page_title: 2016 in the United States
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 2016 in the United States / Deaths / May
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph Mark Lane at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor.
context_page_description: Events in the year 2016 in the United States.
context_section_description: May 1
  Doug Raney, jazz guitarist, son of Jimmy Raney (born 1956)
  Solomon W. Golomb, mathematician and engineer (born 1932)
  May 2
  Gordie Sundin, baseball player (born 1937)
  Afeni Shakur, political activist and businesswoman, mother of Tupac Shakur (born 1947)
  Jacky Lee, football player (born 1938)
  Al Ferrari, basketball player (born 1933)
  Mel Bartholomew, inventor and businessman (born 1932)
  May 3
  Ret Turner, costume designer (born 1929)
  Ian Sander, film and television producer (born 1947)
  Nicolas Noxon, documentary filmmaker (born 1936)
  Thomas W. Libous, politician (born 1953)
  Frank Levingston, supercentenarian (born 1905)
  Abel Fernandez, actor (born 1930)
  Paul Boutelle, politician (born 1934)
  May 4
  Jordan Parsons, mixed martial artist (born 1990)
  Ursula Mamlok, German-born composer (born 1923)
  Howard King, public address announcer (born 1933)
  Karl Butzer, German-born geographer (born 1934)
  Bob Bennett, U.S. Senator (1993–2011) (born 1933)
  Blas Avena, mixed martial artist (born 1983)
  May 5
  Rollin Dart, CEO of Dart National Bank (born 1925)
  Dick Estell, radio host (born 1920)
  May 6
  Rickey Smith, singer and reality show contestant (born 1979)
  Pierre, African penguin (born 1983)
  Candye Kane, blues singer-songwriter and actress (born 1961)
  Johnny Joannou, politician (born 1940)
  David Hall, 20th Governor of Oklahoma (born 1930)
  Christopher T. Carley, real estate developer (born 1943)
  May 7
  John Stabb, punk vocalist (born 1961)
  Michael S. Harper, poet (born 1938)
  Ann Day, politician (born 1938)
  May 8
  John Young, baseball player, scout and executive (born 1949)
  Nick Lashaway, actor (born 1988)
  William Schallert, actor and President of SAG (1979–1981) (born 1922)
  Louisa Chase, Panamanian-born painter and printmaker (born 1951)
  John Bradshaw, motivational writer and speaker (born 1933)
  Tom M. Apostol, mathematician (born 1923)
  May 9
  Ronald W. Walker, historian (born 1939)
  Karl Maramorosch, Austrian-born virologist (born 1915)
  Chuck Curtis, football coach (born 1935)
  May 10 – Mark Lane, lawyer, politician, civil rights activist and author (born 1927)
  May 11
  Michael Ratner, attorney (born 1943)
  Katherine Dunn, novelist (born 1945)
  May 12
  Peter J. Liacouras, President of Temple University (born 1931)
  Del Latta, politician (born 1920)
  Julius La Rosa, singer (born 1930)
  Susannah Mushatt Jones, supercentenarian, last known American born in the 19th century (born 1899)
  May 13
  James M. Shuart, President of Hofstra University (born 1931)
  Dick McAuliffe, baseball player (born 1939)
  Rabbit Kekai, surfer (born 1920)
  Sammy Ellis, baseball player (born 1941)
  Buster Cooper, jazz trombonist (born 1929)
  Bill Backer, advertising executive (born 1926)
  Murray A. Straus,  American sociologist and professor (University of New Hampshire), creator of the Conflict tactics scale (born 1926)
  May 14 – Monteagle Stearns, U.S. Ambassador to Greece (1981–1985) and Ivory Coast (1976–1979) (born 1924)
  May 16
  Robert "Bobby" Freeman, politician (born 1934)
  Jim McMillian, basketball player (born 1948)
  Julia Meade, actress (born 1925)
  Emilio Navaira, country and Tejano singer (born 1962)
  Mamie Rallins, hurdler (born 1941)
  Jack Unruh, commercial illustrator (born 1935)
  May 17 – Guy Clark, singer-songwriter, Grammy winner (2014) (born 1941).
  May 18
  Elaine Abraham, Tlingit elder and nurse (born 1929)
  Fritz Stern, German-born historian (born 1926)
  Susan Tolchin, political scientist (born 1941)
  May 19
  Irving Benson, actor and comedian (born 1914)
  John Berry, musician (born 1963)
  Jim Ray Hart, baseball player (born 1941)
  Morley Safer, Canadian-born journalist (born 1931)
  May 20
  Patricia M. Derian, human rights activist (born 1929)
  Brandon Grove, U.S. Ambassador to East Germany and Zaire (1984–1987) (born 1929)
  Albert M. Sackett, Navy rear admiral  (born 1920)
  Wheelock Whitney Jr., sports executive (born 1926)
  May 21
  Homeboykris, racehorse (born 2007)
  Nick Menza, German-born drummer (born 1964)
  May 22
  Tom DeLeone, football player (born 1950)
  George Wildman, cartoonist (born 1927)
  May 23 – Joe Fleishaker, actor (born 1954)
  May 24
  Suzanne Corkin, neuroscientist (born 1937)
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