Dame Shirley Porter has died at age 95
Dame Shirley Porter, British politician and former leader of Westminster City Council, died on May 4, 2026, aged 95. She led the council from 1983 to 1991 and served as…
Deaths on May 2
This archive lists notable deaths associated with May 2 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on May 2, 2026.
Boris Volodin passes away at age 94
Boris Volodin, a Russian politician and member of the Soviet of the Union from 1984 to 1989, died on May 3, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Boris Mikhailovich…
Linda Kuk has died at age 71
Linda Kuk died May 2, 2026. She was a film producer. Tags Actors, 02 May 2026, Cancer, Kuk, Linda, May 2, May 2026
Colin H. Williams dead at age 75
Colin H. Williams, a Welsh academic, died on May 2, 2026. Tags Scientists, 02 May 2026, Colin, Wales, Williams, May 2, May 2026
José María Cruz Novillo passed away at age 89
José María Cruz Novillo, the Spanish painter, designer and sculptor, died on May 2, 2026. Born in Cuenca on May 21, 1936, he was also a sculptor, engraver and graphic…
Emily Grosholz death at age 75
Emily Grosholz, an American poet and philosopher, died on May 2, 2026. Born on October 17, 1950, in Philadelphia, she was the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy, African American…
Moslem Uddin has died at age 88
Moslem Uddin, a Bangladeshi politician and former member of parliament, died on May 2, 2026. He was 87. Born on January 30, 1939, in Mymensingh, Bengal Province, British India, he…
Castell V. Bryant dead at age 88
Castell V. Bryant, an American academic administrator and former interim president of Florida A&M University, died on May 2, 2026. She was 88. Bryant served as interim president of Florida…
Soheir Zaki obituary: died at age 81
Soheir Zaki, the Egyptian belly dancer and actress known for her work in "Cairo 30," died on May 2, 2026. She was 81. Born Suheir Zaki Abdullah in Mansoura, Egypt,…
Obituary: Martin C. Weisskopf, dead at age 84
Martin C. Weisskopf, an American space scientist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 84. Weisskopf was an astrophysicist who, until his retirement from NASA at the end of May…
Death of Chet Dobis at age 83
Chet Dobis died on May 2, 2026. He was an American politician and a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1970 to 2012. Dobis served in the Indiana…
Ben Morea obituary: died at age 84
Ben Morea, an American painter and anarchist activist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 84–85. Born in Brooklyn in 1941 and raised in poverty, he became addicted to heroin…
James Lawrence King passes away at age 98
James Lawrence King, an American judge and senior United States district judge for the Southern District of Florida, died on May 2, 2026. He was 98. Born in Miami on…
John MacDonald has died at age 88
John MacDonald, the British major general and former Royal Corps of Transport officer who also represented Scotland as a rugby union international, died on May 2, 2026, aged 88. Born…
Obituary: Roque Avallay, dead at age 80
Roque Avallay, an Argentine footballer who played for Newell's Old Boys, Huracán and the Argentina national team, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 80. Avallay, whose full…
Donald Sidney-Fryer dies at age 91
Donald Sidney-Fryer, an American poet, critic and literary historian, died on May 2, 2026, at age 91. He was also a ballet historian and performer, and his work spanned poetry,…
Finn Wagle passes away at age 84
Finn Wagle, a Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman and bishop of Nidaros from 1991 to 2008, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Oslo on…
Dominique Soltner dies at 89
Dominique Soltner, the French agronomic engineer, died on May 2, 2026. Born on October 1, 1936, he wrote and published books on agronomy intended for agricultural education. In 1978, he…
David Kendall, died aged 68
David Kendall, an American television writer and producer and film director, died on May 2, 2026, at age 68. He worked on television series including "Boy Meets World" and "Growing…
Norman Lacy passes away at age 84
Norman Lacy, Australian politician, died on May 2, 2026, aged 84. He was a minister in the Hamer and Thompson cabinets of the Victorian government from May 1979 to April…
Michel Debost obituary: died at age 92
Michel Debost, a French flutist, died on May 2, 2026, at age 92. Born in Paris on January 20, 1934, he was one of the best-known flutists of the French…
Peter R. Moody Jr. death at age 82
Peter R. Moody Jr., an American political scientist and sinologist, died on May 2, 2026. He was professor emeritus of political science at the University of Notre Dame in South…
Stanislav Petrov passed away at age 87
Stanislav Petrov died on May 2, 2026, in an apparent suicide. He was a Russian military officer and served as chief of the Russian NBC Protection Troops from 1992 to…
Doris F. Fisher dead at age 94
Doris F. Fisher, the American businesswoman who co-founded Gap Inc., died on May 2, 2026. She was 94. Fisher, born Doris Lee Feigenbaum on August 23, 1931, in San Francisco,…
Death of Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira at age 85
Raimundo Rodrigues Pereira, a Brazilian journalist, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 85. He was part of the team that launched Veja magazine and later worked as…
Ubaldo Biordi dies at age 87
Ubaldo Biordi, a Sammarinese politician and captain regent, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 87. He served two terms as one of San Marino’s joint heads of…
Alex Zanardi died at age 59
Alex Zanardi, the Italian racing driver and paracyclist, died on May 2, 2026, at the age of 59. Born Alessandro Zanardi in Bologna on October 23, 1966, he won the…
Yaya Ceesay dies at age 88
Yaya Ceesay, Gambian politician and member of parliament, died on May 2, 2026, in Kanifing, The Gambia, aged 88–89. A member of the People's Progressive Party, he served as Minister…
Paul Van died at age 99
Belgian artist Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Karl Ameriks, died aged 77
American philosopher Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Marie Vaislic obituary: died at age 94
French Holocaust survivor and writer Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Pierre Audi passes away at age 67
French-Lebanese theatre director and artistic director Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Jim Dent has died at age 85
American golfer Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Death of Ken Hancock at age 87
English football player (Port Vale Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Peter Coade passed away at age 83
Canadian meteorologist and television weather reporter Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Humaira Ali death at age 65
Pakistani actress (Jab We Wed Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Sırrı Süreyya died at age 62
Turkish politician Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Death of Alessandro Quasimodo at age 82
Italian actor (The Seventh Floor Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Joshua Clover, died aged 62
American poet and writer Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Obituary: Hans-Günter Richardi, dead at age 85
German author and journalist Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Ruth Hieronymi has died at age 77
German politician Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Death of Christfried Schmidt at age 92
German composer and arrangeur Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Jorge Iván passed away at age 89
Colombian Roman Catholic prelate Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Sajid Mir dies at age 86
Pakistani politician Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Karel Bláha dies at age 77
Czech singer Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Sultan Zauq obituary: died at age 87
87–88 Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Adnan Kassar obituary: died at age 94
94 Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Rosemary Candlin dead at age 98
English crystallographer Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Fidel Herrera dead at age 76
Mexican politician Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Ollie Taylor obituary: died at age 78
American professional basketball player (ABA) Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Warren I. dead at age 90
American historian Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Kirk Medas death at age 33
American TV actor (Floribama Shore) Died on Saturday May 3rd 2025
Jeffrey Hutchinson dies at 62
American convicted murderer Died on Friday May 2nd 2025
Géraldine Carré dies at age 54
French journalist and television presenter Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Richard Maloof passed away at age 84
American musician Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Derek Angus dies at 86
New Zealand politician Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Walter Hanel passes away at age 93
German political caricaturist Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Aaron Thomas has died at age 86
American football player (San Francisco 49ers Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Denis Trento dies at age 41
Italian ski mountaineer Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Hasna El-Bacharia passed away at age 74
Algerian musician Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Sum Ronghang dies at age 61
Indian politician Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Petr Novotný dead at age 72
Czech glass artist Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Charly Weller passes away at age 72
German film director (Auf Achse Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Lubert Stryer has died at age 86
American emeritus professor Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Death of Gary Floyd at age 71
American singer (Dicks) Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Bruce Arnold dies at age 87
English journalist and author Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Derek Forster dies at 75
English footballer (Sunderland Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Gustavo Adolfo death at age -1
Argentine politician Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Ildefonso Dell´Olmo dies at 67
Spanish politician and bullfighting arena manager (Plaza de toros de La Malagueta) Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Death of Eloína Suárez at age 101
Spanish politician Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Issam al-Attar obituary: died at age 97
Syrian political dissident Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
László Hammerl obituary: died at age 82
Hungarian sport shooter Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Kazuo Aichi, died aged 86
Japanese politician Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Tony Bleasdale dies at -1
Australian politician Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Ian Hayden obituary: died at age 83
Australian rules footballer Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Kailash Chandra dies at 55
Indian politician Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Dagne Groven dead at age 83
Norwegian literary scholar and folk musician Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Atul Kumar death at age 69
Indian political activist Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Tito Steiner has died at age 72
Argentine Olympic decathlete (1976) Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Manca Košir dies at age 76
Slovenian journalist (Nova revija) and actress (Real Pests) Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Robert Oxnam passed away at age 81
American scholar (Asia Society) Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Chen Junwu dies at 97
Chinese petroleum engineer Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Adolpho Lindenberg died at age 99
Brazilian civil engineer Died on Friday May 3rd 2024
Nikica Valentić, died aged 72
Croatian politician Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Claude Gray dies at age 91
American country music singer-songwriter ("Family Bible)" Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Barbara Bryne has died at age 94
British-American actress (The Bostonians Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Holger Perfort death at age 97
Danish actor Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Death of Sarath Babu at age 71
Indian actor (Nizhal Nijamagiradhu Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Heidy Forster has died at age 91
Swiss-German actress (Hinter den sieben Gleisen Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Kabir Hossain passed away at age 84
Bangladesh politician Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Alessandro D’Alatri obituary: died at age 68
Italian film director Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Gustaf Douglas obituary: died at age 85
Swedish aristocrat Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Velho Milongueiro passes away at age 83
Brazilian singer and composer Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Tori Bowie dies at 32
American athlete Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Josef Jařab obituary: died at age 85
Czech academic Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Death of B. S. at age 85
Indian film producer (Himmat Aur Mehanat Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Moulay Tahar obituary: died at age 75
Moroccan singer (Jil Jilala) and actor Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Obituary: B.S. Shaad, dead at age -1
Indian film producer (Himmat Aur Mehanat Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023
Manobala, died aged 69
Indian film director (December 31) and actor (Gopurangal Saivathillai Died on Wednesday May 3rd 2023