Famous Deaths for May 1980
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Months in 1980: January February March April June July August September October November December
Results 1 - 17 of 17
2nd - Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies
2nd - George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
4th - Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87
4th - Kay Hammond, actress (Blithe SPirit, 5 Golden Hours), dies
5th - Edmond Vandercammen, Belgian writer/poet (Grand Combat), dies at 79
12th - Lillian Roth, actress (Animal Crackers, Alice Sweet Alice), dies
14th - Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67
14th - Wilhelm Weismann, composer, dies at 79
18th - Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commit suicide at 23
18th - Reid Blackburn, a photojournalist for National Geographic was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1952)
18th - Harry Truman, victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1896)
18th - David A. Johnston, a U.S. Volcanoligist was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1949)
20th - Jack Walsh, cricketer (at Wallsend)/commentator (NBN), dies
21st - Ida Kaminska, actress (Shop on Main Street), dies
28th - Rolf Nevanlinna, Finnish mathematician (b. 1895)
30th - Carl Radle, bassist (Derek & Dominoes), dies of a kidney ailment
30th - Timmy Caldwell, rocker (Marshall Tucker Band), dies
