Deaths in May 2020

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Thomas Reppetto (88)

American officer and author.

Fabiana Anastácio (45)

Brazilian singer

Mikhail Kokshenov (83)

Russian actor (Zhenya

Celine Fariala Mangaza (52)

Congolese disability advocate

Sir Peter Froggatt (91)

Northern Irish academic administrator and epidemiologist.

Jiří Hanák (82)

Czech journalist and former dissident (Charter 77 signatory).

Bixente Serrano Izko (72)

Spanish historian and politician

Rupert Hine (72)

English songwriter and record producer.

Boris Gaganelov (78)

Bulgarian football player and manager.

George V. Murry (71)

American bishop

Pete Rademacher (91)

American boxer

Ron Johnston (79)

British geographer

Jean Link (80)

Luxembourgian Olympic fencer.

Ved Marwah (85)

Indian police officer

Mohsen Ibrahim (85)

Lebanese politician.

Anthony T. Bryan

Barbadian publisher (Barbados Advocate) and media executive.

Shigeru Yokota (87)

Japanese author and human rights activist

Claude Heater (92)

American opera singer.

Antonio Rodríguez de las Heras (72)

Spanish historian and academic

Bobby Locke (86)

American baseball player.

Giyannedra Prasad

Fijian lawyer and politician

Carina Boberg (68)

Swedish actress.

Bruce Jay Friedman (90)

American author and screenwriter (Splash).

Pleasantly Perfect (22)

American racehorse and sire

Mary Pat Gleason (70)

American actress (Guiding Light

Chris Trousdale (34)

American actor and singer (Dream Street)

Karl-Göran Mäler (81)

Swedish environmental economist.

Lidia Marchetti (80)

Italian basketball player.

Lugi Gizenga (54)

Congolese politician.

Jean Pineau (97)

French politician.

Ron Withem (73)

American politician

Werner Böhm (78)

German musician.

Marc de Hond (42)

Dutch TV presenter and wheelchair basketball player.

David Dorn (77)

American police chief

Basu Chatterjee (90)

Indian film director (Us Paar

Maria Alice Vergueiro (85)

Brazilian actress.

Badrul Feisal Abdul Rahim (50)

Malaysian businessman

Gediminas Girdvainis (78)

Lithuanian actor (Walnut Bread

Józef Grzesiak (79)

Polish Olympic boxer

István Kausz (87)

Hungarian Olympic fencer

Dave Kelly (64)

American darts player

Ingrid Sjöstrand

Swedish writer.

Rosa Canales

Ecuadorian football referee.

Inga Edwards (82)

Swedish acctress.

Beth Soldo (71)

American gerontologist and demographer.

Rosemarie Wright (88)

English pianist.

Valentina Tăzlăuanu (70)

Moldovan essayist

Mário Rino Sivieri (78)

Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate

Walter Cahn (86)

German-born American medievalist and art historian.

David J. Rowe (84)

British-born Canadian physicist

Irene Triplett (90)

American woman

Héctor Ortega (81)

Mexican actor (Las fuerzas vivas

Steve Priest (72)

British musician (The Sweet).

Roberto Faraone Mennella (48)

Italian jewelry designer

Marcello Abbado (93)

Italian pianist and composer.

Conrad Worrill (78)

American writer and political activist.

Donald Macgregor (81)

British Olympic athlete

Gary Potts (75)

Canadian Temagami First Nation chief.

Louise Page (65)

British dramatist

Jacques Noyer (93)

French priest.

Desmond Charles Moore (94)

Australian-born Papuan Roman Catholic prelate

Jordi Garcia-Soler (73)

Catalan journalist

Quim Lecina (77)

Catalan theatre actor and director

Xavier Grau i Masip (69)

Catalan artist

Károly Wieland (86)

Hungarian sprint canoeist

Jean-Claude Hamel (90)

French football executive

Hiam Taeima (60)

Syrian actress.

Ana Portnoy (69)

69 or 70

Afaf Shaker (91)

Egyptian actress.

Enikő Nagy (85)

Hungarian artist.

Kirsi Westerlund (50)

1992 Miss Finland.

Sofia Joesoef (68)

Indonesian politician.

Sedigheh Kianfar

Iranian actress.

Amalia Megapanou (91)

Greek writer and politician.

Johanna Ehrnrooth (61)

Finnish painter.

Jamshaid ud Din (65)

Pakistani politician

John Luk Jok (68)

South Sudanese politician.

Kazuko Ariga (92)

Japanese pianist.

Karina Burnazyan (60)

Soviet / Armenian actress.

Anise Postel-Vinay (97)

French resistance fighter.

Margarita Vanyashova

Soviet / Russian critic.

Simone Turck

French actress.

Lior Birkan

Israeli swimmer.

Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea (3)

British hereditary peer and politician.

Shaukat Manzoor Cheema (66)

Pakistani politician

Mian Jamshed Uddin Kakakhel (65)

Pakistani politician

Tessie Aquino-Oreta (75)

Filipino politician

Johnny Majors (85)

American football coach.

Kenneth Madden (102)

American educator

Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed (66)

Pakistani politician

Brad Babcock (81)

American college baseball coach (James Madison).

John Cuneo (91)

Australian sailor

Jeanne Goosen (81)

South African writer.

Jan Zeeman (78)

Dutch businessman (Zeeman (store))

Pedro Ercílio Simon (78)

Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate

Lewis Marquardt (83)

American politician

Lia Schwartz (78)

Argentine-American literary scholar and historian.

Peggy Wallace (73)

American politician

John Bermingham (96)

American politician

Ernest Wooton (78)

American politician

Joe Yeninas (86)

American cartoonist

Darwin Young (95)

American politician

Ron Landry (76)

American politician

Shirley McKague (84)

American politician

George T. Ross (70)

American politician

Bob Cline (87)

American politician

Lee Grosscup (83)

American football player (New York Giants) and broadcaster.

Silver Donald Cameron (82)

Canadian journalist and author.

Hank Mason (88)

American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies).

Delores Brumfield (88)

American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox

K. N. Lakshmanan (89)

Indian politician

Munir Khan Orakzai (60)

Pakistani politician

Louis Delsarte (75)

American artist.

Piotr Rocki (46)

Polish footballer (Polonia Warsaw

Janine Reiss (98)

French singing teacher and harpsichordist.

Carlo Ubbiali (90)

Italian motorcycle road racer

Majek Fashek (57)

Nigerian reggae singer and songwriter.

James Scurlock (22)

American protester

Marian Andrzej Filar (77)

Polish lawyer

Henadz Mardas (49)

Belarusian footballer (Neman Grodno

David McAtee

Louisville

Ruben Varias Reyes (79)

Filipino diplomat

Héctor Suárez (81)

Mexican actor and comedian.

Wes Unseld (74)

American basketball player and coach (Washington Bullets).

Geoff Kerr (95)

Australian rules footballer.

Ghulam Murtaza Baloch

Pakistani politician

Roberto Gervaso (82)

Italian writer and journalist.

Paolo Fabbri (81)

Italian semiotician.

Ietje Paalman-de Miranda

Surinamese born Dutch mathematician and full professor.

F. Enzio Busche (90)

German LDS Church general authority.

Arrogate (7)

American Thoroughbred racehorse; 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic winner and American champion 3-year-old male.

Bonno Thoden van Velzen (87)

Dutch anthropologist.

Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler (86)

British politician

Peggy Pope (91)

American actress (9 to 5).

Roberto Peccei (78)

Italian-born American physicist.

Rusty Kidd (74)

American politician.

Reed Scowen (88)

Canadian politician.

David Hales

British pianist

Danny Havoc (45)

American professional wrestler (CZW

Muhammad Yahya Rasool Nagari (75)

Pakistani Qāriʾ and Qira'at teacher.

Osia Lewis (57)

American football player (Oregon State

Bruno Galliker (89)

Swiss Olympic athlete

Ingvar Ericsson (92)

Swedish Olympic athlete

George Akiyama (77)

Japanese manga artist (Zeni Geba

Sir John Brigstocke (74)

British admiral

Bob Northern (86)

American French hornist.

Marshal Perera (89)

Sri Lankan politician.

Javier Alva Orlandini (92)

Peruvian politician.

Myroslav Skoryk (82)

Ukrainian composer.

Asif Farrukhi (60)

Pakistani writer.

Pat Dye (80)

American Hall of Fame college football player (Georgia Bulldogs

Janez Kocijančič (78)

Slovenian politician and lawyer.

Lennie Niehaus (90)

American saxophonist and composer.

Joey Image (63)

American drummer (Misfits)

Don Weller (79)

English jazz saxophonist.

Jayanendra Chand Thakuri (80)

Nepali actor (Kanchhi

Marian Filar (77)

Polish lawyer

Stanisław Grodziski (91)

Polish law historian.

Javad Ashjaee (70)

70–71

Marian A. Filar (77)

Polish lawyer

Chick Gillen (87)

Irish boxer.

Louis P. Sheldon (85)

American priest.

John Nzenze (80)

Kenyan musician

Michel Gauthier (70)

French-Canadian politician

Mady Mesplé (89)

French opera singer.

Bob Hammond (78)

Australian Hall of Fame football player (North Adelaide

Yawovi Agboyibo (76)

Togolese politician

Roger Decock (93)

Belgian racing cyclist

Norman Lamm (92)

American rabbi

Tan Aik Mong (70)

Malaysian badminton player.

Sir John Coward (82)

British vice admiral

Arnold Umbach (77)

American baseball player (Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves)

June A. Willenz (95)

American military veterans advocate

Dan van Husen (75)

German actor

Peter Schiller (62)

German Olympic ice hockey player (1988)

H. C. Stackpole III (85)

American military officer.

Christo (84)

artist.

Susie Simcock (82)

New Zealand sports administrator

Fabio Lambini (22)

Italian swimmer

Gioele Rossetti (23)

Italian swimmer

Fabio Lombini (22)

Italian swimmer

Wajid Khan (43)

Indian music composer

Texan Phiri (64)

Zambian footballer (Green Buffaloes F.C.

Jimmy wa Yuni

Kenyan musician

Umar Ahmad Jalingo (27)

Nigerian footballer (Bendel Insurance F.C.).

Hugh Parmer (80)

American politician

Daniel Muchemwa

Zimbabwean politician

Óscar Braga (88)

Angolan Roman Catholic prelate

Afwerki Abraha (71)

Eritrean diplomat

Abdikani Mohamed Wa’ays

Somalian diplomat

Henri Baudouin (93)

French politician.

Alfred Kolleritsch (89)

Austrian writer

Hassan Hosny (88)

Egyptian actor (Nasser 56

Maikanti Baru (60)

Nigerian oil marketer

Shahine Robinson (66)

Jamaican politician

Célio Taveira (79)

Brazilian footballer (Vasco da Gama

Henk Steevens (88)

Dutch cyclist (1953 Tour de France).

Bobby Dimond (90)

Australian rugby league footballer (Western Suburbs

Yulien Balmusov (79)

Russian actor (The Salvos of the Aurora Cruiser

Curtis Cokes (82)

American boxer

Wolfgang Gunkel (72)

German Olympic rower

Elsa Dorfman (83)

American photographer

Evaldo Gouveia (91)

Brazilian singer and songwriter

Yaroslava Turylyova (87)

Russian actress (Gardes-Marines

Eric Schreurs (61)

Dutch cartoonist

Bobby Morrow (84)

American sprinter

Deibert Guzman (25)

Bolivian football player (Club Universitario del Beni)

Rob Andringa (51)

American hockey player and broadcaster (Wisconsin Badgers)

Gustaaf De Smet (85)

Belgian cyclist (1956 Summer Olympics).

Michael Angelis (68)

British actor (Boys from the Blackstuff