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List of notable deaths in a month
The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2005 .
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.
[1]
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.
[2]
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.
[3]
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 ).
[4]
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 .
[5]
Lisa Freeman Roberts , 56, American vocalist.
[6]
Herb Sargent , 81, American television comedy writer.
[7]
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.
[8]
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.
[9]
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.
[10]
Ömer Kavur , 60, Turkish film director, producer, and screenwriter,
lymphoma .
Martin Lings , 96, English writer, scholar, philosopher and
arabist .
[11]
Kai Setälä , 91, Finnish physician and professor
[12]
Monica Zetterlund , 67, Swedish singer and actress.
13
Eddie Barclay , 84, French record producer and founder of Barclay Records.
[13]
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.
[14]
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.
[15]
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.
[16]
June Lang , 90, American actor.
Jose M. Lopez , 94, Mexican US Army soldier, Medal of Honor-winning soldier in World War II.
[17]
Albert "Smiler" Marshall , 108, British veteran of World War I.
Arthur Naftalin , 87, American politician, former mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
[18]
Jiří Rubáš , 83, Czech football player and manager.
17
Keiiti Aki , 75, Japanese seismologist.
[19]
Ellis Batten Page , 81, American educational psychologist.
Luc-Peter Crombé , 85, Belgian painter.
Piero Dorazio , 77, Italian painter.
[20]
Frank Gorshin , 71, American actor (
Batman ,
12 Monkeys ,
That Darn Cat! ), cancer.
[21]
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.
[22]
Richard Lewine , 94, American Broadway composer and TV producer.
[23]
Victor Wouk , 86, American scientist and electrical engineer.
[24]
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.
[25]
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 ).
[26]
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! ).
[27]
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.
[28]
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.
[29]
Ruth Laredo , 67, American pianist.
[30]
Steve Mason , 65, American poet and war veteran.
Ismail Merchant , 68, Indian-born film producer.
[31]
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 )
[32]
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.
[33]
Israel Epstein , 90, Polish-Chinese communist journalist and author.
[34]
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.
[35]
Terry Shannon , 52, American IT expert.
Dale Velzy , 77, American
surfboard shaper .
[36]
27
Abuzar Aydamirov , 71, Chechen writer.
Morris Cohen , 93, American metallurgist.
[37]
Fay Godwin , 74, British photographer.
[38]
Terje Johanssen , 62, Norwegian poet.
Ian Mackenzie-Kerr , 75, British book designer.
[39]
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).
[40]
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.
[41]
Patsy Calton , 56, British Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament, cancer.
Joseph Karth , 82, American politician, U.S. Representative from Minnesota (1959–1977).
[42]
Hamilton Naki , 78, South African surgeon.
[43]
Sir Frederick Page , 88, British aircraft designer.
Svatopluk Pluskal , 74, Czechoslovak footballer.
George Rochberg , 86, American composer.
[44]
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.
[45]
Alma Ziegler , 87, American baseball player (
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ).
31
Sir John Aiken , 83, British air marshal.
[46]
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.
[47]
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