Wednesday 27th of May 1840 (-) — Composer Niccolò Paganini dies of internal hemorrhaging due to pulmonary tuberculosis
Because a priest arrived too late to perform the last rites on Paganini, and his widely rumored association with the devil, the Church denied his body a Catholic burial.
Saturday 28th of April 1928 (+) — Artist Yves Klein is born
Friday 6th of May 1949 (-) — Poet and writer Maurice Maeterlinck dies of a heart attack
Wednesday 3rd of November 1954 (-) — Artist Henri Matisse dies of a heart attack
Thursday 16th of December 1965 (-) — Writer and playwright William Somerset Maugham dies of natural causes
Tuesday 30th of July 1985 (-) — Chief executioner André Obrecht dies of unknown causes
Thursday 23rd of May 2013 (-) — Singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki dies of emphysema
Wednesday 5th of June 2024 (-) — Fluxus artist Ben Vautier commits suicide by a shot in the head
Vautier's wife Annie suffered a stroke on Monday evening and died on Wednesday, the couple's two children, Eva and François, said in a statement. "Unwilling and unable to live without her, Ben killed himself a few hours later at their home".
