Deaths in May 2013

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2013.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

May 2013

1 Martin Kevan, 66, Kenyan-born Canadian film and voice actor (Far Cry 3) and author, cancer.Martin Kevan, Actor and Author, Deceased Montreal Gazette Massimo Mollica, 84, Italian actor and stage director.Messina saluta Massimo Mollica Pierre Pleimelding, 60, French football player (national team) and manager (SAS Épinal, Ivory Coast, FCSR Haguenau).Décès de Pierre Pleimelding Henry Hope Reed Jr., 97, American architecture critic.Henry Hope Reed, Historian, Is Dead at 97 Gregory Rogers, 55, Australian children's book writer, cancer.Gregory Rogers, Australian children's book writer dies (1957–2013) Ruby Stone, 89, American politician, member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1986–2002). Stuart Wilde, 66, British writer and metaphysical teacher, heart attack.In Loving Memory of Stuart Wilde Chob Yodkaew, 78, Thai economist and politician, stroke.Community economist Chob Yodkaew, 78, dies|Bangkok Post: business

2 Sir Terence Beckett, 89, British businessman, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry.Sir Terence Beckett Obituary Marcel Bélanger, 92, Canadian academic. Roddy Blackjack, 86, Canadian Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation elder and chief, architect of Yukon Land Claims agreement.Elder who helped start Yukon land claim process dies at 86 – North – CBC News Elbert Crawford, 46, American football offensive lineman, heart attack. Mihail Dolgan, 85, Moldovan professor.S-a stins din viață academicianul Mihail Dolgan Boris Elik, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).Bo Elik Obituary Ernie Field, 70, English boxer, cancer. Jeff Hanneman, 49, American guitarist (Slayer), liver failure.Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dead at 49 Ken Lippiatt, 93, Australian rules footballer.Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 517. . Joseph P. McFadden, 65, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Harrisburg (since 2010), heart attack.Diocese: Harrisburg Bishop Joseph P. McFadden dies suddenly Thursday Allen McKay, 86, British politician, MP for Penistone (1978–1983) and Barnsley West and Penistone (1983–1992).Allen McKay - Death Tancred Melis, 79, South African cricketer.Tancred Melis Danny Ray Mitchell, 69, American pastor, businessman and politician.Pastor Danny Ray Mitchell Sr Obituary Dvora Omer, 80, Israeli author, recipient of the Israel Prize (2006).Writer Dvora Omer passes away at 80 Jo Pitt, 34, Scottish paralympic equestrian, pulmonary veno-occlusive disease.BBC News – Equestrian paralympian Jo Pitt dies aged 34 Bob Rafkin, 69, American singer songwriter, cancer. James E. Ramsey, 81, American politician, member of North Carolina House of Representatives (1963–1974), Speaker (1973–1974), complications from a stroke.James Edward Ramsey Harry Randall Jr., 86, American politician.Harry Randall Jr., former Bergen County legislator, freeholder, dies at 86 Sylvester Sanfilippo, 87, American pediatrician. Gordon Sherwood, 83, American classical composer.Bayern: Der 'Bettelkomponist' Gordon Sherwood ist tot Sarabjit Singh, 49, Indian convicted spy, injuries sustained from blunt force trauma.BBC News - Sarabjit Singh: Indian 'spy' dies after Pakistan attack Ronald Thresher, 82, English cricketer.Ronald Thresher Ivan Turina, 32, Croatian footballer (AIK Stockholm), cardiac dysrhythmia.AIK goalkeeper Ivan Turina found dead in his Stockholm apartment Selma Urfer, 85, Swiss author and actress.Selma Urfer-Graf Lefteris Voyatzis, 68, Greek theater actor and director, cancer.Πέθανε ο Λευτέρης Βογιατζής. Βιογραφικό Charles Banks Wilson, 94, American artist.

3 Mimi Aarden, 89, Dutch operatic mezzo-soprano Joe Astroth, 90, American baseball player (Philadelphia/Kansas City Athletics).Joseph H. (Joe) ASTROTH Sr. Obituary/Area Death Herbert Blau, 87, American theater director, scholar and theorist, sarcomatoid carcinoma of the chest.Herbert Blau, iconoclastic theater director dies at 87 Cedric Brooks, 70, Jamaican musician (The Skatalites), cardiac arrest.Influential Jamaican saxophonist Cedric Brooks dies at 70 Keith Carter, 88, American Olympic silver medalist swimmer (1948).Keith Carter obituary Bruno Chersicla, 75, Italian painter and sculptor.Addio Bruno Chersicla, è morto il grande artista triestino Walt Clay, 89, American football player. Brad Drewett, 54, Australian tennis player and administrator, ATP Executive Chairman (2012–2013), motor neurone disease.ATP chairman Brad Drewett dies at age 54 after battle with motor neurone disease David Morris Kern, 103, American pharmacist, developed Orajel to fight toothaches.'Orajel' creator David Morris Kern dies at 103 Curtis Rouse, 52, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers).Ex-Laney football star dies | The Augusta Chronicle Branko Vukelić, 55, Croatian politician, Minister of Defence (2008–2010), pancreatic cancer.Umro bivši ministar Branko Vukelić Sir David Innes Williams, 93, British paediatric urologist.Sir David Innes Williams

4 Bobbie Banda, 66, American Juaneño elder and activist, stroke.Bobbie Banda, Juaneño Tribal Elder, Dies at 66 Otis Bowen, 95, American politician, Governor of Indiana (1973–1981), Secretary of Health and Human Services (1985–1989).Otis R. Bowen, Governor and Health Secretary, Dies at 95 Christian de Duve, 95, Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (1974), euthanasia.Christian de Duve, 95, Dies; Nobel-Winning Biochemist Javier Diez Canseco, 65, Peruvian politician and sociologist, MP (1995–2000, 2001–2006, since 2011), pancreatic cancer.Peruvian leftist politician Javier Diez Canseco dies Frederic Franklin, 98, British-born American ballet dancer and director, complications from pneumonia.Frederic Franklin, Inventive and Charismatic Ballet Star, Is Dead at 98 Sylvi Keskinen, 79, Finnish Olympic hurdler.Sylvi Keskinen Ed Kringstad, 76, American politician, member of the North Dakota Senate (1995–2006).Politician Ed Kringstad dies Len Legault, 80, Canadian Football League player. Alton Lemon, 84, American civil rights activist, Alzheimer's disease.Religious schools state aid first amendment Fredric Lieberman, American ethnomusicologist, composer, music professor, and author, cardiac arrest. Mario Machado, 78, American news anchor, journalist and actor (Scarface, RoboCop, St. Elmo's Fire), Parkinson's disease.Mario Machado, newscaster and voice of soccer was 78|laobserved.com Jack Makari, 95, Lebanese-American cancer immunologist. Sir Morgan Morgan-Giles, 98, British Royal Navy officer and politician, MP for Winchester (1964–1979).Rear-Admiral Sir Morgan Morgan-Giles dies David Noriega Rodríguez, 68, Puerto Rican politician and lawyer, member of the House of Representatives (1984–1996), pancreatic cancer. César Portillo de la Luz, 90, Cuban Filin composer and interpreter.Miami Herald Cuban bolero giant Cesar Portillo de la Luz dies at 90 Arquímedes Puccio, 83, Argentinian gang leader and serial killer (Puccio family), stroke.La vida de los Puccio, la familia que secuestraba gente en su casa Jacques Stockman, 74, Belgian footballer (R.S.C. Anderlecht).Jacky Stockman died John Swaim, 64, American attorney, Pennsylvania state legislator.Pennsylvania state legislator John J. Swain, Jr. dies Wilbur Zelinsky, 91, American cultural geographer.

5 Jürg Amann, 65, Swiss author and dramatist.Ein Verwandlungskünstler Alan Arnell, 79, English footballer (Liverpool).RIP: English footballer Alan Arnell Sir Richard Barratt, 84, British police officer, Chief Inspector of Constabulary (1987–1990).Barratt Peter Curtis, 83, Australian public servant and diplomat. Lotfi Dziri, 67, Tunisian actor.Tunisie - Lotfi Dziri n’est plus Rossella Falk, 86, Italian actress (8½, Modesty Blaise, The Legend of Lylah Clare).Rossella Falk, ultima diva: «La Greta Garbo italiana» William Havens, 94, American Olympic canoer (1948).American Olympic canoer William Dodge Havens Jr. dies Grady Hunt, 91, American costume designer.Costume Designer Grady Hunt Dies at 91 Dean Jeffries, 80, American car customizer, painter and stuntman (The Fugitive, Fletch).Dean Jeffries, Car Customizer and Painter, Dies at 80 Mazin Abu Kalal, Iraqi politician, bombing.Explosions in Baghdad Kill Opposition Official – Bloomberg Sarah Kirsch, 78, German poet.Widely regarded German lyricist Sarah Kirsch dies G. X. McSherry, 88, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1982–1998).Luna County mourns G.X. McSherry - The Deming Headlight Tore Magnussen, 74, Norwegian boxer.Tore Magnussen Eugene Millerick, 88, American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1986–1994). Bill Orr, 78, American insurance executive, First Gentleman of Nebraska (1987–1991), COPD. Leif Preus, 85, Norwegian photographer, founder of the Preus Museum.Leif Preus Greg Quill, 66, Australian roots musician and entertainment critic (Toronto Star), pneumonia.Toronto Star entertainment columnist Greg Quill, dies. | Toronto Star Robert Ressler, 76, American criminologist.Former FBI profiler Robert K. Ressler has died Hayri Sezgin, 52, Turkish Olympic wrestler.Milli güreşci Hayri Sezgin vefat etti Peu Sousa, 35, Brazilian guitarist (Nove Mil Anjos, Pitty) and record producer, suicide by hanging.Peu Sousa, ex-guitarrista de Pitty, é encontrado morto em casa na BA Dirk Vekeman, 52, Belgian footballer (RSC Anderlecht).Oud-Anderlecht-doelman Vekeman is overleden Helmin Wiels, 54, Curaçaoan politician, leader of Pueblo Soberano in the Estates of Curaçao (since 2010), shot.Politicus Wiels (Curaçao) vermoord Menachem Yedid, 95, Israeli politician, member of the Knesset (1965–1977).Knesset Member Menachem Yedid

6 Diana Keppel, Dowager Countess of Albemarle, 103, British aristocrat.Diana Keppel, Dowager Countess of Albemarle dies|Telegraph Announcements Giulio Andreotti, 94, Italian politician, Prime Minister (1972–1973, 1976–1979, 1989–1992), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1983–1989) and Lifetime Senator (since 1991).Giulio Andreotti, Premier of Italy 7 Times, Dies at 94 Yordan Angelov, 59, Bulgarian Olympic silver medallist volleyball player (1980).Минало незабравимо: България срещу СССР в битка за титлата на Олимпиадата в Москва 1980 (ВИДЕО) Severo Aparicio Quispe, 89, Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco (1978–1999).Falleció monseñor Severo Aparicio, obispo auxiliar emérito del Cusco Steve Carney, 55, English footballer (Newcastle United), pancreatic cancer.Newcastle and Blyth Spartans footballer Steve Carney dies Jānis Eglītis, 52, Latvian politician.in memoriam Fatima Grimm, 78, German translator, author and speaker.[Liberal-Islamischer Bund e.V.: Zum Tode unseres Mitglieds Fatima Grimm, 7. Mai 2013 (online).] Michel Knuysen, 83, Belgian Olympic silver medallist rower (1952).Oud roeikampioen Michel Knuysen overleden Ian MacLeod, 53, Scottish footballer (Motherwell).Ian MacLeod (1959 – 2013) Esperanza Magaz, 91, Cuban-born Venezuelan television actress (RCTV), cancer.Falleció la actriz Esperanza Magaz|el-nacional.com Steve Martland, 58, English composer, heart attack.Steve Martland dies aged 53 Arnaldo Ninchi, 77, Italian actor, voice actor and basketball player. Michelangelo Spensieri, 64, Canadian politician and lawyer, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Yorkview (1981–1985).Michelangelo Spensieri, Canadian politician and lawyer, dies Anne-Lise Stern, 91, French psychoanalyst and Holocaust survivor. Yang Tzuo-chow, 84, Taiwanese politician, MLY (1999–2002).前立委楊作洲辭世 國民黨追思

7