In deaths:
| May 9th 1981 | | Nelson Algren, US writer (Man with the Golden Arm), dies at 72
| | May 9th 1982 | | Ab [Albert] Visser, poet/writer (Ka‹n sloeg Abel), dies
| | May 9th 1985 | | Edmond O'Brien, actor (Moon Pilot, Wild Bunch), dies at 69
| | May 9th 1986 | | Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], Limbourg activist, dies at 60
| | May 9th 1986 | | Herschel Bernardi, actor (Lt Jacoby-Peter Gunn, Arnie), dies at 62
| | May 9th 1986 | | Tenzing Norgay, Tibetan climber (Mount Everest 1953), dies at 71
| | May 9th 1987 | | Obafemi Awolowo, Nigeria, pres of Nigeria (1979-83), dies at 78
| | May 9th 1989 | | Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33
| | May 9th 1989 | | Paul J Steenbergen, actor (Ciske de Rat), dies at 82
| | May 9th 1990 | | Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66
| | May 9th 1990 | | Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate Pres debate, dies at 84
| | May 9th 1991 | | Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies
| | May 9th 1991 | | Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman III, Whats Up Nurse), dies at 72
| | May 9th 1991 | | James L Reinsch, media-advisor (Roosevelt/Churchill/Kennedy), dies
| | May 9th 1992 | | Mike Tyrell [Red Baron], British air acrobat, dies in an accident
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