Deaths Date 1995 May | History by KabAstro

Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995)

May 5 Russian influential World Chess Champion, dies at 83

May 5 Thomas Eden Binkley, musician, dies at 63
May 6 Clarence Paul [Pauling], American songwriter, and record producer (Motown; Stevie Wonder - "Fingertips"), dies at 67
May 6 Gottfried von Haberler, Austrian-American economist (international trade), dies at 94
May 6 Hilda Toledano [Maria Pia de Braganca], Portuguese journalist and writer who claimed to be the bastard daughter of King Carlos I of Portugal, dies at 88
May 6 Leonard "Red" Truss, American R&B singer (The Steelers - "Get It From The Bottom"), dies at 47
May 6 Nicholas Palmer, TV writer/producer, dies at 57
May 6 Noel Brotherston, Irish soccer winger (27 caps Northern Ireland; Blackburn Rovers 317 games), dies of a heart attack at 38
May 7 Ernest Harold Martin [Markowitz], American Broadway producer (Feuer & Martin in A Chorus Line), dies at 75
May 7 Lawrence Josset, British engraver, dies at 84
May 7 Maria Luisa Bemberg, Argentine filmmaker, dies at 73
May 7 Ray McKinley, American orchestra leader and jazz drummer (Glenn Miller Time), dies at 84
May 8 Carroll Best, American bluegrass banjo player and educator, shot to death by his brother at 64
May 8 Jerry Zipkin, American socialite (friend of Nancy Reagan), dies at 80
May 8 Prem Bhatia, Indian journalist and diplomat (friend of Jawaharlal Nehru), dies at 83
May 8 Teresa Teng [Li-chun], Taiwanese pop singer ("Aijin"; "The Power Of Love"; "Airport"), and actress, dies from a severe asthma attack at 42
May 9 Abha Gandhi, servant to Gandhi, dies at 68
May 9 Charles Montgomery Monteith, Irish publisher (Faber & Faber - published "Lord of the Flies"), dies at 74
May 9 Marshall Royal, American jazz alto saxophonist & clarinetist (Count Basie Orchestra), dies at 82
May 9 Percy Mansell, Rhodesian cricket all-rounder (13 Tests South Africa, 11 wickets, 2 x 50; Rhodesia), dies at 75
May 10 Harold Berens, comedian, dies at 92
May 10 Hilde Jarecki, German English educationist (Kindertransport, Playgroups), dies at 83
May 10 Jimmy Raney, American jazz guitarist, dies at 67
May 11 David Avidan, Israeli poet, dies at 62
May 11 Ivo Samkalden, Dutch Minister of Justice (PvdA), Mayor of Amsterdam (1967-77), dies at 82
May 11 Tibor Sarai, Hungarian composer, dies at 76
May 11 William John Phillips, British actor (Nothing But A Man; Z-Cars), dies at 80
May 12 Arthur Lubin, American film director and producer (Francis The Talking Mule, Mr Ed), dies at 95
May 12 Giorgio Belladonna, Italian bridge player (16 x World C'ships; 10 x European C'ships, Italy open team-of-four), dies of lung cancer at 71
May 12 Marcel Rubin, Austrian composer, dies at 89
May 12 Reza Abdoh, Iranian born American theater director and playwright, dies of AIDS at 32
May 14 Christian B. Anfinsen, American biochemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1972 for ribonuclease,), dies at 79
May 14 Hakuyū Taizan Maezumi, Japanese teacher 9Rinzai/Soto lines of Zen Buddhism), dies at 64
May 15 Edouard Dermithe, Italian actor (Orpheus; Thomas the Impostor), dies at 70
May 15 Eric Porter, British stage and BAFTA Award-winning screen actor (The Royal Shakespeare Company; The Forsyte Saga; Antony & Cleopatra, The Thirty Nine Steps), dies of colon cancer at 67
May 15 Johnny Van Derrick, British jazz violinist (Pink Panther Theme), dies at 68
May 15 Perry Lederman, American folk and blues singer and guitarist, dies at 52
May 16 Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer and actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona), dies at 70
May 16 Ragnhild Marie Hatton, Norwegian historian, dies at 82
May 17 Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, South African singer (Manhattan Brothers) and actor, dies at 72
May 17 Paul D. Stoop, American vice-admiral (WW II-Coral Sea), dies at 90
May 17 Toe Blake, Canadian Hockey HOF left wing (Stanley Cup 1935 Montreal Maroons; 1944, 46 Montreal Canadiens) and coach (Stanley Cup 1956-60, 1965-66, 68 Montreal Canadiens), dies at 82
May 18 Alexander Godunov, Russian-American ballet dancer (Bolshoi Ballet, 1971-79), and actor (Witness; Die Hard), dies of hepatitis and alcoholism at 45 (exact date estimated)dies at 45
May 18 André-François Marescotti, Swiss organist and composer, dies at 93
May 18 Dorothy Poynton-Hill, American diver (Olympic gold 10m platform 1932, 36; silver springboard 1928, bronze 1936), dies at 79
May 18 Elisha Cook Jr, American actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane, Magnum PI), dies at 91

Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995)

May 18 American actress (Bewitched - "Samantha* and "Serena"), dies of cancer at 62

May 18 Gordon Reynolds, English organist and master of the Choristers at the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace, dies at 74
May 18 Robert Harris, British actor (Big Caper, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Laughing Anne), dies at 95
May 19 Robert S. Dietz, American geophysicist who proposed a theory of seafloor spreading in 1961, dies at 80
May 21 Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch writer (Fam Doorsnee, Jip & Janneke), dies at 84
May 21 Kieron Walsh, British academic, dies at 46
May 21 Les Aspin, American politician, (Rep-D-Wisc, 1971-93) US Secretary of Defense (1993-95), dies of stroke at 56
May 22 Robert Flemyng, British actor (The Deadly Affair, Funny Face), dies at 83
May 23 Dan Fortmann, American College/Pro Football HOF guard (3 × NFL C'ship 1940, 41, 43 Chicago Bears; 6 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × Pro Bowl), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 79
May 23 Keith Humble, Australian composer, dies at 67
May 23 Mick Pyne, British touring and session jazz pianist (Tubby Hayes; Georgie Fame: Charlie Watts), dies at 54
May 23 Patricia Ford, Lady Fisher, Irish politician and founder (British Women Caring Trust), dies at 74

Harold Wilson (1916-1995)

May 24 British Prime Minister (Labour: 1964-70, 1974-76), dies of cancer at 79

May 25 Dany Robin, French actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Jupiter, Julietta), dies at 68
May 25 Dick Curless, American country music singer-songwriter (A Tombstone Every Mile), dies of stomach cancer at 63
May 25 Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player, dies at 46
May 26 Friz Freleng, American animator for Warner Bros cartoons (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies), dies at 88
May 26 Ron Weatherburn, British jazz pianist, dies at 61
May 26 Severn Darden, American actor (Luv; The President's Analyst; Saturday the 14th), dies at 65
May 27 C W Stubblefield, music promoter, dies at 64
May 27 László Kalmár, Hungarian composer (Triangles), dies at 63
May 27 Ulysses Kay, American neoclassical composer (Of New Horizons: Overture), dies of Parkinson's disease complications at 78
May 28 Daniela Rocca, Italian actress (Battle of Austerlitz), dies at 57
May 28 Henning Kronstam, Danish dancer, dies at 60
May 28 Jean Muir, British fashion designer, dies at 66
May 29 Margaret Chase Smith, American politician (U.S. Senator from Maine), dies at 97
May 30 Lofty England, English automotive engineer and race team manager (b.1911)
May 30 Philip Sherrard, English author and translator of modern Greek, dies at 72
May 30 Ted Drake [Edward Joseph Drake], English footballer, dies at 82
May 30 Thomas Dorrington Tomlinson, British national park warden, dies at 87
May 31 Pavel Sivic, Slovenian composer, dies at 87
May 31 Stanley Elkin, American novelist (George Mills; The MacGuffin; The Living End), satirist, and college professor (Washington University, 1960-95), dies of a heart attack at 65

Famous People Who Died in May 1995

Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995)

Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995)

Harold Wilson (1916-1995)

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