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May1967

Famous People Who Died in May 1967

Elmer Rice (1892-1967)

May 8 American playwright (Pulitzer-Street Scene) and novelist, dies at 74

Elmer Rice

May 8 LaVerne Andrews, American pop and swing jazz singer (The Andrews Sisters - "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"; "Rum and Coca-Cola"), dies of cancer at 55
May 9 Elmar Berkovich, Hungarian-Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies at 69
May 9 Philippa Schuyler, African-American child classical piano prodigy, composer, and journalist, dies in a helicopter crash in Vietnam at 35
May 10 Lorenzo Bandini, Italian auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1963; 24 Hours of Daytona 1967), dies after a race accident in Monaco F1 GP at 31
May 12 John Masefield, British writer and poet (Salt-Water Ballads), Poet Laureate (1930-67), dies at 88
May 12 Julius Kalas, Czech composer, dies at 64
May 13 Frank McGrath, American actor (The Reluctant Astronaut, Wagon Train), dies from a heart attack at 64
May 15 Edward Hopper, American painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84
May 15 Jaromír Fiala, Czech composer, dies at 74
May 17 John Wesley Work III, African-American composer, musicologist and scholar of African-American folklore and music, dies at 65
May 18 Andy Clyde, Scottish actor (The Real McCoys, Lassie), dies from natural causes at 75
May 18 Richard Ainley, British actor (I Dood It, As You Like It, Above Suspicion), dies from barbiturate poisoning at 56
May 19 Elmo Hope, American bebop jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, dies of heart failure at 43
May 22 Josip Plemelj, Slovenian mathematician, dies at 93

Langston Hughes (1902-1967)

May 22 American poet (Weary Blues), playwright (Mulatto), and librettist (Troubled Island), dies at 65

Langston Hughes

May 23 Carl-Henrik Norin Swedish jazz saxophonist, and composer ("Mississippi Mood"), dies at 47
May 23 Philip Coolidge, American actor (North by Northwest, North by Northwest, I Want to Live, Tingler), dies of lung cancer at 58
May 23 Sanne Sannes, photographer, dies at 30
May 26 Antoon Spinoy, Belgian politician, dies at 60
May 26 George E Stone, Polish actor (Viva Villa, Last Mile, 5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64
May 27 Ernst Niekisch, German politician (b. 1889)
May 29 Geronimo Baqueiro Foster, Mexican composer, dies at 69
May 30 Claude Rains, British actor (Invisible Man, Casablanca), dies at 77
May 31 Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer ("Take The 'A' Train"), dies of esophageal cancer at 51

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