Deaths in May 2014

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2014.

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 2014

1 John Allan, 86, Canadian naval officer.John Allan Adamu Atta, 86, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kwara State (1979–1983), member of the House of Representatives (1976–1979).Tributes As Adamu Atta, Wash Pam Pass On Bjørn Barth, 83, Norwegian diplomat.Bjørn Barth Juan de Dios Castillo, 63, Mexican football player and coach (Cruz Azul, Honduras, El Salvador), skin cancer.Muere Juan de Dios "Cuate" Castillo, ex seleccionador de Honduras Chou Meng-tieh, 92, Taiwanese poet and writer, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.Poet Chou Meng-tieh dies aged 92 from pneumonia Clive Clark, 73, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion).Bomber pays tribute after Albion legend Clive Clark dies aged 73 Mel Clark, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).Mel Clark obituary Radhia Cousot, 66, French computer scientist.Disparition de Radhia Cousot Arthur Cromarty, 94, American judge, member of the New York Supreme Court, heart failure.Arthur Cromarty, Supreme Court justice and war hero, has died at 94 Helgi Daníelsson, 85, Icelandic footballer.Helgi B. Daníelsson Assi Dayan, 68, Israeli film director and actor.Film director, actor Assi Dayan dead at 68 Mark Elvins, 74, British priest and author, Warden of Greyfriars, Oxford (2007–2008).Obituary: Father Mark Elvins, author and priest Hellmut Federhofer, 102, Austrian musicologist.Hellmut Federhofer verstorben Gordon H. Fitzgerald, 87, Canadian politician and lawyer, Nova Scotia MLA for Halifax (1960–1970), Speaker (1969–1970).Paddy Fitzgerald, former MLA and Speaker, dies at 87 Juan Formell, 71, Cuban musician, composer and director (Los Van Van).Juan Formell of Los Van Van Dead at 71 James A. Goodson, 93, American fighter pilot.WWII Ace Goodson Dies at 93 Allen Kent, 92, American computer scientist. Spike Maynard, 71, American judge, member of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1996–2008). Salynn McCollum, 74, American civil rights activist (Freedom Riders).In Memoriam: Salynn McCollum Peggy O'Shea, 91, American television writer (One Life to Live), complications from a stroke. John Wash Pam, 73, Nigerian politician, Senator for Plateau State, complications from prostate cancer.Second Republic Senator, Wash Pam dies at 73 William F. Poe, 82, American politician, Mayor of Tampa, Florida (1974–1979).Former Tampa mayor and insurance executive William F. Poe Sr. dies at 82 Paul Ramsay, 78, Australian billionaire health care (Ramsay Health Care), football (Sydney FC) and media (Prime Television) executive and philanthropist, heart attack.Health care, media mogul Paul Ramsay dies Peter Ruscuklic, 58, Australian VFL player (Fitzroy, Geelong).Flat Pigeons break Saints’ shackles Heinz Schenk, 89, German television presenter and actor."Blauer Bock"-Entertainer Fernsehstar Heinz Schenk ist tot Howard Smith, 77, American columnist (The Village Voice) and filmmaker (Marjoe), cancer.Howard Smith, Trend-Spotting Columnist, Dies at 77 Albert Stokes, 81, English footballer (Grimsby Town, Ashford United, Southport).Albert Stokes David Stoliar, 91, Romanian World War II soldier, sole survivor of the Struma disaster.David Stoliar, lone survivor of sea disaster and longtime Oregon businessman, dies at 91 Georg Stollenwerk, 83, German football player and coach (1. FC Köln).Ex-Nationalspieler 1. FC Köln trauert um Georg Stollenwerk Kenneth Tomlinson, 69, American magazine editor (Reader's Digest) and media executive, chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, melanoma.Kenneth Y. Tomlinson dies at 69; former Reader's Digest editor and CPB chairman Michael Travis, 86, American costume designer (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In).Liberace’s Costume Designer Michael Travis Dies at 86 Manfred von Richthofen, 80, German sports official, Director of the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (1994–2006).Manfred von Richthofen ist tot Paul Whetnall, 67, English badminton player and coach. Eli Woods, 91, English comedian and comic actor.Variety era comic Eli Woods dies Barbara Worley, 79, Australian sports administrator. Kōji Yada, 81, Japanese voice actor (One Piece, Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya), kidney failure.One Piece Voice Actor Kouji Yada Passes Away

2 Tomás Balduino, 91, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Goiás (1967–1998). Sir Bill Benyon, 84, British politician, MP for Buckingham (1970–1983) and Milton Keynes (1983–1992).Sir William Benyon - obituary George Herbert Borts, 86, American economist.George Borts Chelokee, 10, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.Chelokee, Grade 3 winner and Arizona sire, dies at age 10 Jaroslav Cihlář, 90, Czech Olympic cyclist.Odešel Jaroslav Cihlář, legenda cyklistiky Jessica Cleaves, 65, American singer (The Friends of Distinction, Earth, Wind & Fire), complications from a stroke.Former Earth Wind & Fire and Friends of Distinction singer Jessica Cleaves dies at age 65 Martin Dent, 88, British academic, co-founder of Jubilee 2000.Martin Dent Obituary Daily Telegraph George Digby, 96, American baseball scout (Boston Red Sox).Longtime Red Sox scout George Digby dies John E. Dolibois, 95, American diplomat, Ambassador to Luxembourg (1981–1985), last survivor of Nuremberg trials interrogation team.Former Ambassador John Dolibois has died John Dungs, 62, Nigerian military officer, Governor of Delta State (1996–1998).Ex-Delta Governor, Col. Dungs is dead Elio Guzzanti, 93, Italian doctor and politician, Minister of Health (1995–1996).Morto Elio Guzzanti, ex ministro della Salute Anwar Ahmed Khan, 80, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic champion (1960) and dual silver medalist (1956, 1964).Anwar Ahmed Khan — centre-half par excellence who did Pakistan proud with his feats Andrey Korneyev, 40, Russian swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1996) and European aquatics champion (1995, 1997), stomach cancer.Russian Olympic swimming bronze medallist Korneyev dies aged 40 Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, 67, Iranian classical musician, cancer.محمدرضا لطفی درگذشت Charles Marowitz, 80, American playwright, stage director and theatre critic, complications from Parkinson's disease.Charles Marowitz, playwright, director and critic, dies at 80 Moni Maker, 21, American trotter horse, Harness Horse of the Year (1998, 1999), complications from colic surgery.Moni Maker, 2-time trotter of the year, dies at 21 Marin Niculescu, 91, Romanian Olympic cyclist. Žarko Petan, 85, Slovene writer.Umrl je Žarko Petan Pom, 94, Belgian comic writer and artist.Geestelijke vader Piet Pienter en Bert Bibber overleden Nigel Stepney, 55, British Formula One mechanic (Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher), involved in 2007 Formula One espionage controversy, traffic collision.Ex-Ferrari Formula 1 mechanic Nigel Stepney killed in road accident Ilse von Glatz, 55, Canadian actress (War of the Worlds).Ilse von Glatz Pauline Wagner, 103, American actress and glamour girl.Obituary of Pauline McCourtney Efrem Zimbalist Jr., 95, American actor (The F.B.I., 77 Sunset Strip, Batman: The Animated Series).Statement from Stephanie Zimbalist and Efrem Zimbalist III

3 Agshin Alizadeh, 76, Soviet and Azerbaijani composer.Акшин Аликули оглы Ализаде Kofi Ansah, 62, Ghanaian fashion designer.Kofi Ansah: Ghana mourns fashion guru Gary Becker, 83, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate in Economics (1992), complications following surgery.Gary S. Becker, Nobel-winning economist, dies at 83 Les Carlson, 81, American-born Canadian actor (A Christmas Story, The Fly, The X-Files), cancer.Leslie Merle CARLSON Obituary Bruce Crabtree, 90, American architect and politician.Architect Bruce Crabtree, who helped shaped Nashville skyline, dies Imre Danka, 83, Hungarian footballer.Gyász: volt válogatott játékost siratnak a pécsiek Vicki Darken, 91, Australian painter. James H. Daughdrill Jr., 80, American educator, President of Rhodes College (1973–1999).Former president of Rhodes College in Memphis dies at 80 Dick Douglas, 82, Scottish politician, MP for Clackmannan and Eastern Stirlingshire (1970–1974), Dunfermline (1979–1983) and Dunfermline West (1983–1992).Obituary: Richard Giles ‘Dick’ Douglas, former MP Dunfermline West Bobby Gregg, 78, American drummer (Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel) and record producer.ROBERT GREGG Obituary Ben Hoberman, 92, American radio executive (KABC, ABC Radio), pioneered talk radio format in the United States, complications from lung cancer.Ben Hoberman Dies: Talk-Radio Pioneer Was 92 Francisco Icaza, 83, Mexican modernist artist and writer.Francisco Icaza González Dies: Mexican Painter, Diplomat Dead At 84 Chet Jastremski, 73, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist (1964) and 100-meter breaststroke world-record holder.College swimming: Jastremski dies at 73 Trine Krogh, 59, Norwegian Olympic swimmer (1972).Trine Krogh Jim Oberstar, 79, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for Minnesota's 8th District (1975–2011).Former U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar dies at 79 John Westergaard, 86, British sociologist.John Westergaard obituary John Hartley Williams, 72, British poet, cancer.John Hartley Williams obituary

4 Jack Agüeros, 79, American community activist, Alzheimer's disease.Jack Agüeros, a Champion of El Barrio, Dies at 79 Eddie Andreini, 77, American stunt pilot, air crash.Pilot killed in California air show crash Kojo Armah, 68, Ghanaian diplomat, lawyer and politician.Former CPP MP Kojo Armah laid to rest Dick Ayers, 90, American comic book artist (Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos).RIP, DICK AYERS: Remembering the great talent behind ‘Sgt. Fury,’ ‘Ghost Rider’ and so much Kirby ink Elena Baltacha, 30, Ukrainian-born British tennis player, liver cancer.Elena Baltacha loses battle against liver cancer William Bender, 83, American entertainment critic and magazine editor (Time), heart failure.Slotnik, Daniel E. (May 14, 2014). "William Bender, Time Editor and Music Critic, Is Dead at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved October 22, 2021. Edgar Cortright, 90, American scientist and engineer.Obituary: Dr. Edgar Cortright Pierre Derivery, 88, French Olympic sprint canoer.Pierrot d’entre les rives de Marne… n’est plus Alan J. Friedman, 71, American physicist, pancreatic cancer.Alan J. Friedman Harrison G. Gough, 93, American psychologist.Dr. Harrison G. Gough Mike Hawker, 77, English songwriter.Mike Hawker: Songwriter who won an Ivor Novello for 'Walkin' Back To Happiness', and also wrote for Dusty Springfield Nestor Jacono, 89, Maltese Olympic sprinter (1948).Oldest Maltese Olympian Jacono dies aged 89 Helga Königsdorf, 75, East German physicist and author, Parkinson's disease.Professorin und Publizistin: DDR-Schriftstellerin Helga Königsdorf ist tot Ross Lonsberry, 67, Canadian hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins), cancer.Former King, Flyer Ross Lonsberry dies at 67 Jean-Paul Ngoupandé, 65, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1996–1997).CAR's former PM dies Al Pease, 92, British-born Canadian Hall of Fame racing driver (Formula One).Sixties F1 racer Al Pease dies Andrew Quintero, 51, American scientist and entrepreneur (JumpStartFund), drowned.Tourist who drowned off Waikiki Beach identified Stanley Rosen, 84, American philosopher.Stanley H. Rosen Tatiana Samoilova, 80, Soviet-born Russian actress (The Cranes Are Flying, Anna Karenina), People's Artist (1993), complications from a heart condition.Tatiana Samoilova, Movie Star of the Soviet Era, Dies at 80 Dana Seetahal, 58, Trinidadian politician and legal academic, MP (2002–2010), shot.T&T in shock and disbelief after fearless prosecutor Dana Seetahal gunned down Tony Settember, 87, Filipino-born American racing driver and engineer.Tony Settember