Deaths in May 2001 explained
The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2001.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
May 2001
1
- Happy Hairston, 58, American basketball player (Cincinnati Royals, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Lakers), prostate cancer.[1]
- Waldemar Kikolski, 33, Polish paralympic athlete, road accident.
- Ernie Pomfret, 60, British middle-distance runner.[2]
- Elsa Prawitz, 69, Swedish film and stage actress.
- Ernie Wheelwright, 61, American football player.[3]
2
- Enrico Bovone, 55, Italian basketball player, suicide by gunshot.[4]
- Poul Dalsager, 72, Danish politician.
- Georges Dard, 82, French football player.[5]
- Vlasta Foltová, 88, Czechoslovak gymnast and Olympic silver medalist.[6]
- Dick Jamieson, 63, American football player (Baltimore Colts, New York Titans) and coach.[7]
- Howard Kahane, 73, American professor of philosophy.[8]
- Gina Mastrogiacomo, 39, American actress (Goodfellas, Harry and the Hendersons, Jungle Fever), myocarditis.
- Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi, 85, Pakistani religious and political leader.
- Ted Rogers, 65, British comedian, complications after open-heart surgery.[9]
- Theodore Roosevelt III, 86, American banker and government official.[10]
- Klement Steinmetz, 86, Austrian football (soccer) player.[11]
3
- Philip George Houthem Gell, 86, British immunologist.[12]
- Jim Godman, 55, American professional bowler.[13]
- Billy Higgins, 64, American jazz drummer, hepatitis.[14]
- Karel Kalaš, 90, Czech operatic bass and actor.
- Princess Rosemary of Salm-Salm, 97, German noblewoman.
- Robert Millner Shackleton, 91, British field geologist.
- Hank Schmulbach, 76, American baseball player.[15]
4
- Anne Anastasi, 92, American psychologist.[16]
- Bonny Lee Bakley, 44, American socialite, shot.[17]
- Gene Grabosky, 64, American professional football player (Syracuse University, Buffalo Bills).[18]
- Vaska Ilieva, 78, Macedonian folk singer from Yugoslavia and North Macedonia.
- Arne Sucksdorff, 84, Swedish film director, pneumonia.[19]
5
- Charles Black, 85, American constitutional scholar.[20]
- Boozoo Chavis, 70, American accordion player, singer, songwriter and bandleader (Zydeco).[21]
- Morris Graves, 90, American expressionist painter, stroke.[22]
- Cliff Hillegass, 83, American creator of CliffsNotes, stroke.[23]
- Bill Homeier, 82, American racecar driver (three Indianapolis 500s).[24]
- David Jamieson, 80, British Army officer, recipient of the Victoria Cross.[25]
- Aleksandr Petrov, 61, Soviet/Russian basketball player.[26]
- Hans Rampf, 70, German ice hockey player.[27]
- Terry Ryan, 78, American screenwriter, congestive heart failure.[28]
- Wang Yinglai, 93, Chinese biochemist.
6
- René Bondoux, 95, French fencer and Olympic champion.[29]
- Mike Hazlewood, 59, English singer, composer and songwriter, heart attack.
- Karl Wilhelm Krause, 90, German Waffen-SS officer during World War II.[30]
- Zoltán Nemere, 59, Hungarian fencer, traffic collision.[31]
- Cecil Price, 63, American deputy sheriff and Ku Klux Klan member, fall.[32]
7
- Malati Bedekar, 96, Indian writer.
- Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, 89, French novelist, essayist and politician.[33]
- Prem Dhawan, 77, Indian lyricist, music composer, and actor of Bollywood, cardiac arrest.
- Edwin Finckel, 83, American jazz pianist, composer (George White's Scandals) and music educator.[34]
- Joseph Greenberg, 85, American linguist, pancreatic cancer.[35]
- Dick Kimble, 85, American baseball player.[36]
- Margaretha Krook, 75, Swedish actress, lung cancer.[37]
- Boris Ryzhy, 26, Russian poet and geologist, suicide by hanging.[38]
- Simon Slåttvik, 83, Norwegian Olympic skier (gold medal winner of the Nordic combined at the 1952 Winter Olympics).[39]
- Al Tucker, 58, American basketball player.[40]
- Arthur Christopher Watson, 74, British diplomat.
8
- Larry Hornung, 55, Canadian ice hockey player, cancer.[41]
- John McMahon, 83, Australian-English cricket player.[42]
- Piero Natoli, 53, Italian actor and film director, intracranial aneurysm.[43]
- Luis Rijo, 73, Uruguayan football player.
- Clay King Smith, 30, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
9
- Marie Cardinal, 72, French novelist.[44]
- Antoinette Downing, 96, American architectural historian and preservationist.
- Saul Elkins, 93, American film producer, writer and director.[45]
- Andrés Framini, 86, Argentine labor leader and politician.
- Miroslav Kárný, 81, Czech historian and writer.
- Nikos Sampson, 65, Cypriot politician, de facto President of Cyprus (1974), cancer.
- Werner Schuster, 62, German politician.
- William T. Stearn, 90, British botanist.[46]
- Kauko Wahlsten, 77, Finnish rower and Olympic medalist.[47]
- Smokey Yunick, 77, American mechanic and car designer, leukemia.[48]
10
- Turi Ferro, 80, Italian actor (Liolà, The Seduction of Mimi, Malizia), heart attack.[49]
- James E. Myers, 81, American songwriter ("Rock Around the Clock"), actor and director.[50]
- Sudhakarrao Naik, 66, Indian politician.
- M. Krishnan Nair, 74, Indian film director.
- Frank Newby, 75, English structural engineer.
- Arthur Tange, 86, Australian public servant.[51]
- Dorothy Burr Thompson, 100, American classical archaeologist and art historian.[52]
- Deborah Walley, 57, American actress (Gidget Goes Hawaiian, Beach Blanket Bingo, Spinout) and voice-over artist, esophageal cancer.[53]
11
- Douglas Adams, 49, British author (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Doctor Who), heart attack.[54]
- Jesús Aguirre, 66, Spanish intellectual, Jesuit priest, and aristocrat, pulmonary embolism.[55]
- Michael J. Bird, 72, British writer.[56]
- Guy Carlton, 47, American Olympic weightlifter (bronze medal winner in heavyweight weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics), suicide by gunshot.[57]
- Alan William James Cousins, 97, South African astronomer.
- Nick Lalich, 85, Serbian American basketball player, esophageal cancer.
- Emmett Watson, 82, American newspaper columnist.
- Wolfgang Winkler, 60, West German luger and Olympic medalist.[58]
12
- John Cliff, 82, American film and television actor.
- Ollie Cline, 75, American gridiron football player.[59]
- Perry Como, 88, American singer, actor and television personality, Alzheimer's disease.[60]
- Didi, 72, Brazilian footballer, pneumonia.[61]
- Willy Gysi, 83, Swiss field handball player.[62]
- Norman Kay, 72, British composer and writer, ALS.
- Paul Morgan, 52, British engineer, plane crash.
- Jonathan Niva, 58, Kenyan football player.[63]
- Mel Payton, 74, American basketball player.
- Fritz Pfenninger, 66, Swiss cyclist.[64]
- Simon Raven, 73, British writer.[65]
- Eleanor Sayre, 85, American curator and art historian.[66]
- Alexei Tupolev, 75, Soviet aircraft designer.[67]
- Georgie Woodgate, 77, British tennis player.
- Corissa Yasen, 27, American basketball player, suicide by drug overdose.[68]
13
- Sergey Afanasyev, 82, Russian engineer and politician.
- Eddra Gale, 79, American actress (8½, What's New Pussycat?, The Graduate, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas, Somewhere in Time).[69]
- Salvador Garmendia Graterón, 72, Venezuelan author,.[70]
- Frank Millar, 76, Northern Irish unionist politician.
- Jason Miller, 62, American actor (The Exorcist, Rudy) and playwright (That Championship Season), Tony winner (1973), heart attack.[71]
- Harold Minter, 98, American film editor.
- R. K. Narayan, 94, Indian writer.[72]
- Ray Straw, 67, English footballer.[73]
- Ralph Tabakin, 79, American actor.
- Susumu Takahashi, 80, Japanese Olympic middle-distance runner.[74]
14
- Mauro Bolognini, 78, Italian film and stage director.[75]
- Eric Bradbury, 80, British comic artist.
- Paul Bénichou, 92, French-Algerian writer, intellectual, and literary historian.[76]
- Alex Glasgow, 65, English singer-songwriter (On Your Way, Riley!, When the Boat Comes In).[77]
- Gil Langley, 81, Australian cricketer and politician.[78]
- Elisabeth Lennartz, 98, German stage actress.
- Loften Mitchell, 82, American playwright and theatre historian.[79]
- Armando Nannuzzi, 75, Italian cinematographer and camera operator.
- Ettore Puricelli, 84, Uruguayan-Italian football player and manager.[80]
- Juan Verdaguer, 85, Uruguayan actor, cardiovascular disease.
15
- Jean-Philippe Lauer, 99, French architect and Egyptologist.[81]
- Juracy Magalhães, 95, Brazilian military officer and politician.
- Ralph Miller, 82, American college basketball coach.[82]
- Bobby Murdoch, 56, Scottish footballer, stroke.[83]
- William Oates, 71, English first-class cricketer.[84]
- Georgy Shakhnazarov, 76, Soviet-Armenian politician and political scientist.
- Sacha Vierny, 81, French cinematographer.
16
- Antonio Flores, 77, Mexican football player.
- Prince Ital Joe, 38, Dominican-American reggae artist, car accident.
- Brian Pendleton, 57, British guitarist (The Pretty Things), lung cancer.[85]
- Witold Stachurski, 54, Polish boxer.[86]
17
- Robert Elton Brooker, 95, American business executive at Sears, Roebuck & Co.
- Ike Brown, 59, American baseball player, cancer.[87]
- Gerd Buchdahl, 86, German-English philosopher of science.
- Ikuma Dan, 77, Japanese composer.[88]
- Enid Hattersley, 96, English politician and Lord Mayor of Sheffield.[89]
- Robert Knapp, 77, American actor (Days of Our Lives, Dragnet, Gunsmoke, The F.B.I.).[90]
- Jacques-Louis Lions, 73, French mathematician.[91]
- Murray Murdoch, 96, Canadian ice hockey player and coach.[92]
- Frank G. Slaughter, 93, American novelist and physician.[93]
18
- Rosa Beddington, 45, British biologist, cancer.[94]
- Ralph Enckell, 88, Finnish diplomat.
- Irene Hunt, 99, American children's writer.
- Alexey Maresyev, 84, Russian military pilot, infarction.[95]
- Stella Mary Newton, 100, British fashion designer and dress historian.[96]
- Maurice Noble, 90, American animation artist and designer.[97]
- Seán Mac Stíofáin, 73, English-Irish chief of staff of the Provisional IRA, stroke.
- Robert F. Woodward, 92, American diplomat.[98]
19
- Fred Derby, 61, Surinamese politician and trade unionist.
- John Joseph Egan, 84, American Roman Catholic priest and social activist.[99]
- Joe Graydon, 82, American big band vocalist, television host, personal manager and concert producer.[100]
- Josef Haunzwickel, 86, Austrian Olympic athlete (men's pole vault at the 1936 Summer Olympics).[101]
- Patricia Hilliard, 85, British stage and film actress.
- Vidkunn Hveding, 80, Norwegian politician.
- Joe Lovitto, 50, American baseball player, cancer.[102]
- Hans Mayer, 94, German literary scholar.[103]
- Susannah McCorkle, 55, American jazz singer, suicide by jumping.[104]
- Mike Sammes, 73, English musician and vocal session arranger.[105]
- Pat Falken Smith, 75, American television writer.
- Bob Tinning, 75, Australian rower.[106]
- John Warner, 78, British actor.
20
- Carl Eric Almgren, 88, Swedish Army general.
- Renato Carosone, 81, Italian musician.[107]
- Bob Keely, 91, American baseball coach, scout and player.[108]
- Art Mergenthal, 80, American gridiron football player.[109]
- Bud Thomas, 90, American baseball player.[110]
21
- Philip W. Buchen, 85, American attorney and White House Counsel.[111]
- Mel Hoderlein, 77, American baseball player.[112]
- Mario Martinelli, 95, Italian resistance member during World War II and politician.
- Cecil G. Murgatroyd, 42, Australian politician, musician, and comedian, cancer.
- Johnny Rainford, 70, English footballer.[113]
- Gabriele Rumi, 61, Italian Formula One team owner, cancer.
- Tad Szulc, 74, Polish-American journalist, cancer.[114]
- Fritz Uhl, 73, Austrian operatic tenor.
- Graham Webster, 87, British archaeologist.
- Hu Xieqing, 95, Contemporary Chinese painter.
22
- Lorez Alexandria, 71, American jazz singer.[115]
- Katharine Bartlett, 93, American physical anthropologist.[116]
- Jenő Fock, 85, Hungarian communist politician, prime minister (1967-1975).
- Ralph Hamner, 84, American baseball player.[117]
- Jean Hougron, 77, French novelist.[118]
- Leamon King, 65, American sprinter and Olympic champion.[119]
- Whitman Mayo, 70, American actor (Sanford and Son, Boyz n the Hood, Hell Town), heart attack.[120]
- Jack Watling, 78, British actor (The Plane Makers, The Power Game, Pathfinders), cancer.[121]
23
- Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, 72, Palestinian-American academic.
- Liu Anyuan, 73, Chinese lieutenant general.
- Harald Bergström, 93, a Swedish mathematician.[122]
- Jean Champion, 84, French film actor.
- Lita Chevret, 92, American actress.
- Charles D. Cook, 66, American politician.
- Tommy Eyre, 51, British keyboardist, cancer.[123]
- Walter Eytan, 90, Israeli diplomat.[124]
- Bob Gaona, 70, American gridiron football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles).[125]
- Chuck Gelatka, 87, American professional football player (Mississippi State, New York Giants).[126]
- Boris Gyuderov, 74, Bulgarian Olympic volleyball player (1964).[127]
- Lee Chiaw Meng, 64, Singaporean politician, cancer.
- Arno Mohr, 90, German painter and graphic artist.[128]
- Alessandro Natta, 83, Italian communist politician.[129]
- P. Ramachandran, 79, Indian politician, Governor of Kerala.[130]
- Jamileh Sheykhi, 71, Iranian actress, heart attack.
- Harry Townes, 86, American actor (Finian's Rainbow, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, Star Trek) and an Episcopalian priest.[131]
- Arseny Vorozheykin, 88, Soviet/Russian fighter ace during World War II.
24
- Lucy Boscana, 85, Puerto Rico actress.
- Jo Ann Greer, 74, American singer.[132]
- Tor Jevne, 72, Norwegian football player.
- Paul Kor, 74, Israeli painter and children's writer, lung cancer.[133]
- Ridvan Qazimi, 37, Kosovar Albanian insurgent nationalist, K.I.A.
- Patricia Robertson, 38, American physician and NASA astronaut, plane crash.[134]
- Javier Urruticoechea, 49, Spanish footballer, car crash.
25
- Delme Bryn-Jones, 67, Welsh baritone.
- John W. Holmes, 84, American film editor.
- Alberto Korda, 72, Cuban photographer, heart attack.[135]
- Arturo Maly, 61, Argentine actor, heart attack.
- Malcom McLean, 87, American businessman and shipper.[136]
- Harold Ridley, 94, British ophthalmologist.
26
- Vittorio Brambilla, 63, Italian Formula One race car driver, heart attack.[137]
- Roman Codreanu, 48, Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympic medalist.[138]
- Johnny Gordon, 69, English football player.[139]
- Anne Haney, 67, American actress (Mrs. Doubtfire, The American President, Liar Liar), heart failure.[140]
- Moven Mahachi, 53, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence of the Republic of Zimbabwe, traffic collision.[141]
- Hal Moe, 91, American gridiron football player and coach.[142]
- William Molloy, Baron Molloy, 82, British politician.
- Dea Trier Mørch, 59, Danish artist and writer, cancer.
27
- Ramon Bieri, 71, American actor (Sarge, Room 222, Daniel Boone, Gunsmoke), cancer.[143]
- Helen Oakley Dance, 88, Canadian-American jazz journalist, record producer, and music historian.[144]
- Victor Kiam, 74, American entrepreneur and owner of the New England Patriots football team.[145]
- Agda Rössel, 90, Swedish politician.
- Nikolay Yeryomenko, 52, Soviet/Russian actor and film director, stroke.[146]
28
- Tony Ashton, 55, English rock pianist, music producer and artist, cancer.[147]
- Francis Bebey, 71, Cameroonian writer and composer.[148]
- Joe Moakley, 74, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives, leukemia.[149]
- Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, 79, Indian medical scientist.
- Rockets Redglare, 52, American character actor and comedian (After Hours, Desperately Seeking Susan), hepatitis and liver cirrhosis.[150]
- Elizabeth S. Russell, 88, American geneticist.[151]
- Francisco Varela, 54, Chilean biologist, philosopher and neuroscientist, heart attack.[152]
29
- John Fleming, 81, British art historian.[153]
- Eddie Forrest, 79, American football player (San Francisco 49ers).[154]
- Akira Fujita, 93, Japanese Olympic water polo player (men's water polo at the 1932 Summer Olympics).[155]
- Charley Pell, 60, American college football player and coach, lung cancer.[156]
- Vytautas Sakalauskas, 68, Soviet and Lithuanian politician.
- Hédi Temessy, 76, Hungarian actress.[157]
30
- Werner Fricker, 65, German-American soccer player and official.
- Terry Gathercole, 65, Australian Olympic swimmer (silver medal winner of the men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics).[158]
- Inderjit Singh Gill, 79, Indian Army officer.
- Adrian Hastings, 71, British Roman Catholic priest and historian.[159]
- Nikolai Korndorf, 54, Russian-Canadian composer and conductor.
- John Pickering, 56, English footballer.[160]
- Jaime Benítez Rexach, 92, Puerto Rican author, academic and politician.[161]
- Renée Schuurman, 61, South African tennis player.
- Rajko Tomović, 81, Serbian and Yugoslav scientist.
- Denis Whitaker, 86, Canadian athlete, soldier, and author.[162]
31
- Santos Amaro, 93, Cuban baseball player.[163]
- Arlene Francis, 93, American actress, talk show host, and game show panelist (What's My Line?), Alzheimer's disease and cancer.[164]
- Faisal Husseini, 60, Palestinian politician, heart attack.[165]
- Tony Johnson, 76, Australian politician.
- Jagannath Kaushal, 86, Indian politician.
- Kwoh-Ting Li, 91, Taiwanese economist and politician.[166]
- Tex McKenzie, 70, American professional wrestler, abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Walter E. Rogers, 92, American politician.[167]
- German Ugryumov, 52, Soviet and Russian navy and security services official, heart attack.
- Rosemary Verey, 82, English garden designer.[168]
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