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#1901 · May 14, 2025, 7:22 am

RIP OTD in 1998 journalist, author (The Everglades: River of Grass (1947)), women's suffrage advocate, Everglades conservationist, Marjory Stoneman Douglas died; Coconut Grove, Miami, aged 108. Cremated remains scattered in the Everglades https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/14/day-in-history-14-may-frank-sinatra/

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#1902 · May 14, 2025, 7:23 am

RIP OTD in 2018, author (The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full) and journalist Tom Wolfe died from an infection in Manhattan, at the age of 88. Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/14/day-in-history-14-may-frank-sinatra/

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#1903 · May 15, 2025, 6:20 am

RIP OTD in 1886, poet Emily Dickinson died at her home in Amherst, Massachusetts at the age of 55. Dickinson family private estate in West Cemetery in Amherst https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/15/day-in-history-15-may-emily-dickinson/

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#1904 · May 16, 2025, 7:11 am

RIP OTD in 1823 Scottish courtesan (Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, George IV), writer (Ma Vie sous la Révolution), spy resident in Paris during the French Revolution, Grace Elliott died at Ville d'Avray, France aged 68-69. Père Lachaise Cemetery https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/16/day-in-history-16-may-sammy-davis-jr/

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#1905 · May 16, 2025, 7:12 am

RIP OTD in 1955 author (A Death in the Family, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men), journalist, poet, screenwriter (The African Queen, The Night of the Hunter), James Agee died; heart attack; New York City, aged 45. Agee Family Farm Cemetery Hillsdale NY https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/16/day-in-history-16-may-sammy-davis-jr/

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#1906 · May 18, 2025, 6:49 am

Paul Durcan, one of Ireland's most renowned contemporary poets, has died at the age of 80

Renowned poet Paul Durcan dies at 80

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0517/1513432-paul-durcan-poet/

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#1907 · May 19, 2025, 6:05 am

RIP OTD in 1864, novelist (The Scarlett Letter), dark romantic, and short story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne died in his sleep in Plymouth, New Hampshire, at the age of 59. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/

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#1908 · May 19, 2025, 6:07 am

RIP OTD in 1895 Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, publisher, Cuban national hero, José Martí died during the Battle of Dos Ríos, Cuba, aged 42. Cementerio Santa Ifigenia, Santiago de Cuba https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/

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#1909 · May 19, 2025, 6:07 am

RIP OTD in 1935, archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer (Lawrence of Arabia) T. E. Lawrence died from injuries in a motorcycle crash in Dorset close to his cottage Clouds Hill, near Wareham, England, age 46. St Nicholas’ Church, Moreton https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/

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#1910 · May 19, 2025, 6:09 am

RIP OTD 1984, John Betjeman died (aged 77). He was the UK Poet Laureate from 1972, until his death and one of the most well known and popular. He was also a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Betjeman

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#1911 · May 21, 2025, 7:08 am

RIP OTD in 1935 settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, philosopher, author, co-founder of the ACLU, Jane Addams died in Chicago, aged 74. Cedarville, Cemetery, Cedarville, Illinois https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/21/day-in-history-21-may-lash-larue/

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#1912 · May 21, 2025, 7:10 am

RIP OTD 2000, Romantic novelist Barbara Cartland died (aged 98). She was one of the most prolific and commercially successful novelists of all time. Her 723 novels were translated into 38 languages and have sold over 750 million copies.

Biography of Dame Barbara Cartland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Cartland

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#1913 · May 21, 2025, 7:14 am

RIP OTD in 2006, dancer, choreographer, author, educator, and social activist Katherine Dunham died in New York City at the age of 96. Cremation (photos by Phyllis Twachtman and Alfredo Valenti) https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/21/day-in-history-21-may-lash-larue/

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#1914 · May 22, 2025, 7:31 am

RIP OTD in 1873, poet, novelist (I promessi sposi (The Betrothed)) Alessandro Manzoni died of cerebral meningitis, a complication from a fall he took while getting out of San Fedele church in Milan, aged 88. Cimitero Monumentale in Milan https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/22/day-in-history-22-may-victor-hugo/

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#1915 · May 22, 2025, 7:32 am

RIP OTD in 1885, poet (La Légende des siècles), playwright, novelist (Les Misérables, Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)), essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist, Victor Hugo died in Paris, aged 83. Panthéon in Paris https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/22/day-in-history-22-may-victor-hugo/

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#1916 · May 22, 2025, 7:33 am

RIP OTD in 1932 dramatist, folklorist, theatre manager, co-founder of the Irish Literary Theatre and the Abbey Theatre, Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory died at home in Galway, Ireland aged 80 from breast cancer. Bohermore Cemetery, Galway https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/22/day-in-history-22-may-victor-hugo/

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#1917 · May 22, 2025, 7:33 am

RIP OTD in 1967, poet (The Weary Blues, Montage of a Dream Deferred), social activist, novelist, playwright, Langston Hughes died; prostate cancer; New York City, aged 65. Cremated remains, Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/22/day-in-history-22-may-victor-hugo/

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#1918 · May 22, 2025, 7:34 am

RIP OTD in 1972, poet ("Is it Far to Go?"), father of Daniel Day-Lewis, Cecil Day-Lewis died from pancreatic cancer, aged 68, at Lemmons, the Hertfordshire home of Kingsley Amis and Elizabeth Jane Howard. Stinsford churchyard, Dorset, England https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/22/day-in-history-22-may-victor-hugo/

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#1919 · May 23, 2025, 6:45 am

RIP OTD in 1906 playwright (Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, When We Dead Awaken, Rosmersholm, The Master Builder), Henrik Ibsen died at home in Kristiania (now Oslo), aged 78. Vår Frelsers gravlund, Oslo https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/

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#1920 · May 24, 2025, 6:16 am

RIP OTD in 1543 polymath, mathematician, astronomer, physician, classics scholar, translator, governor, diplomat, economist, Nicolaus Copernicus died in Frombork, Poland at the age of 70. Frombork Cathedral (Portrait artist unknown) https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/05/24/day-in-history-24-may-duke-ellington/

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