Robert “Bobby” Freeman
American politicianDied on Monday May 16th 2016
Who Died in May 2016?
Who died in May 2016? Over 500 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Paul Smoker
American jazz trumpeterDied on Saturday May 14th 2016
Svyatoslav Lyuter
Russian conductorDied on Monday May 16th 2016
Sviatoslav Luther
Russian conductorDied on Monday May 16th 2016
Jaroslav Malina
Czech scenographer and painterDied on Saturday May 14th 2016
Bill MacIlwraith
British playwright and screenwriter (Two's Company)Died on Monday May 9th 2016
Alvise Zorzi
Italian journalist and authorDied on Saturday May 14th 2016
Tapio Mäkelä
Finnish cross-country skierDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
Tobias de Boer
Dutch scientistDied on Monday May 2nd 2016
Oya Aydoğan
Turkish actressDied on Sunday May 15th 2016
Ken Gorgal
American football player (Cleveland BrownsDied on Sunday May 8th 2016
Romaldo Giurgola
Italian-born Australian architect (Parliament House)Died on Monday May 16th 2016
Cauby Peixoto
Brazilian singerDied on Sunday May 15th 2016
John Imbrie
American paleoceanographerDied on Friday May 13th 2016
Deepak Shodhan
-Died on Monday May 16th 2016
Lou Gellermann
American rower and sports announcer (University of Washington)Died on Friday May 13th 2016
André Brahic
French astrophysicistDied on Sunday May 15th 2016
Christophe Lambert
French businessman and producerDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
Sarah Corp
British television news producerDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Sammy Ellis
American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds)Died on Friday May 13th 2016
Balázs Birtalan
Hungarian authorDied on Saturday May 14th 2016
Monteagle Stearns
American diplomatDied on Saturday May 14th 2016
Julius La Rosa
American traditional pop singerDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
Tony Barrow
British press officer (The Beatles)Died on Saturday May 14th 2016
Herman Obermayer
American journalist and publisher (Northern Virginia Sun)Died on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Allan L. McCutcheon
American sociologist and statisticianDied on Tuesday May 3rd 2016
Joseph F. Cotton
American military test pilotDied on Thursday May 5th 2016
Madeleine LeBeau
French actressDied on Sunday May 1st 2016
Hamzat Ahmadu
Nigerian diplomatDied on Sunday May 1st 2016
Malachi Mitchell-Thomas
British motorcycle racerDied on Saturday May 14th 2016
Lasse Mårtenson
Finnish singer ("Laiskotellen")Died on Saturday May 14th 2016
Abdul Baqi Jammoh
91–92Died on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Christy O’Connor Snr
91Died on Saturday May 14th 2016
Buster Cooper
American jazz trombonistDied on Friday May 13th 2016
Rabbit Kekai
American surferDied on Friday May 13th 2016
Giovanni Migliorati
Italian-born Ethiopian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
Peter J. Liacouras
American academicDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
Rodrigo Espíndola
Argentine footballer (Nueva Chicago)Died on Thursday May 12th 2016
Jack L. Treynor
American economistDied on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Kelly Stearne
Canadian curlerDied on Monday May 9th 2016
Baba Hardev Singh
Indian spiritual guruDied on Friday May 13th 2016
David King
British graphic designerDied on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Jacob Juma
Kenyan businessmanDied on Thursday May 5th 2016
Louisa Chase
American painterDied on Monday May 9th 2016
Mike Agostini
Trinidadian sprinterDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
Sir Iain Glidewell
British juristDied on Sunday May 8th 2016
Mustafa Badreddine
Lebanese Hezbollah military leaderDied on Friday May 13th 2016
Susannah Mushatt Jones
American supercentenarianDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
Steve McElvene
American basketball playerDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
Seb Adeniran-Olule
British rugby union player (Harlequins)Died on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Cliff Kimsey
American football playerDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
Serbian royalDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
Yukio Ninagawa
Japanese directorDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
Rex Hughes
American basketball coachDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
James D. Travis
American advertising executive ("Morning in America")Died on Sunday May 8th 2016
Ulf Rytterborg
Swedish editor (Kvällsposten) and politicianDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Joe Temperley
Scottish saxophonistDied on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Paul Boutelle
American politicianDied on Tuesday May 3rd 2016
Raghunath Patnaik
Indian politicianDied on Thursday May 12th 2016
Niklaus Schilling
Swiss filmmaker (The Expulsion from Paradise)Died on Friday May 6th 2016
Elisa Mainardi
Italian actress (Fellini Satyricon)Died on Sunday May 8th 2016
Tjhie Tjay Ing
Indonesian Confucianism priestDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Tonita Castro
Mexican-born American actress (DadsDied on Sunday May 8th 2016
Sally Brampton
British wristDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Michael Ratner
American lawyerDied on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Evelyn Eveva Sitali
Forme housemate of Big Brother Africa season 8Died on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Adrian Brine
British-Dutch actor and directorDied on Wednesday May 11th 2016
John Bradshaw
American self-help writerDied on Sunday May 8th 2016
Nico de Bree
Dutch footballer (N.E.C. NijmegenDied on Friday May 6th 2016
Tony Cozier
Barbadian cricket writer and commentatorDied on Wednesday May 11th 2016
John Krish
British film directorDied on Saturday May 7th 2016
Karl Maramorosch
Austrian-born American virologistDied on Monday May 9th 2016
François Morellet
French painterDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Ronald W. Walker
American historianDied on Monday May 9th 2016
Bobby Carroll
Scottish footballer (Celtic)Died on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Sarah D. Grant
American judgeDied on Tuesday May 3rd 2016
Anne van den Ban
Dutch agricultural economistDied on Sunday May 8th 2016
Gene Gutowski
Polish-born American film producer (The PianistDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Dennis Nineham
British theologianDied on Monday May 9th 2016
Siti Rahmani Rauf
Indonesian educator and writerDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Jimmy Manolides
American art curator and musicianDied on Monday May 9th 2016
Michael S. Harper
American poetDied on Saturday May 7th 2016
Motiur Rahman Nizami
Bangladeshi politicianDied on Wednesday May 11th 2016
Louis van Gasteren
Dutch film directorDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Christopher T. Carley
American real estate developerDied on Friday May 6th 2016
Michael Czysz
American motorcycle racer and designerDied on Saturday May 7th 2016
Ilkka Hanski
Finnish scientistDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Jack Boothman
Irish sports administratorDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Gonzalo López Marañon
Spanish-born Equadorian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Saturday May 7th 2016
Kang Young-hoon
South Korean politicianDied on Tuesday May 10th 2016
Gijs Verdick
Dutch professional cyclistDied on Monday May 9th 2016