- May 8 Jim Fowler, American naturalist, zoologist and Emmy Award-winning TV presenter (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), dies of heart disease at 89
- May 9 Freddie Starr, English comedian and singer (The Freddie Starr Showcase), dies at 76
- May 11 Harold Lederman, American boxing judge & analyst (HBO), dies of cancer at 79
- May 12 Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress (Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu), dies at 95
Doris Day (1922-2019)
May 13 American singer ("Sentimental Journey; "Que Sera, Sera"), actress known as the "girl next door" (Pillow Talk; The Man Who Knew Too Much), and animal rights activist, dies of pneumonia at 97
- May 14 (Thomas) "Tim" Conway, American Emmy Award-winning comic actor and screenwriter (McHale's Navy; The Carol Burnett Show, 1975-78; The Apple Dumpling Gang), dies from complications of normal pressure hydrocephalus at 85
- May 20 Andrew Hall, English actor (Butterflies - "Russell"), and theater director, dies of cancer at 65
- May 28 Andre Asriel, Austrian-German classical and film score composer, dies at 97
Frank Lucas (1930-2019)
May 30 American drug kingpin (fictionalised in 2007 film "American Gangster"), dies at 88
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