Deaths in May 2023

The following is a list of **deaths that happened in May 2023**. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Each listing of death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known), and a source.

### 1

- Calvin Davis, 51, American hurdler, Olympic bronze medalist (1996).
- Gordon Lightfoot, 84, Canadian Hall of Fame singer-songwriter ("Sundown", "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", "If You Could Read My Mind").
- Eileen Saki, 79, Japanese-American actress (_M*A*S*H_, _Splash_, _Policewomen_), cancer.

### 2

- Arun Manilal Gandhi, 89, Indian-American author and political activist.
- Valentina Yudashkin, 59, Russian fashion.

### 3

- Alessandro D'Alatri, 68, Italian director and actor.

### 4

- Gabriel Carey, 64, Australian author.

### 5

- Michel Cordes, 77, French actor (_The Horseman on the Roof_, _Didier_, _A Question of Taste_), author and stage director, suicide by gunshot.
- Samuel T. Durance, 79, American astronaut.

### 6

- Vida Blue, 73, American baseball player (Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, Kansas City Royals), three-time World Series champion (1972, 1973, 1974).
- Newton N. Minow, 97, American attorney, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (1961–1963), heart attack.

### 7

- Lindsay Crocker, 64, New Zealand cricketer (Northern Districts).

### 8

- Terrence Hardiman, 86, English actor (_Gandhi_, _Sahara_, _Mask of Murder_).
- Pema Tseden, 53, Chinese film director.

### 9

- Antonio Carbajal, 93, Mexican football player (León, national team) and manager (Atlético Morelia).
- Denny Crum, 86, American Hall of Fame basketball coach (Louisville Cardinals).

### 10

- Rolf Harris, 93, Australian entertainer (_Rolf's Cartoon Club_, _Animal Hospital_), singer ("Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"), and convicted sex offender, neck cancer.
- Enrico Oldoini, 77, Italian film director (_Don Matteo_, _Vacanze di Natale '90_, _Anni 90_) and screenwriter.
- Thelston Payne, 66, Barbadian cricketer (West Indies, national team), pancreatic cancer.
- Jacklyn Zeman, 70, American actress (_General Hospital_).

### 11

- Guido Gorgatti, 103, Italian-born Argentine actor (_Bárbara atómica_, _An American in Buenos Aires_, _Would You Marry Me?_).

### 12

- Bruce Robertson, 71, New Zealand rugby union player (Counties, national team).

### 13

- Owen Davidson, 79, Australian tennis player. (death announced on this date)

### 14

- Doyle Brunson, 74, American hall of fame

### 15

- Bruce Bould, 73, English actor (_The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin_).
- Billy Guyton, 33, New Zealand rugby union player (Tasman Mako, Blues).

### 16

- Marlene Hagge, 89, American Hall of Fame golfer.
- P. K. R. Pillai, 92, Indian film producer (_Chithram_, _Thathamme Poocha Poocha_, _Ezhu Muthal Onpathu Vare_).
- Per Røntved, 74, Danish footballer (Brønshøj Boldklub, Werder Bremen, national team).

### 17

- Dvora Kedar, 98, Israeli actress (_Lemon Popsicle_, _Going Steady_, _Operation Thunderbolt_).

### 18

- Helmut Berger, 78, Austrian actor (_Ludwig_, _The Damned_, _The Godfather Part III_).
- Jim Brown, 87, American Hall of Fame football player (Cleveland Browns) and actor (_The Dirty Dozen_, _Mars Attacks!_).
- Sevvalai Rasu, 70, Indian actor.

### 19

- Brian Booth, 89, Australian cricketer and Olympic field hockey player (1956).
- Pete Brown, 82, English poet, lyricist ("I Feel Free", "Sunshine of Your Love", "White Room") and singer.
- Andy Rourke, 59, English bassist (The Smiths), pancreatic cancer.

### 20

- Edmonds J. Muniz, 83, American politician.

### 21

- Ray Stevenson, 58, Northern Irish actor (_Rome_, _Thor_, _Punisher: War Zone_).

### 22

- Wahid Satay, 93, Singaporean actor (_Pontianak_, _Puteri Gunong Ledang_, _Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam_), comedian and singer, sepsis.
- Wim Udenhout, 85, Surinamese politician, prime minister (1984–1986).

### 23

- Neil Dansie, 94, Australian cricketer (South Australia).
- Jean Haudry, 88, French linguist.

### 24

- Dano Heriban, 43, Slovak actor (_The Man Who Stood in the Way_), heart attack.
- Bill Lee, 94, American jazz musician and film composer (_She's Gotta Have It_, _School Daze_, _Do the Right Thing_).
- Tina Turner, 83, American-born Swiss Hall of Fame singer ("River Deep – Mountain High", "What's Love Got to Do with It") and actress (_Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome_), eight-time Grammy winner.

### 25

- Đặng Văn Thành, 90, Vietnamese association footballer.

### 26

- Mickey Jagtiani, 70, Indian billionessman.
- Luo Jingmin, 67, Chinese actor.
- Lawrence Williams, 76, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan).

### 27

- Tyrone O'Sullivan, 84, Sri Lankan diplomat, member.

### 28

- Isa Barzizza, 93, Italian actress (_The Two Orphans_, _Bluebeard's Six Wives_, _It's Never Too Late_).
- Antonio Gala, 93, Spanish poet.
- Harald zur Hausen, 87, German virologist, Nobel Prize recipient (2008).

### 29

- Michel Côté, 72, Canadian actor (_Cruising Bar_, _Life After Love_, _C.R.A.Z.Y._).
- Peter Simonischek, 76, Austrian actor (_Love and Fear_, _Toni Erdmann_, _Kursk_).
- Jacob Turkel, 88, Israeli judge.

### 30

- John Beasley, 79, American actor (_Rudy_, _Walking Tall_, _The Purge: Anarchy_).

### 31

- Patricia Dainton, 93, British actress (_Dancing with Crime_, _The Passionate Stranger_, _Sixpenny Corner_).
- Dickie Harrell, 82, American Hall of Fame drummer (Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps). (death announced on this date)

## Months

- January
- February
- March
- April

## Other websites

- _The Guardian_, UK obituaries
- _The Telegraph_ obituaries
- Obituaries, _Chicago Tribune_
- Obituaries, _Los Angeles Times_
- _The New York Times_, US obituaries
- _The Washington Post_ obituaries
- _The Sydney Morning Herald_, Australian obituaries