Deaths in May 1990

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 1990.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

May 1990

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Fred Blackburn, 87, British politician.
Sunset Carson, 69, American actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sunset Carson – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6v12wpd |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Heciyê Cindî, 82, Kurdish linguist and researcher from Armenia.
Djalma Dias, 50, Brazilian footballer, cardiopulmonary arrest.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Djalma Dias |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/djalma-dias/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Sergio Franchi, 64, Italian-American singer and actor, brain cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sergio Franchi – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/41102 |website=IBDB |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Lothar Geitler, 90, Austrian botanist.
Oskar Kuhn, 82, German palaeontologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Oskar Kuhn – Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82101220 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Rab Bruce Lockhart, 73, Scottish rugby player and academic.
Jindřich Maudr, 84, Czechoslovak wrestler.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Jindřich Maudr |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/60213 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Frits Warmolt Went, 86, Dutch-American biologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frits Warmolt Went – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6w962sd |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Germain Bazin, 88, French art historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Germain Bazin |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11890728v |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Ronald Berndt, 73, Australian anthropologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ronald Berndt – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6f7770t |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Ann Casson, 74, English actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ann Casson – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w65d953b |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
William L. Dawson, 90, American composer.{{cite news |author1= |title=William L. Dawson, Composer, 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/04/obituaries/william-l-dawson-composer-90.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=4 May 1990 |page=D 21}}
David Rappaport, 38, English actor, suicide by gunshot.

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Carlos Cerutti, 21, Argentine basketball player, traffic collision.{{cite news |url=http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/content/%E2%80%9Cel-palo%E2%80%9D-esta-presente |title=A 20 años de su muerte, "el Palo" sigue presente |author=Gustavo Farías |newspaper=La Voz del Interior |language=Spanish |date=May 3, 2010 |accessdate=20 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527015936/http://mundod.lavoz.com.ar/content/%E2%80%9Cel-palo%E2%80%9D-esta-presente |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
Dovima, 62, American supermodel, liver cancer.{{cite news |author1=Bernadine Morris |title=Dovima, a Regal Model of the 50's, Is Dead at 63 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/05/obituaries/dovima-a-regal-model-of-the-50-s-is-dead-at-63.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=5 May 1990 |page=1 31}}
Audrey Ferris, 80, American actress.
Mathilda Guez, 71, French Tunisian-Israeli politician.
Karl Ibach, 75, German politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Karl Ibach |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb128826327 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Shōtarō Ikenami, 67, Japanese author, leukemia.
Pimen I of Moscow, 79, Soviet patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (since 1970).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pimen |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Mary Lea Johnson Richards, 63, American theatre producer, liver cancer.{{cite news |author1=David Margolick |author-link1=David Margolick |title=Mary Lea Johnson Richards, 63, Founder of Production Company |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/04/obituaries/mary-lea-johnson-richards-63-founder-of-production-company.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=4 May 1990 |page=D 21}}

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Luther Clifford, 66, American baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Luther Clifford Stats – Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clifflu01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
John Ormond, 67, Welsh poet.
Emily Remler, 32, American guitarist, heart failure.{{cite news |author1= |title=Emily Remler Dies On Australia Tour; Guitarist Was 32 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/08/obituaries/emily-remler-dies-on-australia-tour-guitarist-was-32.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=8 May 1990 |page=B 13}}
Shepard Stone, 82, American journalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Shepard Stone – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6z63s6x |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Johnny Wright, 73, American baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Johnny Wright Stats – Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Johnny+Wright |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

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Endre Bohem, 89, Hungarian-American filmmaker.{{cite news |author1= |title=Endre Bohem, Producer, 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/10/obituaries/endre-bohem-producer-89.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=10 May 1990 |page=D 25}}
Walter Bruch, 82, German electrical engineer and television pioneer.
Reginald Goodall, 88, English conductor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Reginald Goodall |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Reginald-Goodall |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Jean Keller, 84, French Olympic runner (1924, 1928, 1932).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Jean Keller |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/68315 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Elton Rule, 72, American television executive (American Broadcasting Company).

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Charles Farrell, 89, American actor, heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=Eric Pace |title=Charles Farrell, Actor, Dies at 88; Made Debut in 'Seventh Heaven' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/12/obituaries/charles-farrell-actor-dies-at-88-made-debut-in-seventh-heaven.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=12 May 1990 |page=1 29}}
Lotte Jacobi, 93, Prussian-American photographer.{{cite news |author1=C. Gerald Fraser |title=Lotte Jacobi, 93; Photographer Made Portraits of Artists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/09/obituaries/lotte-jacobi-93-photographer-made-portraits-of-artists.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 May 1990 |page=D 31}}
Irmtraud Morgner, 56, German writer, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frauendatenbank fembio.org |url=https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/frauendatenbank?fem_id=20095 |website=fembio.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Eduardo Nicol, 83, Mexican-Catalan philosopher.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Eduardo Nicol |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12027951x |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}

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Ann Bishop, 90, English biologist, pneumonia.{{cite ODNB | last = Goodwin | first = L.G. | year = 2004 | title = Ann Bishop | doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/40061 | url = https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/40061 }}
Elizete Cardoso, 69, Brazilian singer and actress, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Elizete Cardoso |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14038702w |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Ashley Lawrence, 55, New Zealand conductor.{{cite news |author1=Allan Kozinn |author-link1=Allan Kozinn |title=Ashley Lawrence; Orchestra Director For Ballets Was 55 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/08/obituaries/ashley-lawrence-orchestra-director-for-ballets-was-55.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=8 May 1990 |page=B 14}}
Nicholas Sanduleak, 56, American astronomer, cardiac arrest, heart attack.
Sam Tambimuttu, 58, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician.
Charlie Walker, 78, English football player.
Prince Andrej of Yugoslavia, 60, Yugoslav royal, suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.

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Tomás Ó Fiaich, 66, Irish Roman Catholic cardinal, heart attack.
June James, 27, American football player, traffic collision.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=June James Stats – Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=June+James |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Luigi Nono, 66, Italian composer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Luigi Nono |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Luigi-Nono |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Edsard Schlingemann, 23, Dutch Olympic swimmer (1984), traffic collision.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Edsard Schlingemann |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/49492 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Rudolf Sellner, 84, German actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Rudolf Sellner – filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/a84a76fe0faa4d2c96efa3c123f220f3 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=de |date=}}

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Lü Wei (diver), 23–24, Chinese diver, murdered.
Pauline Frederick, 82, American journalist, heart attack.
David Stuart Parker, 71, American territorial administrator, heart failure.{{cite news |author1= |title=David S. Parker, 71; General Was a Chief For the Canal Zone |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/12/obituaries/david-s-parker-71-general-was-a-chief-for-the-canal-zone.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=12 May 1990 |page=1 29}}
Patrick Piggott, 75, English composer.
Misha Raitzin, 59–60, Soviet-Israeli-American singer, lung aneurysm.{{cite news |author1= |title=Misha Raitzin, a Tenor With Met, Is Dead at 59 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/12/obituaries/misha-raitzin-a-tenor-with-met-is-dead-at-59.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=12 May 1990 |page=1 29}}
George Kennedy Young, 79, British politician.

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Hilda Buck, 75, New Zealand cricket player.{{cite web |title=Hilda Buck profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/hilda-buck-54367 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 January 2023}}
Walter Mahan, 87, American football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Walter Mahan Stats – Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Walter+Mahan |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Susan Oliver, 58, American actress and aviator, colorectal cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Susan Oliver Is Dead; Television Actress, 61 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/15/obituaries/susan-oliver-is-dead-television-actress-61.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=15 May 1990 |page=B 6}}
Walker Percy, 73, American philosophical writer, prostate cancer.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=Eric Pace |title=Walker Percy, Is Dead at 74; A Novelist of the New South |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/11/obituaries/walker-percy-is-dead-at-74-a-novelist-of-the-new-south.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=11 May 1990 |page=D 17}}

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Stratos Dionysiou, 54, Greek singer, aortic aneurysm.
Heidemarie Hatheyer, 78, Austrian actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frauendatenbank fembio.org |url=https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/frauendatenbank?fem_id=12780 |website=fembio.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=de |date=}}
Winford Stokes, 39, American convicted serial killer, execution by lethal injection.
David Wade, 78, American general.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=David Wade – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6490chf |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Harry Whittle, 68, British hurdler and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Harry Whittle |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69594 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Hanne Wieder, 65, German actress, cancer.
Venedikt Yerofeyev, 51, Soviet writer and dissident, throat cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Venedikt Yerofeyev |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11901852j |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}

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Bill Bufalino, 72, American Mafia lawyer, leukemia.
John E. Davis, 77, American politician, governor of North Dakota (1957–1961).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=John E. Davis – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6805scn |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Andrei Kirilenko, 83, Soviet statesman and politician.
Nate Monaster, 78, American scriptwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Nate Monaster – Broadway Cast & Staff |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/7869 |website=IBDB |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Anthony Masters, 70, British production designer and set decorator.
Earl Seibert, 79, Canadian ice hockey player, brain cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Earl W. Seibert; Hockey Player, 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/23/obituaries/earl-w-seibert-hockey-player-79.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=23 May 1990 |page=B 7}}

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Jorge Garate, 72, Argentine film editor.
Albert Hendrickx, 73, Belgian racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Albert Hendrickx |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/albert-hendrickx |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Ray Jennison, 80, American football player.
Hans Raff, 79, German Olympic runner (1936).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Hans Raff |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70454 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

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André Amellér, 78, French composer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=André Amellér |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12458600r |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Gerald T. Flynn, 79, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1961).
Tarcisio Longoni, 76, Italian politician.
Ruth Mason, 76, New Zealand botanist.
Mary Oppen, 81, American poet, ovarian cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Mary Oppen, Author, 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/16/obituaries/mary-oppen-author-81.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=16 May 1990 |page=B 8}}
Bill Pace, 58, American football player.{{cite news |author1= |title=Bill Pace; Football Coach |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/17/obituaries/bill-pace-football-coach.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=17 May 1990 |page=D 29}}
Ned Pines, 84, American publisher.{{cite news |author1= |title=Ned L. Pines, 84, Dies; A New York Publisher |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/15/obituaries/ned-l-pines-84-dies-a-new-york-publisher.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=15 May 1990 |page=B 6}}
Franklyn Seales, 37, American actor, AIDS.

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Jerzy Drzewiecki, 87, Polish airplane engineer.
Peter Grimwade, 47, British television director and screenwriter, leukemia.
Anna Schchian, 84, Soviet botanist.
Yves Van Massenhove, 81, Belgian racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Yves Van Massenhove |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/17010 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Doug Young, 81, Canadian ice hockey player.{{cite web |title=Doug Young Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title – Hockey-Reference.com |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/y/youngdo01.html |website=hockey-reference.com |access-date=20 January 2023}}

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Luis Aldás, 80, Argentine actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Luis Aldás |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb146661868 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Rein Aren, 62, Soviet actor.
Fernando Claudín, 74, Spanish historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Fernando Claudín |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11896958s |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Sammy Davis Jr., 64, American singer ("The Candy Man") and actor (Ocean's 11), throat cancer.{{cite news |author1=Seth Mydans|title=Friends Mourn Sammy Davis Jr., Eulogized as 'the Only of a Kind' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/19/obituaries/friends-mourn-sammy-davis-jr-eulogized-as-the-only-of-a-kind.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=19 May 1990 |page=1 30}}
Robert Gall, 71, French lyricist.
Jim Henson, 53, American puppeteer (The Muppets) and film director (Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal), toxic shock syndrome.{{cite news |author1=Eleanor Blau |title=Jim Henson, Puppeteer, Dies; The Muppets' Creator Was 53 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/17/obituaries/jim-henson-puppeteer-dies-the-muppets-creator-was-53.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=17 May 1990 |page=A 1}}
Eduardo Mateo, 49, Uruguayan singer, songwriter, and guitarist, cancer.
Pretzel Pezzullo, 79, American baseball player, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Pretzel Pezzullo Stats – Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Pretzel+Pezzullo |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Alija Sirotanović, 75, Yugoslav udarnik.

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Manuel Anatol, 87, French footballer.
Rudolf Breuss, 91, Austrian naturopath and pseudoscientific diet advocate.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Rudolf Breuss |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb15001158p |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Auguste Jordan, 81, French footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID – Auguste Jordan |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/lCBD_yklhSsz |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Jimmy Lawrence, 76, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |title=Jimmy Lawrence Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College – Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/L/LawrJi20.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=4 February 2023}}
Detlev Peukert, 39, German historian, AIDS.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Detlev Peukert |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12035623k |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Carlos Riquelme, 76, Mexican actor.
Jackie Stewart, 68, Scottish footballer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jackie Stewart |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/jackie-stewart/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Frank Wright, 54, American jazz musician.

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Joseph-Marie Trịnh Văn Căn, 69, Vietnamese Roman Catholic cardinal.
Jill Ireland, 54, English actress and singer, breast cancer.{{cite news |author1=Andrew L. Yarrow |title=Jill Ireland, Actress, 54, Is Dead; Wrote of Her Fight With Cancer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/19/obituaries/jill-ireland-actress-54-is-dead-wrote-of-her-fight-with-cancer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=19 May 1990 |page=1 30}}
Lorna Johnstone, 87, English equestrian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Lorna Johnstone |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/11375 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Karl Meyer, 90, German-American biochemist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Karl Meyer, 90, Dies; A Research Biochemist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/22/obituaries/karl-meyer-90-dies-a-research-biochemist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=22 May 1990 |page=B 12}}
Rafael Hernández Ochoa, 74, Mexican politician.
Dalton Prejean, 30, American convicted murderer, execution by electrocution.
Yannis Spyropoulos, 78, Greek painter.
Eje Thelin, 51, Swedish trombonist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Eje Thelin |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14232629j |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}

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Jim Balfour, 75, Australian politician.{{cite web |title=BALFOUR, James Charles Murray (1914-1990) |url=https://gnet.tgc.vic.edu.au/wiki/BALFOUR-Hon-James-Charles-Murray-CBE-1914-1990.ashx |website=gnet.tgc.vic.edu.au |access-date=20 January 2023}}
Olive Byrne, 86, American writer.
Hector Dyer, 79, American runner and Olympic champion.{{cite web |title=Olympedia – HecDyer |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78357 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023}}
Hermann Wulf, 74, German Wehrmacht officer during World War II.

=20=

Bina Mossman, 97, American musician and politician.
Peter Rabe, 68, German-American author, lung cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Peter Rabe – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w67f5742 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Aage Rubæk-Nielsen, 76, Danish equestrian and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Aage Rubæk-Nielsen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/12664 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Franklin Williams, 72, American diplomat.{{cite news |author1=Glenn Fowler |title=Franklin H. Williams Dies at 72; Lawyer and Former Ambassador |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/22/obituaries/franklin-h-williams-dies-at-72-lawyer-and-former-ambassador.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=22 May 1990 |page=B 11}}

=21=

Mrs. Victor Bruce, 94, British racer.
Morris Levy, 62, American record executive, cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Morris Levy Is Dead; Power in Recording And Club Owner, 62 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/23/obituaries/morris-levy-is-dead-power-in-recording-and-club-owner-62.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=23 May 1990 |page=B 7}}
Ed Steitz, 69, American basketball coach.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/22/obituaries/edward-steitz-69-an-authority-on-the-rules-of-basketball-dies.html|title = Edward Steitz, 69, an Authority on the Rules of Basketball, Dies|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 22 May 1990|last1 = Rogers|first1 = Thomas | access-date = 20 January 2023}}
Lily von Essen, 93, Swedish tennis player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Lily Strömberg-von Essen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/2602 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Max Wall, 82, English actor and comedian, fall.{{cite news |author1= |title=Max Wall, 82, Is Dead; Acted in Beckett Plays |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/24/obituaries/max-wall-82-is-dead-acted-in-beckett-plays.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=24 May 1990 |page=B 16}}

=22=

Rocky Graziano, 71, American boxer, cardiopulmonary failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Rocky Graziano |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rocky-Graziano |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Pat Reid, 79, British historian and soldier.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Pat Reid |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12634318z |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Ling Shuhua, 90, Chinese modernist writer and painter.
Leslie Spriggs, 80, British politician.

=23=

Affandi, 83, Indonesian artist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Affandi; Painter, 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/25/obituaries/affandi-painter-83.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=25 May 1990 |page=D 18}}
Charlie Keller, 73, American baseball player.{{cite news |author1=Thomas Rogers |title=Charlie Keller, 73, an Outfielder And Slugger for Yanks in the 40's |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/24/obituaries/charlie-keller-73-an-outfielder-and-slugger-for-yanks-in-the-40-s.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=24 May 1990 |page=B 15}}
Elliott Lewis, 72, American actor.
Giuseppe Santomaso, 82, Italian painter and educator.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Giuseppe Santomaso |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16143962r |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Ted Tinling, 79, British-American fashion designer.{{cite news |author1=Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert Mcg. Thomas Jr. |title=Ted Tinling, Designer, Dies at 79; A Combiner of Tennis and Lace |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/24/obituaries/ted-tinling-designer-dies-at-79-a-combiner-of-tennis-and-lace.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=24 May 1990 |page=B 15}}

=24=

Jeanne de Salzmann, 101, French-Swiss choreographer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jeanne de Salzmann – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6sf56nb |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Augie Donatelli, 75, American baseball umpire.{{cite news |author1= |title=Augie Donatelli, 76, Ex-Baseball Umpire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/26/obituaries/augie-donatelli-76-ex-baseball-umpire.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=26 May 1990 |page=1 15}}
K. S. Hegde, 80, Indian politician and judge.
John Kendall-Carpenter, 64, English rugby player.
Jacques Lob, 57, French comic book artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jacques Lob |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11913183k |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Dries van der Lof, 70, Dutch racing driver.{{cite web |title=Andre van der Lof |url=https://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Andre_van_der_Lof |website=oldracingcars.com |access-date=20 January 2023}}
Julijans Vaivods, 94, Soviet Roman Catholic cardinal.

=25=

D. S. Amalorpavadass, 57, Indian theologian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=D. S. Amalorpavadass |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb123544033 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Athanasios Asimakopulos, 59, Canadian economist, leukemia.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Athanasios Asimakopulos |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12029492m |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Ray Atkeson, 83, American photographer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Ray Atkeson, 83, Dies; A Noted Photographer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/27/obituaries/ray-atkeson-83-dies-a-noted-photographer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=27 May 1990 |page=1 32}}
Hans-Werner Kraus, 74, German U-boat commander during World War II.
William Overgard, 64, American cartoonist.{{cite news |author1= |title=William T. Overgard; Artist, 64 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/31/obituaries/william-t-overgard-artist-64.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=31 May 1990 |page=D 23}}
Vic Tayback, 60, American actor (Alice), heart attack.{{cite news |author1= |title=Vic Tayback Dies; Actor, 60, Was Mel In the 'Alice' Series |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/26/obituaries/vic-tayback-dies-actor-60-was-mel-in-the-alice-series.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=26 May 1990 |page=1 15}}
Gary Usher, 51, American musician, lung cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Gary Usher – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6cg3w56 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

=26=

Marguerite S. Church, 97, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1951–1963).
René David, 64, French legal scholar.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID – René David |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/y4D66fEihf5v |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
Brūno Kalniņš, 91, Latvian politician and historian.
Emil Konopinski, 78, American nuclear scientist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Emil Konopinski, 78, Atomic Bomb Scientist |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/28/obituaries/emil-konopinski-78-atomic-bomb-scientist.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=28 May 1990 |page=1 42}}
Don McFadyen, 83, Canadian ice hockey player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Don McFadyen Stats – Hockey-Reference.com |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Don+McFadyen |website=hockey-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Chris McGregor, 53, South African musician, lung cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Chris McGregor |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13897312b |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Varlen Pen, 73, Soviet Russian-Korean painter and graphic artist.
Nicole Riche, 64, French actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID – Nicole Riche |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/hDcSz01odv2q |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=fr |date=}}

=27=

Heino Dissing, 77, Danish racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Heino Dissing |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14167 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Adele Duttweiler-Bertschi, 97, Swiss philanthropist.
Emil Handschin, 62, Swiss ice hockey player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Emil Handschin |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/86429 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Pyotr Lomako, 85, Soviet politician.
Jessie MacWilliams, 73, English mathematician.
Robert Baumle Meyner, 81, American politician, governor of New Jersey (1954–1962).{{cite news |author1=Wayne King |title=Robert B. Meyner Is Dead at 81; Flamboyant New Jersey Governor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/29/obituaries/robert-b-meyner-is-dead-at-81-flamboyant-new-jersey-governor.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=29 May 1990 |page=D 18}}
Mieko Takamine, 71, Japanese actress and singer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mieko Takamine |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16181617f |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}

=28=

Ralph Alger Bagnold, 94, English geologist.{{cite news |author1= |title=Ralph Bagnold, 94, Expert on Physics Of Sand in the Desert |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/01/obituaries/ralph-bagnold-94-expert-on-physics-of-sand-in-the-desert.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=1 June 1990 |page=D 17}}
Bill Davies, 74, Canadian football player.
Julius Eastman, 49, American musician, cardiac arrest.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Julius Eastman – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6j39j53 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Inna Gulaya, 50, Soviet actress, drug overdose.
Giorgio Manganelli, 67, Italian writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Giorgio Manganelli |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb120581658 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=French |date=}}
Taiichi Ohno, 78, Japanese industrialist (Toyota Production System).{{cite news |author1=John Holusha |title=Taiichi Ohno, Whose Car System Aided Toyota's Climb, Dies at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/31/obituaries/taiichi-ohno-whose-car-system-aided-toyota-s-climb-dies-at-78.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=31 May 1990 |page=D 23}}
Wilhelm Wagenfeld, 90, German industrial designer and engineer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Wilhelm Wagenfeld – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6xh08s0 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}

=29=

Yves Brayer, 82, French painter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Yves Brayer – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6516g7x |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Jimmy Creighton, 84, Canadian ice hockey player, Parkinson's disease.
Bill MacKenzie, 78, Canadian ice hockey player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bill MacKenzie Stats – Hockey-Reference.com |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Bill+MacKenzie |website=hockey-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Albert Spaulding, 75, American anthropologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Albert Spaulding – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6rb8tp1 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Alexander Tsvetkov, 75, Bulgarian chess player.

=30=

Charles Morris, Baron Morris of Grasmere, 92, British academic.
John Francis Hackett, 78, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Ole Scavenius Jensen, 69, Danish Olympic rower (1952).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Ole Scavenius Jensen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/36527 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Wilderich Freiherr Ostman von der Leye, 66, German politician.
José Solís, 76, Spanish politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=José Solís Ruiz – DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/8362/jose-solis-ruiz |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=20 January 2023 |language=es |date=}}

=31=

Clotario Blest, 90, Chilean unionist.
Jerzy Kaliszewski, 77, Polish actor.
Art Lund, 75, American singer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Art Lund – Broadway Cast & Staff – IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/50336 |website=ibdb.com |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Michael Raffetto, 90, American actor, throat cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Michael Raffetto, Radio Actor, 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/09/obituaries/michael-raffetto-radio-actor-91.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 January 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=9 June 1990 |page=1 29}}
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr., 72, American CIA agent and writer, heart failure.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Jr. – Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6pn9ng4 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Charlie Shoemaker, 50, American baseball player, suicide by gunshot.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Charlie Shoemaker Stats – Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Charlie+Shoemaker |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=20 January 2023 |language= |date=}}
Willy Spühler, 88, Swiss politician.

References

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