The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2006. 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 2006

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Jay Presson Allen Jay Presson Allen (March 3, 1922 – May 1, 2006) was an American screenwriter, playwright, stage director, television producer, and novelist. Known for her withering wit and sometimes-off-color wisecracks, she was one of the few women making a ...

, 84, American screenwriter, stroke. * Wilfrid Butt, 83, English biochemist and reproductive endocrinologist. * Ed Casey, 73, Australian politician, former Queensland Labor Party leader, stroke. * George F. Haines, 82, American Olympic swimming coach, complications from a stroke. * Betsy Jones-Moreland, 76, American film and television actress, cancer. *

Rob Lacey Rob Lacey (1962 – 1 May 2006) was a British actor, storyteller and author of ''The Word on the Street'' (formerly ''The Street Bible'') and '' The Liberator''. Background Lacey spent approximately 20 years as an actor and broadcaster, spec ...

, 43, British stage actor and award-winning Christian author, bladder cancer. *

Rauno Lehtinen Rauno Väinämö Lehtinen (7 April 1932 in Tampere – 1 May 2006 in Helsinki) was a Finnish conductor and composer. He composed the 1960s hit '' Letkis'' which was based on a folk-dance. Letkis was recorded in over 92 countries. Lehtinen was al ...

, 74, Finnish composer. * Johnny Paris, 65, American saxophonist (Johnny & the Hurricanes). * Bruce Peterson, 72, American test pilot and engineer, known for surviving the crash of the

M2-F2 The Northrop M2-F2 was a heavyweight lifting body based on studies at NASA's Ames and Langley research centers and built by the Northrop Corporation in 1966. Development The success of Dryden's M2-F1 program led to NASA's development and cons ...

and inspiring the TV-series ''

The Six Million Dollar Man ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' is an American science fiction and action television series, running from 1973 to 1978, about a former astronaut, USAF Colonel Steve Austin, portrayed by Lee Majors. After a NASA test flight accident, Austin is re ...

''. * Raúl Francisco Primatesta, 87, Argentine retired Cardinal Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina.

Slim Aarons Slim Aarons (born George Allen Aarons; October 29, 1916 – May 30, 2006) was an American photographer noted for his images of socialites, jet-setters and celebrities. His work principally appeared in ''Life'', '' Town & Country'', and ''Holiday' ...

Gets ripped off the paper photo

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* Clive Burgess, 55, Welsh rugby union player. * Joseph Lewis Clark, 57, American convicted murderer, executed in Ohio. * Boyd Coffie, 68, American baseball player and manager, cancer. * Luigi Griffanti, 89, Italian footballer, goalkeeper of ACF Fiorentina in the 1940s. * Sam Mokuahi, Jr. aka "Sammy Steamboat", 71, American Hawaiian professional wrestler, complications from Alzheimer's disease. *

Louis Rukeyser Louis Richard Rukeyser (January 30, 1933 – May 2, 2006) was an American financial journalist, columnist, and commentator, through print, radio, and television. He was best known for his role as host of two television series, ''Wall Street We ...

, 73, American business and economics expert, multiple myeloma. * Juan Ramón Salgado, 45, Honduran congressional deputy, gunshot wounds.

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* Karel Appel, 85, Dutch COBRA painter. * Rosita Fernandez, 88, American singer. * Franco Lavoratori, 65, Italian water polo player, Olympic Champion (

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

). *

Pramod Mahajan Pramod Vyankatesh Mahajan (30 October 1949 – 3 May 2006) was an Indian politician from Maharashtra. A second-generation leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he belonged to a group of relatively young " technocratic" leaders. At the time ...

, 56, Indian politician, general secretary of

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...

, gunshot wounds. *

Howard Thomas Markey Howard Thomas Markey (November 10, 1920 – May 3, 2006) was an American jurist who served as the first Chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is often credited with establishing that ...

, 85, American federal judge and U.S. Air Force major general, first chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. *

Earl Woods Earl Dennison Woods (March 5, 1932 – May 3, 2006) was the father of American professional golfer Tiger Woods. Woods started his son in golf at a very early age and coached him exclusively over his first years in the sport. He later published t ...

, 74, American US Army infantry officer, father and former coach of U.S. golfer

Tiger Woods Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records. * * * Woods is widely regarded as ...

, prostate cancer.

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Alejandra Boero Alejandra Boero (December 9, 1918 – May 4, 2006) was an Argentina, Argentine theater actress and director born in Buenos Aires. Her career started in 1942 at the ''La Máscara'' theater. In 1950 she founded Nuevo Teatro, an institution th ...

, 88, Argentine theater actress, director and teacher, pulmonary hypertension. *

Jim Delsing James Henry Delsing (November 13, 1925 – May 4, 2006) was an American Major League Baseball outfielder who is most remembered for having been the pinch runner for -tall Eddie Gaedel on August 19, 1951. He also was the centerfielder replaced by ...

, 80, American Major League Baseball player, cancer. * Arthur B. Metzner, 79, Canadian chemical engineer. *

Michael Taliferro Michael Taliferro (August 23, 1961 – May 4, 2006) was an American film and television actor and sportsman. He is best known for ''Life'' (1999), and '' The Replacements'' (2000), and made guest appearances on ''The Jamie Foxx Show'', '' Mar ...

, 45, American actor and football player, stroke.

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Naushad Ali Naushad Ali (25 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian music director for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry. He is particularly known for popularising the ...

, 86, Indian musician. * Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga, 85, Romanian comparatist and essayist. *

George Roche III George Charles Roche III (May 16, 1935 – May 5, 2006) was the 11th president of Hillsdale College, serving from 1971 to 1999. He was led to resign following a scandal surrounding an alleged sexual affair between Roche and his daughter-in-law ...

, 70, American former President of Hillsdale College, probable heart attack. * Atıf Yılmaz, 80, Turkish film director, screenwriter and producer, cancer.

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* Lillian Asplund, 99, last American survivor of the sinking, died in sleep. *

Konstantin Beskov Konstantin Ivanovich Beskov (russian: Константи́н Ива́нович Бе́сков; 18 November 1920 – 6 May 2006) was a Soviet/Russian footballer and coach. Beskov was born in Moscow. He played for Dynamo Moscow as forward, sc ...

, 85, Soviet and Russian footballer and manager. * Ruth Bachhuber Doyle, 89, American politician and educator. *

Shigeru Kayano was one of the last native speakers of the Ainu language and a leading figure in the Ainu ethnic movement in Japan. Early life Kayano was born in Nibutani village in Biratori, Hokkaidō, Japan. His family name at birth was Kaizawa, but he w ...

, 79, Japanese Ainu activist. *

Grant McLennan Grant William McLennan (12 February 19586 May 2006) was an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter-guitarist. He co-founded the Go-Betweens with Robert Forster in Brisbane in 1977. In addition to his work with the Go-Betweens (1977–89, ...

, 48, Australian lead singer of

The Go-Betweens The Go-Betweens were an Australian indie rock band formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1977. The band was co-founded and led by singer-songwriters and guitarists Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, who were its only constant members throughout ...

, suspected heart attack. * Sir Anthony Morton, 82, British admiral. * Flight Lieutenant Sarah-Jayne Mulvihill, 32, first British servicewoman to be killed in action in Iraq. * František Peřina, 95, Czechoslovak fighter pilot who served in the British Royal Air Force during World War II. * Pattabhi Rama Reddy, 87, Indian moviemaker, complications from a prolonged illness. *

Lorne Saxberg Lorne Saxberg (August 6, 1958 – May 6, 2006) was a Canadian television journalist and one of many on-air anchors on CBC Newsworld. Saxberg was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario and joined the CBC's radio arm. As host of ''Ontario Morning'' in the ...

, 48, Canadian television journalist,

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...

(CBC) broadcaster. * Sister Rose Thering, 85, American Roman Catholic nun and professor at

Seton Hall University Seton Hall University (SHU) is a Private university, private Catholic research university in South Orange, New Jersey. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the ...

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* Steve Bender, 59, German record producer and member of

Dschinghis Khan Dschinghis Khan (; "Genghis Khan") was a German Eurodisco pop band. It was originally formed in Munich in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest with their song " Dschinghis Khan". The original group led by original members Henriette Str ...

. * Duncan Inglis Cameron, 78, Scottish university administrator. *

Richard Carleton Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...

, 62, Australian television journalist ('' 60 Minutes''), heart attack. * Joan C. Edwards, 87, American philanthropist, liver cancer. *

Stella Sigcau Princess Stella Sigcau (4 or 14 January 1937 in Lusikisiki – 7 May 2006 in Durban) was a Minister in the South African Government. Sigcau was also the first female Prime Minister of the bantustan of Transkei before being deposed in a milit ...

, 69, South African Public Works Minister, heart-related problems. * Jocelyn Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale, 95, United Kingdom minister and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. *

Machiko Soga was a Japanese actress and voice actress. She also performed by the stage name Stella Soga. Life and career Early life and family Machiko was born on March 18, 1938, in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. She had a humble upbringing and was raised to ...

, 68, Japanese voice actress and actress and

tokusatsu is a Japanese term for live action film or television drama that makes heavy use of practical special effects. ''Tokusatsu'' entertainment mainly refers to science fiction, war, fantasy, or horror media featuring such technology but is som ...

legend ('' Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger'', ''

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers ''Mighty Power Rangers'' (''MMPR'') is a superhero television series that premiered on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids programming block. It is the first entry of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, and became a 1990s pop culture phenomenon al ...

'', etc.), pancreatic cancer.

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Lovana Jones Lovana S. 'Lou' Jones (March 28, 1938 – May 8, 2006) served as an Illinois State Representative for nearly 20 years, and was known for speaking up for abused and neglected children. Born in Mansfield, Ohio, Jones went to Ohio State University. O ...

, 68, American Assistant Majority Leader in the Illinois House of Representatives, represented the 26th District since 1987, undisclosed causes. *

John Kimbrough John Alec Kimbrough (June 14, 1918 – May 8, 2006) was a college athlete, a member of the Texas Legislature, the star of two western movies and a rancher. His older brother Frank Kimbrough served as head football coach at Baylor and West Texa ...

, 87, American football player (College Hall of Fame with

Texas A&M Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

) and state legislator, pneumonia. *

George Lutz ''The Amityville Horror'' is a book by American author Jay Anson, published in September 1977. It is also the basis of a series of films released from 1979 onward. The book is based on the claims of paranormal experiences by the Lutz family, ...

, 59, American owner of

the Amityville Horror ''The Amityville Horror'' is a book by American author Jay Anson, published in September 1977. It is also the basis of a series of films released from 1979 onward. The book is based on the claims of paranormal experiences by the Lutz family, b ...

house. * Patrick Pule "Ace" Ntsoelengoe, 50, South African soccer player with the

Minnesota Kicks The Minnesota Kicks were a professional soccer team that played at Metropolitan Stadium in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota, from 1976 to 1981. The team was a member of the now defunct North American Soccer League (NASL). Initia ...

and Kaizer Chiefs, unknown causes. * Barbara Schwartz, 58, American painter.

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Adrian Bennett Adrian Frank Bennett (21 January 1933 – 9 May 2006) was an Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was educated at Catholic schools before becoming a transport worker. He was secretary of the Transport Workers' Union and a ...

, 73, Australian politician, MHR for

Division of Swan The Division of Swan is an Australian electoral division located in Western Australia. Swan is a marginal electorate that has swung between both major political parties in the past two decades. It extends across the Swan River from central P ...

(1969–1975). * Corey Engen, 90, Norwegian-born captain of the U.S. Nordic skiing team at the

1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ...

, complications of pneumonia. * Jerzy Ficowski, 81, Polish poet, writer and translator. *

Pietro Garinei Pietro Garinei (1 February 1919 – 9 May 2006) was an Italian playwright, actor, and songwriter. Brother of Enzo Garinei. Biography Garinei was born in Trieste in 1919. He later worked as a sports journalist for the daily newspaper in Milan and ...

, 87, Italian playwright and lyricist of "Arrivederci Roma" and other songs. * Edouard Jaguer, French poet and art critic. * Tony Ward, 82, Australian actor and journalist, cancer.

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Val Guest Val Guest (born Valmond Maurice Grossman; 11 December 1911 – 10 May 2006) was an English film director and screenwriter. Beginning as a writer (and later director) of comedy films, he is best known for his work for Hammer, for whom he direct ...

, 94, British film writer and director ''(

The Quatermass Xperiment ''The Quatermass Xperiment'' (a.k.a. ''The Creeping Unknown'' in the United States) is a 1955 British science fiction horror film from Hammer Film Productions, based on the 1953 BBC Television serial '' The Quatermass Experiment'' written by ...

, Casino Royale)''. *

Marie Hartley Marie Hartley (29 September 1905 – 10 May 2006) was writer or co-writer and illustrator of some 40 books on the social history of the Yorkshire Dales. Life Hartley was born into a prosperous family of wool merchants at Morley, near Leeds. ...

, 100, British author and illustrator. *

John Hicks Sir John Richards Hicks (8 April 1904 – 20 May 1989) was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economi ...

, 64, American jazz pianist/composer. * James Keogh, 89, American former executive editor of ''

Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, ...

'' and speechwriter for US President

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

. * Georgy Korniyenko, 81, Russian diplomat and deputy to Foreign Minister

Andrei Gromyko Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (russian: Андрей Андреевич Громыко; be, Андрэй Андрэевіч Грамыка; – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet communist politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as ...

. *

A.M. Rosenthal Abraham Michael Rosenthal (May 2, 1922 – May 10, 2006) was an American journalist who served as ''The New York Times'' executive editor from 1977 to 1986. Previously he was the newspaper's city editor and managing editor. Near the end of his tenu ...

, 84, Canadian-born Executive Editor of ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'' for 17 years, stroke. *

Soraya Soraya ( fa, ثریا) is a feminine Persian name. It is derived from the Arabic name for the Pleiades star cluster, ''Thurayya'' ( ar, ثريّة). The name is also popular in Europe due to its association with Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, th ...

, 37, Colombian-American songwriter, guitarist, arranger, record producer, and singer, breast cancer. *

Aleksandr Zinovyev Alexander Alexandrovich Zinoviev ( Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Зино́вьев; October 29, 1922 – May 10, 2006) was a Soviet philosopher, writer, sociologist, and journalist. Coming from a poor peasant fami ...

, 83, Russian logician, sociologist and writer, brain cancer.

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Yossi Banai Yosef "Yossi" Banai ( he, יֹוסֶף "יֹוסִי" בַנָאי; April 13, 1932 – May 11, 2006) was an Israeli performer, singer, actor, and dramatist. Biography Banai was born in Jerusalem during the Mandate era, and grew up in the neighb ...

, 74, Israeli singer and actor, cancer. * Sir Frank Mills, 82, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Ghana and

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

. *

Byron Morrow William Byron Morrow (September 8, 1911 – May 11, 2006) was an American television and film actor. Early life Born in Chicago, Illinois, Morrow served in the Army in World War II, performing in theater productions during his tour of duty ...

, 95, American TV and film character actor. * Michael O'Leary, 70, Irish politician and barrister, former leader of the

Irish Labour Party The Labour Party ( ga, Páirtí an Lucht Oibre, literally "Party of the Working People") is a centre-left and social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. Founded on 28 May 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, ...

, drowned in a swimming pool. *

Floyd Patterson Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1972, and twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion between 1956 and 1962. At the age of 21, he became the youngest boxer in hi ...

, 71, American former boxing heavyweight champion, Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer. * Ferdinando Tacconi, 83, Italian comics artist. *

Frankie Thomas Frank Marion Thomas Jr. (April 9, 1921 – May 11, 2006), was an American actor, author and bridge-strategy expert who played both lead and supporting roles on Broadway, in films, in post-World War II radio, and in early television. He was ...

, 85, American actor ''(

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Tom Corbett is the main character in a series of ''Tom Corbett—Space Cadet'' stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, and other media in the 1950s. The stories followed the adventures of Corbett, Ast ...

)'', stroke.

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Ted Berkman Ted Berkman (January 9, 1914 – May 12, 2006) was an American author, screenwriter and journalist best known for writing the screenplay for '' Bedtime for Bonzo''. Early life and career He was born Edward Oscar Berkmann in Brooklyn, New York in ...

, 92, American author, scriptwriter ('' Bedtime for Bonzo''). *

Hussein Maziq Hussein Yousef Maziq ( ar, حسين يوسف مازق) a Libyan politician (26 June 1918 – 12 May 2006) was Prime Minister of Libya from 20 March 1965 to 2 July 1967. He was one of the most important men in the Kingdom era of Libya. Family ...

, 88, Libyan politician, former prime minister & foreign minister of Libya. * Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery, 85, American politician, former U.S. representative from Mississippi. * Arthur Porges, 90, American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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* Joan Diener, 76, American actress/soprano ('' Man of La Mancha''), complications of cancer. * Rick Farley, 53, Australian

National Farmers' Federation The National Farmers' Federation (NFF) is an Australian non-profit membershipbased organization that represents farmers and the agricultural sector in Australia. Historically, NFF was a key player in a number of industrial relations disputes, inc ...

Chief Executive for eight years. *

Ryan Francis Ryan LeChanc Francis (March 17, 1987 – May 13, 2006) was an American college basketball player. At the time of his death, he was the starting point guard for the USC Trojans. He was murdered during a trip to his hometown in Baton Rouge, Lou ...

, 19, American college basketball player, freshman point guard for the University of Southern California basketball team, homicide. * Fernando Inchauste, 75, Bolivian Olympian. *

Jaroslav Pelikan Jaroslav Jan Pelikan Jr. (December 17, 1923 – May 13, 2006) was an American scholar of the history of Christianity, Christian theology, and medieval intellectual history at Yale University. Early years Jaroslav Jan Pelikan Jr. was born on Dec ...

, 82, American historian of Christianity, winner of the Kluge Prize in the Human Sciences, lung cancer. * Östen Sjöstrand, 80, Swedish poet, translator and member of the Swedish Academy. *

Peter Viereck Peter Robert Edwin Viereck (August 5, 1916 – May 13, 2006) was an American poet and professor of history at Mount Holyoke College. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1949 for the collection ''Terror and Decorum''.Johnnie Wilder, Jr., 56, American musician (

Heatwave A heat wave, or heatwave, is a period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity, especially in oceanic climate countries. While definitions vary, a heat wave is usually measured relative to the usual climate in th ...

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Lew Anderson Lewis Burr Anderson (May 7, 1922 – May 14, 2006) was an American actor and musician. He is widely known by TV fans as the third and final actor to portray Clarabell the Clown on ''Howdy Doody'' between 1954 and 1960. He famously spoke C ...

, 84, American bandleader, played Clarabell the Clown on ''

The Howdy Doody Show ''Howdy Doody'' is an American children's television program (with circus and Western frontier themes) that was created and produced by Victor F Campbell

'', prostate cancer. * James Botten, 67, South African international test cricketer, complications after colon operations. * William Ginsberg, 75, American professor of environmental law at Hofstra University and former New York City commissioner of parks and recreation. * Reza Hassanzadeh, 33, Iranian professional soccer player with Teraktor Sazi F.C., injuries from car accident. *

Stanley Kunitz Stanley Jasspon Kunitz (; July 29, 1905May 14, 2006) was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000. Biography Kunitz was born in Worcester, Massach ...

, 100, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former

US poet laureate The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate—serves as the official poet of the United States. During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the national cons ...

. *

Jim Lemon James Robert Lemon (March 23, 1928 – May 14, 2006) was an American right and left fielder, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. A powerful, right-handed hitting and throwing outfielder, Lemon teamed with first baseman Roy Sievers and la ...

, 78, American Major League Baseball player, cancer. *

Paul Marco Paul Marco (June 10, 1927 – May 14, 2006) was an American actor who often appeared in movies made by Ed Wood, including the "Kelton Trilogy" of '' Bride of the Monster'', ''Night of the Ghouls'' and ''Plan 9 from Outer Space'', in which he play ...

, 78, American film actor ('' Plan 9 from Outer Space''). *

Bruce Merrifield Robert Bruce Merrifield (July 15, 1921 – May 14, 2006) was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1984 for the invention of solid phase peptide synthesis. Early life He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on 15 July 192 ...

, 84, American Nobel Prize-winning chemist. *

Günther Nenning Günther Nenning (December 23, 1921 – May 14, 2006) was an Austrian journalist, author, and political activist. Günther Nenning was born in Vienna, Austria. After an excellent performance in high school, Nenning served from 1940 to 1945 in the ...

, 84, Austrian journalist, author and political activist. * Eva Norvind, Norwegian-born Mexican writer and actress, drowning accident.

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Joyce Ballantyne Joyce Ballantyne (April 4, 1918 – May 15, 2006) was a painter of pin-up art. She is best known as the designer of the Coppertone girl, whose swimming costume is being pulled down by a dog. Early life and career She was born in Norfolk, Neb ...

, 88, American artist best known for creating the " Coppertone Girl" ad, heart attack. * George Blackburn, 93, American football player, head football coach at

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...

(1965–1970). *

George Crile III George Washington Crile III (March 5, 1945 – May 15, 2006) was an American journalist most closely associated with his three decades of work at CBS News. He specialized in dangerous and controversial subjects, resulting in both praise and c ...

, 61, American journalist, CBS News producer, pancreatic cancer. * Eberhard Esche, 73, German actor. * Chic Hecht, 77, American politician, former Republican Senator for Nevada, prostate cancer. *

Judith Moore Judith Moore (1940 – May 15, 2006) was an American author and essayist best known for her 2005 book '' Fat Girl: A True Story, '' published by Hudson Street Press. Biography Moore was born in Oklahoma in 1940 and claimed to have become an obes ...

, 66, American author. * Cheikha Rimitti, 83, Algerian singer, heart attack. * David Sharp, 34, British mountaineer. * Bill Strode, 69, American Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer, cancer.

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* Clare Boylan, 58, Irish author of 12 books including 7 novels, ovarian cancer. *

Beryl Evans Beryl Alice Evans (née Williams; 25 February 1922 – 16 May 2006) was an Australian politician. Early career Born to David Reginald Williams and Mabel Lawson in Sydney, she was educated at Methodist Ladies' College in Burwood before ...

, 84, Australian politician, NSW MLC (1984–1995). * Anthony Murray, 47, New Zealand rugby league player. * Jorge Porcel, 69, Argentine actor and comedian, following gall bladder surgery. * Dan Ross, 49, American former NFL football player (Cincinnati Bengals), suspected heart attack. *Takahiro Tamura, 77, Japanese movie and television actor, cerebral infarction.

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*Cy Feuer, 95, American Broadway producer and writer (''Guys and Dolls (musical), Guys and Dolls''). *Eric Forth, 61, British Conservative Member of Parliament and former government minister, bone cancer. *Nichola Goddard, 26, Canadian soldier, Canadian Forces, first female since WWII to be killed in combat. *Dan Q. Kennis, 86, American B movie producer. *John Marsden (lawyer), John Marsden, 64, Australian lawyer and civil liberties activist, cancer. *John Miller (equerry), Sir John Miller, 87, British equestrian and courtier, Crown Equerry to the Queen (1961–1987). *Daniel Owino Misiani, 66, Tanzanian Benga music, Benga musician, car accident. *Mieczysław Nowak, 69, Polish weightlifter, 1964 Olympic medalist. *Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin, 63, Turkish prominent judge sitting in Turkey's highest court, shot dead. *Ramesh Parekh, 65, Indian poet. *Lawrence Shurtliff, Lawrence "Ramrod" Shurtliff, 61, American music executive, longtime crew member of the Grateful Dead, lung cancer.

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*Jaan Eilart, 73, Estonian biogeographer. *Stephen Fleet, 69, British researcher in mineral sciences and Former Registrary, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Master of Downing College, Cambridge. *George M. Foster (anthropologist), George M. Foster, 92, American anthropologist. *Morris Glushien, 96, American lawyer, general counsel for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. *Hans Horrevoets, 32, Dutch sailor, swept overboard while competing in Volvo Ocean Race. *Stan Jones (athlete), Stan Jones, 91, British Olympic runner. *Maksim Kahan, 88, Israeli Olympic shooter. *Andrew Martinez, 33, American activist, the "Naked Guy" at the University of California, Berkeley, apparent suicide. *Vitor Negrete, 38, Brazilian mountaineer, died after reaching the peak of Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen. *Michael O'Riordan, 88, Irish chairman of the Communist Party of Ireland and International Brigades veteran. *Kiyan Prince, 15, British youth team player with English football team Queens Park Rangers, stabbed to death. *Robert Reid (engineer), Robert Reid, 81, American chemical engineer. *Gilbert Sorrentino, 77, American novelist.

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*Yitzhak Ben-Aharon, Yitzhak Ben Aharon, 99, Israeli left-wing politician, founder of the Israeli Labor Party. *Edward R. Becker, 73, American former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. *Peter Bryant, 82, British television producer. *Freddie Garrity, 69, English lead singer of Freddie and the Dreamers, 1960s pop band, heart disease. *Alan Sapper, 75, British trade unionist.

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*JoAnna Lund, 61, American cookbook author, cancer. *Bobby Jack Fowler, 66, American rapist and suspected murderer. *Les Olive, 78, English Assistant Secretary of Manchester United F.C., Manchester United at time of Munich air disaster, prostate cancer. *Andy Radford, 62, British Anglican bishop, Bishop of Taunton, brain tumour. *Cherd Songsri, 75, Thai film director, cancer. *Annis Stukus, 91, Canadian football player and ice hockey general manager, member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame for his contributions to the Canadian Football League and ice hockey. *Tommy Watt, 80, British jazz bandleader.

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*Katherine Dunham, 96, American dancer and choreographer. *Sherman Skolnick, 75, American Illinois anti-corruption activist, heart attack. *Inger Louise Valle, 84, Norwegian politician, Minister of Justice and Public Security, Minister of Justice (1973–1979). *Billy Walker (musician), Billy Walker, 77, American country music performer and member of the Grand Ole Opry, traffic accident.

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*Spencer Clark (racer), Spencer Clark, 19, American NASCAR Busch Series driver, road accident. *Heather Crowe (activist), Heather Crowe, 61, Canadian anti-smoking activist, lung cancer. *Hamza El Din, 76, Nubian Egyptian oud player. *Jack Fallon, 90, Canadian-born British jazz double bassist. *Lee Jong-wook, 61, Korean Director-General of the World Health Organization, brain thrombus. *Lilia Prado, 78, Mexican actress, multiple organ failure.

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*Philippe Amaury, 66, French media owner, cancer. *Clifford Antone, 56, American Austin blues club owner, heart attack. *Lloyd Bentsen, 85, American vice-presidential candidate, Senator, and Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton, Clinton. *James W. Carey, 71, American professor of journalism at Columbia University, author. *Ray Cale, 83, Welsh rugby player, dual international for Wales in rugby union and rugby league. *Ian Copeland, 57, American music promoter and agent, older brother of Stewart Copeland of The Police, melanoma. *Bracha Eden, 78, Israeli pianist, brain hemorrhage. *Kazimierz Górski, 85, Polish former coach of Poland national football team, cancer. *Jim Trimble, 87, American Philadelphia Eagles coach 1952–55, emphysema.

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*Eric Bedser, 87, English cricketer for Surrey, and elder twin brother of Alec Bedser, Sir Alec Bedser. *Henry Bumstead, 91, American art director (''To Kill a Mockingbird (film), To Kill a Mockingbird'', ''The Sting'', ''Vertigo (film), Vertigo''), Academy Award for Best Production Design, Oscar winner (35th Academy Awards, 1963, 46th Academy Awards, 1974), prostate cancer. *Robert Giaimo, 86, American Congressman for Connecticut 3rd District (1959−1981), lung ailments. *Fritz Klein (sex researcher), Fritz Klein, 73, Austrian-born psychiatrist and researcher. *Anderson Mazoka, 63, Zambian politician, chief opposition leader in Zambia. *Bernard Ostry, 78, Canadian chair and CEO of TVOntario, civil servant and philanthropist, cancer. *Claude Piéplu, 83, French actor, cancer. *John Wheeldon, 76, Australian federal politician, former Australian Labor Party Senator and minister in the Gough Whitlam, Whitlam government.

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*Sir Julian Bullard, 78, British diplomat. *Elizabeth Connelly, 77, American politician, former member of the New York State Assembly representing Staten Island, cancer. *Desmond Dekker, 64, Jamaican ska musician, heart attack. *Lars Gyllensten, 84, Swedish author, physician, and member of the Swedish Academy. *Wilber Huston, 93, American scientist and retired NASA mission director. * Donald Rudolph, 85, US Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II, Alzheimer's disease. *Mari Yonehara, 56, Japanese essayist, ovarian cancer. *Tobías Lasser, 95, Venezuelan botanist, founder of the Botanic Garden of Caracas, natural causes.

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*Milicent Bagot, 99, British intelligence officer. *Dino 7 Cordas, Horondino José da Silva aka "Dino Sete Cordas", 88, Brazilian virtuouso of the seven-string guitar. *Selvin González, 24, Salvadoran footballer. *Tuomo Kerola, 48, Finnish Olympic swimmer. *Alan Kotok, 64, American early video game designer (''Spacewar!''), engineer for Digital Equipment. *Carl Kuntze, 83, Dutch Olympic rowe

*Mahmoud al-Majzoub aka Abu Hamza, 41, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader, assassination by bombing. *Édouard Michelin (born 1963), Édouard Michelin, 42, French CEO of Michelin, boating accident off the Île de Sein. *Kevin O'Flanagan, 86, Irish former association football and rugby union international, and International Olympic Committee, IOC member, heart problems. *Anita Roberts, 64, American molecular biologist at the National Cancer Institute, stomach cancer. *Ted Schroeder, 84, American tennis player, winner at Wimbledon (1949) and the U.S. Open (1942), cancer. *Raymond Triboulet, 99, French member of the French Resistance during World War II, member of the French Parliament and government minister.

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*Adeeb, 72, Pakistani actor. *Harold Falls, 96, American ophthalmologist. *Paul Gleason, 67, American actor (''The Breakfast Club'', ''Die Hard'', ''Trading Places''), mesothelioma. *Craig Heyward, Craig "Ironhead" Heyward, 39, American NFL fullback, complications from a brain tumor. *Romeo Lucas García, 81, Guatemalan politician, former President of Guatemala, complications of Alzheimer's disease. *Thelma Leeds, 95, American actress, widow of Harry Einstein, Parkyakarkus. *Jim Mello, 85, American football player. *Michael Riffaterre, 81, French-born professor at Columbia University and scholar of French literature. *Alex Toth, 77, American comic book artist and cartoonist (''Space Ghost (TV series), Space Ghost'', ''Birdman and the Galaxy Trio''). *Apache Bull Ramos, 71, American professional wrestler, shoulder infection.

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*Edward Aldwell, 68, American music theorist and pianist specializing in Bach, automotive accident. *James Archibald, 94, American judge. *Rupert Blöch, 76, Austrian Olympic sprinter. *Lewis Carter, 81, Australian cricketer. *Fermín Chávez, 82, Argentine historian, complications from renal failure. *Sue Fear, 43, Australian mountaineer, climbing accident. *Umberto Masetti, 80, Italian motorcycle racer, the first Italian World Champion class 500cc in 1950 and 1952, pulmonary strokes. *Masumi Okada, 70, Japanese actor, played Brother Michael in ''Shōgun (1980 miniseries), Shogun'', throat cancer. *Tony Sardisco, 73, American footballer, former captain of the Boston Patriots, heart attack. *Doris Saunders, 64, Canadian magazine editor, Order of Canada inductee, Alzheimer's disease. *Arthur Widmer, 91, American motion picture special effects pioneer, winner of an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, cancer.

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*Neville Amadio, 93, Australian flautist and soloist for Sydney Symphony for 50 years, series of small heart attacks. *Poul Andersen (resistance member), Poul Andersen, 84, Danish-born publisher of ''Bien (newspaper), Bien'', the only weekly Danish newspaper in the US, Alzheimer's disease. *Clarence Bailey, 43, American football player. *Peter Borsari, 67, American-Swiss celebrity photographer, complications from elective knee surgery. *James Brolan, 42, British CBS News sound technician, injuries sustained in car bombing in Iraq. *Paul Douglas (cameraman), Paul Douglas, 48, British veteran CBS News cameraman, injuries sustained in car bombing in Iraq. *Wyn Griffiths, 86, Welsh professional football player (Cardiff City F.C., Newport County A.F.C.), complications from a fall. *Steve Mizerak, 61, American champion billiards player. *Omeljan Pritsak, 87, Austrian-born American Harvard professor, scholar and authority on Ukraine. *Johnny Servoz-Gavin, 64, French racing driver.

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, 89, American photographer, stroke. *Marius van Amelsvoort, 75, Dutch politician, List of Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands, State Secretary for Finance. *Hladnik Boštjan, 77, Slovenian film director. *Ann Harnett, 85, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League). *Shohei Imamura, 79, Japanese film director (''Black Rain (Japanese film), Black Rain''), two-time winner of the Palme d'Or, liver cancer. *Bill Kovacs, 56, American computer animation pioneer and Academy Award winner, complications of a stroke. *David Lloyd (botanist), David Lloyd, 68, New Zealand botanist, complications from mystery illness, possibly poison. *Robert Sterling, 88, American film and television actor, star of 1950s television show ''Topper (TV series), Topper'', natural causes.

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*Miguel Berrocal, 73, Spanish sculptor and puzzle creator, prostate cancer. *Ronald Cranford, 65, American neurologist and bioethicist who developed coma standards, complications of kidney cancer. *Raymond Davis Jr., 91, American chemist and a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002, Alzheimer's disease. *Lula Mae Hardaway, 76, American songwriter, mother of singer Stevie Wonder, natural causes.

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