Famous People Who Died in May 1952

May 6 Alberto Savinio [Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico], Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), dies at 60

May 6 Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies at 81

May 8 William Fox [Wilhem Fuchs], Hungarian-American movie theater pioneer and film producer (Fox Film Corporation), dies at 73
May 9 Canada Lee [Leonard Canegata], African-American actor (Lost Boundaries), dies of a heart attack at 45
May 11 Giovanni Tebaldini, Italian composer, dies at 87
May 15 Albert Bassermann, German actor (Foreign Correspondent, Madame Curie), dies at 84
May 15 Italo Montemezzi, Italian composer (L'amore dei tre re), dies at 76
May 16 Alec Hearne, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1894; Kent), dies at 88
May 16 Frances Benjamin Johnston, American pioneering female photographer
May 18 Rossetter Gleason Cole, American composer, dies at 86
May 21 John Garfield [Jacob Garfinkle], American actor (Four Daughters, Body and Soul), dies of coronary thrombosis at 39
May 23 Georg Alfred Schumann, German composer, dies at 85
May 26 Damaso Alonso, Spanish linguistic/poet (Hombrey Dios), dies at 55
May 28 Joseph Lauber, Swiss concert pianist and composer, dies at 87
May 31 Walter Schellenberg, German lawyer/headed spy (Venlo), dies