The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2016.
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 2016
1 Hamzat Ahmadu, 91–92, Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Netherlands, Cameroon, the Bahamas, and the United States.Nigeria: Veteran Diplomat, Hamzat Ahmadu, Dies Steve Eisenhauer, 84, American football player and lieutenant colonel.Lt. Col. Stephen S. Eisenhauer Richard Gilpin, 76, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Totnes (1996–2005).Gilpin Jean-Marie Girault, 90, French politician, Mayor of Caen (1970–2001). Solomon W. Golomb, 83, American mathematician and engineer.University Professor Solomon Golomb dies at 83 Norman Hines, 77, American sculptor.Obituary: Norman Patrick Hines Madeleine Lebeau, 92, French actress (Casablanca, 8½, Gentlemen Jim), complications from a broken thigh bone."Madeleine Lebeau, Rick's Discarded Lover in 'Casablanca,' Dies at 92" Merv Lincoln, 82, Australian Olympic middle-distance runner (1956, 1960).Wodonga 1950s one-mile track star Merv Lincoln dies aged 82 in Melbourne Swasti Mitter, 76, Indian development economist.Swasti Mitter obituary Sydney Onayemi, 78, Nigerian-born Swedish DJ.Disco-legendaren Sydney Onayemi död Doug Raney, 59, American jazz guitarist, heart failure.Doug Raney (1956–2016) RIP
2 Jeremy duQuesnay Adams, 82, American medieval historian.SMU Mourns Loss of Professor Jeremy duQuesnay Adams Balwantrai Bhatt, 94, Indian composer and musician.Bhavrang: A Pastoral Poet Basil Blackshaw, 84, Northern Irish artist.Co Antrim artist Basil Blackshaw dies Tobias de Boer, 85, Dutch scientist.Emeritus engineering professor Tobias de Boer dies at 85 Jonathan Cainer, 58, British astrologer (Daily Mail), heart failure.Astrologer Jonathan Cainer took cocaine before he died from a heart attack, coroner told Richard Davis, 66, English radio astronomer.Obituary Professor Richard Davis OBE FRAS Walter Dürst, 89, Swiss ice hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist (1948).«Watschga» Dürst gestorben Alan Elsdon, 81, English jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.Alan Elsdon, Band leader, trumpeter and Flugelhornist (15.10.1934 – 2.5.2016) – our tribute Mozibur Rahman Fakir, 69, Bangladeshi politician, cardiac arrest.Former state minister for health Mujibur Rahman Fakir MP passes away Al Ferrari, 82, American basketball player (St. Louis Hawks, Chicago Zephyrs).Three-time MSU MVP Al Ferrari dies Paul Hofer, 87, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player.Paul Hofer John Kaye, 60, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (since 2007), cancer.Greens MP John Kaye dead at the age of 60 Milton Kerker, 95, American physical chemist.Milton Kerker Jacky Lee, 77, American football player (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs), Alzheimer's disease.Jacky Lee, former Broncos QB, dies at age 77 Balraj Madhok, 96, Indian politician, President of Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1966–1967).Veteran RSS leader Balraj Madhok dies Tomohiro Matsu, 43, Japanese light novel writer (Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!, Mayoi Neko Overrun!), liver cancer.'Mayoi Neko Overrun,' 'Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!' Novelist Tomohiro Matsu Passes Away at 43 Paul McDowell, 84, British actor and singer (The Temperance Seven).Paul McDowell obituary Myles McKeon, 97, Irish-born Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bunbury (1969–1982).Bishop Gerard Joseph Holohan Roger Millward, 68, British rugby league player (Hull Kingston Rovers, Castleford Tigers, national team).Rovers and rugby league legend Millward passes away Karel Pečko, 95, Slovenian artist.Painter Pečko dies aged 95 Stasys Petronaitis, 83, Lithuanian actor.Stasys Petronaitis (1932–2016) In Memoriam Afeni Shakur, 69, American businesswoman (Tupac Amaru Shakur Center for the Arts, Amaru Entertainment, Makaveli Branded) and political activist (Black Panthers).Afeni Shakur Davis, Tupac Shakur's mother, dead at 69: police George Smallwood, 70, American musician, heart attack.Musician George F. Smallwood dies at 70 Fernando Soto Aparicio, 82, Colombian author.Muere el escritor colombiano Fernando Soto Aparicio Wilfried Straub, 77, German football official.DFB TRAUERT UM WILFRIED STRAUB Gordie Sundin, 78, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).Gordon Sundin obituary
3 Sven Andersson, 94, Swedish Olympic speed skater.Sven Andersson Charlie Beamon, 81, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).Mr. Charles Beamon Obituary Paul Boutelle, 81, American politician, Socialist Workers candidate for U.S. Vice President (1968), kidney cancer.Kwame Somburu, Perennial Socialist Candidate, Dies at 81 Ian Deans, 78, Canadian politician, MP (1980–1986), Parkinson's disease.Former Hamilton Mountain MP Ian Deans dies Clive Dym, 73, British engineer.Clive Dym Kristian Ealey, 38, British actor (Brookside, Hollyoaks).Brookside and Hollyoaks actor Kristian Ealey dies aged just 38 Fan Lichu, 82, Chinese bridge structural engineer and academician (Chinese Academy of Engineering).中国工程院院士范立础逝世 曾提供南浦大桥抗震设计 Abel Fernandez, 85, American actor (The Untouchables, Pork Chop Hill).Abel Fernandez Obituary Marianne Gaba, 76, American model and actress (Missile to the Moon, The Choppers, The Beverly Hillbillies), brain cancer.Marianne Gaba Profile Gao Shan, 53, Chinese geochemist and academician (Chinese Academy of Sciences).中科院院士高山逝世 Tadeusz Gocłowski, 84, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Gdańsk (1992–2008), stroke.Archbishop of Gdańsk dies at 84 Sarah D. Grant, 72, American judge.Judge Sarah Dickinson Grant John A. C. Greppin, 79, American scholar.John A.C. Greppin Ph.D. Sunil Gudge, 56, Indian cricketer (Maharashtra), heart attack.Former Maharashtra legspinner Gudge dies Kaname Harada, 99, Japanese World War II flying ace, multiple organ failure.訃報：原田要さん99歳=元零戦パイロット – 毎日新聞 Frank Levingston, 110, American supercentenarian, nation's oldest World War II veteran.Nation's oldest World War II veteran dies at 110 Thomas W. Libous, 63, American politician, member of the New York State Senate (1989–2015), cancer. Karol Machata, 88, Slovak actor (St. Peter's Umbrella).Vo veku 88 rokov zomrel po dlhej chorobe herec Karol Machata Graeme McCall, 78, Australian Olympic rower.Graeme McCall Allan L. McCutcheon, 66, American sociologist and statistician.Obituary Allan McCutcheon Nicolas Noxon, 79, American filmmaker (Secrets of the Titanic), pancreatic cancer.Nicolas Noxon, Maker of Nature Films, Dies at 79 Ian Quigley, 84, New Zealand politician, MP for Otago Central (1972–1975). Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, 81, Swedish artist (Non-Violence), pneumonia.Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd har gått bort Ian Sander, 68, American television producer and director (Ghost Whisperer, Profiler, I'll Fly Away), heart attack.Ian Sander, Executive Producer on 'Ghost Whisperer,' Dies at 68 Shinji Satō, 84, Japanese politician, heart failure.佐藤信二氏が死去 元通産相 栄作元首相の次男 84歳 Domingo Siazon Jr., 76, Philippine politician and diplomat, Secretary of Foreign Affairs (1995–2001), ambassador to Austria and Japan.Ex-foreign secretary Domingo Siazon Jr dies Jadranka Stojaković, 65, Bosnian singer-songwriter, motor neuron disease.Preminula Jadranka Stojaković Gordon Strachan, 68, Scottish rugby union player, cardiac amyloidosis.Obituary - Gordon Strachan, rugby international capped five times for Scotland Janusz Tazbir, 87, Polish historian.Zmarł historyk Janusz Tazbir
4 Tutty Alawiyah, 74, Indonesian politician, Minister for Women's Affairs (1998–1999).Mantan Menteri Pemberdayaan Perempuan Tutty Alawiyah Wafat Ángel de Andrés López, 64, Spanish actor (What Have I Done to Deserve This?, 800 Bullets, Taxi).Muere Ángel de Andrés López, el popular Manolo de 'Manos a la obra' Blas Avena, 32, American mixed martial artist (WEC), suicide.Las Vegas Police Investigating Death of MMA Fighter Blas Avena as Suicide Sir Jack Baer, 91, British art dealer.Sir Jack Baer, art dealer – obituary Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 69, Burundian politician, President (1976–1987).Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, Deposed Leader of a Troubled Burundi, Is Dead at 69 Bob Bennett, 82, American politician, U.S. Senator from Utah (1993–2011), pancreatic cancer and stroke.Former Utah senator Bob Bennett dies Gaetan Boucher, 59, Canadian-born Swiss Olympic ice hockey player (1988), (HC Villars).Gaëtan Boucher est décédé après une longue maladie Karl Butzer, 81, German-born American geographer.Karl W. Butzer Michael Caborn-Waterfield, 86, British businessman (Ann Summers).Michael 'Dandy Kim' Caborn-Waterfield – obituary Giuseppe Faraca, 56, Italian racing cyclist.Cosenza in lutto, è morto Pino Faraca Howard King, 83, American public address announcer (Michigan Stadium). Olle Ljungström, 54, Swedish singer and guitarist.Olle Ljungström (54) er død Ursula Mamlok, 93, German-born American composer. James Oyedeji, 63, Ghanaian sports historian.Ghana's finest football historian James Oyedeji dies at age 63 Paul A. Paddock, 41, American artist.Paul Paddock Tribute Jordan Parsons, 25, American mixed martial artist (Bellator), traffic collision.MMA fighter Jordan Parsons dies after hit and run incident Joseph R. Pisani, 86, American politician.Joseph R. Pisani Rita Renoir, 82, French strip-teaser and actress.Mort de Rita Renoir, comédienne et célèbre strip-teaseuse Friedrich Schattleitner, 92, Austrian Olympic sport shooter (1968).ÖSB trauert um DI Fritz Schattleitner Ret Turner, 87, American fashion designer (Cher, Dolly Parton, Carol Burnett).Ret Turner, Award-Winning Costume Designer, Dies at 87 Adlan Varayev, 54, Russian wrestler, Olympic silver medalist (1988), drowned. John Wright, 75, British Army officer and polo administrator.Brigadier John Wright – obituary
5 Wan Mohammad Khair-il Anuar, 56, Malaysian politician, MP (since 2013), Chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Board, helicopter crash.MP joked about copter not flying if he ate too much Benito Cocchi, 81, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Modena-Nonantola (1996–2010).La morte dell'arcivescovo Benito Cocchi: domani camera ardente e sabato in duomo i funerali Bentot Jr., 46, Filipino actor.Former child star Bentot Jr. passes away at 46 Rollin Dart, 90, American banker (Dart National Bank). Matt Irwin, 36, British celebrity photographer, suicide by GHB overdose.Celebrity Photographer Matt Irwin Dies at 36 Noriah Kasnon, 52, Malaysian politician, MP (since 2004), helicopter crash.Noriah Kasnon's remains laid to rest Sylvia Kauders, 94, American actress (Inside Llewyn Davis, Witness, Predator 2), heart attack.Sylvia Kauders, a Late-Blooming Actress, Dies Bill MacDermott, 79, American CFL coach (Edmonton Eskimos).Former Eskimos assistant MacDermott dies Anne Atai Omoruto, 59, Ugandan medical doctor, cancer.Ebola expert Dr. Atai Omoruto dies of cancer Romalı Perihan, 74, Turkish actress and singer.Romalı Perihan hayatını kaybetti Fred C. Robinson, 85, American academic.In memoriam: Fred C. Robinson, scholar of Old English language and literature Siné, 87, French political cartoonist.Le dessinateur Siné est mort Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby, 88, Burmese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Yangon (1971–2002).Archbishop Gabriel Thohey Mahn-Gaby Isao Tomita, 84, Japanese synthesizer musician, composer and arranger (Snowflakes Are Dancing), heart failure.Princess Knight, Kimba the White Lion Composer Isao Tomita Passes Away Martha Seim Valeur, 93, Norwegian politician, Deputy MP (1993–1997). Valeur, Martha Seim (1923–2016) Nancy Zahniser, 67, American pharmacologist, glioblastoma.Obituary: Dr. Nancy Rutledge Zahniser
6 Loretta Abbott, 83, American dancer and choreographer.6/17/16 O&A NYC- A Celebration of Life: Loretta Abbott Klaus Ampler, 75, German Olympic racing cyclist (1968).Früherer DDR-Radrennfahrer Klaus Ampler gestorben Johannes Bauer, 61, German trombonist.Great improvising trombonist Johannes Bauer has died