - GOV.UK |website=www.gov.uk}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Tom Cribb]], English boxer (b. 1781)<ref name=pug>{{cite book |last1=Miles |first1=Henry Downes |title=Pugilistica: the history of British boxing containing lives of the most celebrated pugilists |date=1906 |publisher=J.Grant |location=Edinburgh |volume=1 |page=276 |url=https://archive.org/details/pugilisticahisto01mileuoft?q=tom+cribb |access-date=20 June 2018}}</ref>
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Juliette Récamier]], French businesswoman (b. 1777)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/recamier-juliette-1777-1849 |title=Récamier, Juliette (1777–1849) |encyclopedia=Women in World History |year=2002 |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]]}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Frederick Innes]], Scottish-Australian politician, 9th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1816)<ref>C. M. Sullivan, '[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040518b.htm Innes, Frederick Maitland (1816–1882)]', ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'', Volume 4, [[Melbourne University Press|MUP]], 1972, pp 458–459. Retrieved 2009-08-15</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[John Cadbury]], English businessman and philanthropist, founded the [[Cadbury|Cadbury Company]] (b. 1801)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/16/John-Cadbury |title=John Cadbury |website=www.quakersintheworld.org |language=en-US |access-date=13 June 2017}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Charles Kingston]], Australian politician, 20th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1850)<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography  |last=Playford  |first=John  |year=1983  |id=A090604b  |title= Kingston, Charles Cameron (1850 - 1908)  |access-date=2007-11-22 }}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Karl Schwarzschild]], German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)<ref>[http://zelmanov.ptep-online.com/papers/zj-2008-b3.pdf Biography of Karl Schwarzschild] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302153030/http://zelmanov.ptep-online.com/papers/zj-2008-b3.pdf |date=2021-03-02 }} by Indranu Suhendro, ''The Abraham Zelmanov Journal'', 2008, Volume 1.</ref>{{rp|xix}}
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[George Elmslie (Australian politician)|George Elmslie]], Australian politician, 25th [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1861)<ref>{{cite AuDB |id2=elmslie-george-alexander-6109 |title=Elmslie, George Alexander (1861–1918) |first=Barry O |last=Jones}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[James Colosimo]], Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite web |title="Big Jim" Killed |url=https://themobmuseum.org/timeline_events/big-jim-killed/ |website=The Mob Museum |access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>
*  1920   &ndash; [[William Dean Howells]], American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)<ref>{{LCAuth|n80002569|William Dean Howells|391|}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Juan Gris]], Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/abstract/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000034987 |title=Gris, Juan |work=Grove Art |year=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T034987 |last1=Green |first1=Christopher |isbn=978-1-884446-05-4}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jozef Murgaš]], Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)<ref name="rcga.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.rcga.org/hall_of_famer.aspx?id=33&x=P1c4tTuOqenBqMIDKw0FSsAfqUB8m+2JbpsL8+FeHIGIqSx+FYSnOhNzctOvbMx956vLssOzddP0GFPq7k6SnTIOzuePbXJPPLyV9zXVKUV22mevOuVM+BjXWu7NU9X1/CvMhzUtdLDUcBqaVvkBiUvYfJLI60LJK9PnLu3CG3dkZKRDajCwJrqHvO4C8NEgwv2XhdJk6QQ= |title=Golf Canada - George Seymour Lyon's Hall of Fame Profile |website=www.rcga.org}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[George Lyon (golfer)|George Lyon]], Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)<ref name="rcga.org"/>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Seán McCaughey]], Irish Republican, died on hunger strike (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite book |author=J. Bowyer Bell |title=The Secret Army: The Ira |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UvTD1B-WzmsC&pg=PA243 |date=1 January 1997 |publisher=Transaction Publishers |isbn=978-1-4128-3888-7 |pages=243}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Gilbert Jessop]], English cricketer (b. 1874)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15509.html |title=Gilbert Jessop |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockarch.org/bio/jdrjr.php |title=Rockefeller Archive Center: Extended Biography |access-date=2019-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528154441/http://www.rockarch.org/bio/jdrjr.php |archive-date=2015-05-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Herbert Spencer Gasser]], American physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/gasser-herbert.pdf |title=hgasser |access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref>{{rp|169}}
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Janne Mustonen]], Finnish politician (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Janne Mustonen |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911092.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=27 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201123/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911092.aspx |archive-date=15 April 2017 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[James E. Brewton]], American painter (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jebrewton.org/about-jim-brewton.html |title=About Jim Brewton |website=James E. Brewton Foundation, Inc., nonprofit arts organization}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Lester Flatt]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/05/12/archives/lester-flatt-singer-and-guitarist-in-duo-with-earl-scruggs-dies.html |title=Lester Flatt, Singer and Guitarist in Duo With Earl Scruggs, Dies |first=John |last=Rockwell |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=26 |date=May 12, 1979}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Dyre Vaa]], Norwegian sculptor and painter (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Dyre Vaa |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Dyre_Vaa |language=no |access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Odd Hassel]], Norwegian chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Odd_Hassel |title=Odd Hassel |publisher=Norsk biografisk leksikon |author=Tor Dahl |access-date=February 1, 2018}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Bob Marley]], Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)<ref>{{Britannica|365877}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Zenna Henderson]], American writer (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Curtis C. |year=1981 |title=Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers |publisher=St. Martin's |location=New York |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/henderson/henderson_bio.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423143507/http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/henderson/henderson_bio.html |archive-date=23 April 2008}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Chester Gould]], American cartoonist, created ''[[Dick Tracy]]'' (b. 1900)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=GO017 |title=Gould, Chester - The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |website=www.okhistory.org}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Fritz Pollard]], American football player and coach (b. 1894)<ref>{{cfbhof|id=1262|name=Fritz Pollard}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Kim Philby]], British-Soviet double agent (b. 1912)<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/455901/Kim-Philby ''Kim Philby''] in the [[Encyclopædia Britannica|Encyclopædia Britannica Online]], retrieved 16 November 2009.</ref> 
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Stratos Dionysiou]], [[Greeks|Greek]] [[Singing|Singer]], [[composer]] and [[lyricist]] (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Σήμερα .gr |first=Σαν |title=Στράτος Διονυσίου |url=https://www.sansimera.gr/biographies/1623 |access-date=2023-02-23 |website=Σαν Σήμερα .gr |language=el}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Timothy Carey]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)<ref name=NYT>{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=Timothy Carey, 65, A Character Actor |date=May 17, 1994 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/17/obituaries/timothy-carey-65-a-character-actor.html}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Douglas Adams]], English novelist and screenwriter (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2001-05-24/news/lots-of-screamingly-funny-sentences-no-fish/ |title=Lots of Screamingly Funny Sentences. No Fish. – page 1 |last1=Lewis |first1=Judith |last2=Shulman |first2=Dave |newspaper=LA Weekly |date=24 May 2001 |access-date=20 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010233102/http://www.laweekly.com/2001-05-24/news/lots-of-screamingly-funny-sentences-no-fish/ |archive-date=10 October 2011 |url-status=live |df=dmy}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Renaude Lapointe]], Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=16809 |title=Profile |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref>
*  2002   &ndash; [[Bill Peet]], American animator and screenwriter (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/18/movies/bill-peet-87-disney-artist-and-children-s-book-author.html |title=Bill Peet, 87, Disney Artist And Children's Book Author |first=Eric P. |last=Nash |newspaper=The New York Times |date=18 May 2002}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Noel Redding]], English bass player (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/15/arts/noel-redding-57-rock-bassist-who-played-with-jimi-hendrix.html |title=Noel Redding, 57, Rock Bassist Who Played With Jimi Hendrix |newspaper=The New York Times |date=15 May 2003}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Léo Cadieux]], Canadian politician, 17th [[Minister of National Defence (Canada)|Canadian Minister of National Defence]] (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=8294 |title=Profile |website=lop.parl.ca}}</ref>
*  2005   &ndash; [[Horton Davies]], Welsh minister and historian (b. 1916)<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Saxon |first=Wolfgang |date=14 May 2005 |title=Horton M. Davies, 89, an Authority on Christianity's Impact on the Arts |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A132437721/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=8e89f73b |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=14 |via=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale in Context]]}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Floyd Patterson]], American boxer and actor (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holley |first1=Joe |title=Floyd Patterson; Heavyweight Champion Rose from Poverty |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/11/AR2006051101854.html |access-date=18 May 2019 |newspaper=New York Times |date=12 May 2006}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Malietoa Tanumafili II]], Samoan ruler (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite news |first=Fili |last=Sagapolutele |title=Samoan Head of State Passes Away |url=http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/05/12/samoan-head-of-state-passes-away |work=[[Pacific Magazine]] |date=12 May 2007 |access-date=12 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927175435/http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2007/05/12/samoan-head-of-state-passes-away |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[John Rutsey]], Canadian drummer (b. 1953)<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045375/original-rush-drummer-john-rutsey-dies "Original Rush Drummer John Rutsey Dies"]. ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. May 11, 2008</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Abel Goumba]], Central African physician and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Central African Republic]] (b. 1926)<ref>[http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/DEPAPA98057/-Deces-Francois-Bozize-Ange-Felix-Patasse-Abel-Goumba-Deces-d-Abel-Goumba.html "Décès d'Abel Goumba"], African Press Agency, 11 May 2009 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>
*  2009 &ndash; [[Claudio Huepe]], Chilean economist and politician, [[Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Chile)|Chilean Minister Secretary-General of Government]] (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emol.com/noticias/nacional/2009/05/11/357611/de-un-infarto-murio-en-caracas-el-ex-ministro-claudio-huepe.html |title=De un infarto murió en Caracas el ex ministro Claudio Huepe - Emol.com |first=El Mercurio |last=S.A.P |date=11 May 2009 |website=Emol}}</ref>
*  2009 &ndash; [[Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda]], Indian admiral (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5551938/Admiral-Sardarilal-Nanda.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5551938/Admiral-Sardarilal-Nanda.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Naval Obituaries: Admiral Sardarilal Nanda |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=2009-06-16 |access-date=2011-07-20}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Doris Eaton Travis]], American dancer and vaudevillian (b. 1904)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |title=Doris E. Travis, Last of the Ziegfeld Girls, Dies at 106 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 11, 2010 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/arts/dance/12travis.html}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Robert Traylor]], American basketball player (b. 1977)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=6527372 |title=Ex-NBA player Robert 'Tractor' Traylor found dead in Puerto Rico - ESPN |work=ESPN.com |date=11 May 2011 |access-date=21 March 2015}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Peggy Lipton]], American actress, model, and singer (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rottenberg |first=Josh |date=May 12, 2019 |title=Actress Peggy Lipton, star of 'The Mod Squad' and 'Twin Peaks,' dies at 72 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-peggy-lipton-dead-20190511-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605115856/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-me-peggy-lipton-dead-20190511-story.html |archive-date=June 5, 2019 |access-date=June 8, 2021 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Thomas Silverstein]], American murderer (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |date=2019-05-21 |title=Thomas Silverstein, Killer and Most Isolated Inmate, Dies at 67 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/obituaries/thomas-silverstein-dead.html |access-date=2021-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602090925/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/21/obituaries/thomas-silverstein-dead.html |archive-date=2019-06-02 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Jerry Stiller]], American comedian, actor (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Notable deaths in 2020 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2020-idUSRTS30YSX |access-date=2020-12-17 |website=www.reuters.com}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Colt Brennan]], American quarterback<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/31427087/ex-hawaii-record-setting-qb-colt-brennan-dead-37 |title=Ex-Hawai'i record-setting QB Brennan dead at 37 |date=May 11, 2021 |website=ESPN.com}}</ref> (b. 1983)
*  2021 &ndash; [[Norman Lloyd]], American actor, producer and director (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/norman-lloyd-dead-106-1234951530/ |title=Norman Lloyd, Star of 'Saboteur' and 'St. Elsewhere,' Dies at 106 |date=May 11, 2021 |author=Mike Barnes |website=Hollywood Reporter |access-date=May 12, 2021}}</ref>
* [[2024]] &ndash; [[Susan Backlinie]], American actress and stuntwoman (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Zee |first1=Michaela |last2=Kuznikov |first2=Selena |date=2024-05-12 |title=Susan Backlinie, Who Played the First Shark Attack Victim in 'Jaws,' Dies at 77 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/susan-backlinie-dead-jaws-1235999530/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
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