Dead in May 2012

May 1

Charles Pitts

• Andreu, Gogo (92) - Argentine actor ( Pope for one day ) [1] .
• Wirschowski, Mordechai (82) - Israeli politician, vice speaker of the Knesset (1988-1992). Human rights activist. [2] .
• Gasheva, Rufina Sergeevna (90) - navigator, veteran of the Great Patriotic War, senior aviation lieutenant, Hero of the Soviet Union [3] .
• Kinley, James (86) - Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1994-2000) [4] .
• Moshev, Arkady Vasilievich (76) - Russian artist, people's artist of the Komi Republic [5] .
• Pitts, Charles (65) is an American musician, soul and blues guitarist in the band of singer Isaac Hayes [6] .
• Piatkus, Viktoras (83) - a veteran of the international human rights movement, founder of the Lithuanian Helsinki group [7] .
• Rose, Earle (85) - American pathologist, conducted an official autopsy of John F. Kennedy . Parkinson's disease . [8] .
• Hardy, John (98) - American military leader, lieutenant general, head of American air operations in the Mediterranean during the Second World War [9]
• Shanmugasundari (75) - Indian actress, starring in more than 700 films [10]

May 2

• Valera, Lourdes (48) - Venezuelan actress [11]
• Voznesensky, Mikhail Yuryevich (51) - Major General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia; car accident. [12] .
• Woolf, Digby (82) - British actor and screenwriter [13]
• Grishakov, Alexander Egorovich (85) - a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, partisans and scout, full holder of the Order of Glory [14] .
• Deutsch, Mark Mikhailovich (67) - journalist, political observer for Moskovsky Komsomolets. Drowned on vacation in Indonesia [15]
• Israelyan, Garik (64) - Consul General of Armenia in Batumi ( Georgia ). [sixteen]
• Yong, Emma (37) - Singaporean actress [17] .
• Connolly, Peter (77) - British historian, researcher of the military history of Antiquity, archaeologist and author of illustrations. Oxford University Researcher [18] .
• Lopis, Fernando (76) - Portuguese film director [19]
• Minnullin, Tufan Abdullovich (76) - Russian Tatar writer, chairman of the board of the Union of Writers of the TASSR (1984-1989). [20]
• Sedianingsih Endang Rahayu (57) - Indonesian doctor, Minister of Health (☎) [21]
• Tonomura, Akira (70) - Japanese physicist [22]
• Zeitlin, Zvi (89) - American violinist and music teacher of Belarusian-Jewish origin [23]

May 3

• Brevet, Lloyd (80) - Jamaican musician from the group The Skatalites [24] .
• Werder, Felix (90) - Australian classical composer [25] [26]
• Iljueca Sibauste, Jorge Enrique (93) - Minister of Foreign Affairs (1981-1983), Vice President (1982-1984) and President of Panama (1984). [27]
• Laidla, Sylvia (84) - Soviet and Estonian theater and film actress [28]
• Seliverstov, Sergey Vasilievich (61) - Soviet and Russian artist, painter, director of the Chelyabinsk art school (1995-2010), member of the USSR Union of Artists , Honored Artist of the Russian Federation . [29] (inaccessible link)
• Foley, John Miles (65) - American folklorist and teacher [30] .

May 4

• Bulakhov, Mikhail Gapeevich (92) - Soviet and Belarusian linguist.
• Garnett, Angelica (93) - British writer and artist, daughter of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell , niece of Virginia Woolf , wife of David Garnett [31]
• Greenawalt, Crawford (74) - American archaeologist, head of excavations in the Sardis (1976-2007) [32]
• Doronin, Kirill Alekseevich (73) - Soviet footballer, champion of the USSR and winner of the USSR Cup in the Torpedo (Moscow) (1960), referee of the All-Union category [33] .
• Doherty, Rob - American musician, guitarist of Into Eternity . Founder of Final Darkness [34]
• Yekini, Rashidi (48) - Nigerian footballer, striker. [35]
• Levane, Andrew (92) - American basketball coach, head coach of the New York Knicks (1958-1960) [36] .
• Lindsay, Mort (89) - American master of orchestration, composer, conductor and pianist, winner of the Emmy Award (1969) [37] .
• Nakhotskoev, Alikhan Isaevich ( en: Alikhan Nakotskhoyev ) - Russian football player, goalkeeper of the Angusht club (Nazran) [38] (unavailable link) .
• Stuart, Bob (91) is an American television producer and creator of many television games, including the Pyramid game [39] .
• Ciechomskaya, Kristina (80) - Polish actress [40]
• Chikvaidze, Alexander Davidovich (80) - Soviet and Georgian diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (1992-1995) [41]
• Short, Edward (99) - British politician, laborer, who held various ministerial posts (1964-1970, 1974-1976) [42] .

• Yauk, Adam (47) - American musician, founder of the Beastie Boys band [43] .

May 5th

• Akhundova, Maryam Vidadievna (37) - Russian writer, author of an alternative biography Freddie Mercury

• Bernadotte, Karl Johan (95) - Swedish aristocrat, uncle of King of Sweden Charles XVI Gustav and Queen of Denmark Margrethe II , the last great-grandson of Queen Victoria [44] .
• Bulakhov, Mikhail Gapeevich (92) - Soviet and Belarusian linguist.
• Knobel, Georg (89) - Dutch soccer coach, senior coach of the Netherlands national football team (1974-1976) [45] .
• Markov, Mikhail Gerasimovich (73) - Soviet cyclist and coach, Honored Master of Sports, Honored Trainer of the USSR, 11-time champion of the USSR, silver medalist of the 1967 World Cup. [46] .
• Mesikäpp, Layne (95) - Estonian theater actress, singer, folk singer [47]
• Padayachi, Roy (62) - South African politician, minister of public service and administration [48]
• Prudnikov, Leonid - Belarusian film artist [49]
• Sachs, Mendel (85) - American physicist [50] .
• Uras, Ali (88) - Turkish basketball player and sports activist, president of Galatasaray
• Erkko, Aatos (79) - Finnish media tycoon and philanthropist [51]

May 6th

• Isaac, James (51) - American filmmaker ( Jason X , Werewolves ) [52]
• Al-Quso, Fahd Mohammed Ahmed (37) - Yemeni terrorist, Al-Qaeda commander, one of the ten most wanted terrorists in the world, killed [53]
• Burks, Michael (54) - American singer, guitarist and composer [54] .
• Bugatto, Lautaro (20) - Argentine soccer player, defender of the Argentinean youth team, assassination [55]
• Gaderi, Iraj (77) - Iranian film director and actor [56]
• Laplanche, Jean (87) - French philosopher and psychoanalyst [57]
• Lindsay, George (83) - American actor [58] .
• Lozanov, Georgy Kirilov (85) - Bulgarian teacher, psychologist and suggestologist , who developed in the 1960s. Suggestopedia method used for accelerated teaching of foreign languages [59] .
• Mitsotakis, Marika (82) - First Lady of Greece (1990-1993), wife of the Prime Minister of Greece Konstantinos Mitsotakis [60] .
• O'Connell, Joseph - Canadian Indologist and Historian of Religion [61] .
• Summers, Yale (78) - American actor [62] .
• Sergeev, Gennady Dmitrievich (85) - Soviet and Russian actor of the Maly Theater of Russia and cinema, people's artist of Russia [63] ..
• Troiborg, Jan (56) - Danish politician, who in 1993-2001. held various ministerial posts, including the Minister of Defense (2000-2001) [64] .
• Khoroshevsky, Victor Gavrilovich (71) - Russian scientist in the field of distributed computing systems, corresponding member of the RAS [65]

May 7th

• Balov, Ivan Egorovich (85) - Chairman of the collective farm. Lenin, Starozhilovsky district, Ryazan region, Hero of Socialist Labor , an honorary resident of Ryazan. [66] .
• Allen, Ivan (81) - American ballet soloist [67] .
• Bartha, Ferenc (68) - Hungarian economist, president of the Hungarian National Bank (1988-1990) [68] .
• Bena, Stefan (76)) - Serbian football player, finalist of the UEFA Cup Winners Cup (1965) in the “ Munich 1860 ” [69] .
• Boeva, Tatyana Ivanovna (60) - Ukrainian jazz singer, one of the ten best jazz vocalists in the world, Honored Artist of Ukraine [70] .
• Bocande, Jules (53) - Senegalese footballer and coach, player of the Senegal national football team and French clubs, France's top scorer in the Metz (1986) [71]
• Grishin, Yuri Anatolyevich (61) - deputy commander-in-chief of the Air Force of the Russian Federation for educational work (1998-2004), retired lieutenant general. [72]
• Keynan, Alexander (90) is an Israeli microbiologist of Soviet descent, one of the founders and the first director of the Institute of Biology in Ness Zion [73] .
• Crisanti, Andrea (75) - Italian film designer ( Nostalgia ) [74]
• Krovyakova, Maria Tikhonovna (71) - chief state sanitary doctor of the Crimea (1998-2007, 2008-2010) [75]
• Pletnev, Alexander Nikitich (78) - Russian writer, laureate of the All-Union Prize. N. Ostrovsky [76]
• Reutov, Alexander Pavlovich (85) - Soviet and Russian scientist in the field of information technology, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences , deputy minister of radio industry of the USSR. [77] (inaccessible link)

May 8th

• Huseynov, Rifat Mirakhmedovich (65) - Doctor of Economics, Professor, Department of General Economic Theory, Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering, [78]
• Katzenbach, Nicholas (90) - US Attorney General (1964-1966) [79]
• Kuznetsov, Viktor Yegorovich (65) - deputy of the State Duma of the fourth convocation (2003-2007) from the Communist Party faction, deputy chairman of the local government committee of the State Duma [80]
• Postnikov, Stanislav Ivanovich (83) - Soviet military leader, commander in chief of Western troops (1988-1993), army general . [81]
• Sdobnov, Yuri Afanasevich (83) - Vice President of RAASN, Academician of RAASN, Full Member of MAAM, Academician of the Academy of Architectural Heritage, Honored Architect of the Russian Federation, Honorary Architect of Russia [82]
• Selivanov, Fedor Andreevich (83) - Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Tyumen State Oil and Gas University [83] (unavailable link)
• Sendak, Maurice (83) - US classic children's book illustration, writer (“ Where the Beasts Live ”). [84]
• Totenberg, Roman (101) - American violinist ( Roman Totenberg ) [85]
• Firsova, Dzhemma Sergeevna (76) - Soviet and Russian film actress, film director, journalist, Lenin Prize laureate (1980), USSR State Prize laureate (1973) [86]

May 9th

• Veretennikov, Vladimir Viktorovich (59) - Vice-Governor of the Vladimir Region [87]
• Henry, Jeffrey (71) - Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (1983, 1989-1999) [88]
• Matveev, Ivan Afanasevich (81) - statesman and public figure of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), director-adviser and head of the Center for Economic Research at the Agro-Industrial Complex of the Yakutsk Research Institute of Agriculture of the Russian Agricultural Academy [89]
• Makhmudov, Ikbal Biyukishi oglu (35) - Ukrainian businessman of Azerbaijani origin, owner of the Azud company, chairman of the Congress of Azerbaijanis in Donetsk region ; the killing [90] .
• Sassoon, Vidal (84) - British hairdresser, stylist, entrepreneur and public figure [91]
• Yablontsev, Alexander Nikolaevich (57) - 2nd-class test pilot, colonel. Killed in a plane crash of the Superjet - 100 in Indonesia [92]

May 10

• Johnson, Evelyn (102) - American woman pilot, listed in the Guinness Book of Records [93]
• Kaufmann, Gunther (64) - German actor and singer [94]
• Kimura, Hiroshi (82) - Japanese entrepreneur, president of Japan Tobacco (since 2006) [95] .
• Maryamäki, Pekka (64) - Finnish hockey player, the best defender of the 1975 World Cup, the best hockey player of Finland (1975) [96]
• Perkins, Eddie (75) - American boxer, world champion (1962, 1963-1965) [97] .
• Redman, Joyce (96) - Irish Actress [98]
• Sönstäby, Gunnar (94) - Norwegian veteran of the Resistance Movement [99]
• Sokiran, Vasily Ivanovich (73) - Soviet inventor, leading designer in the field of anti-aircraft missile systems.
• Faas, Horst (79) - German photojournalist, Pulitzer Prize laureate [100]
• Shelby, Carroll (89) - American racer and automobile designer [101] .
• Shipanga, Andreas (80) - Namibian politician, chairman of the Transitional Government of National Unity of Namibia (1987, 1988) [102]

May 11th

• Brebera, Stanislav (86) - Czech chemist , inventor of Semtex [103]
• Bozoyan, Alexander (80) - Armenian scientist, doctor of mathematical sciences, professor [104]
• Gerzenson, Boris Mironovich - Soviet and Russian draftsman, athlete, trainer, journalist, writer [105]
• Desuniga, Tony (70) - Filipino comic book artist, one of the creators of John Hex [106] .
• Ivanichenko, Anatoly Vasilievich (44) - Russian lawyer, lawyer. He took part in the programs “ Federal Judge ”, “Lawyer stories”; heart attack [107] .
• Timashov, Gennady Alexandrovich (66) - Head of the Kazan Higher Tank Command Red Banner School, Major General [108] .
• Tomlinson, Travis (98) - American politician, Mayor of Raleigh (1965-1969) [109]
• Hohleitner, Dorothea (86) - Austrian skier, bronze medalist of the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo in giant slalom [110] .

May 12th

• Agadzhanyan, Felix Edmundovich (55) - actor of the Lyceum Theater. [111]
• Adibaev, Hassan (86) - Kazakhstan writer [112] .
• Butovsky, Yakov Leonidovich (84) - Soviet and Russian film expert. [113]
• Gromstad, Tour Marius (22) - Norwegian footballer; falling from height. [114]
• Cyrus, Paul (48) - Canadian hockey player, ( Buffalo Sabers , New York Rangers ), World Junior Champion (1982) [115] .
• Pauling, Harold (86) - CEO of Ford (1990-1993) [116]
• Ursell, Fritz (89) - British mathematician ( Ursell number ) [117] .

May 13th

• Aminov, Ali - the leader of the Nogai militant group , was killed during the counter-terrorist operation [118] .
• Broughthen, Trond (35) - Norwegian musician, guitarist and vocalist of black metal band Urgehal . [119]
• Eremenko, Galina (78) - announcer of Soviet radio and television, Honored Artist of the Republic of Belarus [120] .
• Dunne, Donald (70) - American bass player [121] .
• Les Leston (91) - British race car driver, winner of the Luxembourg Grand Prix (1952) [122] .
• Lubchenko, Igor Fedorovich (74) - Chairman of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (1997-2012) [123] .
• Ramazanova (Ramazanova-Lakskaya), Elsa (Elizabeth) (57) - Russian pop singer; first pop singer of Dagestan , accident [124] (link not available)
• Rahmani, Arsala (75) - Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1994-1995); killed in Kabul [125] .
• Richardson, Lee (33) - British speedway racer, world champion [126] .
• Filipova, Katya (63) - Bulgarian singer [127] .

May 14th

• Gerdel, Boris Borisovich (89) - Director of the State Opera and Ballet Theater of TajSR, a veteran of World War II. [128] (inaccessible link) .
• Babakhina, Elizaveta Iosifovna (77) - producer, founder of the animated film studio Christmas Films [129] .
• Dzhabbarov, Anwar (54) - Minister of Culture and Sports of Uzbekistan (2009—2011), murder (the body was found that day) [130] .
• Mashtakov, Nikolai Nikolaevich (62) - Russian Yaroslavl television journalist and director [131] .
• Radchenko, Vasily Grigoryevich (85) - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Small Business in Welding Production of Altai State Technical University named after I. I. Polzunova, Lenin Prize laureate, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation. [132]
• Sachdev, Taruni (14) - Indian actress and fashion model ; plane crash . [133]
• Stepanov, Anatoly Yakovlevich (80) - Soviet and Russian writer and screenwriter [134] (unavailable link)

May 15th

• Denker, Henry (99) - American screenwriter (The Greatest Story Ever Told ) [135]
• Zakaria Mohi ed-Din (93) - Egyptian military and political leader, Prime Minister of Egypt (1965-1966) [136]
• Kozlowski, Peter (59) - German philosopher-economist [137] [138] .
• Lustiger, Arnaud (88) - German-Jewish historian [139] [140] .
• Mamaev, Huseyn (28) - Dagestan terrorist, "Amir" of Makhachkala "; killed. [141]
• Murray, John (83) - Scottish aristocrat, 11th Earl of Atoll [142] .
• Fuentes, Carlos (83) - Mexican writer and journalist [143] .
• Kharitonova, Galina Borisovna (60) - Russian actress, People's Artist of Buryatia [144] .

May 16th

• Abdnor, James (89) - American politician, senator (1981-1987), head of the department for small business (1987-1989) [145] .
• Biesu, Maria Lukyanovna (76) - opera and chamber singer of Moldova and the USSR, People's Artist of the USSR and Moldova , Lenin Prize laureate, USSR State Prize laureate , Hero of Socialist Labor . [146]
• Brown, Chuck (75) - American musician, “the godfather of go-go music” [147]
• Burger, Norbert (79) - German politician, chief mayor of Cologne (1980-1999) [148]
• Geister, Hans (83) - German athlete, bronze medalist of the Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki ( 1952 ) in the relay 4x400 meters [149] .
• Mylnikov, Andrei Andreevich (93) - Soviet and Russian artist, painter, professor, full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR , People's Artist of the USSR and the RSFSR, Hero of Socialist Labor . [150]
• Ponomarev, Alexander Sergeevich (73) - founder and leader of the Vesna children's choir, Honored Artist of Russia, laureate of the Moscow Prize in the Field of Literature and Art [151]
• Telin, Vladimir Nikitovich (71) - artist-painter, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts, professor of the Surikov Institute [152]

May 17th

• Al-Jazairiya, Varda (72) - Arabian singer [153]
• Aptsiauri, Vladimir Stepanovich (50) - Soviet Georgian athlete, champion of the Olympic Games in Seoul (1988) in the foil fencing team championship. [154]
• Donna Summer (63) - American singer, “Disco Queen”, six-time winner of the Grammy Award; lungs' cancer. [155]
• Klida, France (79) - French classical pianist [156] .
• Mafisango, Patrick (32) - Rwandan soccer player, player and captain of the Rwandan national team , car accident [157] .
• Pavlenok, Boris Vladimirovich (88) - screenwriter, writer, deputy chairman of the Goskino USSR (1970-1985). [158]
• Poghosyan, Stepan Karapetovich (80) - First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia (1990-1991), member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU (1990-1991). [159]
• Khrabrykh, Vasily Ivanovich (85) - a veteran of World War II, a participant in the assault on Berlin, a young man of the Northern Fleet. [160]
• Эзра, Гидеон (74) — израильский политик, министр внутренней безопасности (2004—2006), министр туризма (2001—2005), министр по охране окружающей среды (2006—2009) [161]

18 мая

• Авила, Марко Антонио (39) — мексиканский журналист, который писал об организованной преступности и наркоторговле; похищен и убит [162]
• Джей Гурудев (116) — индийский религиозный лидер [163]
• Джонс, Питер (45) — австралийский музыкант, барабанщик группы Crowded House , рак мозга [164] .
• Фишер-Дискау, Дитрих (86) — немецкий оперный и камерный певец (баритон), музыковед, дирижёр. [165]
• Щербаков, Юрий Александрович (65) — российский моряк-подводник, капитан 1 ранга, Герой России (1993) [166] .

19 мая

• Бёрджесс, Ян (81) — британский автогонщик [167] .
• Бузер, Боб (75) — американский баскетболист, чемпион летних Олимпийских игр в Риме 1960 [168] .
• Ганчук, Виктор Вианорович (78) — российский спортивный журналист [169]
• Хец, Герхард (69) — немецкий пловец, серебряный призёр летних Олимпийских игр в Токио ( 1964 ) в эстафете 4х200 метров вольным стилем, бронзовый призёр на этих же играх на дистанции 400 метров комплексным плаванием, двукратный рекордсмен мира на дистанции 400 метров комплексным плаванием [170] .

20 мая

• аль-Меграхи, Абдель Бассет Али (60) — ливийский террорист, осуждённый за организацию теракта над Локерби ; рак предстательной железы. [171]
• Гибб, Робин (62) — британский музыкант, сооснователь группы Bee Gees ; рак печени и толстой кишки. [172]
• Мамедов, Аслан (26) — лидер боевиков северной части Дагестана (Хасавюртовская группировка); убит. [173]
• Полли, Юджин (96) — американский инженер электронщик, изобретатель первого пульта дистанционного управления для телевизоров (Flashmatic) (1955) [174]
• Стрэй, Свен (90) — министр иностранных дел Норвегии (1970—1971, 1981—1986) [175] .
• Чихладзе, Людмила Александровна (87) — танцовщица, режиссёр-балетмейстер, народная артистка Абхазской ССР, заслуженная артистка Грузинской ССР, член Союза грузин в России [176]

21 мая

• Адаменко, Екатерина Захаровна (92) — неоднократная чемпионка СССР и Украины по пятиборью, прыжкам в длину и в беге на 80 и 100 метров с барьерами, мать главного тренера сборной Украины по футболу Олега Блохина [177] .
• Блэзончик, Эдди (70) — американский музыкант, лауреат премии Грэмми (1987). [178]
• Вальдес, Родольфо Феликс (86) — мексиканский политик, губернатор штата Сонора (1985—1991) [179]
• Добронравов, Борис Владимирович (76) — актёр Астраханского драматического театра, заслуженный артист России . [180] .
• Думбадзе, Роман Нодарович (48) — генерал-майор грузинской армии, экс-командир 25-й Батумской бригады; убийство [181] .
• Константин (Баган) (76) — митрополит Украинской православной церкви в США (с 1993) [182]
• Митрошин, Игорь Гарьевич (48) — артист Хабаровского краевого театра драмы и комедии [183] .
• Родригес, Дуглас (61) — кубинский боксёр, чемпион мира ( 1974 ), бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр в Мюнхене ( 1972 ) [184]

22 мая

• Чернов, Юрий Иванович (78) — эколог, исследователь Арктики, академик РАН [185] .
• Агияр, Франсиско Феррейра де (Формига) (81) — бразильский футболист, игрок сборной Бразилии по футболу , обладатель Межконтинентального кубка по футболу (1962) [186] (недоступная ссылка) .
• Азарова, Людмила Тимофеевна (77) — латвийская русскоязычная поэтесса и переводчик. [187]
• Ванин, Алексей Захарович (87) — советский и российский киноактер, заслуженный мастер спорта по классической борьбе, заслуженный артист Российской Федерации . [188]
• Крыжановский, Юрий (51) — украинский поэт, бард. [189] (недоступная ссылка)
• Кэррол, Джанет (71) — американская актриса (« Рискованный бизнес »). [190] (недоступная ссылка)
• Лаффранчи, Клаудиа — шведско-американский кинорежиссёр, сценарист, кинопродюсер и киножурналист [191] .

23 мая

• Бейлин, Вячеслав Иосифович (60) — российский импресарио, концертный директор, председатель правления Национальной ассамблеи организаторов развлечений России [192]
• Возницкий, Борис Григорьевич (86) — директор Львовской галереи искусств, Герой Украины ( 2005 ); автокатастрофа. [193] .
• Жук, Полина Вадимовна (20) — белорусская велосипедистка, член молодежной сборной страны; разбилась во время гонок [194]
• Задорин, Александр Дмитриевич (77) — российский учёный в области биологической интенсификации земледелия, член-корреспондент РАСХН
• Келем-Лермонтова, Адель-Гайден Адольфовна (93) — последняя участница Николаевского подполья в годы Великой Отечественной войны . [195]
• Коллар, Штефан (57) — заместитель генерального директора Международной организации космической связи « Интерспутник » [196] .
• Орлов, Владимир Константинович (71) — российский театральный композитор; инфаркт [197]

24 мая

• Адыгезалзаде, Зохраб Афрасиаб оглу (71) — азербайджанский музыкант, народный артист Азербайджана, пианист. [198]
• Арпман, Жаклин (94) — бельгийская писательница, лауреат премии Медичи (1996) [199]
• Голдмарк, Кэти (63) — американская писательница и музыкант, участница группы Rock-Bottom Remainders [200]
• Давитая, Сергей Жаниевич (45) — российский петербургский общественный деятель, автор Праздника Корюшки [201]
• Ковалко, Михаил Петрович (67) — председатель Государственного комитета нефтяной, газовой и перерабатывающей промышленности Украины (1995—1998). [202]
• Ломбардо, Франсиско (86) — аргентинский футболист, защитник сборноф Аргентины по футболу , Участник Чемпионата мира по футболу 1958 года , двукратный чемпион Южной Америки (1955, 1959) [203] .
• Мавровская, Магдалина Константиновна (98) — российская художница, народный художник Республики Татарстан [204]
• МакКоннелл, Марк (50) — американский музыкант, барабанщик групп Sebastian Bach , Blackfoot , Skid Row [205]
• Муртазалиев, Арсанали (Арсен) Салгереевич (54) — министр спорта Республики Дагестан [206] .
• Рич, Ли (93) — американский продюсер, лауреат премии Эмми (1973) [207] .
• Тимошенко, Геннадий Афанасьевич (75) — генеральный директор корпорации ЕЭСУ , свёкор экс-премьер-министра Украины Юлии Тимошенко . [208]
• Фабер, Клаас Карел (90) — нацистский военный преступник [209]

25 мая

• Гарднер, Кейт (82) — ямайский легкоатлет, бронзовый призёр летних Олимпийских игр в Риме ( 1960 ) в эстафете 4х400 метров [210]
• Гинзбург, Борис Морисович (91) — гидролог, один из основоположников науки о прогнозах ледового режима рек и водохранилищ, доктор географических наук, профессор, Заслуженный деятель науки России [211]
• Дзевановский, Сергей Юрьевич (64) — советский и российский музыкант и преподаватель. Директор хорового училища им. М. Глинки, заслуженный деятель искусств [212]
• Манджаротти, Эдоардо (93) — итальянский фехтовальщик, шестикратный чемпион Олимпийских игр , тринадцатикратный чемпион мира [213]
• Наумов, Николай Фёдорович (90) — советский и российский писатель.
• Спаркс, Беатрис (95) — американская писательница (« Дневник Алисы ») [214] .
• Файнштейн, Софья Исааковна (84) — советская и российская криминалистка.
• Фоссье, Робер (84) — французский историк-медиевист («Люди средневековья») (русский перевод 2010) [215] [216]
• Хенли, Уильям (80) — американский писатель и сценарист (« Мотыльки на ветру », « Кое-что про Амелию ») [217] .
• Хорев, Виктор Александрович (80) — российский ученый, профессор Института славяноведения РАН [218] .

26 мая

• Декабутер, Артур (75) — бельгийский велогонщик, победитель Тура Фландрии (1960), Dwars door Vlaanderen (1960), Омлоп Хет Ниувсблад (1961), E3 Харелбеке (1961) [219] .
• Диллон, Лео (79) — американский художник-иллюстратор, вместе с женой, Дианой Диллон , двукратный лауреат Медали Калдекотта (1976, 1977) и Всемирной премии фэнтези (2008) [220]
• Миядзава, Хироси (90) — японский политик, губернатор префектуры Хиросима (1973—1981), министр юстиции (1995) [221] .
• Оруметс, Велло (70) — эстонский советский певец [222]
• Пушков, Владимир Алексеевич (55) — генеральный консул России в Ниигате ; несчастный случай. [223]
• Эрикссон, Анна-Лиса (83) — шведская лыжница, бронзовая призёрка зимних Олимпийских игр в Кортина-д'Ампеццо ( 1956 ) в эстафете 3х5 км

27 мая

• Даниэль, Симеон (77) — премьер-министр Невиса (1983—1992) [224]
• Кабатова, Зита (99) ( cs:Zita Kabátová ) — старейшая чешская актриса [225] .
• Карузо, Ди (83) — американский сценарист (« Напряги извилины ») [226] .
• Насиров, Мустафа (90) — ветеран Великой Отечественной войны, генерал-майор пограничных войск Азербайджана [227] .
• Розенблит, Роман Александрович (77) — российский кинорежиссёр и журналист. [228]
• Тапиа, Джонни (45) — американский боксёр - профессионал . Чемпион мира во 2-й наилегчайшей (версия WBO , 1995 — 1998 ; версия IBF , 1997 — 1998 ), легчайшей (версия WBA , 1998 — 1999 ; версия WBO , 2000 ), полулёгкой (версия IBF , 2002 ) весовой категории. [229]
• Хирцебрух, Фридрих (84) — немецкий математик, лауреат премии Вольфа (1988), медали Ломоносова (1996) и премии имени Н. И. Лобачевского (1989), Иностранный член РАН [230] .

28 мая

• Биктемиров, Шаукат Хасанович (83) — советский и татарский актёр театра и кино, Народный артист СССР (1977) [231]
• Макушкин, Юрий Семёнович (71) — советский и российский учёный-физик, ректор Томского государственного университета (1983—1992) [232] .
• Nikona (Peretyagina) (70) - abbot of the Kazan Amvrosievsky female desert in Shamordino (1990-2012) [233] .
• Poplavskaya, Irina Ivanovna (82) - Russian actress, director of the Mosfilm film studio, People's Artist of Russia [234] (unavailable link)
• Samsonov, Nikolai Georgievich (86) - Russian philologist-Slavic, professor of the Russian language department of Northeastern Federal University [235] (unavailable link)
• Susloparov, Yuri Vladimirovich (53) - Soviet football player, defender and midfielder. International Master of Sports (1980). Two-time champion of the USSR. [236]
• Chernykh, Evgeny Vasilievich (80) - foreman of the steelworkers of the Izhevsk Metallurgical Plant, Hero of Socialist Labor . [237]

May 29

• Gadzhikhanov, Nasyr Ramazanovich (45) - Russian athlete, three-time European champion in freestyle wrestling, Deputy Minister of Sports of Dagestan ; the killing [238] .
• Watson, Doc (89) - American musician, eight-time Grammy Award winner [239]
• Minkov, Mark Anatolyevich (67) - Soviet and Russian composer, people's artist of Russia [240] .
• Cindo, Kaneto (100) - Japanese film director, screenwriter [241]
• Uyomov, Avenir Ivanovich (84) - Soviet and Ukrainian philosopher, founder and permanent chairman of the Odessa Philosophical Society [242]
• Khrabrovitskaya, Galina Ivanovna (?) - Director of the State Museum - Humanitarian Center "Overcoming" named after N.A. Ostrovsky (1984-2011). [243]

May 30

• Paul, Gerhard (74) - German politician, Minister of Economics of the GDR (1990) [244] .
• Twyman, Jack (78) - American basketball player, member of the NBA All-Star Team (1957-1960, 1962-1963), member of the Basketball Hall of Fame [245] .
• Huxley, Andrew Fielding (94) - English neurophysiologist and biophysicist , Nobel laureate in physiology and medicine in 1963 [246] .
• Yumshanov, Vasily Veniaminovich - Russian journalist and director of documentaries, laureate of Russian and international festivals [247]
• Belenko Grigory Demidovich (86) - WWII veteran

May 31

• Woolridge, Orlando (52) - American basketball player, NBA player [248] .
• Midler, Mark Petrovich (80) - Soviet athlete, two-time Olympic champion, repeated world fencing champion. [249]
• Peach, Paul (100) - German race car driver and book publisher, the oldest Formula 1 driver [250] (link not available)
• Popov, Sergey Petrovich (97) - Soviet and Russian trumpeter.