Deaths In May 2018: Wiki list article

For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

• Elmar Altvater, 79, German political scientist.
• Arthur Barnard, 89, American sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist (1952).
• Max Berrú, 74, Ecuadorian-Chilean singer ("Viva Chile!") and musician (Inti-Illimani), multiple myeloma.
• Chuck Missler, 83, American evangelist (Koinonia House) and author (The Creator: Beyond Time & Space).
• Peter Temple-Morris, 80, British politician and life peer, MP for Leominster (1974–2001).
• Universo 2000, 55, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL, AAA, IWRG), complications from a heart attack.
• Mark Vanderpump, 59, English DJ and businessman, suicide.
• Wanda Wiłkomirska, 89, Polish violinist and educator.

2

• Gord Brown, 57, Canadian politician, MP (since 2004), heart attack.
• Tony Cucchiara, 80, Italian singer-songwriter ("Tony e Nelly", "Caino e Abele", "Pipino il breve").
• János Juszkó, 78, Hungarian Olympic racing cyclist (1964).
• Herman Krebbers, 94, Dutch violinist.
• Vadim Mulerman, 79, Soviet singer, cancer.
• Bill Torrey, 83, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey executive (Oakland Seals, New York Islanders, Florida Panthers).
• Wang Danfeng, 93, Chinese actress (Longtan Huxue, New Fisherman's Song, Dream of the Red Chamber).
• Wolfgang Völz, 87, German actor (Raumpatrouille, Der Wixxer, Der Einstein des Sex).

3

• Doina Cornea, 88, Romanian human rights activist and professor.
• Afonso Dhlakama, 65, Mozambican politician, Leader of RENAMO (since 1979), heart attack.

4

• Naser Cheshm Azar, 68, Iranian pianist and composer, heart attack.
• Renate Dorrestein, 64, Dutch writer (Verborgen gebreken) and journalist (Boekenweek), esophageal cancer.
• Juan Morano, 76, Spanish politician, member of the Congress of Deputies (2004–2015) and Mayor of León (1979–1987, 1989–1995).
• Abi Ofarim, 80, Israeli musician ("Cinderella Rockefella") and dancer.
• Alexander Tschäppät, 66, Swiss politician, National Councillor (1979–1991, 2011–2018), Mayor of Bern (2005–2016), cancer.

5

• Michele Castoro, 66, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-S.Giovanni Rotondo (since 2009), pancreatic cancer.
• Klaus Dede, 81, German writer and journalist.
• Stanley Falkow, 84, American microbiologist, National Medal of Science recipient (2003), complications from myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Wilson Frost, 92, American politician, member of the Chicago City Council (1967–1987).
• José María Íñigo, 75, Spanish journalist (RTVE) and commentator (Eurovision Song Contest), lung cancer.
• Ermanno Olmi, 86, Italian movie director (Il Posto, The Tree of Wooden Clogs, The Legend of the Holy Drinker) and screenwriter (The Profession of Arms), complications from Guillain-Barre syndrome.
• Boyan Petrov, 45, Bulgarian zoologist (National Museum of Natural History) and mountaineer, drowned. (declared missing on this date)

6

• Cirilo Bautista, 76, Filipino non-fiction writer (Galaw ng Asoge) and poet (Summer Suns), recipient of the National Artist (2014), neuroendocrine cancer.
• Paolo Ferrari, 89, Italian actor (Susanna Whipped Cream, White Voices, Lo scippo), complications from pneumonia.
• Tarcisio Gitti, 82, Italian politician, Deputy (1979–1994), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Khaled Mohieddin, 95, Egyptian Army general and politician, member of the Egyptian Revolutionary Command Council (1952–1954), congestive heart failure.
• Jamal Naji, 63, Palestinian-born Jordanian novelist (The Road to Balharith, When the Wolves Grow Old), stroke.
• Charles W. Steger, 70, American academic, President of Virginia Tech (2000–2014).
• Ray Szmanda, 91, American radio personality and television presenter, Menards spokesman (1976–1999), pneumonia complicated from a fall.

7

• Maurane, 57, Belgian singer ("Boum", "Tu es mon autre") and actress (My Afternoons with Margueritte), suspected cardiac arrest.
• Miki Muster, 92, Slovenian artist and cartoonist, Alzheimer's disease.
• Jesús Kumate Rodríguez, 93, Mexican physician and politician, Secretary of Health (1988–1994), respiratory failure.
• Crosbie E. Saint, 81, American military officer, Commander of the United States Army Europe (1988–1992), stroke.

8

• Anne V. Coates, 92, British movie editor (Lawrence of Arabia, The Elephant Man, Fifty Shades of Grey), Oscar winner (1963).
• George Deukmejian, 89, American politician, Governor of California (1983–1991).
• Larry Leach, 81, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
• Lara Saint Paul, 73, Italian-Eritrean singer ("Saffo Music"), cancer.

9

• Big Bully Busick, 63, American professional wrestler (WWF), spinal cancer.
• Poldine Carlo, 97, American writer and Native American elder.
• Delphine Gibson, 114, American supercentenarian, oldest verified person in the United States (since 2017).
• Mustafa Nurul Islam, 91, Bangladeshi academic, National Professor (2011), multiple organ failure.

10

• David Goodall, 104, English-born Australian botanist, assisted suicide by lethal injection.
• Ken Hodgkisson, 85, English footballer (Walsall, West Bromwich Albion) and manager (Dudley Town).
• Scott Hutchison, 36, Scottish singer-songwriter ("Sing the Greys", "The Winter of Mixed Drinks", "New Gods") and guitarist (Frightened Rabbit, Mastersystem, The Fruit Tree Foundation).
• Kevin Kamenetz, 60, American politician, Baltimore County Executive (since 2010), cardiopulmonary arrest.
• Graham Lovett, 70, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion).
• Alfonso Lovo Cordero, 90, Nicaraguan politician, member of the Liberal-Conservative Junta (1972–1974).
• Adam Parfrey, 61, American novelist (Michael), editor (Forbidden Knowledge) and publisher (Feral House).
• Evgeni Vasiukov, 85, Russian chess Grandmaster, heart attack.

11

• Mikhail Alperin, 61, Ukrainian-born Norwegian jazz pianist, complications from aortic dissection.
• Gérard Genette, 87, French literary theorist.
• Hugo Guerra, 52, Uruguayan footballer (national team, Boca Juniors, Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata), heart attack.
• Peter Mayer, 82, British-born American publisher (The Overlook Press, Penguin Books), complications from amyloidosis.
• Bengt Nilsson, 84, Swedish Olympic high jumper (1956).
• Ulla Sallert, 95, Swedish actress (Don't Give Up, Hello Baby, Nils Karlsson Pyssling) and singer.

12

• Will Alsop, 70, British architect (Peckham Library, Blizard Building), Stirling Prize winner (2000).
• Tessa Jowell, Baroness Jowell, 70, English politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2001–2007), MP (1992–2015) and peer (since 2015), cerebral hemorrhage caused by brain cancer.
• Chuck Knox, 86, American football coach (Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills, Seattle Seahawks), dementia.
• Antonio Mercero, 82, Spanish movie (A Time for Defiance) and television director (Verano azul, La cabina), Emmy (1972) and Goya (2010) winner, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Dennis Nilsen, 72, Scottish serial killer.
• Kevin Tierney, 67, Irish-Canadian movie producer (Bon Cop, Bad Cop, The Trotsky) and journalist (Montreal Gazette), cancer.
• Donald Gary Young, 68, American business executive, founder of Young Living, complications from multiple strokes.

13

• Edgardo Angara, 83, Filipino politician, Senator (1987–1998, 2001–2013), Senate President (1993–1995) and Minister of Agriculture (1991–2005), heart attack.
• Balkavi Bairagi, 87, Indian poet and politician, MP (1984–1989, 1998–2004), heart attack.
• Glenn Branca, 69, American avant-garde composer (The Ascension) and guitarist (Theoretical Girls), throat cancer.
• Epitácio Cafeteira, 93, Brazilian politician, Senator from Maranhão (2007–2015) and Governor (1987–1990), pneumonia.
• Steve Hogan, 69, American politician, Mayor of Aurora, Colorado (since 2011), member of the Colorado House of Representatives (1975–1976), cancer.
• Margot Kidder, 69, Canadian-American actress (Superman, The Amityville Horror, Black Christmas) and political activist, Emmy Award winner (2015), suicide by drug overdose.
• Baadur Tsuladze, 83, Georgian actor (Falling Leaves), movie director (Waltz on Mtatsminda), and screenwriter (For those who like to solve puzzles).

14

• Elaine S. Edwards, 89, American politician, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1972), complications from COPD.
• Roberto Farias, 86, Brazilian movie director (Cidade Ameaçada), producer (Pra Quem Fica, Tchau) and screenwriter (Pra Frente, Brasil), stomach cancer.
• Doug Ford, 95, American Hall of Fame golfer, PGA Champion (1955) and Masters Champion (1957).
• María Elena Meneses Rocha, 56, Mexican journalist (Univision) and educator (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), complications from surgery.
• Frank Quilici, 79, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins), manager and commentator.
• E. C. George Sudarshan, 86, Indian theoretical physicist (Glauber–Sudarshan P representation) and professor (University of Texas at Austin).
• William Vance, 82, Belgian comics artist (XIII, Bob Morane, Bruno Brazil), Parkinson's disease.
• Tom Wolfe, 88, American author (The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Right Stuff) and journalist (New York Herald Tribune), infection.

15

• Eli Avivi, 88, Persian-born Israeli politician, President-for-Life of Akhzivland (since 1972), pneumonia.
• Joseph G. Clemons, 90, American soldier, subject of Pork Chop Hill, complications from pneumonia.
• Amir Ganiel, 55, Israeli swimmer.
• Martin Hoffman, 88, Czech-born British bridge player, writer and Holocaust survivor.
• Tom Murphy, 83, Irish playwright (A Whistle in the Dark, Conversations on a Homecoming).
• Barbara Nawrocka-Dońska, 93, Polish journalist (Zwierciadło) and feminist essayist, member of the Association of European Culture (since 2000).
• Jlloyd Samuel, 37, Trinidadian footballer (Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers), car crash.
• Ray Wilson, 83, English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Everton, national team), world champion (1966), Alzheimer's disease.

16

• François Bréda, 62, Romanian writer and literary critic.
• Joseph Campanella, 93, American actor (Guiding Light, Days of Our Lives, Spider-Man: The Animated Series), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Gérard Jouannest, 85, French pianist.
• Eloísa Mafalda, 93, Brazilian actress (A Próxima Atração, Água Viva, Meu Bem Querer), respiratory failure.
• Diana E. Murphy, 84, American judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1994–2018), congestive heart failure.
• Lucian Pintilie, 84, Romanian movie director (The Reenactment, An Unforgettable Summer, Next Stop Paradise).
• Michael Slive, 77, American college athletics commissioner (Conference USA, Southeastern Conference), prostate cancer.

17

• Jürgen Marcus, 69, German singer ("Chansons pour ceux qui s'aiment"), Eurivision contestant (1976), complications from COPD. (death announced on this date)
• Nicole Fontaine, 76, French lawyer and politician, President of the European Parliament (1999–2002).
• Richard Pipes, 94, Polish-American academic (Harvard University), political expert (Soviet Union, Team B) and aide (Ronald Reagan).
• Mehdi Tabatabaei, 82, Iranian politician, MP (1984–1988, 2004–2008), lung disease.

18

• Stephanie Adams, 47, American model (Playboy) and author, suicide by jumping.
• Doğan Babacan, 88, Turkish football referee (1975 European Super Cup).
• Billy Cannon, 80, American football player (Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs).
• Sir John Carrick, 99, Australian politician, Minister for Education (1975–1979).
• Ayad Futayyih Al-Rawi, 76, Iraqi military officer (Republican Guard) and convicted criminal, stroke.
• Darío Castrillón Hoyos, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Bucaramanga (1992–1996), President of the Congregation for the Clergy (1996–2006) and of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei (2000–2009), liver disease.
• Sir Des Champs, 11, Irish racehorse, race injury.
• Eric McLuhan, 76, Canadian communications theorist and media ecologist, cardiac arrest.
• Yrsa Stenius, 73, Finnish-born Swedish journalist (Arbetarbladet).

19

• Harvey Hall, 77, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Bakersfield, California (2001–2017), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
• Robert Indiana, 89, American pop artist (Love), respiratory failure.
• Maya Jribi, 58, Tunisian politician, Secretary-General of the Republican Party (2012–2017), pancreatic cancer.
• Bernard Lewis, 101, British-American historian (The Jews of Islam, Islam and the West, What Went Wrong?).
• Reggie Lucas, 65, American songwriter ("Borderline", "Never Knew Love Like This Before") and record producer, Grammy winner (1981), heart disease.
• Ernst Sieber, 91, Swiss pastor (Sozialwerke Pfarrer Sieber) and politician, member of the National Council (1991–1995).
• Roland Vogt, 77, German politician, MP (1983–1987).

20

• Jaroslav Brabec, 68, Czech Olympic shot putter (1972, 1976) and athletic coach, European Athletics Indoor Champion (1973).
• Bill Gold, 97, American movie poster artist (Casablanca, The Exorcist, A Streetcar Named Desire), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Richard N. Goodwin, 86, American speechwriter (John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson) and political writer, Director of the International Peace Corps Secretariat (1963–1964), cancer.
• Koo Bon-moo, 73, South Korean business executive, Chairman of LG Corporation (since 1995), brain cancer.
• Patricia Morison, 103, American actress (Kiss Me, Kate, Dressed to Kill, The Song of Bernadette).
• Rolf Sand, 98, Norwegian actor (Den pantsatte bondedreng).

21

• António Arnault, 82, Portuguese poet and politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1978).
• Anna Maria Ferrero, 84, Italian actress (The Violent Patriot, Bad Girls Don't Cry, Love and Larceny).
• Gholamreza Hassani, 90, Iranian Islamic leader, MP (1980).
• Allyn Ann McLerie, 91, Canadian-born American actress (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, The Way We Were, All the President's Men), Alzheimer's disease.
• Dovey Johnson Roundtree, 104, American civil rights activist and attorney (Keys v. Carolina Coach Co.).
• Pedro Tenorio, 84, Northern Mariana Islander politician, Governor (1982–1990, 1998–2002), complications from a stroke.
• Clint Walker, 90, American actor (Cheyenne, The Dirty Dozen, Small Soldiers), congestive heart failure.
• Faith Whittlesey, 79, American politician and diplomat, Ambassador to Switzerland (1985–1988), cancer.

22

• Alberto Dines, 86, Brazilian journalist (Jornal do Brasil, Grupo Abril, Observatório da Imprensa) and professor (Columbia University), pneumonia.
• Júlio Pomar, 92, Portuguese painter and illustrator.
• Philip Roth, 85, American writer (Goodbye, Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint, American Pastoral), Pulitzer Prize winner (1998), congestive heart failure.

23

• Antonio Horvath, 68, Chilean civil engineer and politician, Deputy (1990–1994) and Senator (1994–2018), lymphoma.
• Luis Posada Carriles, 90, Cuban exiled anti-Castro militant, CIA agent and convicted terrorist, throat cancer.
• Daniel Robin, 74, French wrestler, Olympic double-silver medalist (1968).
• László Tábori, 86, Hungarian-born American Olympic athlete (1956).

24

• Gudrun Burwitz, 88, German neonazi militant, daughter of Heinrich Himmler.
• Cliff Jackson, 76, English footballer (Crystal Palace). (death announced on this date)
• Jerry Maren, 98, American actor (The Wizard of Oz), heart failure complicated by dementia.
• Richard Peck, 84, American novelist (A Year Down Yonder, A Long Way from Chicago, The Ghost Belonged to Me), Newbery Medal recipient (2001), cancer.
• Daniela Samulski, 33, German swimmer, European champion (2006, 2010), stomach cancer.
• Roblimo, 65, American technological journalist (Geeknet, Slashdot), heart attack.
• TotalBiscuit, 33, British gaming critic (YouTube) and commentator, bowel cancer.

25

• Sergio Graziani, 87, Italian actor (The Five Days, Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen, It Can’t Be All Our Fault).
• Piet Kee, 90, Dutch composer and organist.
• Naser Malek Motiei, 88, Iranian actor (Vagabond, And Then There Were None, Torkaman), kidney failure.

26

• Alan Bean, 86, American astronaut (Apollo 12, Skylab 3), fourth person to walk on the moon.
• Pierre Bellemare, 88, French actor (OSS 117: Lost in Rio), television presenter (Cresus) and radio personality (Les pieds dans le plat).
• Ted Dabney, 81, American electrical engineer, co-founder of Atari, Inc., esophageal cancer.
• Roger Piantoni, 86, French footballer (Nancy, Stade de Reims, national team).
• Antonio Pujía, 88, Italian-born Argentine sculptor, colorectal cancer.
• Svetlin Rusev, 84, Bulgarian artist.

27

• John DiFronzo, 89, American mobster (Chicago Outfit), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Gardner Dozois, 70, American Hall of Fame science fiction writer (Strangers, Morning Child, Hunter's Run) and editor (Asimov's Science Fiction), Nebula Award winner (1984, 1985), multiple organ failure complicated by infection.
• Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, 82, Egyptian economist and politician, Prime Minister (1985–1986).
• Donald H. Peterson, 84, American astronaut (STS-6), Alzheimer's disease and bone cancer.

28

• Pippo Caruso, 82, Italian composer (Kill Johnny Ringo, Maladolescenza) and conductor.
• Neale Cooper, 54, Scottish football player (Aberdeen, Dunfermline Athletic) and manager (Ross County), suspected cardiac arrest.
• Serge Dassault, 93, French businessman (Dassault Group) and politician, Senator (2004–2017), heart attack.
• María Dolores Pradera, 93, Spanish actress (¡A mí la legión!, La Lola se va a los puertos, Agustina de Aragón) and singer ("María Dolores", "Gracias a Vosotros").
• Semavi Eyice, 95, Turkish Byzantine and Ottoman art historian, Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Award recipient (2011).
• Cornelia Frances, 77, English-born Australian actress (The Young Doctors, Home and Away, The Lost Islands), bladder cancer.
• Josh Martin, 46, American guitarist (Anal Cunt), fall.
• Dick Quax, 70, Dutch-born New Zealand athlete, Olympic silver medalist (1976), and politician, member of the Auckland Council (since 2011), throat cancer.
• Jens Christian Skou, 99, Danish medical doctor and chemist, discovered Na+/K+-ATPase, Nobel Prize laureate (1997).
• Michel Stolker, 84, Dutch racing cyclist (Tour de France), complications from hypertension.
• Ola Ullsten, 86, Swedish politician, Prime Minister (1978–1979).

29

• Yoseph Imry, 79, Israeli physicist, discovered mesoscopic physics, Wolf Prize winner (2016).

30

• Madiha Yousri, 96, Egyptian actress (Immortal Song), heart disease.

31

• Michael D. Ford, 90, English art director and set decorator (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Titanic, The Empire Strikes Back), Oscar winner (1982, 1998).
• Aníbal Quijano, 90, Peruvian sociologist, developer of coloniality of power concept.

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