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May2000

Actors Who Died in May 2000

May 1 Stephen "Steve" Reeves, American professional bodybuilder, actor, and philanthropist (Hercules, Goliath, Sandokan), dies from a blood clot at 74
May 6 Leonard Salzedo, British orchestral, ballet, and film composer (The Witch Boy; Requiem Sine Voxibus, Hammer Films), dies at 78

Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000)

May 7 American actor (Prisoner of Zenda; Gunga Din), and decorated US naval officer (WWII Beach Jumpers), dies of a heart attack at 90

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

May 11 Paula Wessely, Austrian actress and producer (Masquerade), dies at 93
May 13 Paul Bartel, American actor (b. 1938)
May 15 Ziki Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton (née Myrtle Arbuthnot), British model and photographer (as Ziki Arnot), and politician (House of Lords, 1990-200), dies of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) - a rare brain disorder at 66

John Gielgud (1904-2000)

May 21 British stage and screen actor and director (Arthur, Hamlet, Ages of Man), dies at 96

John Gielgud

May 25 Nicholas Clay, English actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover), dies at 53
May 30 Doris Hare, Welsh actress (b. 1905)

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