Deaths Died in May 2016
Paul Smoker
American jazz trumpeter · 14 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 14 · Other
Jaroslav Malina
Czech scenographer and painter · 14 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 14
Bill MacIlwraith
British playwright and screenwriter (Two's Company) · 09 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 9
Alvise Zorzi
Italian journalist and author · 14 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 14
Tapio Mäkelä
Finnish cross-country skier · 12 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 12
Ken Gorgal
American football player (Cleveland Browns · 08 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 8
Romaldo Giurgola
Italian-born Australian architect (Parliament House) · 16 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 16 · Other
John Imbrie
American paleoceanographer · 13 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 13 · Other
Deepak Shodhan
- · 16 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 16 · Other
Lou Gellermann
American rower and sports announcer (University of Washington) · 13 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 13
Christophe Lambert
French businessman and producer · 12 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 12 · Other
Sarah Corp
British television news producer · 10 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 10 · Other
Sammy Ellis
American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) · 13 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 13
Julius La Rosa
American traditional pop singer · 12 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 12 · Rosa
Tony Barrow
British press officer (The Beatles) · 14 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 14 · Other
Herman Obermayer
American journalist and publisher (Northern Virginia Sun) · 11 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 11
Joseph F. Cotton
American military test pilot · 05 May 2016 · May 2016 · Cotton · May 5 · Other
Malachi Mitchell-Thomas
British motorcycle racer · 14 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 14 · Other
Lasse Mårtenson
Finnish singer ("Laiskotellen") · 14 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 14
Darwyn Cooke
Canadian comic book artist · 14 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 14
Abdul Baqi Jammoh
91–92 · 11 May 2016 · May 2016 · Jammoh · May 11 · Other
Christy O’Connor Snr
91 · 14 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 14 · Other · Snr
Buster Cooper
American jazz trombonist · 13 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 13 · Other
Rabbit Kekai
American surfer · 13 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 13 · Other
James M. Shuart
American academic administrator · 13 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 13 · Shuart
Giovanni Migliorati
Italian-born Ethiopian Roman Catholic prelate · 12 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 12 · Other
Rodrigo Espíndola
Argentine footballer (Nueva Chicago) · 12 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 12
Kelly Stearne
Canadian curler · 09 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 9 · Other
Baba Hardev Singh
Indian spiritual guru · 13 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 13 · Other · Singh
Jacob Juma
Kenyan businessman · 05 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 5 · Other
Mike Agostini
Trinidadian sprinter · 12 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 12
Susannah Mushatt Jones
American supercentenarian · 12 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 12 · Jones · Other
Mustafa Badreddine
Lebanese Hezbollah military leader · 13 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 13 · Other
Seb Adeniran-Olule
British rugby union player (Harlequins) · 11 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 11
Katherine Dunn
American writer (Geek Love) · 11 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 11
Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
Serbian royal · 12 May 2016 · Yugoslavia · May 2016 · May 12 · Other
Yukio Ninagawa
Japanese director · 12 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 12 · Other
Rex Hughes
American basketball coach · 12 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 12
James D. Travis
American advertising executive ("Morning in America") · 08 May 2016 · May 2016 · Travis · May 8 · Other
Ulf Rytterborg
Swedish editor (Kvällsposten) and politician · 10 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 10
Joe Temperley
Scottish saxophonist · 11 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 11 · Other
Niklaus Schilling
Swiss filmmaker (The Expulsion from Paradise) · 06 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 6 · Other
Elisa Mainardi
Italian actress (Fellini Satyricon) · 08 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 8
Nick Lashaway
American actor (Girls) · 08 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 8
Tjhie Tjay Ing
Indonesian Confucianism priest · 10 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 10 · Other · Ing
Tonita Castro
Mexican-born American actress (Dads · 08 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 8
Sally Brampton
British wrist · 10 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 10 · Other
Evelyn Eveva Sitali
Forme housemate of Big Brother Africa season 8 · 11 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 11 · Sitali · Other
Adrian Brine
British-Dutch actor and director · 11 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 11
Peter Behrens
German musician (Trio) · 11 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 11
John Bradshaw
American self-help writer · 08 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 8
Nico de Bree
Dutch footballer (N.E.C. Nijmegen · 06 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 6 · Bree
Tony Cozier
Barbadian cricket writer and commentator · 11 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 11
Karl Maramorosch
Austrian-born American virologist · 09 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 9 · Other
Bobby Carroll
Scottish footballer (Celtic) · 11 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 11
Anne van den Ban
Dutch agricultural economist · 08 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 8 · Ban
Gene Gutowski
Polish-born American film producer (The Pianist · 10 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 10
Siti Rahmani Rauf
Indonesian educator and writer · 10 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 10 · Rauf
Jimmy Manolides
American art curator and musician · 09 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 9
Christopher T. Carley
American real estate developer · 06 May 2016 · May 2016 · Carley · May 6 · Other
Michael Czysz
American motorcycle racer and designer · 07 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 7 · Other
Jack Boothman
Irish sports administrator · 10 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 10 · Other
Gonzalo López Marañon
Spanish-born Equadorian Roman Catholic prelate · 07 May 2016 · May 2016 · Marañón · May 7 · Other
Gijs Verdick
Dutch professional cyclist · 09 May 2016 · May 2016 · May 9