Jones, novelist, 75 30 May – John Edward Jones, Plaid Cymru leader, 64 3 June – John Robert Jones, philosophy professor, 58 4 June – Daniel John Davies, Independent minister and poet, 84 9 June – Billy Spiller, cricketer and rugby player, 83 10 July – Isaac Griffiths, politician in Canada, 78 3 August – Sir Lincoln Evans, trade unionist, 80 26 August – Thomas Mardy Jones, miner and politician, 91 10 October – Owen Picton Davies, journalist, 88 8 November – Huw T. Edwards, trade union leader and politician, 77 17 November – Naunton Wayne, actor, 69 9 November – Huw T. Edwards, trade union leader and politician, 77 See also 1970 in Northern Ireland References Wales Wales