Deaths in April 2023
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Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
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.
Brian McKenna
Canadian filmmaker and producer (The Fifth Estate
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Menahem Pressler
German-born Israeli-American pianist
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Chris Strachwitz
American record company founder and executive Arhoolie Records.
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Richard E. Carver
American politician
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Gary Finch
American politician
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Tom Hornbein
American mountaineer
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Néstor Matamala
Chilean football manager
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
George Fouché
South African motorsport racecar driver
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Newton N. Minow
American attorney
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Allan Gyngell
Australian diplomat
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Sienna Weir
Australian model (Miss Universe 2022)
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Habib Chaab
Iranian-Swedish political activist
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Michel Cordes
French actor (The Horseman on the Roof
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Petruška Šustrová
Czech dissident (Charter 77)
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Philippe Sollers
French writer and literary critic
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Georgi Stoykovski
Bulgarian Olympic triple jumper (1964
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Mikhail Khleborodov
Russian film director
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Valeriy Baranov
Ukrainian politician
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Trần Quang Khôi
Vietnamese military officer
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Susan Frykberg
New Zealand electroacoustic composer
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Nabeesa Ummal
Indian politician
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Razie Jachya
Indonesian politician
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Sylvia Bacon
American judge
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Rob Laakso
American musician (Kurt Vile and the Violators
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
Michael Denneny
American author and editor (And the Band Played On)
Died on Saturday May 6th 2023
John Akparibo Ndebugre
Ghanaian politician
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Leonid Dukhovnyi
Ukrainian-American singer-songwriter
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Du’Vonta Lampkin
American football player
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Hajdar Muneka
Albanian journalist and diplomat
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Kevin Samuels
American YouTuber
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Mike Hagerty
American actor (The George Carlin Show
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Deaths in April 2022
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Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Corey Wittenberg
American-born Australian tennis player
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Jon A. Reynolds
American brigadier general
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Adrian Long
80-81
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Julian J. Hook
American politician
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Eduardo Barbeiro
Portuguese Olympic swimmer
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
LeRoy Armstrong
Canadian politician
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Sir James Anderton
British police officer
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Takuya Miyamoto
Japanese footballer
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Bojjala Gopala Krishna Reddy
Indian politician
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Serhiy Dyachenko
Ukrainian writer and screenwriter (Dark Planet)
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Leonid Duchovnyi
Ukrainian-American singer-songwriter
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Bert Weaver
American golfer
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
José Luis Violeta
Spanish footballer
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Sergey Dyachenko
Ukrainian writer and screenwriter (Dark Planet)
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Leonid Duchovniy
Ukrainian-American singer-songwriter
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Jan Béghin
Belgian politician
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Géza Varasdi
Hungarian athlete
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Albin Julius
Austrian musician (Der Blutharsch)
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Théodore Nzue Nguema
Gabonese football manager and player
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Enzo Robutti
Italian actor (Il Profeta
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Ronald Lopatni
Croatian professional water polo player
Died on Friday May 6th 2022
Gianfranco de Bosio
Italian director (The Terrorist
Died on Thursday May 5th 2022
David Walden dead at age 79
David Walden, a computer scientist and early Internet pioneer who helped develop the ARPANET’s packet-switching technology,
died on May 5, 2022, at age 79. An American, he was born in…
Prakashchandra Pandurang Shirodkar
Indian archaeologist and politician
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Christophe Revault
French footballer
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Wondress Hutchinson
American singer ("Got to Have Your Love")
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Aleksandr Guzenko
Russian footballer
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Shamim Hanfi
Indian dramatist and literary critic
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Jacques Nihoul
Belgian marine biologist
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Vanya Kostova
Bulgarian singer
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Palamadai Muthuswamy Ramachandran
Indian Air Force officer
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Genji Kuniyoshi
Japanese singer
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Oleg Savostyuk
Russian poster artist and graphic artist (Artists' Union of the USSR)
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Paul Aulagnier
French priest
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Lucinda Franks
American journalist (The New Yorker
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Matang Sinh
Indian politician
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Jonathan Bush
American banker
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Yitzhak Arad
Israeli historian
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Aloísio Hilário de Pinho
Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Humberto Maturana
Chilean philosopher (Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living) and biologist
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Bożena Bednarek-Michalska
Polish librarian and teacher (Nicolaus Copernicus University Library)
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
G. Muniratnam
Indian social worker
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Del Crandall
American baseball player
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Bhaskar Maiya
Indian author
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
David F. Swensen
American investor and philanthropist
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Blaha Ben Ziane
Algerian actor (Nass Mlah City
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Timergali Kilmukhametov
Russian writer and university teacher
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Fedja Rupel
Slovenian flutist and university teacher
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Polikalepo Kefu
Tongan LGBTIQ+ rights activist
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Guan Yunlong
Taiwanese painter
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Andrzej Ose̜ka
Polish art historian
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Włodzimierz Heliński
Polish speedway rider
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Michael Erlhoff
German writer and university teacher/
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Constantin Arvinte
Romanian composer
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Aldo R. Castañeda
Italian-Guatemalan physician and surgeon
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Victor Ivanovich Shamaev
Russian artist
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Dan Tawfik
Israel biochemist and professor (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Abelardo González
Spanish footballer (UP Langreo
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Yosef Kleinman
Slovak Holocaust survivor
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Prem Dhoj Pradhan
Nepalese musician
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
Renuka Sharma
Indian film director (Anupama
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021
John Ntegyereize
Kenyan Anglican clergyman
Died on Thursday May 6th 2021