Who died on May 5?

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• How did Napoleon Bonaparte die?

  May 5, 1821 · Longwood House, Saint Helena

  Leading theory: stomach cancer, exactly as the autopsy said

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• 2026Chris PhelanAustralian rugby league player (1955–2026)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2024Jeannie EpperAmerican stuntwoman and actress (1941–2024)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2024Bernard HillEnglish actor (1944–2024)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2024César Luis MenottiArgentine footballer and manager (1938–2024)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2020Millie SmallJamaican singer (1947–2020)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2017Binyamin ElonIsraeli rabbi and politician (1954–2017)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2017Ely Ould Mohamed VallHead of State of Mauritania from 2005 to 2007Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2015Jobst BrandtAmerican bicycle racer (1935–2015)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2015Hans JansenDutch academic (1942–2015)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2014Michael OtedolaNigerian politician (1926–2014) My Grandfather factualAsk how they diedWikipedia
• 2013Sarah KirschGerman poetAsk how they diedWikipedia
• 2013Robert ResslerFBI criminal profiler (1937–2013)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2012SurendranathIndian cricketer (born 1937)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2012Carl Johan BernadottePrince BernadotteAsk how they diedWikipedia
• 2012Aatos ErkkoFinnish newspaper editor and publisherAsk how they diedWikipedia
• 2012George KnobelDutch football manager (1922–2012)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2012Roy PadayachieSouth African politician and activist (1950–2012)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2011Claude ChoulesBritish-born World War I veteran (1901–2011)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2011Yosef MerimovichFootball player and manager (1924–2011)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2011Dana WynterGerman-born English actress (1931–2011)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2010Giulietta SimionatoItalian opera singerAsk how they diedWikipedia
• 2010Umaru Musa Yar'AduaPresident of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2008Irv RobbinsAmerican businessmanAsk how they diedWikipedia
• 2008Jerry WallaceAmerican singer (1928–2008)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2007Theodore MaimanAmerican physicist (1927–2007)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2006NaushadIndian composer (1919–2006)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2006Atıf YılmazTurkish film director (1925–2006)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2003Sam BockarieSierra Leonean rebel (1963–2003)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2003Walter SisuluSouth African anti-apartheid activist (1912–2003)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2002Hugo BanzerPresident of Bolivia (1971–1978; 1997–2001)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2002Paul Wilbur KlipschAmerican engineer (1904–2002)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2002George SidneyAmerican film director and producer (1916–2002)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2002Louis C. WymanAmerican politician (1917–2002)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2001Morris GravesAmerican painter (1910–2001)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2001Clifton HillegassCreator and publisher of CliffsNotesAsk how they diedWikipedia
• 2000Gino BartaliItalian cyclist (1914–2000)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 2000Bill MusselmanAmerican basketball coach (1940–2000)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 1999Vasilis DiamantopoulosGreek actor (1920–1999)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 1995Mikhail BotvinnikSoviet chess grandmaster (1911–1995)Ask how they diedWikipedia
• 1994Mário QuintanaBrazilian writer and translatorAsk how they diedWikipedia