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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2006 .
May 2006 [ edit ]
Jay Presson Allen , 84, American screenwriter, stroke. [1]
Ed Casey , 73, former Queensland Labor Party leader, stroke. [2]
George F. Haines , 82, American Olympic swimming coach, complications from a stroke [3]
Joseph S. Iseman , 89, lawyer, educator and former president of Bennington College , cardiac arrest [4]
Betsy Jones-Moreland , 76, film and television actress, cancer. [5]
Rob Lacey , 43, stage actor and award-winning Christian author, bladder cancer [6]
Rauno Lehtinen , 74, Finnish composer [7]
Johnny Paris , 65, American saxophonist (Johnny & the Hurricanes) [8]
Bruce Peterson , 72, American test pilot and engineer, known for surviving the crash of the M2-F2 and inspiring the TV-series The Six Million Dollar Man . [9]
Raúl Francisco Primatesta , 87, retired Cardinal Archbishop of Córdoba, Argentina [10]
Joseph Lewis Clark , 57, convicted American murderer, executed in Ohio. [11]
Boyd Coffie , 68, American baseball player and manager, cancer. [12]
Luigi Griffanti , 89, Italian footballer, goalkeeper of ACF Fiorentina in the 1940s [13]
Sam Mokuahi, Jr. , also known as "Sammy Steamboat", 71, Hawaiian professional wrestler, complications from Alzheimer's disease [14]
Louis Rukeyser , 73, business and economics expert, multiple myeloma. [15]
Juan Ramón Salgado , 45, Honduran congressional deputy, gunshot wounds. [16]
Karel Appel , 85, Dutch COBRA painter. [17]
Rosita Fernandez , 88, American singer. [18]
Pramod Mahajan , 56, Indian politician, general secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party , gunshot wounds. [19]
Howard Thomas Markey , 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. [20]
Earl Woods , 74, father and former coach of U.S. golfer Tiger Woods , prostate cancer [21]
Lillian Asplund , 99, last American survivor of the Titanic sinking, died in sleep. [29]
Konstantin Beskov , 85, Soviet/Russian footballer and manager. [30]
Ruth Bachhuber Doyle , 89, American politician and educator. [31]
Shigeru Kayano , 79, Japanese Ainu activist [32]
Grant McLennan , 48, lead singer of The Go-Betweens , suspected heart attack. [33]
Flt Lt Sarah Mulvihill , 32, first British servicewoman to be killed in action in Iraq. [34]
František Peřina , 95, Czechoslovak fighter pilot who served in the British Royal Air Force during World War II. [35]
Pattabhi Rama Reddy , 87, Indian moviemaker, complications from a prolonged illness [36]
Lorne Saxberg , 48, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) broadcaster. [37]
Sister Rose Thering , 85, Roman Catholic nun and professor at Seton Hall University . [38]
Steve Bender, 59, record producer and member of Dschinghis Khan .
Richard Carleton , 62, Australian television journalist (60 Minutes ), heart attack. [39]
Joan C. Edwards , 87, American philanthropist, liver cancer. [40]
Stella Sigcau , 69, South African Public Works Minister , heart-related problems. [41]
Jocelyn Simon, Baron Simon of Glaisdale , 95, United Kingdom minister and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary . [42]
Machiko Soga , 68, Japanese voice actress and actress and tokusatsu legend (Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger , Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers , etc.), pancreatic cancer. [43]
Lovana Jones , 68, Assistant Majority Leader in the Illinois House of Representatives , represented the 26th District since 1987, undisclosed causes. [44]
John Kimbrough , 87, College Hall of Fame American football player with Texas A&M and state legislator, pneumonia. [45]
George Lutz , 59, owner of the Amityville Horror house. [46] [47]
Pule Patrick "Ace" Ntsoelengoe , 50, South African soccer player with the Minnesota Kicks and Kaizer Chiefs , unknown causes. [48]
Barbara Schwartz , 58, American painter. [49]
Adrian Bennett , 73, Australian politician, MHR for Division of Swan (1969–75). [50]
Corey Engen , 90, captain of the U.S. Nordic skiing team at the 1948 Winter Olympics , complications of pneumonia. [51]
Jerzy Ficowski , 81, Polish poet, writer and translator.[52]
Pietro Garinei , 87, Italian playwright and lyricist of "Arrivederci Roma" and other songs. [53]
Edouard Jaguer , French poet and art critic. [54]
Tony Ward , 82, Australian actor and journalist, cancer. [55]
Val Guest , 94, British film writer and director (The Quatermass Xperiment , Casino Royale ) [56]
John Hicks , 64, American jazz pianist/composer. [57]
James Keogh , 89, former executive editor of Time and speechwriter for US President Richard Nixon . [58]
Georgy Korniyenko , 81, Russian diplomat and deputy to Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko . [59]
A.M. Rosenthal , 84, Executive Editor of the New York Times for 17 years, stroke. [60]
Soraya , 37, Colombian-American songwriter, guitarist, arranger, record producer, and singer, breast cancer. [61]
Aleksandr Zinovyev , 83, Russian logician, sociologist and writer, brain cancer. [62]
Yossi Banai , 74, Israeli singer and actor [63]
Byron Morrow , 95, American TV and film character actor. [64]
Michael O'Leary , 70, former leader of the Irish Labour Party , drowned in a swimming pool. [65]
Floyd Patterson , 71, former boxing heavyweight champion, Alzheimer's disease and prostate cancer [66]
Ferdinando Tacconi , 83, Italian comics artist. [67]
Michael Taliferro , 45, actor and American football player, stroke. [68]
Frankie Thomas , 85, American actor (Tom Corbett, Space Cadet ) , stroke. [69]
Joan Diener , 76, American actress/soprano (Man of La Mancha ), complications of cancer. [74]
Rick Farley , 53, Australian National Farmers' Federation Chief Executive for eight years. [75]
Ryan Francis , 19, freshman point guard for the University of Southern California basketball team, homicide. [76]
Jaroslav Pelikan , 82, American historian of Christianity, winner of the Kluge Prize in the Human Sciences , lung cancer. [77] [78] [79]
Östen Sjöstrand , 80, Swedish poet, translator and member of the Swedish Academy . [80] [81]
Peter Viereck , 89, American historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. [82]
Johnnie Wilder, Jr. , 56, R&B musician, founder of Heatwave ("Boogie Nights", "Always and Forever") [83]
Lew Anderson , 84, American bandleader, played Clarabell the Clown on The Howdy Doody Show , prostate cancer. [84] [85]
James Botten , 67, South African international test cricketer, complications after colon operations. [86]
Steve Cooper , 47, rock singer for Juggernaut and S.A. Slayer [87]
Charles Gardner , former head of Royal Crown Cola , complications of diabetes
William Ginsberg , 75, American professor of environmental law at Hofstra University and former New York City commissioner of parks and recreation. [88]
Reza Hassanzadeh , 33, Iranian professional soccer player with Teraktor Sazi F.C. , injuries from car accident. [89]
Stanley Kunitz , 100, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former US poet laureate . [90] [91]
Jim Lemon , 78, Major League Baseball player, cancer. [92] [93]
Paul Marco , approximately 81, American film actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space ) [94] [95]
Bruce Merrifield , 84, Nobel Prize-winning chemist [96] [97]
Günther Nenning , 84, Austrian journalist, author and political activist [98]
Eva Norvind , New York City-based Norwegian former actress, drowning accident [99]
Joyce Ballantyne , 88, artist best known for creating the "Coppertone Girl " ad, heart attack. [100]
George Blackburn , 93, head football coach at University of Virginia (1965–70). [101]
George Crile III , 61, CBS News producer, pancreatic cancer. [102]
Eberhard Esche , 73, German actor. [103]
Chic Hecht , 77, former Republican Senator for Nevada, prostate cancer. [104]
Judith Moore , 66, American author (Fat Girl - A True Story ). [105]
Cheikha Rimitti , 83, Algerian singer, heart attack. [106]
David Sharp , 34, British mountaineer. [107]
Bill Strode , 69, American Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer, cancer. [108]
Clare Boylan , 58, Irish author of 12 books including 7 novels, ovarian cancer. [109]
Beryl Evans , 84, Australian politician, NSW MLC (1984–95). [110]
Anthony Murray , 47, New Zealand rugby league player. [111]
Jorge Porcel , 69, Argentine actor and comedian, following gall bladder surgery. [112]
Dan Ross , 49, former NFL football player (Cincinnati Bengals ), suspected heart attack [113]
Takahiro Tamura , 77, Japanese movie and television actor, cerebral infarction. [114]
Cy Feuer , 95, American Broadway producer and writer (Guys and Dolls ). [115] [116]
Dr. Stephen Fleet , 69, Former Registrary, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Master of Downing College , Cambridge. [117]
Eric Forth , 61, British Conservative Member of Parliament and former government minister, bone cancer. [118]
Captain Nichola Goddard , 26, Canadian Forces , first female Canadian soldier since WW II to be killed in combat. [119]
Dan Q. Kennis , 86, American B movie producer. [120]
John Marsden , 64, Australian lawyer and civil liberties activist, cancer. [121]
Daniel Owino Misiani , 66, Benga musician from Kenya, car accident [122]
Mieczysław Nowak , 69, Polish weightlifter, 1964 Olympic medalist [123]
Mustafa Yücel Özbilgin , 63 prominent Turkish judge sitting in Turkey's highest court, shot dead. [124]
Lawrence "Ramrod" Shurtliff , 61, longtime crew member for the Grateful Dead , lung cancer. [125]
James Andrew "Andy" Capps , 37, former drummer (Built to Spill ). [126]
Jaan Eilart , 73, Estonian biogeographer. [127]
Stephen Fleet , 69, British scientist. [128]
Morris Glushien , 96, American lawyer, general counsel for the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union , argued the US Supreme Court case Staub v. the City of Baxley, Georgia . [129]
Hans Horrevoets , 32, Dutch sailor, swept overboard while competing in Volvo Ocean Race . [130]
Maksim Kahan , 88, Israeli Olympic shooter. [131]
Andrew Martinez , 33, the "Naked Guy" at the University of California, Berkeley , apparent suicide. [132]
Vitor Negrete , 38, prominent Brazilian mountaineer, died after reaching the peak of Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen. [133]
Michael O'Riordan , 88, chairman of the Communist Party of Ireland and International Brigades veteran. [134]
Kiyan Prince , 15, youth team player with English football team Queens Park Rangers , stabbed to death. [135]
Robert Reid , 81, American chemical engineer. [136]
Gilbert Sorrentino , 77, American novelist. [137] [dead link ]
Takahiro Tamura , 77, Japanese actor (Tora! Tora! Tora! ). [138]
Yitzhak Ben Aharon , 99, founder of the Israeli Labor Party . [139] [140]
Edward Roy Becker , 73, former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit . [141]
Peter Bryant , 82, British television producer. [142]
Freddie Garrity , 65, lead singer of Freddie and the Dreamers , 1960s pop band, heart disease [143]
Alan Sapper , 75, British trade unionist. [144]
JoAnna Lund , 61, cookbook author, cancer.[145]
Les Olive , 78, Assistant Secretary of Manchester United at time of Munich air disaster , prostate cancer. [146]
Rt. Rev. Andrew Radford , 62, Bishop of Taunton, brain tumour [147]
Cherd Songsri , 75, Thai film director, cancer [148]
Annis Stukus , 91, member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame for his contributions to the Canadian Football League and ice hockey. [149]
Tommy Watt , 80, British jazz bandleader. [150]
Katherine Dunham , 96, American dancer and choreographer. [151]
Richard McIlkenny , 73, member of the Birmingham Six , cancer. [152]
Sherman Skolnick , 75, Illinois anti-corruption activist, heart attack. [153]
Billy Walker , 77, American country music performer and member of the Grand Ole Opry , traffic accident [154]
Spencer Clark , 19, NASCAR Busch Series driver, road accident. [155]
Heather Crowe , 61, Canadian anti-smoking activist, lung cancer. [156]
Hamza El Din , 76, Nubian oud player. [157]
Jack Fallon , 90, jazz double bassist [158]
Lee Jong-wook , 61, Director-General of the World Health Organization , brain thrombus [159]
Lilia Prado , 78, Mexican actress, multiple organ failure. [160]
Philip Thorn , English researcher and statistician. [161]
Philippe Amaury , 66, French media owner, cancer. [162]
Clifford Antone , 56, Austin blues club owner, heart attack. [163]
Lloyd Bentsen , 85, American Vice-Presidential candidate, Senator, and Treasury Secretary under Clinton . [164]
James Carey , 71, American professor of journalism at Columbia University , author. [165]
Ian Copeland , 57, American music promoter and agent, older brother of Stewart Copeland of The Police , melanoma. [166]
Bracha Eden , 78, Israeli pianist, brain hemorrhage [167]
Kazimierz Górski , 85, former coach of Poland national football team , cancer. [168]
John Nevin , 79, former CEO of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company , heart attack. [169]
Mary Margaret Smith , 112, Ohio's oldest person [170]
Graham Stewart , 19, William Paterson University athlete, vehicular accident [171]
Jim Trimble , 87, Philadelphia Eagles coach 1952-55, emphysema. [172]
Eric Bedser , 87, cricketer for Surrey, and elder twin brother of Sir Alec Bedser . [173]
Henry Bumstead , 91, Academy Awards-winning art director (To Kill a Mockingbird , The Sting ), prostate cancer. [174] [175] [176]
Robert Giaimo , 86, Congressman for Connecticut 3rd District 1959-1981, lung ailments. [177]
Fritz Klein , 73, Austrian-born psychiatrist and researcher. [178]
Anderson Mazoka , 63, chief opposition leader in Zambia. [179]
Bernard Ostry , 78, Canadian civil servant and philanthropist, cancer. [180]
Claude Piéplu , 83. French actor, cancer [181]
John Wheeldon , 76, former Australian Labor Party Senator and minister in the Whitlam government. [182]
Sir Julian Bullard , 78, British diplomat [183]
Elizabeth Connelly , 77, former member of the New York State Assembly representing Staten Island , cancer. [184]
Desmond Dekker , 64, Jamaican ska musician, heart attack. [185]
Lars Gyllensten , 84, Swedish author, physician, and member of the Swedish Academy . [186]
Wilber Huston , 93, American scientist and retired NASA mission director. [187]
Donald Rudolph , 85, US Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II, Alzheimer's disease. [188]
Mari Yonehara , 56, Japanese essayist, ovarian cancer. [189]
Tobías Lasser , 95, Venezuelan botanist, founder of the Botanic Garden of Caracas, natural causes [190] .
Milicent Bagot , 99, British intelligence officer. [191]
Horondino José da Silva , also known as "Dino Sete Cordas", 88, Brazilian virtuouso of the seven-string guitar . [192]
Selvin González , 24, Salvadoran footballer. [193]
Alan Kotok , 64, American early video game designer (Spacewar! ), engineer for Digital Equipment . [194]
Mahmoud al-Majzoub , also known as Abu Hamza, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader, assassination by bombing. [195]
Édouard Michelin , 42, CEO of Michelin, boating accident off the Île de Sein . [196] [197]
Kevin O'Flanagan , 86, Irish former association football and rugby union international, and IOC member, heart problems. [198]
Dr. Anita Roberts , 64, American molecular biologist at the National Cancer Institute , stomach cancer. [199]
Ted Schroeder , 84, American tennis player, winner at Wimbledon (1949) and the U.S. Open (1942), cancer. [200]
Raymond Triboulet , 99, member of the French Resistance during World War II, member of the French Parliament and government minister. [201]
Adeeb , 72, Pakistani actor [202]
Harold Falls , 96, American ophthalmologist. [203]
Paul Gleason , 67, American actor (The Breakfast Club ), mesothelioma. [204]
Craig "Ironhead" Heyward , 39, NFL fullback, complications from a brain tumor. [205]
General Romeo Lucas García , 81, former President of Guatemala , complications of Alzheimer's disease. [206]
Thelma Leeds , 95, American actress, widow of Parkyakarkus
Michael Riffaterre , 81, French-born professor at Columbia University and scholar of French literature. [207]
Alex Toth , 77, American comic book artist and cartoonist (Space Ghost, Jonny Quest). [208]
Apache Bull Ramos , 71, Northwest US wrestler, shoulder infection [209]
Edward Aldwell , 68, music theorist and pianist specializing in Bach , automotive accident. [210]
James Archibald , 94, Maine judge for 50 years including service on the Maine Judicial Supreme Court between 1971 and his retirement in 1981. [211]
Fermín Chávez , 82, Argentine historian, complications from renal failure. [212] (Spanish)
Sue Fear , 43, Australian mountaineer, climbing accident. [213]
Umberto Masetti , 80, motorcycle racer, the first Italian World Champion class 500cc in 1950 and 1952, pulmonary strokes [214]
Masumi Okada , 70, Japanese actor, played Brother Michael in Shogun , throat cancer. [215]
Tony Sardisco , 73, American footballer, former captain of the Boston Patriots , heart attack. [216]
Doris Saunders , 64, first editor of Them Days magazine and inducted into the Order of Canada for her role in preserving Labrador's history. Alzheimer's disease . [217]
Arthur Widmer , 91, motion picture special effects pioneer, winner of an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, cancer. [218]
Neville Amadio , 93, flautist and soloist for Sydney Symphony for 50 years, series of small heart attacks.[219]
Peter Borsari , 67, celebrity photographer, complications from elective knee surgery. [220]
James Brolan , 42, CBS News sound technician, injuries sustained in car bombing in Iraq. [221]
Paul Douglas , 48, veteran CBS News cameraman, injuries sustained in car bombing in Iraq. [222]
Steve Mizerak , 61, champion billiards player [223]
Omeljan Pritsak , 87, Harvard professor, scholar and authority on Ukraine [224]
Johnny Servoz-Gavin , 64, French racing driver.[225]
Slim Aarons , 89, American photographer, stroke. [226] [227]
Hladnik Boštjan , 77, Slovenian film director. [228]
Shohei Imamura , 79, Japanese film director (Black Rain ), two-time winner of the Palme d'Or , liver cancer. [229] [230]
Bill Kovacs , 56, computer animation pioneer and Academy Award winner, complications of a stroke. [231]
David Lloyd , 68, New Zealand botanist, complications from mystery illness, possibly poison. [232]
Robert Sterling , 88, star of 1950s television show Topper , natural causes. [233]
Ryan Bennett , 35, former UFC announcer and founder of MMAweekly , died in a car crash. [234]
Ronald Cranford , 65, neurologist and bioethicist who developed coma standards, complications of kidney cancer. [235]
Raymond Davis Jr. , 91, American chemist and a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002, Alzheimer's disease. [236] [237]
Lula Mae Hardaway , 76, mother of singer Stevie Wonder , natural causes. [238]
Miguel Berrocal , 73, Spanish sculptor and puzzle creator; prostate cancer. [239]