Deaths in May 2014

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2014.

Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference (must be added) are added.

May 2014
 May 1 - Richard Percival Lister, 99, English author, poet, artist and metallurgist.No more birthdays. R.P.Lister.
 May 1 - Assi Dayan, 68, Israeli movie director and actor.Film director, actor Assi Dayan dead at 68
 May 1 - Juan de Dios Castillo, 63, Mexican football player and coach, skin cancer.Muere Juan de Dios "Cuate" Castillo, ex seleccionador de Honduras  
 May 1 - Manfred von Richthofen, 80, German sports official, Director of the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (1994–2006).
 May 1 - Juan Formell, 71, Cuban Grammy Award-winning musician, composer and director.Murió Juan Formell, fundador y director de los Van Van 
 May 1 - Georg Stollenwerk, 83, German football player and coach (1. FC Köln). Ex-Nationalspieler 1. FC Köln trauert um Georg Stollenwerk 
 May 1 - Mel Clark, 87, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).Mel Clark obituary
 May 2 - Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, 67, Iranian classical musician, cancer.محمدرضا لطفی درگذشت 
 May 2 - Nigel Stepney, 56, British Formula One mechanic, traffic collision.Ex-Ferrari Formula 1 mechanic Nigel Stepney killed in road accident
 May 2 - Žarko Petan, 85, Slovenian writer.Umrl je Žarko Petan  
 May 2 - Pauline Wagner, 103, American actress (King of Jazz, College Lovers) and glamour girl.
 May 2 - Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., 95, American actor  (Batman: The Animated Series), possible heart attack.Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Dies at 95
 May 3 - Jim Oberstar, 79, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for Minnesota's 8th District (1975–2011).Former U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar dies at 79
 May 3 - Gary Becker, 83, American economist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1992).Gary Becker, Who Applied Economics to Social Study, Dies at 83
 May 4 - Dick Ayers, 90, American comic book artist and cartoonist.Dick Ayers Dies, Just After His Ninetieth Birthday
 May 4 - Elena Baltacha, 30, British tennis player, liver cancer.
 May 4 - Edgar Cortright, 90, American scientist and engineer, stroke.Obituary: Dr. Edgar Cortright
 May 4 - Helga Königsdorf, 75, German physicist and author, Parkinson's disease.Professorin und Publizistin: DDR-Schriftstellerin Helga Königsdorf ist tot 
 May 4 - Ross Lonsberry, 67, Canadian hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Pittsburgh Penguins), cancer.Former King, Flyer Ross Lonsberry dies at 67
 May 4 - Tatiana Samoilova, 80, Soviet actress, complications from a heart condition.Soviet Film Star Tatiana Samoilova Dies at 80
 May 5 - Eduardo Mac Entyre, 85, Argentine artist.Fallece a los 85 años el artista Eduardo Mac Entyre  
 May 5 - Billy Frank, Jr., 83, American Nisqually tribal fishing rights activist.Tribal fishing rights activist Billy Frank Jr. dies
 May 5 - Butler Derrick, 77, American politician, member of the US House of Representatives for South Carolina's 3rd district (1975–1995), cancer.
 May 6 - Wil Albeda, 88, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1977–1981), member of the Senate (1966–1977, 1981–1983).Oud-politicus Wil Albeda overleden (88) 
 May 6 - Farley Mowat, 92, Canadian author.Farley Mowat, acclaimed Canadian author, dead at 92
 May 6 - Jimmy Ellis, 74, American boxer, WBA heavyweight champion (1968–1970), dementia.Jimmy Ellis, Ali’s Friend Who Won Boxing Crown, Dies at 74
 May 6 - Leslie Thomas, 83, Welsh writer (The Virgin Soldiers, Dangerous Davies).Virgin Soldiers author Leslie Thomas dies aged 83
 May 7 - Nazim Al-Haqqani, 92, Cypriot Islamic Sufism prelate and scholar, multiple organ failure.Sheik of Lefka has died
 May 7 - Raúl Baca Carbo, 82, Ecuadorian engineer and politician.Muere político Raúl Baca Carbo. 
 May 7 - Ramón Vega Hidalgo, 80, Chilean military officer and politician, Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Air Force (1991–1995).Muere ex comandante en jefe de la FACh que fue procesado por compra de aviones Mirage  
 May 7 - Manuel Jiménez de Parga, 85, Spanish politician.Muere el expresidente del Tribunal Constitucional Jiménez de Parga.
 May 7 - Colin Pillinger, 70, British planetary scientist, brain haemorrhage.Colin Pillinger dies after brain haemorrhage
 May 7 - Sir Neville McNamara, 91, Australian defence chief.
 May 8 - Jair Rodrigues, 75, Brazilian musician and singer.Jair Rodrigues morre aos 75 anos 
 May 8 - Mercedes Salisachs, 97, Spanish writer.Muere la escritora barcelonesa Mercedes Salisachs. 
 May 8 - Nancy Malone, 79, American Emmy Award-winning producer, director (Dynasty) and actress (Naked City), leukemia-induced pneumonia.Nancy Malone, Actress, Director and Pioneering TV Exec, Dies at 79
 May 9 - Harlan Mathews, 87, American politician, Senator from Tennessee (1993–1994), brain cancer.Former U.S. Sen. and Deputy Gov. Harlan Mathews dies
 May 9 - Jules Mutebusi, 54, Congolese militant.
 May 9 - Patrick Lucey, 96, American politician, Governor of Wisconsin (1971-1977), United States Ambassador to Mexico (1977-1979).From governor to ambassador, Lucey guided Wisconsin, national politics
 May 9 - Jorge Zavala, 91, Ecuadorian politician.Jorge Zavala Baquerizo falleció en Guayaquil a la edad de 92 años.  
 May 9 - Mel Patton, 89, American sprinter, double Olympic champion (1948), cancer and diabetes issues. 
 May 10 - Carmen Alardin, 80, Mexican poet, writer and translator.Mexican poet Carmen Alardin dies at 80
 May 10 - José Falcó Sanmartín, 97, Spanish fighter pilot.Muere a los 97 años José Falcó, uno de los ases de la aviación republicana 
 May 10 - Andres Carrasco, 67, Argentine neurologist, challenged Monsanto over safety of glyphosate.Argentine scientist who challenged Monsanto dies 
 May 10 - Lem Johns, 88, American Secret Service agent (Lyndon B. Johnson).Secret Service agent in iconic LBJ photos dies
 May 11 - Martin Špegelj, 86, Croatian politician and army officer.
 May 11 - Barbara Knudson, 86, American actress (Meet Danny Wilson, The Jayhawkers!, The Cry Baby Killer).BARBARA KNUDSON HENRY Obituary
 May 11 - Francisco Sobrino, 82, Spanish sculptor.Fallece el escultor Francisco Sobrino. 
 May 11 - Reg Gasnier, 74, Australian Hall of Fame rugby league player (St. George Dragons) and national team captain.Reg Gasnier, rugby league legend, has passed away
 May 12 - Cornell Borchers, 89, Lithuanian-born German actress.Gerlind Cornell Borchers-Schelkopf 
 May 12 - H. R. Giger, 74, Swiss Academy Award-winning artist (Alien), fall.
 May 12 - Ľudovít Lehen, 88, Slovakian painter and chess composer.
 May 12 - Brian Marchinko, 65, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Islanders).Brian Nickolas Wayne Marchinko
 May 12 - Pál Orosz, 80, Hungarian Olympic bronze-medalist football player (1960) and coach.Elhunyt Orosz Pál, a Ferencváros örökös bajnoka .
 May 12 - Sarat Pujari, 80, Indian actor, heart attack.Actor Sarat Pujari dead!
 May 12 - Nash the Slash, 66, Canadian rock musician (FM). (death announced on this date)
 May 13 - Máximo Alcócer, 81, Bolivian footballer.Murió Alcócer, fue campeón sudamericano  
 May 13 - Malik Bendjelloul, 36, Swedish Academy Award-winning documentary movie director (Searching for Sugar Man), suicide.
 May 13 - Fred Dunsmore, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (Winnipeg Maroons).Fred Dunsmore
 May 13 - David Malet Armstrong, 87, Australian philosopher.
 May 14 - Stephen Sutton, 19, British charity fundraiser, colorectal cancer.Fundraiser Stephen Sutton dies at 19
 May 15 - Jean-Luc Dehaene, 73, Belgian politician, Prime Minister (1992–1999), fall.Former Belgian Premier Dehaene Is Dead at 73
 May 16 - Viktor Sukhodrev, 81, Soviet-born Russian interpreter (Leonid Brezhnev).Скончался личный переводчик советских руководителей Виктор Суходрев 
 May 16 - Albert Viaplana, 81, Spanish architect.Fallece el arquitecto Albert Viaplana, autor de la dársena de la Avenida Xoán XXIII de Santiago. 
 May 17 - Miss Beazley, 9, American Scottish terrier, pet of George W. Bush, euthanized due to lymphoma.
 May 17 - Gerald Edelman, 84, American biologist, won the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, prostate cancer and Parkinson's disease.Gerald M. Edelman, Nobel Laureate and ‘Neural Darwinist,’ Dies at 84
 May 18 - Dobrica Ćosić, 92, Serbian writer and politician, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–1993).Preminuo Dobrica Ćosić 
 May 18 - Jerry Vale, 83, American singer.
 May 18 - Per Almar Aas, 84, Norwegian politician.Aas, Per Almar ( 1929-2014 ) 
 May 18 - Hans-Peter Dürr, 84, German physicist.Tod von Hans-Peter Dürr 
 May 18 - Gordon Willis, 82, American cinematographer (The Godfather series, Annie Hall, Manhattan).R.I.P. ‘Godfather’ DP Gordon Willis
 May 18 - Kaiketsu Masateru, 66, Japanese sumo wrestler and executive, ischemic heart disease.
 May 18 - Wubbo Ockels, 68, Dutch physicist and astronaut, first Dutch citizen in space, kidney cancer.Wubbo Ockels overleden 
 May 18 - Morris Weiss, 98, American cartoonist.Morris Weiss, R.I.P.
 May 19 - Jack Brabham, 88, Australian racing driver, three times Formula One world champion.
 May 19 - Antanas Šurna, 75, Lithuanian actor.
 May 19 - Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, 79, Polish Olympic boxer.Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, trzykrotny medalista olimpijski w boksie, nie żyje  
 May 19 - Mario Missiroli, 80, Italian movie director.Teatro - È morto a Torino il regista Mario Missiroli  
 May 19 - Simon Andrews, 29, English motorcycle racer, head injuries from race accident.Simon Andrews: English rider dies after North West 200 crash
 May 20 - Charles W. Robinson, 94, American businessman and diplomat, Deputy Secretary of State (1976–1977).Charles W. Robinson, 1919-2014
 May 20 - Arthur Gelb, 90, American newspaper editor and critic (The New York Times), complications from a stroke.Longtime New York Times Editor, Critic Arthur Gelb Dies At 90
 May 20 - Barbara Murray, 84, English actress (Passport to Pimlico, The Plane Makers), heart attack.Obituary: Barbara Murray
 May 21 - Alireza Soleimani, 58, Iranian Olympic freestyle wrestler, heart attack.
 May 21 - Jaime Lusinchi, 89, Venezuelan politician, President (1984–1989).Falleció el expresidente de la República, Jaime Lusinchi - Nacional y Política 
 May 21 - Poni Adams, 95, American actress (House of Dracula).
 May 22 - Imre Gedővári, 62, Hungarian Olympic champion and bronze-medalist fencer.Elhunyt Gedővári Imre  
 May 23 - Joel Camargo, 67, Brazilian footballer (Santos), renal failure.Morre Joel Camargo, ex-zagueiro do Santos e campeão do mundo em 1970 
 May 23 - Walter Romberg, 85, East German politician, Minister of Finance (1990).Walter Romberg gestorben 
 May 23 - Mona Freeman, 87, American actress.Film star Mona Freeman, typecast as teen in '40s and '50s, dies at 87
 May 24 - John Vasconcellos, 82, American politician, organ failure.John Vasconcellos, longtime Silicon Valley lawmaker dies at 82
 May 25 - Wojciech Jaruzelski, 90, Polish military officer and politician, stroke.Poland's last Communist leader Wojciech Jaruzelski dies
 May 25 - Bunny Yeager, 85, American model and photographer.Pin-up photographer Bunny Yeager dies at 85
 May 25 - David Allen, 78, English cricketer.Former England spinner David Allen dies
 May 25 - Herb Jeffries, 100, American jazz and traditional pop singer and actor, heart failure.Herb Jeffries, Hollywood's first black singing cowboy, dies at 100
 May 25 - Tommy Blom, 67, Swedish radio host and singer.Tommy Blom är död 
 May 25 - Malcolm Simmons, 68, English motorcycle speedway racer (Poole Pirates), World Team Cup Winner (1974, 1975, 1977), World Pairs Champion (1976, 1977, 1978), emphysema.Poole Pirates: Former Poole rider Malcolm Simmons dies
 May 26 - Manuel Uribe, 48, Mexican man, world's third-heaviest person, liver failure.Muere Manuel Uribe, quien fuera el hombre más obeso del mundo  
 May 26 - Miodrag Radulovacki, 81, Serbian medical research scientist.Miodrag Radulovacki Obituary
 May 27 - Helma Sanders-Brahms, 73, German movie director.Filmemacherin Helma Sanders-Brahms gestorben  
 May 27 - Massimo Vignelli, 83, Italian graphic designer.Massimo Vignelli, a Modernist Graphic Designer, Dies at 83
 May 28 - Maya Angelou, 86, American poet, author, and civil rights activist.
 May 28 - Malcolm Glazer, 85, American real estate executive and sports franchise owner (Manchester United, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).Malcolm Glazer, Buccaneers owner, dies at age 85
 May 28 - Ciro de Quadros, 74, Brazilian physician, pancreatic cancer.Obituary: Ciro de Quadros
 May 28 - Azlan Shah of Perak, 86, Malaysian royal, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1989–1994), Sultan of Perak (since 1984), Lord President of the Supreme Court (1982–1984), Chief Justice (1979–1982).Perak Sultan and former judge Azlan Shah DIES: Legacy diminished, Perak crisis remembered
 May 29 - Karlheinz Böhm, 86, Austrian actor.Actor, Philanthropist Karlheinz Bohm Dead at 86
 May 29 - Walter Jakob Gehring, 75, Swiss developmental biologist (University of Basel).
 May 29 - Christine Charbonneau, 70, Canadian singer and songwriter, cancer.La chanteuse et auteure Christine Charbonneau est décédée 
 May 30 - Hienadz Buraukin, 77, Belarusian poet, journalist and diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations (1990–1994), cancer.Henadz Buraukin dies
 May 30 - Hanna Maron, 90, German-born Israeli actress.Hanna Maron dies
 May 30 - Joan Lorring, 88, British Hong Kong-born American actress.Joan Lorring, Oscar Nominated 'Corn Is Green' Actress, Dies at 88
 May 30 - Henning Carlsen, 86, Danish Bodil Award-winning movie director (Hunger, People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart).Filminstruktøren Henning Carlsen er død 
 May 31 - Marilyn Beck, 85, American syndicated entertainment journalist and columnist, lung cancer.Marilyn Beck, longtime TV and Hollywood newspaper columnist, dies at 85
 May 31 - Hoss Ellington, 79, American race car driver and team owner (NASCAR), cancer.Ex-NASCAR driver, owner Hoss Ellington dies at 79
 May 31 - Martha Hyer, 89, American actress.Old Hollywood actress Martha Hyer dies
 May 31 - Brajanath Ratha, 78, Indian poet.Eminent Odisha poet Brajanath Ratha passes away
 May 31 - Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, 91, British aristocrat.Lady Soames, Winston Churchill's last surviving child, dies aged 91

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