
Grigori Zhislin, 71, Russian violinist.Barry Wood, 74, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Durban (since 2005).Moray Watson, 88, British actor ( The Darling Buds of May, The Quatermass Experiment, Compact).Romeo Vasquez, 78, Filipino actor, stroke.Thorsness, 85, American air force officer and Medal of Honor recipient, member of the Washington Senate (1988–1992), leukemia. Gary Rogers, 74, American entrepreneur ( Dreyer's). Norma Procter, 89, English opera singer.Eduardo Portella, 84, Brazilian essayist, author and politician, Minister of Education (1979–1980).Penck, 77, German artist, complications from a stroke. George Hugh Niederauer, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of San Francisco (2006–2012), lung cancer.Angelo Musitano, 39, Canadian mobster.Anne Morrissy Merick, 83, American war correspondent and journalist, complications from dementia.Gerry Martiniuk, 79, Canadian politician, MPP of Ontario from Cambridge (1995–2011), cancer.Paul MacEwan, 74, Canadian politician.Diane Lewis, 65, American architect, author and academic.Toby Kimball, 74, American basketball player ( Boston Celtics, San Diego Rockets, New Orleans Jazz), inflammatory lung disease.Heinz Kessler, 97, German politician and military officer, East German Minister of National Defence (1985–1989).Hugo Judd, 77, Canadian-born New Zealand diplomat.Michael Gurr, 55, Australian playwright ( Departure).Cammy Duncan, 51, Scottish footballer ( Motherwell, Partick Thistle, Ayr United), cancer.Abelardo Castillo, 82, Argentine writer.Michael Bore, 69, English cricketer ( Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire).Harold Bedoya Pizarro, 78, Colombian military officer and politician, commander of the National Army (1994–1996), lymphoma.Vincent Baggetta, 72, American actor ( The Eddie Capra Mysteries).John Bahen, 73, Australian footballer ( Fitzroy).Joe and ThunderCats, complications from surgery. Stanley Weston, 84, American licensing agent and inventor of the action figure, creator of G.I.Mohamed Talbi, 95, Tunisian historian.Betty Shannon, 95, American mathematician.Eduard Sekler, 96, Austrian architect and architectural historian.Sterling Seagrave, 80, American investigative journalist and author.Karel Schoeman, 77, South African novelist, apparent suicide by dehydration.


Mike Lowry, 78, American politician, Governor of Washington (1993–1997) and U.S.Yuri Lobanov, 64, Tajik sprint canoeist, Olympic champion ( 1972).Alice Langtry, 84, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1985–1992).Erkki Kurenniemi, 75, Finnish musician.Bruce Hampton, 70, American musician ( Hampton Grease Band, Aquarium Rescue Unit) and actor ( Sling Blade).Kurt Grönholm, 90, Finnish Olympic rower ( 1952).Eugene Gendlin, 90, Austrian-born American philosopher.Roy Gater, 76, English footballer ( Port Vale, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Crewe Alexandra), Alzheimer's disease.Pierre Gaspard-Huit, 99, French film director and screenwriter.Yisrael Friedman, 93, Israeli rabbi and educator.Raul Costa Seibeb, 25, Namibian racing cyclist, winner of the National Road Race Championship (2014), traffic collision.Katy Bødtger, 84, Danish singer, natural causes.Richard Basciano, 91, American property developer.Anatoly Aleksin, 92, Russian writer and poet.Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2017.Įntries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname.
