Pierre Chambon dead at age 95, French biologist, member of the French Academy of Sciences
Pierre Chambon, a French biologist and member of the French Academy of Sciences, died on May 7, 2026, at the age of 95. Born on February 7, 1931, in Mulhouse,…
Deaths on May 5
This archive lists notable deaths associated with May 5 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on May 5, 2026.
Val Attenbrow dead at age 84, Australian archaeologist
Val Attenbrow died on May 5, 2026. She was an Australian archaeologist. Tags Scientists, 05 May 2026, Attenbrow, Australia, Scorpio, Val, May 2026, May 5
Daniel W. Jones dead at age 81, American politician
Daniel W. Jones died on May 5, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Politicians, 05 May 2026, America, Capricorn, Daniel, Jones, May 2026, May 5
Bill Smalley dead at age 83, New Zealand cricketer
Bill Smalley died on May 5, 2026. He was a New Zealand cricketer. Tags Athletes, 05 May 2026, Bill, Smalley, May 2026, May 5, New Zealand
Donald Ross dead at age 85, American politician
Donald Ross, an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1983 to 2003, died on May 5, 2026, at age 85. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he…
Claude Morin dead at age 96, Canadian politician
Claude Morin, a Canadian politician and former Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly for Louis-Hébert, died on May 5, 2026. He was 96. Born in Montmorency, Quebec, Morin earned…
Soledad Gallego-Díaz dead at age 75, Journalist
Soledad Gallego-Díaz, the Spanish journalist and former editor of El País, died on May 5, 2026. Born in Madrid in 1951, she studied at the Official School of Journalism of…
Santhosh K. Nayar dead at age 68, Actor
Santhosh K. Nayar, an Indian actor, died on May 5, 2026, in a traffic collision. He appeared in Malayalam cinema and acted in more than 100 films between 1982 and…
Cheryl Mary Clare Hurst dead at age 63, Antiguan and Barbudan politician, senator
Cheryl Mary Clare Hurst, an Antiguan and Barbudan politician, died on May 5, 2026. She served as a senator in the Upper House of Parliament in Antigua and Barbuda and…
Bob Belden dead at age 78, American football player
Bob Belden, an American football player who was a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, died on May 5, 2026, in Canton, Ohio, at age 78. Belden was born in Canton…
Chris Phelan dead at age 70, Oldham, Queensland), pancreatic cancer
Chris Phelan, the Irish-born Australian rugby league player who represented Parramatta and Queensland, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 70. Born in Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois, Ireland, on…
Pierre Pascallon dead at age 84, French politician
Pierre Pascallon, a French politician and former deputy and mayor of Issoire, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 84. He served as a deputy in the National…
Shaikh Idrees dead at age 64, Islamic scholar and politician
Shaikh Idrees, a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who served as a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 2002 to 2007, died on May 5, 2026, after…
Viktor Kuzmenko Ukrainian rescuer, Hero of Ukraine dies
Viktor Kuzmenko died on May 5, 2026. He was a Ukrainian rescuer and was named a Hero of Ukraine in 2025. Viktor Kuzmenko, Ukrainian rescuer, Hero of Ukraine (2025). Tags…
Terje Haugland dead at age 82, Norwegian long jumper
Terje Haugland, the Norwegian long jumper, died on May 5, 2026. Born in Haugesund on April 11, 1944, he competed for Norway in the long jump and finished eleventh at…
José Ortiz dead at age 62, Puerto Rican basketball player
José Ortiz, a Puerto Rican basketball player for Atléticos de San Germán, Cangrejeros de Santurce and the national team, died on May 5, 2026, at age 62 of colorectal cancer.…
Richard Cameron dead at age 77, public figure
Richard Cameron, the English playwright from Doncaster, died on May 5, 2026, aged 77. Born on 16 June 1948 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, he wrote plays including Pond Life, Not Fade…
Jonathan Tiersten dead at age 60, American actor
Jonathan Tiersten, an American actor known for Sleepaway Camp, died on May 5, 2026, at age 60. Tiersten portrayed Ricky Thomas in the 1983 cult film Sleepaway Camp and later…
Crystal R. Emery dead at age 65, American film director and producer
Crystal R. Emery, an American film director and producer known for The Deadliest Disease in America, died on May 5, 2026. She was an American filmmaker, playwright and theatre director,…
Valeri Zhabko dead at age 58, Russian footballer
Valeri Zhabko, a Russian footballer and defender, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 58. Born Valeri Nikolayevich Zhabko on August 18, 1967, he made his professional debut…
Yevgeny Sivokon Ukrainian film director dead at age 88
Yevgeny Sivokon, a Ukrainian film director, died on May 5, 2026. He was 88. Born in Kyiv on May 7, 1937, he worked as a director of animated films in…
Kyle Loftis dead at age 43, American internet personality and entrepreneur
Kyle Loftis, an American media producer, entrepreneur, and internet personality, died on May 5, 2026, at age 43. He was the founder of 1320Video, an automotive media brand known for…
Yevhen Syvokin Ukrainian film director dead at age 88
Yevhen Syvokin, a Ukrainian film director, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Kyiv on May 7, 1937, he was a Soviet and Ukrainian director…
Temur Maisuradze dead at age 66, Engineer
Temur Maisuradze, a Georgian politician and member of parliament from 2012 to 2016, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 66. Born on July 24, 1959, in Aspindza,…
Dante Ang dead, Filipino journalist and newspaper owner
Dante Ang, a Filipino journalist and chairman emeritus and owner of The Manila Times, died on May 5, 2026. He was born on June 27, 1942. Ang was known as…
Trevor Bennett dead at age 99, Businessman
Trevor Bennett, a Canadian politician and Newfoundland MHA, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 99. Born on Sept. 3, 1926, in Daniel's Harbour, Newfoundland, he served in…
R. B. Choudary dead at age 77, Film producer
R. B. Choudary, an Indian film producer, died on May 5, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was the founder of the production company Super Good Films and worked in…
Idris Tarangzai dead at age 64, Islamic scholar and politician
Idris Tarangzai, a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician who served as a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA from 2002 to 2007, died on May 5, 2026, after being shot. He was 64.…
René Groebli dead at age 98, Swiss photographer
René Groebli, a Swiss photographer known for his artistic photo-books, industrial and advertising photography, photojournalism and photo-illustration, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 98. Born in Zurich…
Peter Ferrara dead at age 71, American lawyer and policy analyst
Peter Ferrara, an American lawyer and policy analyst, died on May 5, 2026, at the age of 71. He was also a columnist and served as an analyst for The…
Guto Graça Mello dead at age 78, Brazilian composer and music producer
Guto Graça Mello died on May 5, 2026. He was a Brazilian composer and music producer. Tags Musicians, 05 May 2026, Brazil, Guto, Mello, Taurus, May 2026, May 5
Servet Pëllumbi dead at age 89, Albanian politician
Servet Pëllumbi, Albanian politician and speaker of parliament, died on May 5, 2026, following a brief illness. He was 89. Born in Korçë on December 12, 1936, he served as…
Lee Hong-koo dead at age 92, South Korean politician
Lee Hong-koo, the South Korean politician who served as prime minister from 1994 to 1995, died on May 4, 2026. He was 92. Lee also served as South Korean ambassador…
Shōzō Satō
Japanese-born American artist and theatre directorDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Bill McCaw
New Zealand rugby player (SouthlandDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
André Gounelle
French Protestant theologianDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Lino Gutierrez
American diplomatDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Sholom Lipskar
78–79Died on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Raniero Gnoli
Italian OrientalistDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Alv Egeland
Norwegian physicistDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
John Edd Thompson
American meteorologist (WALA-TV)Died on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Mary Abrahamse
South African sopranoDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Sunney Chan
American biophysical chemistDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Alamuddin Dimyati Rois
Indonesian politicianDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Gerald Thomas Walsh
American Roman Catholic prelateDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Deaths in April 2025
-Died on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Naeem Issa
Egyptian actorDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Kaqusha Jashari
Kosovo politician (President of the League of Communists of Kosovo)Died on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Pradeep Nepal
Nepalese politicianDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Radik Martirossyan
Armenian physicistDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Fakhri Odeh
Kuwaiti actorDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Friedrich Baumbach
German chess playerDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Valeriy Shevchuk
Ukrainian writerDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Viktor Talanov
Russian politicianDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
James Baker
Australian rock drummer (The ScientistsDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Sugavasi Palakondrayudu
Indian politicianDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Owen Jenner
British motorcycle racerDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Shane Richardson
New Zealand motorcycle racerDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Ruth A. Davis
American diplomatDied on Tuesday May 6th 2025
Hootie Ingram
American football player (Alabama)Died on Monday May 6th 2024
John Pisano
American jazz guitaristDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Robert Zawada
Polish Olympic handballer player (1972)Died on Monday May 6th 2024
Callum Robinson
Australian lacrosse playerDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Olivier Masurel
French aerobatic pilotDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Yashwant Trivedi
Indian poetDied on Monday May 6th 2024
German Viatte
Canadian-born French art historian and museum curatorDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Deaths in April 2024
-Died on Monday May 6th 2024
Andrea Shundi
Albanian-American agronomistDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Daphne Douglas
Jamaican librarianDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Haerul Amri
Indonesian politicianDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Jerry Labriola
American politicianDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Keith Kendall
Australian cricketer (Victoria)Died on Monday May 6th 2024
Dan Castellano
American sportswriter (The Star-Ledger)Died on Monday May 6th 2024
Oleksandr Pielieshenko
Ukrainian olympic weightlifter (2016)Died on Monday May 6th 2024
Victor Farrant
English convicted murderer and rapistDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Jeannie Epper
American stuntwoman (Wonder WomanDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Bernard Pivot
French journalist and interviewerDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Harikumar
Indian film director (Puli Varunne PuliDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Bernard Weisberger
American historianDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Mollie Lentaigne
British artist and Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse during World War IIDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Anthony Pascal Rebello
Kenyan Roman Catholic prelateDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Kristin Hallenga
English breast cancer awareness activist (CoppaFeel!)Died on Monday May 6th 2024
Han Zhenxiang
Chinese electrical engineer and academic administratorDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Dominique Dupuy
French dancer and choreographerDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Brian Wenzel
Australian actor (A Country PracticeDied on Monday May 6th 2024
André Trigano
French businessmanDied on Monday May 6th 2024
Willie Hona
New Zealand musician (Herbs)Died on Monday May 6th 2024
Badr bin Abdul Mohsen Al Saud
Saudi prince and poetDied on Monday May 6th 2024