Deaths in May 1999
The following is a list of notable deaths in May 1999.
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 1999
1
- Sir Anthony Thorold, 15th Baronet, 95, English Royal Navy officer and public servant.[1]
- Aldo Casera, 78, Italian professional golfer.
- Eddie Chamblee, 79, American tenor, alto saxophonist and vocalist.[2]
- George Claessen, 89, Sri Lankan artist and poet.
- Alish Lambaranski, 84, Soviet and Azerbaijani statesman.
- Jos LeDuc, 54, Canadian professional wrestler, lung infection.[3]
- Brian Shawe-Taylor, 84, British racing driver.
2
- Thomas C. Cochran, 97, American economic historian and author.
- Bill Davidson, 64, American football player and coach and college athletics administrator.
- Igor M. Diakonoff, 84, Russian historian, linguist and translator.
- Douglas Harkness, 96, Canadian politician, teacher and farmer.
- Robin Humphreys, 91, British historian and professor of Latin American studies.
- Tibor Kalman, 49, American graphic designer.[4]
- Oliver Reed, 61, British actor (The Devils, Oliver!, The Three Musketeers), alcohol intoxication.[5]
- Anahit Tsitsikian, 72, Armenian female violinist.
3
- Joe Adcock, 71, American baseball player and manager, Alzheimer's disease.[6]
- Crucita Calabaza, 77, Native American artist and potter.
- Steve Chiasson, 32, Canadian ice hockey player, drunk driving accident.[7]
- Godfrey Evans, 78, English cricketer.[8]
- Princess Urraca, 85, German noblewoman and member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
4
- Manny Babbitt, 50, U.S. Marine veteran of the Vietnam War and convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.[9]
- Sir Brinsley Ford, 90, British art historian and collector, heart attack.
- Wilfried Geeroms, 57, Belgian Olympic hurdler.
- Theo Green, 73, Australian race horse trainer and jockey mentor.
- Milenko Pavlović, 39, Serbian pilot.
- Henry Tiller, 84, Norwegian boxer and Olympic medalist.[10]
5
- Winifred Collins, 87, American officer in the US Navy, spinal cancer.
- Vasilis Diamantopoulos, 78, Greek actor, heart attack.
- John Howard, 86, British Army officer during World War II.[11]
- Paul Moss, 90, American football player.
- Américo Paredes, 83, American author.[12]
6
- Fehmi Agani, 67, Kosovan sociologist and politician.
- Dean Elliott, 73, American television and film composer.
- Carlos Hernández, 44, American criminal, cirrhosis of the liver.
- Ikuo Hirayama, 90, Japanese painter and writer.
- Sze-Tsen Hu, 84, Chinese-American mathematician.
- Sven Meyer, 21, German figure skater, suicide by gunshot.
- Johnny Morris, 82, British television presenter.[13]
- Goran Raičević, 35, Serbian long-distance runner, killed in action by the Kosovo Liberation Army.
- Maria Laura Rocca, 81, Italian actress and writer.
- Mark Tuinei, 39, American football player, drug overdose.[14]
7
- Vasily Ivanovich Andrianov, 78, Soviet Air Force major general and double Hero of the Soviet Union.
- Joseph Gray, 79, Irish-born English Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Shrewsbury.
- Leon Hess, 85, American businessman and owner of the New York Jets.[15]
- Chen Yanyan, 83, Chinese actress and film producer.
- Yury Zacharanka, 47, Belarusian minister and oppositional politician, abducted and murdered by the Lukashenko regime.[16]
8
- Edward Abraham, 85, English biochemist, stroke.
- Sir Dirk Bogarde, 78, British actor (Doctor in the House, The Servant, A Bridge Too Far), heart attack.[17]
- Ed Gilbert, 67, American voice actor (The Transformers, TaleSpin, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero).
- Tony Harman, 87, English farmer and writer.
- Soeman Hs, 95, Indonesian author.
- Michael Nightingale, 76, English stage, film and television actor.
- Alan Paterson, 70, English high jumper.
- Sally Payne, 86, American actress.
- Dana Plato, 34, American actress (Diff'rent Strokes), suicide by overdose.[18]
- Leon Thomas, 61, American jazz and blues vocalist, heart failure.[19]
9
- Tim Brauch, 25, American skateboarder, cardiac arrest.
- Shirley Dinsdale, 72, American ventriloquist and television and radio personality, cancer.[20]
- Božidar Kantušer, 77, Slovene composer of classical music, cerebral infarct.
- Wynona Lipman, American politician, cancer.[21]
- Donald J. Metz, 74, American nuclear engineer.
- Ivan M. Niven, 83, Canadian-American mathematician.
10
- Anésia Pinheiro Machado, Brazilian female pilot.
- Carl Powis, 71, American baseball player.
- Shel Silverstein, 68, American poet, playwright, and cartoonist, heart attack.[22]
- Sir Eric Willis, 77, Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales (1976).
11
- Eqbal Ahmad, 65, Pakistani political scientist, writer and pacifist, heart failure.[23]
- José F. Aguayo, Spanish photography director.
- Josef Dostál, 95, Czech botanist, pteridologist, conservationist and climber.
- Elaine Fifield, 68, Australian ballerina.[24]
- Werner Fuchs, 50, German football player, heart attack.
- Giorgos Kappis, Greek actor.
- Charles R. Lyons, 66, American professor of drama and comparative literature.
- Robert Thomas, 72, Welsh sculptor.
12
- Robert Rose, 47, Australian sportsman.
- Saul Steinberg, 84, Romanian American cartoonist and illustrator.[25]
- Daniel Frank Walls, 56, New Zealand theoretical physicist, cancer.
13
- Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, 88, Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar.
- Ricardo Gangeme, 55, Argentine journalist and newspaper editor, gunshot to the head.
- Meg Greenfield, 68, American editorial writer, cancer.[26]
- Erle Loran, 93, American painter and art historian.
- Giuseppe Petrilli, 86, Italian professor and European Commissioner.
- Gene Sarazen, 97, American golf player, complications of pneumonia.[27]
14
- Manuel del Cabral, 92, Dominican poet, writer, and diplomat.
- Joseph F. Smith, 79, American politician.
- Bobby Veck, 79, English footballer.
- Asrat Woldeyes, 70, Ethiopian surgeon, a professor of medicine, heart ailment.[28]
- Nitya Chaitanya Yati, 74, Indian philosopher, psychologist, author and poet.
15
- Valeh Barshadly, 71, first Azerbaijani Minister of Defense
- Rob Gretton, 46, British band manager (Joy Division, New Order), heart attack.
- Alma Lesch, 82, American fiber artist.
- Tom Lowder, 74, English footballer.
- Colette Ripert, 69, French actress.
- John Minor Wisdom, 93, United States Circuit Judge.[29]
16
- Hector Godinez, 74, Mexican-American civil rights leader, Parkinson's disease.
- George Hodel, 91, American physician and suspect in several murders.[30]
- Andy Norval, 87, Australian rugby player.
- Lembit Oll, 33, Estonian chess grandmaster, suicide.[31]
17
- James Broughton, 85, American poet, memoirist, playwright and filmmaker, heart failure.[32]
- Bruce Fairbairn, 49, Canadian musician and record producer.
- Božidar Finka, 73, Croatian linguist and lexicographer.
- Henry Jones, 86, American actor, complications from a fall.
- Thelma Kalama, 68, American Olympic swimmer.
18
- Günter Hermann Ewen, German mass murderer, suicide.
- Augustus Pablo, 44, Jamaican record producer and musician, collapsed lung.[33]
- Betty Robinson, 87, American athlete and winner of the first Olympic 100 m, Alzheimer's disease.
19
- Bill Ballantine, Americanclown and writer and illustrator of circus subjects, Alzheimer's disease.[34][35]
- James Blades, 97, English percussionist.[36]
- Candy Candido, 85, American radio performer, bass player and voice actor.
- Ramesh Tendulkar, Indian novelist.
- Eithne Ní Uallacháin, 42, Irish singer and songwriter.
20
- James E. Hill, 77, United States Air Force general and World War II flying ace, cancer.
- Sir Robert Rhodes James, 66, British politician.[37]
- Alie Stijl, 76, Dutch swimmer.
21
- Vanessa Brown, 71, Austrian-born American actress, breast cancer.[38]
- Jozef Cleber, 82, Dutch trombonist, violinist, composer and producer.
- Yvonne Lawley, 85, New Zealand actor.
- Norman Rossington, 70, English actor.[39]
22
- Mark Edward Bradley, 92, United States Air Force general and aviator pioneer.
- Duilio Coletti, 92, Italian film director and screenwriter.
- Donna Smith, 33, Australian Paralympic athlete, heart attack.[40]
23
- Owen Hart, 34, Canadian professional wrestler (WWF), injuries sustained from fall.[41]
- John T. Hayward, 90, American naval aviator during World War II, cancer.[42]
- Asa Singh Mastana, 71, Indian musician and singer.
- René Mauriès, 78, French journalist, reporter and writer.
- Sam Smith, 81, American artist.
24
- Irene Bache, 98, British artist.[43]
- Guru Hanuman, 98, Indian wrestling coach, car crash.
- T. N. Gopinathan Nair, 81, Indian dramatist, novelist, poet and screenwriter.
25
- Fredda Brilliant, 96, Polish sculptor and actress.
- Hillary Brooke, 84, American film actress, blood clot in the lung.[44]
- Horst Frank, 69, German film actor.
- Sir William Rous, 60, British general.
26
- James Braid, 87, Scottish politician.
- William Cutolo, 49, American mobster (Colombo crime family), murdered.[45]
- Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, 89, Austrian political scientist and journalist.
- Andrés Montoya, 31, Latino American poet, leukemia.
- Felipe Rodríguez, 73, Puerto Rican singer of boleros.
- Paul Sacher, 93, Swiss conductor, patron and impresario.[46]
- Waldo Semon, 100, American inventor.[47]
- Jack Wells, 88, Canadian radio and television broadcaster.
27
- Alice Adams, 72, American short story writer and novelist.
- Ajay Ahuja, 36, fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force and recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra, killed in action.
- Zach de Beer, 70, South African politician and businessman, stroke.
- Sir Hugh Fish, 76, English chemist.[48]
- Leah Ray, 84, American singer and actress.[49]
- James Rowland, 76, Australian air chief marshal.[50]
- Raquel Verdesoto, 88, Ecuadorian writer, poet, feminist, and activist.
28
- Peter Bostock, 87, British Anglican priest.[51]
- Florence MacMichael, 80, American character actress of stage, film and television.
- Donie O'Donovan, 73, Irish Gaelic football manager and player.
- Raphael Recanati, 75, Israeli-American shipping magnate, banker, and philanthropist, heart failure.[52]
- B. Vittalacharya, 79, Indian film director and producer.
29
- Joe Busch, 91, Australian rugby player.[53]
- João Carlos de Oliveira, 45, Brazilian athlete, complications of alcoholism.
- Mariappan Saravanan, 26, Indian Army officer and recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra, killed in action.
30
- Rajesh Singh Adhikari, 28, Indian Army officer and recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra, killed in action.
- James Cuffey, 87, American astronomer.
- Sonia Chadwick Hawkes, 67, English archaeologist.[54]
- William R. Lawley Jr., 78, United States Army Air Forces officer and recipient of the Medal of Honor.[55]
- Kalju Lepik, 78, Estonian poet.
- Kenny Macintyre, 54, Scottish political journalist, heart attack while jogging.
- Paul S. Newman, 75, American writer of comic books and strips, heart attack.[56]
31
- Inayat Hussain Bhatti, 71, Pakistani actor, producer, director, script writer, social worker and columnist.[57]
- Don Biederman, 59, Canadian stock car racer, brain aneurysm.
- Auguste Le Breton, 86, French novelist.
- Davor Dujmović, 29, Bosnian Serb actor, suicide.
- Charles Pierce, 72, American female impersonator.[58]
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