page_title: 2020
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 2020 / Deaths / May
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Fred Willard at the premiere of "Cats for Cats" at the Orpheum Theatre
context_page_description: 2020 is a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. It is the first year of the 2020s. It is the 20th year of the 21st century.
  The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic has led to severe global economic and social disruption.
context_section_description: May 1
  Silvia Legrand, Argentine actress (b. 1927)
  Tun Tin, 6th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920)
  May 2 – Idir, Algerian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1949)
  May 3 – John Ericson, German-born American actor (b. 1926)
  May 4
  Michael McClure, American poet and playwright (b. 1932)
  Don Shula, American football player and coach (b. 1930)
  Froilan Tenorio, 4th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (b. 1939)
  May 5
  Didi Kempot, Indonesian campursari singer (b. 1966)
  Millie Small, Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
  May 6 – Brian Howe, English singer-songwriter (b. 1953)
  May 8 – Roy Horn, German-American magician and entertainer (b. 1944)
  May 9
  Little Richard, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1932)
  Kristina Lugn, Swedish poet (b. 1948)
  May 10 – Betty Wright, American soul singer (b. 1953)
  May 11 – Jerry Stiller, American comedian and actor (b. 1927)
  May 12
  Renato Corti, Italian Cardinal (b. 1936)
  Sisavath Keobounphanh, 13th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1928)
  Astrid Kirchherr, German photographer and artist (b. 1938)
  Michel Piccoli, French actor (b. 1925)
  May 13
  Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright (b. 1931)
  Chedli Klibi, Tunisian politician (b. 1925)
  May 15
  Ezio Bosso, Italian composer, classical musician and conductor (b. 1971)
  Fred Willard, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
  May 16
  Julio Anguita, Spanish politician (b. 1941)
  Lynn Shelton, American movie director (b. 1965)
  May 17
  José Cutileiro, Portuguese politician (b. 1934)
  Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler and actor (b. 1981)
  Monique Mercure, Canadian actress (b. 1930)
  May 18 – Marko Elsner, Slovenian international footballer (b. 1960)
  May 19
  Richard Anuszkiewicz, American painter and sculptor (b. 1930)
  Ravi Zacharias, Indian-born Canadian-American Christian apologist (b. 1946)
  May 20 – Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish Roman Catholic priest (b. 1936).
  May 21
  Gerhard Strack, German international footballer (b. 1955)
  Oliver E. Williamson, American economist and Nobel Prize winner (b. 1932)
  May 22
  Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (b. 1936)
  Albert Memmi, French writer (b. 1920)
  Mory Kanté, Guinean singer and musician (b. 1950)
  Luigi Simoni, Italian football player and manager (b. 1939)
  Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and head coach (b. 1942)
  Miljan Mrdaković, Serbian football player (b. 1982)
  May 23
  Hana Kimura, Japanese professional wrestler and television personality (b. 1997)
  Alberto Alesina, Italian economist and university professor (b. 1957)
  May 24
  Jean-Loup Dabadie, French screenwriter and journalist (b. 1938)
  Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer (b. 1929)
  May 25
  Hyun Soong-jong, 22nd Prime Minister of South Korea (b. 1919)
  Balbir Singh Sr., Indian ice hockey player and Olympic champion (b. 1923)
  Vadão, Brazilian football manager (b. 1956)
  May 26 – Stanley Ho, Hong Kong-Macau business magnate, investor and philanthropist (b. 1921)
  May 27
  Larry Kramer, American writer and LGBT rights activist (b. 1935)
  Bob Kulick, American guitarist and record producer (b. 1950)
  May 28 – Lennie Niehaus, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1929)
  May 29 – Abderrahmane Youssoufi, 12th Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1924)
  May 30
  Yawovi Agboyibo, 8th Prime Minister of Togo (b. 1943)
  Bobby Morrow, American athlete (b. 1935)
  May 31 – Christo, Bulgarian-American artist (b. 1935)
caption: Fred Willard
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