May 17 — Notable Deaths & Obituaries

Corrado Teneggi dead at age 90, Lecce, Como)

Corrado Teneggi died on May 17, 2026. He was an Italian footballer who played for Savona, Lecce and Como. Born on March 13, 1936, in Teano, he died in Savona.…

May 17, 2026

Anton Švajlen dead at age 88, Slovak footballer, Olympic silver medalist

Anton Švajlen, a Slovak footballer and 1964 Olympic silver medalist, died on May 17, 2026, aged 88. A goalkeeper for VSS Košice, he made 336 appearances in the Czechoslovak First…

May 17, 2026

M. J. K. Smith dead at age 92, English cricketer

M. J. K. Smith, the English cricketer who played for Leicestershire, Warwickshire and England, died on May 17, 2026, aged 92. Born Michael John Knight Smith on 30 June 1933…

May 17, 2026

Max Samper dead at age 87, French footballer

Max Samper died on May 17, 2026. He was a French footballer who played for RC Paris, Angoulême and the national team. His death was announced in obituary notices without…

May 17, 2026

Cho Il-hyeon dead at age 70, South Korean politician, MP

Cho Il-hyeon, a South Korean politician and former member of the National Assembly, died on May 15, 2026, at the age of 70. Born on July 15, 1955, in Hongcheon…

May 17, 2026

Gérard Revol dead at age 89, French politician, deputy, mayor of Bagnols-sur-Cèze

Gérard Revol, French politician and former mayor of Bagnols-sur-Cèze, died on May 17, 2026, aged 89. A member of the Socialist Party, he served as mayor of Bagnols-sur-Cèze from 1995…

May 17, 2026

Totó la Momposina dead at age 85, Colombian singer

Totó la Momposina, the Colombian singer known for work in cumbia, bullerengue, porro and tambora chalupa, died on May 19, 2026, at age 85. Born Sonia Bazanta Vides on August…

May 17, 2026

Toyabali Ahmadali dead at age 95, Civil servant

Toyabali Ahmadali, a Surinamese politician and civil servant, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 95. A member of the Progressive Reform Party, he served as Suriname’s minister…

May 17, 2026

Peter Checkland dead at age 95, British management scientist and academic

Peter Checkland, British management scientist and academic, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 95. He was an emeritus professor of systems at Lancaster University and developed soft…

May 17, 2026

Brenda Travis dead at age 81, American civil rights campaigner

Brenda Travis, an American civil rights campaigner, died on May 17, 2026. She was 81. Travis was an African American veteran of the Civil Rights Movement from McComb, Mississippi, whose…

May 17, 2026

K. Rajan dead at age 85, Indian film producer and director, suicide by jumping

K. Rajan, an Indian film producer and director, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 85 after suicide by jumping. He worked on Tamil films and began his…

May 17, 2026

Luis de la Peña dead at age 95, Mexican physicist

Luis de la Peña, a Mexican physicist, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Mexico City in 1931, he studied mechanical-electrical engineering at ESIME of…

May 17, 2026

Jennifer Paes dead at age 72, Indian Olympic basketball player, cancer

Jennifer Paes, an Indian former basketball player who participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics, died on May 17, 2026, aged 72, of cancer. She captained the Indian national basketball team…

May 17, 2026

Juris Upatnieks dead at age 90, Latvian-American physicist and inventor

Juris Upatnieks, a Latvian-American physicist and inventor, died on May 17, 2026, at age 90. Born in Riga, Latvia, on May 7, 1936, he was a pioneer in holography and…

May 17, 2026

Scott Hastings dead at age 61, Scottish rugby union player, non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby union player and sports commentator, died on May 17, 2026, aged 61, in Edinburgh, Scotland, of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was a Scotland international and played for…

May 17, 2026

Fred Negrit dead at age 76, public figure

Fred Negrit, a French educator and cultural promoter, died on May 17, 2026, at the age of 76. He was known for his work promoting Indian languages and culture in…

May 17, 2026

Mohamed Ali Hafez dead at age 88, Served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of…

Mohamed Ali Hafez, a Saudi Arabian scouting executive and journalist, died on May 17, 2026. He was an official of the Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides and served on…

May 17, 2026

Peter G. Neumann dead at age 93, American computer science researcher, complications from a fall

Peter G. Neumann, an American computer science researcher, died on May 17, 2026, at age 93 from complications from a fall. He worked on the Multics operating system in the…

May 17, 2026