Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. May 2005
1 Edgar Baird , 93, Canadian businessman. Rex Bergstrom , 79, New Zealand econometrician. Kenneth B. Clark , 90, African-American civil rights activist and psychologist. René Rivkin , 60, Australian stockbroker. Edward von Kloberg III , 63, American lobbyist. 2 Renée Faure , 86, French actress. Robert Hunter , 63, Canadian journalist and co-founder of Greenpeace . Wee Kim Wee , 89, Singaporean politician, fourth President of Singapore from 1985 to 1993, prostate cancer . Theofiel Middelkamp , 91, Dutch cyclist, first Dutchman to win a stage in the Tour de France and first Dutch world champion. Jack Nichols , 67, American gay rights activist, cancer. Börje Nyberg , 85, Swedish actor and film director. John C. Pritzlaff Jr. , 79, American politician and diplomat. Raisa Struchkova , 79, Russian dancer and People's Artist of the USSR. 3 Henriette, Lady Abel Smith , 90, British courtier, lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II . Jagjit Singh Aurora , 89, Indian army general. David Batchelor , 63, British sound mixer. George S. Bowman Jr. , 93, United States Marine Corps officer and Naval aviator. Don Canham , 87, American track and field athlete, former University of Michigan athletic director. Bobby Forrest , 73, English footballer. Michel Maurice-Bokanowski , 92, French politician. Pierre Moerlen , 52, French drummer and percussionist. Willi Steffen , 80, Swiss football player. 4 Mark Boyle , 70, Scottish artist. Purwoto Gandasubrata , 75, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Indonesia . David Hackworth , 74, American Vietnam War veteran, journalist. Michael Kernan , 78, American author and journalist. Joyce Lambert , 88, British botanist and ecologist, bronchopneumonia . Evelyn Lutman Roberts , 88, American wife of preacher Oral Roberts . Neal Pattman , 79, American electric blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, bone cancer . Luis Taruc , 91, Filipino Communist revolutionary figure, leader of the HUKBALAHAP , a guerrilla group against the Japanese during World War II. Don Trachte , 89, American cartoonist. 5 Ted Atkinson , 88, Canadian-born American Hall of Fame jockey. Carolyn Brady , 67, American artist. Donald Brian Doe , 84, British archaeologist and architect. Elisabeth Fraser , 85, American actress (The Phil Silvers Show , A Patch of Blue , One Happy Family ). June MacCloy , 96, American actress. Skip Minisi , 78, American football player. Magdolna Nyári-Kovács , 83, Hungarian Olympic fencer. Édgar Ponce , 30, Mexican actor, collision between car and motorcycle during filming of video for "Sólo para mujeres ". 6 Theodore J. Bauer , 95, American specialist in infectious diseases. Luis Cabellero , 42, Paraguayan footballer. Miguel Contreras , 52, American labor union leader. Rafael Díaz-Balart , 79, Cuban politician, opponent and former brother-in-law of Fidel Castro , father of U.S. Congressmen Lincoln Díaz-Balart and Mario Díaz-Balart . Joe Grant , 96, American animator and screenwriter (Fantasia , Alice in Wonderland , Pocahontas ), heart attack. Jost Gross , 59, Swiss politician, member of the National Council. Earl Richmond , 43, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection . Lisa Freeman Roberts , 56, American vocalist. Herb Sargent , 81, American television comedy writer. Lee Stine , 91, American baseball player, who pitched in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox , Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees . 7 Václav Boštík , 91, Czech artist. Tristan Egolf , 33, American author, suicide. Ray Hamann , 93, American basketball player and coach. Peter W. Rodino , 95, American politician and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon . Otilino Tenorio , 25, Ecuadorian international football player, automobile accident. 8 Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury , Bangladeshi cinematographer and director. Wolfgang Blochwitz , 64, German footballer. Lloyd Cutler , 87, American attorney, former White House Counsel under Presidents Carter and Clinton . Nasrat Parsa , 37, Afghan singer, murdered abroad. A. J. Shepherd , 78, American ex-Indianapolis 500 racing driver. Nino Terzo , 81, Italian actor. Don Youngblood , 51, American IFBB professional bodybuilder , heart attack. 9 Billa Harrod , 93, British writer and architectural conservationist. Ang Kiukok , 74, Filipino painter. Sir Charles Morrison , 72, British landowner and Conservative politician. Akihiko Saito , 44, Japanese hostage in Iraq. Tiny Wharton , 77, British football referee. 10 Philip Agustin , Filipino publisher and editor. Hal Griggs , 76, American baseball player (Washington Senators ). Veikko Hursti , 80, Finnish philanthropist. Jim Love , 78, American sculptor. Jay Marshall , 85, American magician and ventriloquist, dean of the Society of American Magicians . David Wayne , 47, American singer of the heavy metal group Metal Church . 11 Léo Cadieux , 96, Canadian politician and diplomat. Alfred Finnigan , 108, Welsh centenarian, oldest man in Wales and World War I survivor. Michalis Genitsaris , 86, Greek rebetiko singer and composer. Bob Stuart , 84, New Zealand rugby player. Percy Trezise , 82, Australian painter, writer and explorer. 12 Carl Alpert , 92, American-born Israeli journalist. Maurice "The Matador" Catarcio , 76, American former World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestler, cancer. Sara Gadimova , 82, Azerbaijani khananda singer. Evaristo Iglesias , 79, Cuban Olympic sprinter. Ömer Kavur , 60, Turkish film director, producer, and screenwriter, lymphoma . Martin Lings , 96, English writer, scholar, philosopher and arabist . Kai Setälä , 91, Finnish physician and professor Monica Zetterlund , 67, Swedish singer and actress. 13 Eddie Barclay , 84, French record producer and founder of Barclay Records. George Dantzig , 90, American mathematician, "father of linear programming ". Hugh Montefiore , 85, English Bishop of Birmingham and environmental activist with Friends of the Earth . Próspero Penados del Barrio , 79, Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Guatemala City . Michael Ross , 45, American convicted serial killer, executed by lethal injection. 14 Michael Carson , 57, Australian television director. Jimmy Martin , 77, American bluegrass singer. Helvecio Martins , 74, Brazilian LDS leader. Tibor Šalát , 79, Slovak mathematician. Mary Treadgold , 95, English author, literary editor and BBC producer, cancer. 15 Povl Ahm , 78, Danish engineer, cancer. Vakha Arsanov , Chechen warlord and vice president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria , killed. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 11th Earl of Shaftesbury , 27, English peer, suspected heart attack. Les Bartley , 51, Canadian former coach of the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League, colon cancer. Alan B. Gold , 88, Canadian retired Chief Justice of the Quebec Superior Court , negotiated an end to the Oka standoff and numerous strikes. Natalya Gundareva , 56, Russian actress, stroke. Bob Haak , 79, Dutch art expert and founder of the Rembrandt Research Project . Aulis Kallakorpi , 76, Finnish ski jumper, Olympic silver medalist (1956 ). Mahipal , 86, Indian film actor, cardiac arrest. 16 L. Bruce Archer , 82, British mechanical engineer and designer. Sir Rees Davies , 66, Welsh historian. Dale Erdahl , 73, American businessman and politician. Andrew J. Goodpaster , 90, American Army general, former leader of NATO and veteran of World War II. June Lang , 90, American actor. Jose M. Lopez , 94, Mexican US Army soldier, Medal of Honor-winning soldier in World War II. Albert "Smiler" Marshall , 108, British veteran of World War I. Arthur Naftalin , 87, American politician, former mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jiří Rubáš , 83, Czech football player and manager. 17 Keiiti Aki , 75, Japanese seismologist. Ellis Batten Page , 81, American educational psychologist. Luc-Peter Crombé , 85, Belgian painter. Piero Dorazio , 77, Italian painter. Frank Gorshin , 71, American actor (Batman , 12 Monkeys , That Darn Cat! ), cancer. Abrarul Haq Haqqi , 84, Indian Sunni Muslim scholar. Elsa Hilger , 101, American cellist. 18 Gergely Pongrátz , 73, Hungarian anti-communist. Shaima Rezayee , 24, Afghan TV presenter of Hop , an Afghan programme similar to MTV . Bobby Thompson , 67, American banjoist (Area Code 615 ). Whayne Wilson , 29, Costa Rican footballer. Denis Wright , 94, British diplomat, prostate cancer . Bob Wynn , 65, American golfer, lung cancer. Stella Zázvorková , 83, Czech actress. 19 John Arthur , 85, South African boxer. Richard Cartwright , 31, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection. Henry Corden , 85, Canadian voice actor (The Flintstones , The Ten Commandments , Johnny Quest ), emphysema. Batya Gur , 57, Israeli author, lung cancer. Richard Lewine , 94, American Broadway composer and TV producer. Victor Wouk , 86, American scientist and electrical engineer. 20 Anthony Athanas , 93, Albanian-born American restaurateur. J. D. Cannon , 83, American actor (McCloud , Cool Hand Luke , Raise the Titanic ). Marian Foik , 71, Polish Olympic sprinter. Harriet White Medin , 91, American actress (Death Race 2000 , The Horrible Dr. Hichcock , The Terminator ). Paul Ricœur , 92, French philosopher and teacher. Lujo Tončić-Sorinj , 90, Austrian diplomat and politician, former Foreign Minister of Austria . 21 Monica Charlot , 81, British historian and political scientist. Stephen Elliott , 86, American actor (Arthur , Beverly Hills Cop , Dallas ). Bedford Jezzard , 77, English footballer, former Fulham F.C. football player and manager. David Lang , 37, American football player, former NFL running back with the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys . Howard Morris , 85, American voice actor (The Flintstones , Garfield and Friends , Police Academy ). Subodh Mukherjee , 84, Indian filmmaker. Fred Rosen , 74, American physician. 22 Terry Carisse , 62, Canadian singer-songwriter. Charilaos Florakis , 91, Greek politician, honorary president and former secretary general (1972–1989) of the Communist Party of Greece . Julia Randall , 81, American poet. Thurl Ravenscroft , 91, American voice actor (Tony the Tiger , How the Grinch Stole Christmas! ). John Rothwell , 91, Australian cricketer. 23 John Albano , 82, American comic book writer (Jonah Hex ). Hugh Cabot III , 75, American artist. Sígfrid Gràcia , 73, Spanish footballer. Derek Ratcliffe , 75, British conservationist. Billy Smart Jr , 71, British circus impresario. Roderick Wright , 64, Scottish Roman Catholic bishop, disgraced and renounced the office of bishop. 24 Carl Amery , 83, German writer. Arthur Haulot , 91, Belgian journalist, member of the resistance during World Waa II. Robert McAuliffe , 66, Trinidadian-born Olympic sports shooter for the United States Virgin Islands . Dick Raikes , 93, British Royal Navy officer. Saeed Khan Rangeela , 68, Pakistani actor, singer and director. 25 Sunil Dutt , 75, Indian Bollywood actor and Union Minister, India. Robert Jankel , 67, British limousine designer. Graham Kennedy , 71, Australian TV celebrity and comedian. Vera Komarkova , 62, Czech-American mountaineer and botanist , complications of breast cancer treatment. Ruth Laredo , 67, American pianist. Steve Mason , 65, American poet and war veteran. Ismail Merchant , 68, Indian-born film producer. Zoran Mušič , 96, Slovene painter, graphic artist and draughtsman. Domenic Troiano , 59, Canadian guitarist, cancer. 26 Eddie Albert , 99, American actor (Roman Holiday , Green Acres , The Heartbreak Kid ) Albinas Albertynas , 71, Lithuanian politician. John Hope Anderson , 93, American politician. Charles Bouvet , 86, French Olympic pole vaulter. James G. Butler , 84, American lawyer. Chico Carrasquel , 77, Venezuelan shortstop, the first Latin American player to appear in an MLB All-Star game. Israel Epstein , 90, Polish-Chinese communist journalist and author. Sangoulé Lamizana , 89, Burkinabe politician, former president of Burkina Faso . Krzysztof Nowak , 29, Polish football player for VfL Wolfsburg and the Poland national team, ALS . Radius Prawiro , 76, Indonesian economist and politician, Minister of Finance . Jim Ray , 60, American baseball player. Terry Shannon , 52, American IT expert. Dale Velzy , 77, American surfboard shaper . 27 Abuzar Aydamirov , 71, Chechen writer. Morris Cohen , 93, American metallurgist. Fay Godwin , 74, British photographer. Terje Johanssen , 62, Norwegian poet. Ian Mackenzie-Kerr , 75, British book designer. 28 Emil Appolus , 70, Namibian politician. Benjamin Biaggini , 89, American railroad executive. Clair A. Callan , 85, American politician, U.S. Representative from Nebraska (1965–1967). John Sidney Garrett , 83, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives . Arnold Morton , 83, American restaurateur, founder of Morton's of Chicago steakhouses. David Oswald Thomas , 81, Welsh philosopher. 29 Ricky Allen , 70, American blues singer. María de los Ángeles Alvariño González , 88, Spanish oceanographer. Oscar Brown Jr. , 78, American musician, playwright, activist. Patsy Calton , 56, British Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament, cancer. Joseph Karth , 82, American politician, U.S. Representative from Minnesota (1959–1977). Hamilton Naki , 78, South African surgeon. Sir Frederick Page , 88, British aircraft designer. Svatopluk Pluskal , 74, Czechoslovak footballer. George Rochberg , 86, American composer. Sir Gordon Tait , 83, British admiral. 30 Takanohana Kenshi , (née Mitsuru Hanada ), 55, Japanese sumo wrestler, aka "The Prince of Sumo". Jan Knappert , 78, Dutch linguist. Fazal Mahmood , 78, Pakistani cricket captain. Tomasz Pacyński , 47, Polish fantasy and science fiction author. Herbert Warren Wind , 88, American sportswriter. Alma Ziegler , 87, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ). 31 Sir John Aiken , 83, British air marshal. Emily Blatch, Baroness Blatch , 67, British politician and life peer. Archil Gomiashvili , 79, Soviet Georgian actor. Yuri Kleschev , 74, Soviet volleyball coach, referee and writer. Harry Larche , 81, American football player and coach. Jaime Mendoza-Nava , 79, Bolivian-American composer and conductor. Grisélidis Réal , 75, Swiss writer and sex worker, cancer. Eduardo Teixeira Coelho , 86, Portuguese comic book artist. 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