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May2015

Famous People Who Died in May 2015

May 9 Elizabeth Wilson, American screen and stage actress (Doc, East Side/West Side), dies at 94
May 9 Kenan Evren, Turkish soldier and politician, (President of Turkey 1980-1989 by military coup), dies at 97
May 11 Jef Geeraerts, Flemish writer (Black Venus) and crime novelist, dies at 85
May 12 Mervyn Burtch, Welsh composer (The Raven King) and educator, dies at 85
May 12 Ruth Mompati, South African politician and Secretary of Nelson Mandela, dies at 89
May 13 Nina Otkalenko, Soviet Russian 800m runner (9 world records; European Champion, 1954), dies at 86
May 13 Robert Drasnin, American clarinetist, composer, and film and television music supervisor (CBS, 1977-91), dies after a fall at 87
May 14 Zdzisław Żygulski, Jr., Polish art historian, dies at 93

B.B. King (1925-2015)

May 14 American blues guitarist and singer (The Thrill is Gone), dies at 89

B.B. King

May 15 Bob Hopkins, American basketball forward and coach (Syracuse Nationals; Seattle SuperSonics), dies of heart and kidney failure at 80
May 15 Garo Yepremian, American NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins), dies at 70
May 16 Dean Potter, American free climber and BASE jumper, dies in a wingsuit flying accident at Yosemite National Park, aged 43
May 16 Prashant Bhargava, American filmmaker (Patang: The Kite), dies of cardiac arrest at 42
May 17 Chinx [Lionel Pickens], American rapper (Coke Boys), dies in a drive-by shooting at 31

Raymond Gosling (1926-2015)

May 18 British scientist involved in DNA structure research, dies at 88

Raymond Gosling

May 20 Brian Cubbon, British senior civil servant, dies at 87
May 21 Louis Johnson, American rock bassist and vocalist (Brothers Johnson), dies at 60
May 22 John Horlock, British vice-chancellor (Open College), dies at 87
May 22 Marques Haynes, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame guard (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 88
May 23 Anne Meara, American comedian and actress (Stiller & Meara, Archie's Place, The Other Woman), mother of Ben Stiller, dies at 85
May 23 John Carter, American actor (Scarface, The Hoax, Badlands, Max-Falcon Crest), dies at 87

John Nash (1928-2015)

May 23 American mathematician (subject of movie "A Beautiful Mind") and Nobel laureate, dies in a car crash at 86

John Nash

May 24 Tanith Lee, British Science-fiction author (The Flat-Earth Cycle), dies of cancer at 67
May 27 Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver, dies at 86
May 27 Gordon Hobday, English scientist (developed penicillin with Alexander Fleming, worked on Ibuprofen), dies at 99
May 28 Steven Gerber, American classical composer (Music in Dark Times), dies at 66
May 29 Betsy Palmer [Patricia Betsy Hrunek], American actress (Mr Roberts, Friday the 13th), dies at 88

Doris Hart (1925-2015)

May 29 American tennis player (6 x Grand Slam singles titles; 29 x GS doubles titles), dies at 89

Doris Hart

May 29 Henry Carr, American athlete (Olympic gold 200m, 4x400m 1964) and football safety (NY Giants), dies at 72
May 29 Peter Cropper, British violinist (Lindsay Quartet, 1965-2005), dies of a heart attack at 59
May 30 Azmat Rana, Pakistan cricket batsman (1 Test, top score 49; 2 ODIs), dies at 63
May 30 Joseph [Beau] Biden III, American politician and son of Vice President Joe Biden, dies of cancer at 47
May 30 L. Tom Perry, American religious leader (LDS apostle), dies at 92

Famous People by Cause of Death