May 2009

31

• Martin Clemens, 94, British colonial administrator and soldier. [792720]
• Millvina Dean, 97, British woman, last living passenger aboard the Titanic, pneumonia. [792721]
• Brian Edrich, 86, British cricketer. [792722]
• Sir John Holland, 94, Australian engineer, construction magnate. [792723]
• Danny La Rue, 81, Irish-born British female impersonator and singer, prostate cancer. [792724]
• Vyacheslav Nevinny, 74, Russian actor, diabetes. [792725] (Russian)
• Kamala Surayya, 75, Indian writer, after long illness. [792726]
• George Tiller, 67, American physician and abortion provider, shot. [792727]

30

• Torsten Andersson, 82, Swedish painter. [792728] (Swedish)
• Luís Cabral, 78, Guinea-Bissauan politician, President (1973–1980). [792729]
• Eva Dawes, 96, Canadian bronze medal-winning Olympic high jumper (1932), stroke. [792730]
• Susanna Haapoja, 42, Finnish politician, cerebral haemorrhage. [792731]
• Eric Hammond, 79, British trade unionist, General Secretary of the EETPU. [792732]
• Ephraim Katzir, 93, Israeli biophysicist and politician, President (1973–1978). [792733]
• Herma Kirchschläger, 93, Austrian widow of former President Rudolf Kirchschläger. [792734] (German)
• Waldemar Matuška, 76, Czech singer, pneumonia and heart failure. [792735] (Czech)
• Gaafar Nimeiry, 79, Sudanese politician, President (1969–1985). [792736]

29

• Hank Bassen, 76, Canadian ice hockey player, heart attack. [792737]
• Kevin Beurle, 53, British scientist, hot air balloon accident. [792738]
• Reginald Golledge, 71, Australian-born American geographer. [792739]
• Ed Murray, 80, American politician, Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1987–1991). [792740]
• Bill Perkins, 89, Australian footballer (Richmond). [792741]
• Steve Prest, 43, British snooker player and coach, peritonitis. [792742]
• Karine Ruby, 31, French snowboarder, fall. [792743]

28

• Mort Abrahams, 93, American film and television producer (Planet of the Apes, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), natural causes. [792744]
• Terence Alexander, 86, British film and television actor (Bergerac). [792745]
• Terry Barr, 73, American football player (Detroit Lions), Alzheimer's disease. [792746]
• Manuel Collantes, 91, Filipino diplomat, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs (1984), cardiac arrest. [792747]
• Carlton Forbes, 72, Jamaican-born British first-class cricketer. [792748]
• Roger Kaffer, 81, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliet. [792749]
• Luis María de Larrea y Legarreta, 91, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bilbao. [792750] (Spanish)
• Lenrie Peters, 76, Gambian surgeon and novelist, after short illness. [792751]
• Ercole Rabitti, 87, Italian footballer and trainer. [792752] (Italian)
• Oleg Shenin, 71, Russian politician, member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1990–1991). [792753]
• Betty Tancock, 98, Canadian Olympic swimmer (1932). [792754]
• John Tolos, 78, Canadian professional wrestler, renal failure. [792755]

27

• Ammo Baba, 74, Iraqi footballer and athletic trainer, diabetes. [792756].
• Thomas Franck, 77, American lawyer. [792757]
• Sir Clive Grainger, 74, British economist, Nobel Prize winner for economics. [792758]
• Mona Grey, 98, British public servant, Chief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland. [792759].
• Abram Hoffer, 92, Canadian orthomolecular psychiatrist. [792760]
• Gérard Jean-Juste, 62, Haitian political activist, after long illness. [792761]
• Carol Anne O'Marie, 75, American Roman Catholic nun and mystery novelist, Parkinson's disease. [792762]
• Sir William Refshauge, 96, Australian public health administrator. [792763]
• Paul Sharratt, 75, British-born American television producer, cancer. [792764]

26

• Kaoru Kurimoto, 56, Japanese author, pancreatic cancer. [792765]
• Mihalis Papagiannakis, 68, Greek politician, Member of Parliament, cancer. [792766] (Greek)
• Michael Ross, 89, American screenwriter and director (Three's Company), complications from a heart attack and stroke. [792767]
• Ronald Takaki, 70, American sociologist, professor of ethnic studies (University of California, Berkeley), suicide. [792768]
• Marek Walczewski, 72, Polish actor. [792769]
• Peter Zezel, 44, Canadian ice hockey player, haemolytic anaemia. [792770]

25

• Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, 48, Nigerian Pan African activist, car accident. [792771]
• Billy Baxter, 70, British footballer, cancer. [792772]
• Rolf Brahde, 91, Norwegian astronomer. [792773] (Norwegian)
• Amos Elon, 82, Austrian-born Israeli author and journalist. [792774] (German)
• Haakon Lie, 103, Norwegian politician. [792775] (Norwegian)
• Ivan van Sertima, 74, Guyanese-born British historian, linguist and anthropologist (Rutgers University). [792776]

24

• Jay Bennett, 45, American musician (Wilco) and songwriter, accidental drug overdose. [792777]
• Jack Lewis, 84, American screenwriter, lung cancer. [792778]

23

• Charles Albury, 88, American co-pilot of the Bockscar at atomic bombing of Nagasaki, heart failure. [792779]
• Raleigh Brown, 87, American politician, state representative (Texas), heart attack. [792780]
• Lawrence Daly, 84, British trade union leader. [792781]
• Joseph Duval, 80, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Rouen (1981–2004). [792782] (French)
• Ken Gill, 81, British trade union leader. [792783]
• David Lunceford, 75, American football player, Alzheimer's disease. [792784]
• Tadeusz Pyka, 79, Polish politician. [792785] (Polish)
• Roh Moo-hyun, 62, South Korean politician, President (2003–2008), suicide by jumping. [792786]
• Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa, 88, Cook Islands public servant, Queen's Representative (1985–1990). [792787]

22

• Alexander Mezhirov, 86, Russian poet. [792788] (Russian)
• Zé Rodrix, 61, Brazilian musician. [792789] (Portuguese)
• Yeo Woon Kye, 69, South Korean actress, kidney cancer. [792790]

21

• Joan Alexander, 94, American radio actress (The Adventures of Superman), intestinal blockage. [792791]
• Walter da Silva, 68, Brazilian footballer and coach, heart attack. [792792]
• Fathi Eljahmi, 68, Libyan political activist, blood infection. [792793]
• Barry England, 77, British novelist and playwright. [792794]
• Anatoli Kirilov, 42, Bulgarian football coach (PFC Spartak Varna), car accident. [792795]
• Him Mark Lai, 83, American historian, bladder cancer. [792796]
• Sam Maloof, 93, American woodworker, pneumonia. [792797]
• Rolf McPherson, 96, American evangelist, son of Aimee Semple McPherson, natural causes. [792798]
• Robert Müller, 28, German ice hockey player, brain cancer. [792799] (German)
• Kanagasabai Pathmanathan, 64, Sri Lankan politician. [792800]
• Togo Tanaka, 93, American journalist, natural causes. [792801]

20

• Arthur Erickson, 84, Canadian architect (Simon Fraser University, Roy Thomson Hall). [792802]
• Lucy Gordon, 28, British actress (Spider-Man 3, The Four Feathers), suicide by hanging. [792803]
• Alan Kelly, Sr., 72, Irish footballer, cancer. [792804]
• Matthew Krel, 64, Russian-born Australian conductor, founder of the SBS Youth Orchestra, encephalitis. [792805]
• Randi Lindtner Næss, 104, Norwegian actress. [792806] (Norwegian)
• Nguyen Ba Can, Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister of South Vietnam (1975). [792807]
• Simon Oates, 77, British actor, prostate cancer. [792808]
• Larry Rice, 63, American racing driver, lung cancer. [792809]
• María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger. [792810]
• Paul Vinar, 69, Australian footballer. [792811]
• Ralph D. Winter, 84, American missionary (U.S. Center for World Mission), multiple myeloma and lymphoma. [792812]
• Oleg Yankovsky, 65, Russian actor, pancreatic cancer. [792813]
• Yehoshua Zettler, 91, Israeli resistance fighter (Lehi). [792814]
• Jerzy Zubrzycki, 89, Polish-born Australian sociologist. [792815]

19

• Michael Preston Barr, 82, American composer, diabetes. [792816]
• Robert F. Furchgott, 92, American scientist, Nobel Prize winner. [792817]
• Andrei Ivanov, 42, Russian footballer. [792818] (Russian)
• Knut Hammer Larsen, 38, Norwegian football, leukemia. [792819] (Norwegian)
• Nicholas Maw, 73, British composer (Odyssey), heart failure. [792820]
• Clint Smith, 95, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks). [792821]
• Herbert York, 87, American physicist. [792822]

18

• Wayne Allwine, 62, American voice artist (Mickey Mouse), complications from diabetes. [792823]
• Carole Cole, 64, American actress (Sanford and Son, Grady), daughter of Nat King Cole, lung cancer. [792824]
• Dolla, 21, American rap artist, shot. [792825]
• Sir David Hay, 92, Australian public servant, Ambassador to the United Nations, Administrator of Papua New Guinea. [792826]
• K. Pattabhi Jois, 93, Indian yoga teacher, after short illness. [792827]
• Balasingham Nadesan, Sri Lankan rebel, political chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), missile attack. [792828]
• Paul Parin, 92, Swiss psychoanalyst, author and ethnologist. [792829] (German)
• Velupillai Prabhakaran, 54, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE, missile attack. [792830]
• Türkan Saylan, 74, Turkish doctor, cancer. [792831]
• Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan, 45, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE naval wing (Sea Tigers), missile attack. [792832]
• Shanmugalingam Sivashankar, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE intelligence wing, missile attack. [792833]
• Lee Solters, 89, American press agent, natural causes. [792834]

17

• Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani, 96, Iranian cleric, heart disease. [792835]
• Mario Benedetti, 88, Uruguayan author and poet. [792836]
• Daniel Carasso, 103, Greek-born French businessman (Groupe Danone). [792837]
• Adolf Dickfeld, 99, German World War II Luftwaffe flying ace. [792838]
• David Herbert Donald, 88, American historian, heart failure. [792839]
• Masaru Hayami, 84, Japanese public servant, Governor of the Bank of Japan (1998–2003), respiratory failure. [792840]
• David Ireland, 78, American sculptor and conceptual artist, pneumonia. [792841]
• Jung Seung-hye, 44, South Korean film producer, colon cancer. [792842]
• Guillermo Lora, 87, Bolivian revolutionary leader, liver cancer. [792843]
• Dame Patricia Mackinnon, 97, Australian community worker and philanthropist, President of the Royal Children's Hospital. [792844]
• Prakash Mehra, 69, Indian film producer and director, pneumonia and multiple organ failure. [792845]
• William Moore, 60, British loyalist paramilitary, member of the Shankill Butchers, suspected heart attack. [792846]
• Peter Slabakov, 86, Bulgarian actor. [792847]
• Ron Snidow, 67, American football player (Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns), complications from Lou Gehrig's disease. [792848]
• Octavia St. Laurent, American transwoman and performer. [792849]
• Mark Young, 23, British motorcycle racer, race crash. [792850]

16

• Prospero Amatong, 77, Filipino politician, Congressman (1998–2007), Governor of Davao del Norte (1992–1998), fall. [792851]
• John E. Connelly, 82, American entrepreneur, founder of Gateway Clipper Fleet, heart failure. [792852]
• Henry David Halsey, 90, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Carlisle (1972–1989), after short illness. [792853]
• Sándor Katona, 66, Hungarian footballer and Olympic champion. [792854] (Hungarian)
• Peter Sampson, 81, British footballer (Bristol Rovers), Alzheimer's disease. [792855]

15

• Susanna Agnelli, 87, Italian politician and writer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995–1996). [792856]
• Si Frumkin, 78, Lithuanian-born Holocaust survivor. [792857]
• Alan Hackney, 84, British screenwriter. [792858]
• Rodger McFarlane, 54, American gay rights activist, first executive director of Gay Men's Health Crisis, suicide. [792859]
• Mohammad-Amin Riahi, 86, Iranian historian and literary scholar. [792860]
• E. Beatrice Riley, 112, Australian supercentenarian. [792861]
• Edwin S. Shneidman, 91, American suicidologist. [792862]
• Helvi Sipilä, 94, Finnish diplomat. [792863]
• Roy Talbot, 94, Bermudan calypso musician, last surviving member of original Talbot Brothers.
• Bud Tingwell, 86, Australian actor, prostate cancer. [792864]
• Wayman Tisdale, 44, American basketball player and jazz bassist, cancer. [792865]
• Hubert van Es, 67, Dutch photographer at the fall of Saigon, brain hemorrhage. [792866]

14

• Monica Bleibtreu, 65, Austrian actress, screenwriter and drama teacher, cancer. [792867] (German)
• Newt Heisley, 88, American commercial artist, designer of POW/MIA flag, after long illness. [792868]
• Ken Hollyman, 86, British footballer. [792869]
• Marian McDougall, 95, American amateur golfer. [792870]
• Buddy Montgomery, 79, American jazz musician, heart failure. [792871]
• William J. Passmore, 77, American jockey, complications from emphysema. [792872]
• Bob Rosburg, 82, American golfer and television color analyst, fall. [792873]

13

• Frank Aletter, 83, American character actor (It's About Time), cancer. [792874]
• Waldemar Levy Cardoso, 108, Brazilian Field Marshal, WWI-era veteran. [792875] (Portuguese)
• Achille Compagnoni, 94, Italian mountaineer, first person to ascend K2. [792876] (Italian)
• Don Cordner, 87, Australian footballer. [792877]
• Rafael Escalona, 81, Colombian Vallenato composer and troubador. [792878] (Spanish)
• Norbert Eschmann, 75, Swiss footballer. [792879] (French)
• Anne Scott-James, 96, British journalist and author, widow of Sir Osbert Lancaster. [792880]
• L. William Seidman, 88, American public servant, Chairman of the FDIC (1985–1991), after short illness. [792881]
• Joe Tandy, 26, British auto racing team owner, car crash. [792882]

12

• Christopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe, 74, British aristocrat and politician, heart failure. [792883]
• Dame Heather Begg, 76, New Zealand operatic soprano, leukemia. [792884]
• Mohan Saliya Ellawala, 61, Sri Lankan politician, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province (2008–2009), after long illness. [792885]
• Eden Ross Lipson, 66, American book editor, pancreatic cancer. [792886]
• Thomas Nordseth-Tiller, 28, Norwegian screenwriter (Max Manus), cancer. [792887] (Norwegian)
• Roger Planchon, 77, French theatre director, heart attack. [792888] (French)
• Sidique Ali Merican, 78, Malaysian sprinter, stroke. [792889]
• Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia. [792890] (Spanish)
• Heini Walter, 81, Swiss racing driver. [792891]

11

• Pat Booth, 66, British model and writer, cancer. [792892]
• Lude Check, 91, Canadian ice hockey player. [792893]
• Abel Goumba, 82, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1957–58, 1959, 2003) and Vice-President (2003–2005). [792894] (French)
• Claudio Huepe, 69, Chilean politician and diplomat, heart attack. [792895]
• Bill Kelso, 69, American baseball player. [792896]
• Mark Landon, 60, American actor, adopted son of Michael Landon. [792897]
• Shanthi Lekha, 79, Sri Lankan actress. [792898]
• S. M. Nanda, 93, Indian admiral, Chief of Naval Staff (1970–1973). [792899]
• Leonard Shlain, 71, American surgeon and writer, brain cancer. [792900]
• Angel Arce Torres, 78, American hit and run victim, bronchial pneumonia due to spinal injury. [792901]

10

• Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, Libyan Al-Qaeda paramilitary trainer accused of terrorism, alleged suicide. [792902]
• Robert John Cornell, 89, American politician and Roman Catholic priest, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (1975–1979). [792903]
• James Kirkup, 91, British poet, translator and travel writer, stroke. [792904]
• Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, 47, Guatemalan lawyer, shot. [792905]
• Clive Scott, 64, British keyboardist and songwriter (Jigsaw), stroke. [792906]
• Brian Simnjanovski, 27, American football player (Berlin Thunder), car accident. [792907]
• Robert J. Sinclair, 77, American executive, CEO of Saab-Scania of America, cancer. [792908]

9

• Stephen Bruton, 60, American songwriter and guitarist (Kris Kristofferson band), throat cancer. [792909]
• Chuck Daly, 78, American basketball coach, pancreatic cancer. [792910]
• Sahan Dosova, 130?, Kazakhstani supercentenarian and longevity claimant. [792911] (Hungarian)
• Travis Edmonson, 76, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bud & Travis), heart failure. [792912]
• Henry T. King, 89, American attorney, Nuremberg trials prosecutor, cancer. [792913]
• David Marcus, 85, Irish literary editor, after long illness. [792914]
• Ernest Millington, 93, British politician and educator, last living World War II-era member of the British Parliament. [792915]
• Eugene Smith, 88, American gospel singer. [792916]
• Evgenios Spatharis, 85, Greek shadow play artist, fall. [792917] (Greek)
• Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe, 46, Belgian-born Ukrainian equestrian. [792918] (German)
• George Zinkhan, 57, American academic and suspected murderer, suicide by gunshot. [792919]

8

• Gianni Baget Bozzo, 84, Italian Roman Catholic priest and politician. [792920]
• Fons Brijdenbach, 54, Belgian athlete, cancer. [792921] (Dutch)
• Dom DiMaggio, 92, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), brother of Joe DiMaggio, pneumonia. [792922]
• Hideyuki Fujisawa, 83, Japanese Go player, aspiration pneumonia. [792923] (Japanese)
• Carlos Kloppenburg, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (1986–1995). [792924]
• Ninel Kurgapkina, 80, Russian prima ballerina, road accident. [792925] (Russian)
• Greg Palmer, 61, American writer, television reporter and Emmy Award-winning journalist, lung cancer. [792926]
• Bud Shrake, 77, American journalist and novelist, lung cancer. [792927]
• Eunice Taylor, 75, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets). [792928]

7

• Robin Blaser, 83, American-born Canadian poet, Griffin Poetry Prize winner. [792929]
• Mickey Carroll, 89, American actor (The Wizard of Oz). [792930]
• Ian Cundy, 64, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Peterborough, mesothelioma. [792931]
• Linda Dangcil, 66, American actress (The Flying Nun), throat cancer. [792932]
• John Furia, Jr., 79, American screenwriter (The Twilight Zone, Dr. Kildare), President of the Writers Guild, West (1973–1975). [792933]
• Tony Marsh, 77, British racing driver. [792934]
• David Mellor, 78, British industrial designer, manufacturer and retailer. [792935]
• Frank Melton, 60, American politician, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. [792936]
• Danny Ozark, 85, American baseball manager. [792937]
• Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet, 85, British politician and writer. [792938]

6

• Erik Bluemel, 32, American professor (University of Denver), bicycle accident. [792939]
• Sam Cohn, 79, American talent agent, after short illness. [792940]
• Leon Despres, 101, American attorney and politician, heart failure. [792941]
• Ean Evans, 48, American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), cancer. [792942]
• Kevin Grubb, 31, American NASCAR driver, suicide by gunshot. [792943]
• Sid Laverents, 100, American amateur filmmaker, pneumonia. [792944]
• Lev Losev, 71, Russian poet and literary critic. [792945] (Russian)
• Guy Mascolo, 65, Italian hairdresser, co-founder of Toni & Guy. [792946]
• Bob Meyer, 76, Australian logician, lung cancer. [792947]
• Valentin Varennikov, 85, Russian general. [792948] (Russian)
• Viola Wills, 69, American pop singer, cancer.[792949]

5

• Benjamín Flores, 24, Mexican boxer, brain injury during a match. [792950]
• David S. King, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative for Utah (1959–1963). [792951]
• Richard Miller, 83, American operatic tenor and educator, Professor Emeritus of Voice (Oberlin Conservatory of Music). [792952]
• Elsie B. Washington, 66, American author, wrote first African American romance novel, multiple sclerosis and cancer. [792953]
• Murasaki Yamada, 60, Japanese manga artist. [792954]

4

• Bobby Campbell, 86, British footballer and manager. [792955]
• Dom DeLuise, 75, American actor and comedian (The Cannonball Run, The Secret of NIMH), writer and chef, kidney failure. [792956]
• Charles Lugano, 59, Kenyan politician, after short illness. [792957]
• Martha Mason, 71, American author, lived 60 years in an iron lung. [792958]
• Fritz Muliar, 89, Austrian actor. [792959]
• Jane Randolph, 93, American actress. [792960]
• Gisela Stein, 73, German actress. [792961] (German)

3

• Robert B. Choate, Jr., 84, American food lobbyist. [792962]
• John Elsworthy, 77, British footballer. [792963]
• Hui Ki On, 65, Hong Kong public servant, Commissioner of Police (1994–2001), cancer. [792964]
• Eleanor Perenyi, 91, American gardener and writer, cerebral hemorrhage. [792965]
• Ram Shewalkar, 78, Indian Marathi writer, cardiac arrest. [792966]
• Ralph Thompson, 95, British animal artist. [792967]

2

• Alfred Appel, 75, American scholar, expert on Vladimir Nabokov, heart failure. [792968]
• K.Balaji, 74, Indian Tamil actor and producer, multiple organ failure. [792969]
• Augusto Boal, 78, Brazilian dramatist and theater director (Theatre of the Oppressed), respiratory failure. [792970] (Portuguese)
• Marilyn French, 79, American writer, heart failure. [792971]
• Kiyoshiro Imawano, 58, Japanese rock musician. [792972] (Japanese)
• Janus Kamban, 95, Faroese sculptor and graphic designer. [792973]
• Jack Kemp, 73, American politician and football player, candidate for Vice President (1996), cancer. [792974]
• Carole C. Noon, 59, American primatologist, founder of Save the Chimps, pancreatic cancer. [792975]
• Robert Pauley, 85, American executive, President of ABC Radio (1961–1967), heart failure. [792976]
• Virginia Prince, 96, American transgender activist. [792977]

1

• Ralph J. Cappy, 65, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (2003–2008). [792978]
• Delara Darabi, 22, Iranian convicted murderer, executed by hanging. [792979]
• Fred Delmare, 87, German actor, complications from pneumonia. [792980] (German)
• Ric Estrada, 81, Cuban-born American penciler of comic books, prostate cancer. [792981]
• Danny Gans, 52, American entertainer. [792982]
• Norman Gash, 97, British historian. [792983]
• Albert Hamilton Gordon, 107, American businessman. [792984]
• George Hannan, 98, Australian politician. [792985]
• Jokke Kangaskorpi, 37, Finnish footballer. [792986] (Finnish)
• Jack D. Maltester, 95, American politician, Mayor of San Leandro, California. [792987]
• Marc Rocco, 46, American film director (Murder in the First, Where the Day Takes You) and screenwriter. [792988]
• Sunline, 13, New Zealand champion racehorse, euthanized. [792989]
• John Wilke, 54, American investigative reporter, pancreatic cancer. [792990]