Deaths on May 21 | Dead-People.com

Lennart Aspegren dead at age 94

Lennart Aspegren
died on May 21, 2026. He was a Swedish judge. Tags Lawyers, 21 May 2026, Aspegren, Lennart, Sweden, May 2026, May 21

May 21, 2026 4:15 pm

Mary Ellen Edmunds, American Latter-day Saints missionary and speaker, died on May 21, 2026

Mary Ellen Edmunds dead at age 86

Mary Ellen Edmunds, an American Latter-day Saints missionary and speaker,
died on May 21, 2026, at age 86. Born in Los Angeles on March 3, 1940, she grew up in…

May 21, 2026 4:15 pm

Liam Ferguson dead at age 85

Liam Ferguson
died on May 21, 2026. He was an Irish hurler. Tags Other, 21 May 2026, Ferguson, Ireland, Liam, May 2026, May 21

May 21, 2026 4:15 pm

Vincenzo Santapaola, Mafioso, died on May 21, 2026

Vincenzo Santapaola dead at age 56

Vincenzo Santapaola, an Italian mobster associated with the Sicilian Mafia,
died on May 21, 2026, at the age of 56. Born in Catania, Sicily, on June 2, 1969, he was…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Gerald M. Pomper dead at age 91

Gerald M. Pomper, an American political scientist,
died on May 21, 2026. He was 91. Pomper specialized in American elections and politics and was the Board of Governors Professor Emeritus…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Matthew Biggs dead at age 65, British radio personality, cancer

Matthew Biggs, the British radio personality best known for his work on Gardeners' Question Time,
died on May 21, 2026, of cancer. He was 65. Biggs was a professional gardener…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Peter Helm, The Andromeda Strain, The Longest Day, died on May 21, 2026

Peter Helm dead at age 84

Peter Helm, the Canadian-American actor known for Inside Daisy Clover, The Andromeda Strain and The Longest Day,
died on May 21, 2026. Born Peter John Helm Jr. on December 22,…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Rafe Pomerance dead at age 79, American environmentalist, lung cancer

Rafe Pomerance, an American environmentalist,
died on May 21, 2026, of lung cancer. He was 79. Pomerance was a Distinguished Senior Arctic Policy Fellow of the Woodwell Climate Research Center.…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Wendelgard von Staden dead at age 100

Wendelgard von Staden, a German diplomat and author,
died on May 21, 2026, at the age of 100. Known as Wendi von Staden, she wrote the 1979 memoir "Darkness Over…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Kyle Busch, American race car driver, died on May 21, 2026

Kyle Busch dead at age 41

Kyle Busch, an American race car driver and team owner,
died on May 21, 2026, at age 41. Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 2, 1985, he competed full-time…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Ole Wøhlers Olsen dead at age 84

Ole Wøhlers Olsen, a Danish diplomat,
died on May 21, 2026. Born on January 1, 1942, he was Denmark’s ambassador to Algeria. Olsen worked for Denmark’s Foreign Ministry from 1969…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Julienne Bušić, TWA Flight 355 hijacking, died on May 21, 2026

Julienne Bušić dead at age 77

Julienne Bušić, an American writer and activist,
died on May 21, 2026, at age 77. Born Julienne Eden Schultz in Eugene, Oregon, in 1948, she was known for her role…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Karl E. Weick, the American organizational theorist who helped introduce the concepts of loose coupling, mindfulness and sensemaking into organizational studies,
died on May 21, 2026. He was 89. Born…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Howard Fendrich dead at age 55, American sports writer, cancer

Howard Fendrich
died on May 21, 2026, of cancer. He was an American sports writer for The Associated Press. His death was reported in connection with the illness. Howard Fendrich,…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Carlo Petrini, Founder of the Slow Food movement, died on May 21, 2026

Carlo Petrini dead at age 76, Italian gastronomist, founder of Slow Food

Carlo Petrini, the Italian gastronomist and founder of Slow Food,
died on May 21, 2026, at age 76. Also known as "Carlìn," he was an Italian activist and author who…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Tamati Reedy, rugby union player, and public servant, died on May 21, 2026

Tamati Reedy dead at age 89, New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player, and public servant

Sir Tamati Reedy, a New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player and public servant,
died on May 21, 2026. Born in Ruatoria in 1936, he served as secretary of the…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Maurizio Gori, Italian footballer, died on May 21, 2026

Maurizio Gori dead at age 80

Maurizio Gori, an Italian footballer,
died on May 21, 2026. Maurizio Gori [it], 80, Italian footballer. Tags Athletes, 21 May 2026, Gori, Italy, Maurizio, May 2026, May 21

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Alfredo Magni, Italian footballer, died on May 21, 2026

Alfredo Magni dead at age 86

Alfredo Magni
died on May 21, 2026. He was an Italian footballer. Alfredo Magni [it], 86, Italian footballer. Tags Athletes, 21 May 2026, Alfredo, Italy, Magni, May 2026, May 21

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Judith Chalmers dead at age 90

Judith Chalmers, the English television presenter best known for Wish You Were Here...?,
died on May 22, 2026, aged 90. Born Judith Rosemary Locke Chalmers in Gatley, Cheshire, on October…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Jan Adamski, Polish chess player, died on May 21, 2026

Jan Adamski dead at age 82

Jan Adamski, a Polish chess player,
died on May 21, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Warsaw on November 11, 1943, he won the Polish Chess Championship in…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Kyösti Virrankoski, MP, MEP, died on May 21, 2026

Kyösti Virrankoski dead at age 82, Finnish politician, MP, MEP

Kyösti Virrankoski, the Finnish politician who served as an MP from 1991 to 1995 and as an MEP from 1996 to 2009,
died on May 21, 2026, at the age…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

DJ Congélateur dead

DJ Congélateur, the stage name of Ivorian singer and artist Koffi Kouakou Elias,
died on May 21, 2026. Born in Ivory Coast, he also worked as a coupé-décalé artist and…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

John M. Fabian, American astronaut, died on May 21, 2026

John M. Fabian dead at age 87

John M. Fabian, an American astronaut and Air Force officer,
died on May 21, 2026, at age 87. Born John McCreary Fabian on January 28, 1939, in Goose Creek, Texas,…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Liz Howard dead

Liz Howard, an Irish camogie player and former 27th president of the Camogie Association,
died on May 21, 2026. Howard was from Deerpark, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, and was the daughter…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am

Dan Newman, Newspaper manager, died on May 21, 2026

Dan Newman dead at age 63

Dan Newman, a Canadian politician,
died on May 21, 2026. He was 63. Newman was born in Toronto and served as a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of…

May 21, 2026 12:00 am