May 4 Henry Morton Dunham, American composer, dies at 75 May 7 Albert Anselmi, American gangster, murdered by Al Capone May 7 John Scalise, American gangster, murdered by Al Capone May 7 Joseph "Top Toad" Giunta, American gangster, murdered by Al Capone May 11 Jozef Murgaš, Slovak inventor, dies at 65 May 16 Lilli Lehmann, German opera soprano (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 80 Archibald Primrose (1847-1929) May 21 5th Earl of Rosebery, British Prime Minister (Liberal: 1894-95), dies at 82 May 21 V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies May 28 Alice Stopford Green, Irish historian and proponent of Irish independence, dies at 81 Apr 1929 Famous Deaths by Year Jun 1929 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning