The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2010.
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 2010
1 Danny Aiello III, 53, American stuntman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shooter, Rescue Me), pancreatic cancer. T. M. Aluko, 91, Nigerian writer.T.M Aluko is dead Mohammad Bahmanbeigi, 90, Iranian educator. Don Caruth, 59, American politician, minority leader of the West Virginia Senate, brain cancer. Jean-Louis Dumas, 72, French businessman, Hermès group chairman (1978–2006). Ramakrushna Gouda, 77, Indian politician. Antoine Hayek, 81, Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholic prelate, archbishop of Baniyas (1989–2006). Vytautas Janulionis, 52, Lithuanian glass artist. Zygmunt Kamiński, 77, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień (1999–2009). Dragan Kujović, Montenegrin politician, President (2003). Rob McConnell, 75, Canadian jazz musician, cancer.Rob McConnell, Jazz Trombonist and Big Band Leader, Dies at 75 Lawrence Paul, 84, Canadian Mi'kmaq tribe leader, chief of the Membertou First Nation (1967–1969). Helen Wagner, 91, American actress (As the World Turns), cancer.
2 Ann Aldrich, 82, American district judge from 1980 to 2010, heart and kidney problems.Judge Ann Aldrich dies; first woman appointed federal judge in Ohio Moshe Hirsch, 86, Israeli Neturei Karta rabbi and anti-Zionist, Palestinian National Authority Minister for Jewish Affairs, after long illness. André Lamy, 77, Canadian film producer, after long illness. Andrew McFarlane, 32, Australian motocross racer, accident during practice. Murray Nicoll, 66, Australian journalist and broadcaster, Ash Wednesday fires commentator, leukaemia.Cancer claims veteran journalist Murray Nicol Santiago Carlos Oves, 68, Argentine film director. Lynn Redgrave, 67, English actress (Georgy Girl, Gods and Monsters, Tom Jones), breast cancer.
3 Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, 73, Moroccan philosopher and writer. M Innas Ali, 93, Bangladeshi physicist. Luigi Amaducci, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia (1990–2000). Florencio Campomanes, 83, Filipino chess player, President of FIDE (1982–1995). Stefan Doernberg, 85, German writer and teacher. Jack Friedman, 70, American businessman, co-founder of Jakks Pacific. Jimmy Gardner, 85, British character actor (The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Finding Neverland) . Karl Kasten, 94, American painter. Stephen Ledogar, 80, American arms control negotiator, bladder cancer. Merv McIntosh, 87, Australian football player, heart attack. Bohumil Němeček, 72, Czech boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1960). Peter O'Donnell, 90, British writer (Modesty Blaise). Nick Rogers, 30, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), auto accident. Kinji Shibuya, 88, American professional wrestler and actor (Mr. T and Tina), natural causes. El Supremo, 67, Mexican professional wrestler, heart attack. Garland Warren, 74, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).Obituary: Garland Warren 1935-2010 Günter Wendt, 85, German-born American spacecraft engineer (NASA ), heart failure and stroke.
4 Sheikh Nur Mohamed Abkey, 51-52, Somalian journalist, shot. David Apter, 85, American political scientist, complications of cancer. Brita Borg, 83, Swedish actress, singer and variety show artist. Danny Chandler, 50, American motocross champion, complications from paralysis. Ángel Cristo, 65, Spanish animal tamer and circus promoter, cardiac arrest. Bill Dale, 93, Canadian track and field athlete. Sheena Duncan, 77, South African anti-apartheid campaigner, leader of Black Sash, after long illness. Ernie Harwell, 92, American baseball sportscaster (Detroit Tigers), cholangiocarcinoma. Peter Heathfield, 81, British trade unionist. Sipho Jele, 35, Swazi politician.International outcry over Swazi activist’s death in detention Freddy Kottulinsky, 77, German-born Swedish racing driver. William Lubtchansky, 73, French cinematographer, heart disease. Denis Obua, 62, Ugandan footballer. Luigi Poggi, 92, Italian Roman Catholic prelate. Joan Rendell, 89, British writer. Dustin Shuler, 61, American sculptor (Spindle), pancreatic cancer. Hadi Soesastro, 65, Indonesian economist and intellectual, founder of the CSIS, brain hemorrhage.One of Indonesia’s best minds, Hadi Soesastro, dies at 65
5 Lucho Barrios, 76, Peruvian bolero singer. Louis Bisilliat, 79, French cyclist. Ray Blum, 91, American Olympic speed skater. Alessandra Codazzi, 88, Italian trade unionist, partisan and politician, Senator (1976-1987).Alessandra Codazzi Marcello Costalunga, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Aquileia (1991–2001). Joseph Kearney, 83, American athletic director, pancreatic cancer. Alfons Kontarsky, 77, German pianist.Pianist Alfons Kontarsky gestorben Armando Lucero, 68, Argentine sex offender, respiratory infection. Jack MacDonald, 82, Canadian politician, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario (1977–1980). Max Palevsky, 85, American entrepreneur, philanthropist and art collector. Harry Siljander, 87, Finnish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) boxer. Giulietta Simionato, 99, Italian mezzo-soprano. Gwyn Thomas, 96, Canadian crime reporter (Toronto Star), natural causes.Legendary reporter Gwyn (Jocko) Thomas dies Umaru Yar'Adua, 58, Nigerian politician, President (2007–2010).
6 Hoàng Cầm, 88, Vietnamese poet and playwright. Jaroslav Cardal, 91, Czech Olympic cross-country skier.Jilemnice: Odešla legenda lyžování Jaroslav Cardal David E. Durston, 88, American film director and screenwriter (I Drink Your Blood), complications from pneumonia. Guillermo Meza, 21, Mexican footballer (Pumas Morelos), shot. Giacomo Neri, 94, Italian footballer. Mildred Ellen Orton, 99, American businesswoman, co-founder of the Vermont Country Store. Robin Roberts, 83, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, natural causes. Robert J. Serling, 92, American author, brother of Rod Serling. Dennis Sharp, 76, British architect, cancer.
7 Francisco Aguabella, 84, Cuban-born American jazz percussionist, cancer. Bertha Allen, 75-76, Canadian activist, cancer. Juan Arcocha, 82, Cuban journalist and writer.Fallece en Paris el Escritor Cubano Juan Arcocha, emol.com May 8, 2010 Rane Arroyo, 55, American poet, cerebral hemorrhage. Anders Buraas, 94, Norwegian journalist. Babz Chula, 64, American actress (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Double Jeopardy), cancer.Vancouver actor Babz Chula, dead at 63 Dick Flowers, 84, American football player (Baltimore Colts). Pamela Green, 81, British actress and model, leukemia. Wally Hickel, 90, American politician, Secretary of the Interior (1969–1970), Governor of Alaska (1966–1969, 1990–1994), natural causes. Billy Kelly, 78, British boxer, after long illness. Zoran Kurteš, 44, Serbian handball player and coach, cardiac arrest.Tragedie în handbal! Antrenorul lui HCM a fost găsit mort! "Nu ne vine să credem!" Adele Mara, 87, American actress (Sands of Iwo Jima), natural causes. Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, 69, Icelandic author.Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir Svetozar Stojanović, 78, Serbian philosopher and political theorist. Flora L. Thornton, 96, American arts patron and philanthropist, pulmonary disease. Bert L. Vallee, 90, American professor.
8 Bruce Alford Sr., 87, American football player (New York Yanks), and line judge, cancer. Shadreck Biemba, 45, Zambian footballer, cancer. Joaquín Capilla, 81, Mexican Olympic diving four-time medalist, heart failure.Former Olympic diver Joaquin Capilla dies at 81 Sir Cecil Clothier, 90, Manx judge and public servant. Willis Eken, 79, American politician and farmer, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.Obituaries: Willis Eken, former House majority leader Andrew Hull, 46, Canadian-born film maker, film director and architect, head injury due to cycling accident. Stefanos Lazaridis, 67, Ethiopian-born Greek stage designer, cancer. Andor Lilienthal, 99, Russian-born Hungarian chess grandmaster. Giuseppe Ogna, 76, Italian Olympic cyclist. Peer Schmidt, 84, German actor, after long illness. Mark Shannon, 58, American radio personality (KTOK), lymphoid leukemia. George Susce, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox). Alan Watkins, 77, British political journalist, renal failure.
9 Danger Ashipala, 62, Namibian police advisor.Danger Ashipala dies Maksymilian Barański, 84, Polish footballer Football player Maksymilian Barański Erica Blasberg, 25, American golfer, suicide by drug overdose. Raymond Bouchex, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Avignon (1978–2002). Dean Cetrulo, 91, American fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (1948 Summer Olympics). Geoffrey Chapman, 80, Australian publisher. Rita Childers, 95, Irish politician, wife of President Erskine Hamilton Childers. Zosima Davydov, 46, Russian Orthodox prelate, bishop of Yakutsk and Lensk (since 2004), heart attack. Hans Dijkstal, 67, Dutch politician, Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister (1994–1998), cancer. Francisco Andrés Escobar, 67, Salvadoran actor, journalist and writer. Lena Horne, 92, American singer and actress (Stormy Weather, The Wiz). Signe Johansson-Engdahl, 104, Swedish 1924 Olympic diver. Farzad Kamangar, 32, Iranian activist, execution by hanging.Farzad Kamangar and 4 Other Political Prisoners Executed! Craig Kauffman, 78, American painter and sculptor, complications from a stroke and pneumonia. Teruji Kogake, 77, Japanese Olympic athlete, liver failure. Mahāprajña, 89, Indian Jain religious leader, supreme head of Svetambar Terapanth, cardiac arrest. Otakar Motejl, 77, Czech public official, Ombudsman (since 2000), after short illness. Karl-Heinz Schnibbe, 86, German partisan, World War II resistance fighter. Edward Uhl, 92, American inventor, co-inventor of the bazooka, heart failure.
10 Allan Andersson, 79, Swedish Olympic skier.Allan Andersson Bio, Stats, and Results Ike Franklin Andrews, 84, American politician, U.S. Representative from North Carolina (1973–1985).Former Congressman Ike Andrews has died Albert W. Barney Jr., 89, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court (1974–1982). Jack Birkett, 75, British dancer, singer and actor. Giuliana Camerino, 90, Italian handbag designer. Charles Currey, 94, British sailor, silver medallist at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Frank Frazetta, 82, American fantasy and science fiction artist, stroke. Bill Hook, 84, American-born chess player for British Virgin Islands. Margit Hvammen, 77, Norwegian Olympic Alpine skier. John Kempe, 92, British schoolteacher, headmaster of Gordonstoun School.Obituary: John Kempe CVO Mac Mohan, 71, Indian actor (Sholay), lung cancer. Volodymyr Ploskina, 55, Ukrainian football manager and former footballer. Robert B. Salter, 85, Canadian surgeon.
11 Ian Baker, 86, British architect. Robert H. Burris, 96, American biochemist. John Burton, 85, New Zealand cricketer. John Fugh, 75, American army officer, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army, heart attack. Brian Gibson, 82, English footballer (Huddersfield Town). Timothy Grubb, 55, British-born American show jumper, Olympic silver medallist (1984 Summer Olympics), heart failure. Karl-Erik Hult, 74, Swedish football player and manager.MFF-tränare avliden Rauf Jabbarov, 74, Azerbaijani boxing manager, heart attack. Josef Keck, 59, German Olympic biathlete.Josef Keck Bio, Stats, and Results Maciej Kozłowski, 52, Polish actor, complications of hepatitis C. Richard LaMotta, 67, American inventor of the Chipwich ice cream sandwich, heart attack. Bud Mahurin, 91, American flying ace, complications from a stroke.Legendary fighter pilot Mahurin, a South Side grad, dies Emmanuel Ngobese, 29, South African footballer, tuberculosis.