Deaths in May 1995

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 1995.

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 1995

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Erwin Leonard Guy Abel, 83, New Zealand businessman.{{cite web |url=http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=41793 |title=Object 41793 Detail |publisher=National Library of New Zealand |access-date=June 28, 2018}}
Reuel Denney, 82, American poet and academic.{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=Reuel Denney, Scholar, Writer And Poet, 82 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/12/obituaries/reuel-denney-scholar-writer-and-poet-82.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=12 May 1995 |page=D 17}}
Carl S. Herz, 65, American-Canadian mathematician.
George MacKinnon, 89, American politician, attorney, and judge.
Mikhail Zimyanin, 80, Soviet/Russian politician and diplomat.

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Luciano Anceschi, 84, Italian literary critic and essayist.{{cite journal|title=Ricordo di Luciano Anceschi|author=Garroni, Emilio|journal=Studi di estetica|year=2005|volume=32}}
Edwin Blum, 88, American screenwriter.{{cite news |author1= |title=Edwin Blum, 89, Writer for Stage And the Screen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/06/obituaries/edwin-blum-89-writer-for-stage-and-the-screen.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=6 May 1995 |page=1 11}}
Albert Bousser, 89, Luxembourgish politician, railway inspector, and trade unionist.
Don Brockett, 65, American actor (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Flashdance, The Silence of the Lambs), heart attack.
John Bunting, 76, Australian public servant and diplomat.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130547537 |title=OBITUARY: Sir JOHN BUNTING Revered by his peers and his masters. |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=3 May 1995 |access-date=5 November 2013 |page=13 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Kiplyn Davis, 15, American high school student.
Sir Michael Hordern, 83, English actor (The Dock Brief, Barry Lyndon, Watership Down), kidney disease.{{cite news |author1=Mel Gussow |author-link1=Mel Gussow |title=Sir Michael Hordern Dies at 83; British Actor of Infinite Range |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/04/obituaries/sir-michael-hordern-dies-at-83-british-actor-of-infinite-range.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=4 May 1995 |page=B 15}}
Allan O. Hunter, 78, American politician.
Manfred Kersch, 81, German athlete.
Rudolf Perešin, 37, Croatian fighter pilot, killed in action.
Dežo Ursiny, 47, Slovak rock musician, screenwriter and director.
Werner Veigel, 66, Dutch-German journalist and news presenter, brain cancer.
Keith Zettlemoyer, 39, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.{{cite news|url=http://articles.philly.com/1995-05-03/news/25673982_1_keith-zettlemoyer-execution-warrant-pennsylvania-post-conviction-defender-organization|title=Zettlemoyer Executed For 1980 Killing Of Pal He's The First To Be Put To Death In Pa. Since Elmo Smith Died In Chair In '62|date=May 3, 1995|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222020806/http://articles.philly.com/1995-05-03/news/25673982_1_keith-zettlemoyer-execution-warrant-pennsylvania-post-conviction-defender-organization|archive-date=December 22, 2015}}

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John Warren Aldrich, 89, American ornithologist.{{cite web | url=http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/resshow/perry/bios/AldrichJohn.htm | title=Bio – Aldrich, John | publisher=Patuxent Wildlife Research Center | work=Washington Biologists' Field Club | access-date=July 22, 2016}}
Johnny Leonard, 91, Australian rules football player and coach.
Adele Marcus, 89, American pianist and music educator.{{cite news |author1=Bernard Holland |author-link1=Bernard Holland |title=Adele Marcus Is Dead at 89; Taught Many Notable Pianists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/05/obituaries/adele-marcus-is-dead-at-89-taught-many-notable-pianists.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=5 May 1995 |page=B 7}}
Adolf Schlyßleder, 85, German film editor and assistant director.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Adolf Schlyßleder - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/5ab662ce98cd40588e4f8469343ab785 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=31 December 2021 |language=German |date=}}
Bruno Torpigliani, 80, Italian prelate of the Catholic Church.

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Andrey Abramov, 58, Soviet/Russian boxer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Andrey Abramov |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/8478 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=8 March 2022 |language= |date=}}
Arne Arnardo, 82, Norwegian circus performer and owner.{{Citation|last=Jørgensen|first=Jørn-Kr|title=Arne Arnardo|date=September 28, 2014|url=http://nbl.snl.no/Arne_Arnardo|work=Norsk biografisk leksikon|language=no|access-date=June 4, 2019}}
Murray Barr, 86, Canadian physician and medical researcher.{{cite encyclopedia |entry-url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/murray-llewellyn-barr/ |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|entry=Murray Llewellyn Barr|author=William J. Brady|date=July 10, 2008}}
Cornelio Fabro, 83, Italian Catholic priest.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Cornelio Fabro |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb123591113 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Thomas Anthony Harris, 85, American psychiatrist and author, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Thomas Anthony Harris - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w60p0xzf |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Louis Krasner, 91, Ukrainian-American violinist.{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Margaret |date=June 15, 1995 |title=OBITUARY: Louis Krasner |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/obituary-louis-krasner-1586540.html |work=The Independent |location=London |access-date=July 11, 2018}}
Hitomi Nozoe, 58, Japanese actress popular in the 1950s and early 1960s, cancer.
Lewis Thompson Preston, 68, American banker, CEO of J.P. Morgan & Co. and president of the World Bank.{{cite news |author1=David Binder |author-link1=David Binder |title=Lewis T. Preston, 68, Dies; Led World Bank Into 90s |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/06/obituaries/lewis-t-preston-68-dies-led-world-bank-into-90-s.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=6 May 1995 |page=1 11}}
Connie Wisniewski, 73, American baseball player, cancer.

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Josef Bek, 76, Czech film and television actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Josef Bek - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/5b6b4cef0679425a9f30065788b33a5c |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=German |date=}}
Mikhail Botvinnik, 83, Russian chess player, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=Mikhail Botvinnik, Chess Champion and Teacher of Champions, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/07/obituaries/mikhail-botvinnik-chess-champion-and-teacher-of-champions-dies-at-83.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=7 May 1995 |page=1 57}}
David Connell, 63-64, American television producer (Sesame Street, The Electric Company).{{cite news |author1=J. Michael Elliott |title=David D. Connell, 64, a Creator of 'Sesame Street' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/09/obituaries/david-d-connell-64-a-creator-of-sesame-street.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=9 May 1995 |page=D 23}}
Geno DeNobile, 62, Canadian football player.
Earl Faircloth, 74, American politician and lawyer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Earl Faircloth - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w66m3gnb |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Richard D. McCarthy, 67, American politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Richard D. McCarthy - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6gq8gbq |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Nagabhushanam, 73, Indian actor and comedian.
Alastair Pilkington, 75, British engineer and businessman.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-sir-alastair-pilkington-1618329.html |title=OBITUARIES ; Sir Alastair Pilkington |date=October 23, 2011 |newspaper=The Independent }}
Ye Qianyu, 88, Chinese painter and pioneering manhua artist.
Edward W. Snedeker, 92, United States Marine Corps lieutenant general.
Anthony Wagner, 86, English Officer of Arms at the College of Arms.{{cite news |author1=Michael Maclagan |title=OBITUARY: Sir Anthony Wagner |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-anthony-wagner-1618877.html |url-access= |access-date=8 February 2023 |work=The Independent |language= |date=9 May 1995}}

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John Black Aird, 72, Canadian lawyer, corporate director and political figure.{{cite book|title=Who Was Who in America, 1993–1996, vol. 11|year=1996|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|location=New Providence, N.J.|isbn=0-8379-0225-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoinameri11marq/page/3 3]|chapter=Aird, John Black|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoinameri11marq}}
Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, 88, Portuguese writer and journalist.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LoSJE8D75-gC&dq=Maria+Pia+de+Braganca,+1995&pg=PT96|publisher=Oficina do Livro|title=Bastardos Reais Os Filhos Ilegítimos dos Reis de Portugal|author=Isabel Lencastre|year=2012|isbn=978-989-555-846-9 }}
Noel Brotherston, 38, Northern Irish footballer, heart attack.{{cite book|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AOqcDwAAQBAJ&dq=Noel+Brotherston+1995+obituary+football&pg=PA57|title=The Spurs Alphabet|chapter=Brotherston, Noel|pages=57–58|author=Bob Goodwin|year=2017|publisher=Robwin Publishing House|isbn=978-0-9540434-2-1 }}
Bucky Calabrese, 67, American upright bassist.{{Cite Grove |author=Gary W. Kennedy|title=Calabrese, Bucky [Frederick Philip ] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J769800|date=2003}}
Ippolito Gonzalez, 40, American police sergeant.{{cite news |title=Sergeant's murder: Painful then, now |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94605477/sergeants-murder-painful-then-now/ |access-date=February 10, 2022|work=The Daily Record|date=May 6, 2015}}
Gottfried Haberler, 94, Austrian-American economist.{{cite news |author1=Keith Bradsher |title=Gottfried Haberler, Resolute Free-Market Economist, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/09/obituaries/gottfried-haberler-resolute-free-market-economist-dies-at-94.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=9 May 1995 |page=D 23}}
Adriano Mantelli, 82, Italian aircraft designer.
Georgios Mavros, 86, Greek jurist and politician.
Clarence Paul, 67, American songwriter, record producer and singer, diabetes.{{cite news|title=ENTERTAINMENT TIDBITS; Motown Veteran Passes|author=Carolyn Bingham|work=Los Angeles Sentinel|date=May 18, 1995|page=B5}}

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Katharine Banham, 97, English psychologist who specialized in developmental psychology.{{Citation| last = Hodges| first = Betty| title = Banham, Ex-Duke Faculty Member Known for 'Firsts,' Dies| newspaper = The Durham Herald-Sun| location = Durham, NC| date = May 10, 1995| page = C2}}
Gus Bell, 66, American Major League Baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, Milwaukee Braves).{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15227950/exreds_star_gus_bell_dies_at_66/ |title=Bell, ex-Flaglet, Reds star, dies |first=George |last=Rorrer |newspaper=The Courier-Journal |location=Louisville, Kentucky |date=May 9, 1995 |access-date=November 18, 2017 |via=newspapers.com}}
María Luisa Bemberg, 73, Argentine film writer, director and actress, cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-maria-luisa-bemberg-1620835.html|title=OBITUARY: Maria Luisa Bemberg|author=Andrew Graham-Yooll|date=May 23, 1995|work=The Independent}}
Ray Buckton, 72, British trade unionist.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ray-buckton-1618815.html|title=OBITUARY: Ray Buckton|author=Terry Pattinson|date=8 May 1995|work= The Independent}}
Clifford Clogg, 45, American sociologist, demographer, and statistician.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Clifford C. Clogg, 45, Authority on Demographics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/10/obituaries/clifford-c-clogg-45-authority-on-demographics.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=10 May 1995 |page=D 22}}
Ernest H. Martin, 75, American Broadway and film producer of musicals.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ernest-martin-1619034.html|title=Obituary – Ernest Martin|work=The Independent|date=May 10, 1995|author=Tom Vallance|access-date=July 19, 2021|archive-date=March 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330010607/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ernest-martin-1619034.html}}
Ray McKinley, 84, American jazz drummer, singer, and bandleader.{{Cite Grove |author=Ken Rattenbury|title=McKinley, Ray(mond Frederick) |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J282100|date=2003}}
Giti Pashaei, 54, Iranian singer and musician, breast cancer.
Mariya Polyakova, 87, Soviet colonel and spy.
Ioannis Toumbas, 94, Greek naval officer and politician.
Helen Varcoe, 88, English swimmer and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Helen Varcoe |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/47161 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}

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Carroll Best, American banjo player.{{cite journal|url=https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2237&context=etsu-works|title=Carroll Best: Old-Time 'Fiddle-Style Banjo' from the Great Smoky Mountains|author=Ted Olson|journal=The Old-Time Herald|volume=13|issue=10|pages=10–19|issn=1040-3582|year=2014}}
Prem Bhatia, 72, Indian diplomat and journalist.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKySGJAGVEQC&dq=Prem+Bhatia++8+May+1995&pg=PA262|page=262|title=India Since 1947: The Independent Years|author=Gopa Sabharwal|publisher=Penguin Books India|year= 2007|isbn=978-0-14-310274-8}}
Jacques Isorni, 83, French lawyer and memoirist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jacques Isorni |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11908301z |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Marshal Royal, 82, American alto saxophonist and clarinetist, brother of Ernie Royal.{{Cite Grove |author=Leroy Ostransky |author2=Barry Kernfeld |author3=Howard Rye |title=Royal, Marshal (Walton, Jr. ) |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J388800|date=January 20, 2002|editor=Barry Kernfeld |edition=2nd}}
Bill Spivey, 66, American basketball player.{{cite news |author1=Frank Litsky |author-link1=Frank Litsky |title=Bill Spivey, 66, Kentucky Star Implicated In Scandal of 1950s |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/10/obituaries/bill-spivey-66-kentucky-star-implicated-in-scandal-of-1950-s.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=10 May 1995 |page=D 22}}
Teresa Teng, 42, Taiwanese singer, asthma.{{cite news |author1=Sheryl Wudunn |author-link1=Sheryl WuDunn |title=Teresa Teng, Singer, 40, Dies; Famed in Asia for Love Songs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/10/obituaries/teresa-teng-singer-40-dies-famed-in-asia-for-love-songs.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=10 May 1995 |page=D 22}}

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Jeanne Darville, 70, Danish film actress.
Alf Henrikson, 89, Swedish author, poet and translator.
Percy Mansell, 75, South African cricket player.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/percy-mansell-46170|title=Percy Mansell|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=July 3, 2021}}
Charles Monteith, 74, British literary editor.{{Cite news |date=May 13, 1995 |title=OBITUARY:Charles Monteith |work=The Independent |language=en |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituarycharles-monteith-1619286.html |access-date=September 30, 2020}}
Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra, 88, Indian journalist, writer and freedom fighter.
John Elwood Price, 59, American composer, pianist, ethnomusicologist, and music teacher.{{Cite Grove |author=Jacqueline L. Pickett|title=Price, John Elwood|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.48281|date=January 20, 2001}}
Earl H. Pritchard, 87, American scholar of China.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Earl H. Pritchard |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13605478v |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Magda Rurac, 76, Romanian tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s.

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Brigitte Alexander, 83, German-born Mexican author, actress, director and translator.
Harold Berens, 92, British comedian and character actor.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaryharold-berens-1619287.html|author= Denis Gifford|title= Obituary: Harold Berens|newspaper=The Independent|date=May 13, 1995|access-date= November 28, 2020}}
Georgios Candilis, 82, Greek-French architect and urbanist.{{cite journal|journal=Arquitectura Viva|title=Georges Candilis (1913-1995)|issue=57|page=221|year=1996}}
Ilio DiPaolo, 68, Italian professional wrestler and restaurateur.
Karl Drewo, 65, Austrian jazz saxophonist.Klaus Schulz, "Karl Drewo". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld
Alexander Elbrächter, 87, German politician and member of the Bundestag.
Freddy Fernández, 61, Mexican film and television actor, esophageal cancer.
Duncan McKenzie, 43, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/11/us/montana-executes-killer-of-a-teacher.html|title=Montana Executes Killer of a Teacher|date=May 11, 1995|work=The New York Times}}
Juan Manuel López Mella, 30, Spanish motorcycle racer, traffic collision.
Jimmy Raney, 67, American jazz guitarist.{{cite news |author1=Peter Watrous |title=Jimmy Raney, 67, a Guitarist Known for Versatility in Jazz |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/16/obituaries/jimmy-raney-67-a-guitarist-known-for-versatility-in-jazz.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=16 May 1995 |page=B 8}}
Carlos Rinaldi, 80, Argentine film director, film editor and screenwriter.
Steffie Spira, 86, Austrian-German actress.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Steffie Spira - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/1df16616c4024d8db9b7bda8d3eabbd4 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=German |date=}}
Gil Steinke, 76, American football player and coach.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Gil Steinke Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Gil+Steinke |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Joe Vetrano, 76, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Joe Vetrano Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Joe+Vetrano |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Dicky Zulkarnaen, 55, Indonesian actor.

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Reza Abdoh, 32, Iranian playwright and director, AIDS.{{Cite book|title=Reza Abdoh|last=Mufson|first=Daniel|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|year=1999|isbn=0-8018-6124-1}}
David Avidan, 61, Israeli poet and playwright.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/13/obituaries/david-avidan-poet-and-playwright-61.html|title=David Avidan, Poet And Playwright, 61|author=Associated Press|work=The New York Times|date=May 13, 1995}}
José T. Joya, 63, Filipino abstract artist.
Arthur Lubin, 96, American film director.{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=Arthur Lubin, 96, Director Of 'Mr. Ed' TV Series, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/14/obituaries/arthur-lubin-96-director-of-mr-ed-tv-series-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=14 May 1995 |page=1 38}}
Boris Pash, 94, United States Army military intelligence officer.
John Phillips, 80, British actor.{{cite news |title=John Phillips: Power and presence|author=Wendy Trewin|newspaper=The Guardian|date=May 24, 1995|page= 16}}
Ivo Samkalden, 82, Dutch politician and jurist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ivo Samkalden |url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/46964041 |website=biografischportaal.nl |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=Dutch |date=}}
Bill Shelton, 92, Australian rules football player.
Pete Tinsley, 82, American gridiron football player.

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Len Beadell, 72, Australian surveyor, road builder, bushman, artist and author.{{cite book |title=A Lifetime in the Bush:The biography of Len Beadell |last=Shephard |first=Mark |year=1998 |publisher=Corkwood Press |location=Adelaide |isbn=1-876247-05-3 }}
Giorgio Belladonna, 71, Italian bridge player.{{cite news |author1=Alan Truscott |author-link1=Alan Truscott |title=Giorgio Belladonna, 72, Player On Fabled Italian Bridge Team |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/14/obituaries/giorgio-belladonna-72-player-on-fabled-italian-bridge-team.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=14 May 1995 |page=1 38}}
John Blight, 81, Australian poet.{{cite book |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195533811.001.0001/acref-9780195533811-e-431?rskey=jmftAI&result=432|chapter=Blight, John|last=Wilde |first=W H |author2=Hooton, Joy |author3=Andrews, Barry |title= The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, Online edition|orig-date=1985|year= 2005|publisher= Oxford University Press|location= Melbourne|isbn=0-19-553381-X |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195533811.001.0001}}{{subscription required}}
Andrei Boltnev, 49, Soviet/Russian actor, stroke.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Andrei Boltnev |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb17801944v |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman, 81, British lawyer and political advisor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w62594m9 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Bogo Grafenauer, 79, Slovenian historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bogo Grafenauer |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12183570j |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Ștefan Kovács, 74, Romanian football player and coach.
Vernon L. Lowrance, 86, United States Navy vice admiral.
Mia Martini, 47, Italian singer and songwriter, heart failure.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/bae25e4979ff69c793679de4b310ea91|title=Italian Pop Singer Mia Martini Found Dead|work=Associated Press|date=May 14, 1995}}
Adolfo Pedernera, 76, Argentinian footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/adolfo-pedernera/ |title=Adolfo Pedernera |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=June 25, 2021}}
Maria Teresa Riedl, 57, Italian tennis player.
Marcel Rubin, 89, Austrian composer and music critic.{{Cite Grove |author=Hartmut Krones|title=Rubin, Marcel|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42991|date=January 20, 2001}}
Karl Vennberg, 85, Swedish poet, writer and translator.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Karl Vennberg |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Vennberg |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}

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Francisco Moreno Capdevila, 69, Spanish-Mexican artist.
Alan Maley, 64, British visual effects artist (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Spy Who Loved Me), Oscar winner (1972), heart attack.
Robert Marley, 85, Jamaican cricket player.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52464.html |title=Robert Marley |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=November 5, 2020}}
Teddy Sandford, 84, English football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Teddy Sandford |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/teddy-sandford/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=5 February 2023 |language= |date=}}
Hao Wang, 73, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician.

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Christian B. Anfinsen, 79, American biochemist and Nobel Prize for Chemistry laureate, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Christian B. Anfinsen, Nobel Winner in Chemistry, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/16/obituaries/christian-b-anfinsen-nobel-winner-in-chemistry-dies-at-79.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=16 May 1995 |page=B 8}}
Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt, 75, Colombian sculptor, liver cancer.{{cite book|title="Estoy cargado de tigre", frases de Álvaro Uribe|author=Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Juan Fernando Tabares|year= 2006|publisher=Intermedio Editores |chapter=El maestro Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt|pages=151–152}}
Jessy Blackburn, 101, British aviation pioneer.{{cite news |title=Obituary: Jessica Blackburn |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jessica-blackburn-1620608.html |work=The Independent |date=22 October 2011 |language=en}}
Mary Brazier, 90, American neuroscientist.
Ted James, 76, American politician.
Jean Laurent, 88, French football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jean Laurent |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb177548476 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Tommy Prothro, 74, American football coach, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Tommy Prothro Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Tommy+Prothro |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Hamilton Lavity Stoutt, 66, British Virgin Islander politician and first Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands.
Richard Udugama, 83, Sri Lankan military leader, politician and diplomat.

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Lionel Brodie, 77, Australian tennis player.{{cite news|title=Obituary|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date= 16 May 1995}}
Benjamin Bubar Jr., 77, American politician and ordained minister.
Dora Chapman, 84, Australian painter.{{Cite web|url=http://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/chapman-dora-cecil-29683|title=Biography – Dora Cecil Chapman|website=People Australia|access-date=2020-03-08}}
Seymour Durst, 81, American real estate investor and developer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Seymour Durst - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6v48jn4 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Billy Lott, 60, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Billy Lott Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Billy+Lott |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Taizan Maezumi, 64, Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher and rōshi, drowned.{{cite book|chapter= MAEZUMI , Hakuyu Taizan|page=344|author=J. Gordon Melton|year= 1999|title=Religious Leaders of America: A Biographical Guide to Founders and Leaders of Religious Bodies, Churches, and Spiritual Groups in North America|publisher=Gale Research|editor=J. Gordon Melton}}
Grace Matthews, 84, Canadian actress in the era of old-time radio and the early years of television.
Fred G. Moritt, 89, American lawyer, singer, composer, lyricist and politician.
Eric Porter, 67, English actor, colorectal cancer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/17/obituaries/eric-porter-actor-who-starred-in-forsyte-saga-is-dead-at-67.html|title=Eric Porter, Actor Who Starred In 'Forsyte Saga,' Is Dead at 67|work=The New York Times |date=May 17, 1995|via=NYTimes.com}}
Luis Antonio Ramírez, 72, Puerto Rican composer.{{Cite Grove |author=Donald Thompson|title=Ramírez, Luis Antonio |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46322|date=January 20, 2001}}
Pia Tassinari, 91, Italian opera singer who was first a soprano and later a mezzo-soprano.{{Cite Grove |author=J.B. Steane|title=Tassinari, Pia|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.41631|date=May 15, 2009}}

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Edris Allan, 86, Jamaican community worker, political figure and women's rights advocate.{{cite news |ref={{harvid|The Gleaner|1995}} |author= |title=Lady Allan passes on |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/obituary-clipping-may-17-1995-1040709/ |access-date=February 13, 2019 |newspaper=The Gleaner |date=May 17, 1995 |location=Kingston, Jamaica |page=2 |via = Newspaperarchive.com}}
Red Amick, 66, American racecar driver.
Harry E. Bergold Jr., 63, American diplomat and ambassador.{{cite news |author1=Stephen Kinzer |author-link1=Stephen Kinzer |title=Harry Bergold, Ex-Envoy to Nicaragua, Dies at 63 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/17/obituaries/harry-bergold-ex-envoy-to-nicaragua-dies-at-63.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2 February 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=17 May 1995 |page=D 20}}
Parelius Hjalmar Bang Berntsen, 85, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.{{stortingetbio|PABE}}
Ray Bower, 72, Australian rules footballer.{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last1=Holmesby|first1=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=84}}
Lola Flores, 72, Spanish singer, dancer and actress, breast cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Lola Flores, 72, Spain's Definitive Flamenco Singer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/17/obituaries/lola-flores-72-spain-s-definitive-flamenco-singer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=17 May 1995 |page=D 19}}
Gertrude Grob-Prandl, 77, Austrian soprano.{{Cite Grove |author=J.B. Steane|title=Grob-Prandl, Gertrude |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O011475|date=2002}}
Ragnhild Hatton, 82, Norwegian-British professor of International History at the London School of Economics.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/professor-ragnhild-hatton-obituary-1620954.html|author= Hamish Scott|title=Obituary of Professor Ragnhild Hatton|work=The Independent|date= May 25, 1995}}
Raymond Lyttleton, 84, British mathematician and theoretical astronomer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Raymond Lyttleton - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w61w5h1n |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Thomas Lee Ward, 59, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/17/us/murderers-executed-in-2-states.html|title=Murderers Executed in 2 States|date=May 17, 1995|work=The New York Times|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211217183857/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/17/us/murderers-executed-in-2-states.html|archive-date=December 17, 2021|access-date=July 20, 2021|url-status=live}}

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Toe Blake, 82, Canadian ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite web|last1=Thomas Jr.|first1=Robert McG|title=Hector (Toe) Blake, 82, Is Dead; Coach of Canadiens Title Teams|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/18/obituaries/hector-toe-blake-82-is-dead-coach-of-canadiens-title-teams.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 9, 2015|date=May 18, 1995}}
Girvies Davis, 37, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.{{cite news|last=Hanna|first=Janan|date=May 18, 1995|title=State Ranks 2nd In '95 Executions|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-05-18-9505180229-story.html|access-date=December 17, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211217183526/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-05-18-9505180229-story.html|archive-date=December 17, 2021|url-status=live}}
Geoffrey Dickens, 63, British politician, liver cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-geoffrey-dickens-1619966.html|title=OBITUARIES Geoffrey Dickens|date=May 18, 1995|website=The Independent}}
Joe McKenney, 90, American football player and coach.
Catfish Metkovich, 74, American baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Catfish Metkovich Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Catfish+Metkovich |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Leonid Ivanovich Volkov, 60, Russian ice hockey player.

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Brinsley Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, 83, Irish peer and proponent of the Hollow Earth concept.
Elisha Cook Jr., 91, American actor (The Maltese Falcon, Rosemary's Baby, Shane), stroke.{{cite news |author1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |author-link1=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |title=Elisha Cook Jr., Villain in Many Films, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/21/obituaries/elisha-cook-jr-villain-in-many-films-dies-at-91.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 May 1995 |page=1 44}}
Francis Judd Cooke, 84, American composer, organist, cellist, pianist, conductor, and choir director.
Alexander Godunov, 45, Russian ballet dancer and actor (Die Hard, Witness, The Money Pit), hepatitis.{{cite news |author1=Jennifer Dunning |author-link1=Jennifer Dunning |title=Alexander Godunov, Dancer And Film Actor, Dies at 45 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/19/obituaries/alexander-godunov-dancer-and-film-actor-dies-at-45.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=19 May 1995 |page=A 29}}
Robert Harris, 95, English actor.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/22/obituaries/robert-harris-actor-95.html |title=Obituaries – Robert Harris, Actor, 95 |work=The New York Times |date=May 22, 1995|author=The Associated Press}}
Jack Kramer, 77, American baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jack Kramer Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/krameja01.shtml |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Henri Laborit, 80, French surgeon, neurobiologist, writer and philosopher.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Henri Laborit |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11910399s |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Elizabeth Montgomery, 62, American actress (Bewitched, The Legend of Lizzie Borden, A Case of Rape), colorectal cancer.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Elizabeth Montgomery, 62, Star Of the TV Comedy 'Bewitched' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/19/obituaries/elizabeth-montgomery-62-star-of-the-tv-comedy-bewitched.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 December 2015 |work=The New York Times |date=19 May 1995 |page=A 29}}
Dorothy Poynton-Hill, 79, American diver.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Dorothy Poynton-Hill |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51157 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Sabine Sinjen, 52, German film actress, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frauendatenbank fembio.org |url=https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/frauendatenbank?fem_id=25399 |website=fembio.org |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=German |date=}}
Michael P. W. Stone, 69, British-American businessman and government administrator.{{cite news |author1=Wolfgang Saxon |title=Michael P. W. Stone, 69, Army Secretary in Bush Administration |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/20/obituaries/michael-p-w-stone-69-army-secretary-in-bush-administration.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=20 May 1995 |page=1 11}}
Tor Ulven, 41, Norwegian poet, suicide.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Tor Ulven |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12200721p |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Peter van de Kamp, 93, Dutch astronomer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Peter van de Kamp |url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/34547798 |website=biografischportaal.nl |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=Dutch |date=}}

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Robert Sinclair Dietz, 80, American geologist.{{cite news |author1=Walter Sullivan |title=Robert Dietz, Who Demonstrated Drift of Ocean Floors, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/24/obituaries/robert-dietz-who-demonstrated-drift-of-ocean-floors-dies-at-80.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=24 May 1995 |page=D 19}}
Derek Ford, 62, English film director and writer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Derek Ford |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14098296x |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Hans Jürgen Kiebach, 64, German production designer, art director and set decorator.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Hans Jürgen Kiebach - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/e0c8bb5bb8f84ca5bff8831723e5c9ef |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=German |date=}}
Trevor Lewis, 75, British water polo player and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Trevor Lewis |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/53934 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Robert Riger, 70, American sports illustrator, photographer, television director, and cinematographer.{{cite news |author1=Frank Litsky |author-link1=Frank Litsky |title=Robert Riger, a Sports Artist and Photographer, Dies at 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/20/obituaries/robert-riger-a-sports-artist-and-photographer-dies-at-70.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=20 May 1995 |page=1 10}}
Nico van Gageldonk, 81, Dutch cyclist and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Nico van Gageldonk |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/16992 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}

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Maurice Banide, 90, French football player and manager.[https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/700093 Olympedia – Maurice Banide]
Les Cowie, 70, Australian rugby player.
Oscar Gjøslien, 85, Norwegian cross-country skier.
Burton Jastram, 84, American rower.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Burton Jastram |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/40719 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Ulysses Kay, 78, American composer, Parkinson's disease.{{cite news |author1=Ronald Sullivan |title=Ulysses Kay, Prolific Composer And Educator, Is Dead at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/24/obituaries/ulysses-kay-prolific-composer-and-educator-is-dead-at-78.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=24 May 1995 |page=D 18}}
Florijan Matekalo, 75, Yugoslav and Croatian football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Florijan Matekalo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/florijan-matekalo/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Les Smith, 77, English football player, Alzheimer's disease.

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Les Aspin, 56, American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives, stroke.{{cite web|title=Les Aspin, 56, Dies; Member of Congress And Defense Chief|work=The New York Times|date=May 22, 1995|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/22/obituaries/les-aspin-56-dies-member-of-congress-and-defense-chief.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|access-date=November 14, 2012}}
Larry Hillblom, 52, American businessman and co-founder of DHL.
Chaudhry Altaf Hussain, 65, Pakistani politician.
Giuseppe Peruchetti, 87, Italian football player and coach.
Agnelo Rossi, 82, Brazilian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Agnelo Rossi |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12206200s |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Annie M. G. Schmidt, 84, Dutch writer, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Annie M. G. Schmidt |url=http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/80030133 |website=biografischportaal.nl |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=Dutch |date=}}
Mükbile Sultan, 83, Ottoman princess and granddaughter of Mehmed V.

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Robert Flemyng, 83, British actor, pneumonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-robert-flemyng-1620833.html|title=OBITUARY: Robert Flemyng|author=Derek Granger|date=May 23, 1995|work=The Independent|page=2}}
Claude Itzykson, 57, French theoretical physicist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Claude Itzykson |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12137826t |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Butch Morse, 84, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Butch Morse Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Butch+Morse |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Derek Reeves, 60, English football player.

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Pierre Baratin, 74, French cyclist.{{Cite web|url=http://geneafrance.com/france/deces/?deces=5890250&annee=90|title=Pierre François Baratin|language=French|website=geneafrance.com}}
Ross Flood, 84, American wrestler and Olympian medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Ross Flood |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/60631 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Patricia Ford, 74, Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party politician.{{cite book|last1=O'Riordan|first1=Turlough|editor1-last=McGuire|editor1-first=James|editor2-last=Quinn|editor2-first=James|title=Dictionary of Irish Biography|date=2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|chapter=Fisher, Patricia }}
Dan Fortmann, 79, American gridiron football player.
Gavriil Kachalin, 84, Soviet/Russian football player and coach.
Mick Pyne, 54, English jazz pianist.{{Cite Grove |author=Nevil Skrimshire |author2=Barry Kernfeld |title=Pyne, Mick [Michael John ]|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J366000|date=January 20, 2002|editor=Barry Kernfeld |edition=2nd}}
Torolv Solheim, 87, Norwegian resistance member during World War II, essayist, and politician.

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Ole Borge, 79, Norwegian jurist and resistance member during World War II.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ole Borge |first= |last= |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Ole_Borge|language=Norwegian|access-date=4 June 2012}}
Paul J. Kramer, 91, American biologist and plant physiologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Paul J. Kramer |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb122778960 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Ichisada Miyazaki, 93, Japanese historian.
Youakim Moubarac, 70, Lebanese Islamologist, Orientalist and Arabist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Youakim Moubarac |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11917012r |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Harold Wilson, 79, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Alzheimer's disease and colorectal cancer.{{cite news|first=Geoffrey |last=Goodman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/1995/may/25/obituaries |title=Harold Wilson | Politics |newspaper=The Guardian |date= July 1, 2005|access-date=April 10, 2014 |location=London}}

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Jack Allen, 87, English film, theatre and television actor.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jack-allen-1585281.html|date=June 6, 1995|title=Obituary: Jack Allen|author=Adam Benedick|newspaper=The Independent}}
Élie Bayol, 81, French racing driver.{{cite web |title=Elie Bayol |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/drivers/elie-bayol/ |website=Motorsport Magazine Database |access-date=13 July 2021}}
Veronica Bulshefski, 79, Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps.{{cite book |last=Sterner |first=Doris M. |title=In and Out of Harm's Way: A history of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps |year=1997 |publisher=Peanut Butter Publishing |location=Seattle, WA |isbn=0-89716-706-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/inoutofharmsway00dori }}
Ted Calland, 62, English professional footballer.
Boyden Carpenter, 86, American hillbilly and bluegrass artist.{{cite document |title=W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Guide to Collection 333. Boyden Carpenter Photograph, c. 1930 |publisher=Appalachian State University Library: Belk Library Special Collections}}
Krešimir Ćosić, 46, Croatian basketball player and coach, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.{{cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/2015/6/8/20566334/kresimir-cosic-honored-in-croatia-teammate-on-hand-for-celebration/|title=Kresimir Cosic honored in Croatia, teammate on hand for celebration|first=Dick|last=Harmon|publisher=Deseret News|date=June 8, 2015}}
Dick Curless, 63, American country music singer, stomach cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/28/obituaries/dick-curless-63-a-country-singer.html?mcubz=1|title=Dick Curless, Country Singer, Aged 63|date=May 28, 1995|newspaper=The New York Times|author=The Associated Press|access-date=October 14, 2019}}
Alice Day, 89, American film actress.
Dany Robin, 68, French actress, domestic fire.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-dany-robin-1621744.html|title=Obituary: Dany Robin|author=David Shipman|date= May 29, 1995|work=The Independent}}
Samuel A. Tamposi, 70, American real estate developer, lymphoma.{{cite news|author=Kenneth N. Gilpin|title=Samuel Tamposi, 70, Real Estate Developer, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/27/obituaries/samuel-tamposi-70-real-estate-developer-dies.html|work=The New York Times|date=1995-05-27|access-date=2008-02-16}}

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Tony Azito, 46, American dancer and actor (The Addams Family, Moonstruck, Union City), HIV/AIDS.{{cite news |author1=William Grimes |author-link1=William Grimes (journalist) |title=Tony Azito, 46, Stage Actor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/27/obituaries/tony-azito-46-stage-actor.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 February 2015 |work=The New York Times |date=27 May 1995 |page=1 27}}
David S. Breslow, 78, American industrial chemist best known for his work on polymers.{{cite news |title=David Breslow, 78, Plastics Researcher |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/03/us/david-breslow-78-plastics-researcher.html |access-date=December 5, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=June 3, 1995 |page=11}}
Friz Freleng, 89, American animator (Looney Tunes).{{Cite news|title=Animator Friz Freleng dead at 89|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/05/26/Animator-Friz-Freleng-dead-at-89/3372801460800/|date=May 26, 1995|work=UPI}}
Edmund Hansen, 94, Danish track cyclist and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Edmund Hansen |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14648 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Vasile Maluțan, 53, Romanian military pilot, personal pilot of Nicolae Ceaușescu, helicopter crash.{{Cite web |last=Pârvu |first=Mihnea-Petru |date=2017-08-02 |title=Pilotul lui Ceaușescu a murit într-un accident de elicopter |url=https://evz.ro/pilotul-lui-ceausescu-a-murit-intr-un-accident-de-elicopter.html |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=Evenimentul Zilei |language=ro}}
Kamukara Purushothaman, 64, Indian singer.
Sigmund Skard, 91, Norwegian poet, essayist and professor of American literature.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sigmund Skard |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12183356f |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
Mordechai Surkis, 87, Israeli politician.
Eriprando Visconti, 62, Italian film director, screenwriter, and producer, pulmonary emphysema.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Eriprando Visconti - filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/88c63f3fd2d54debbcb3455d9904be35 |website=filmportal.de |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=German |date=}}

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Ștefan Bănică Sr., 61, Romanian actor.
Severn Darden, 65, American comedian and actor (Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Back to School, Saturday the 14th), heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Ronald Sullivan |title=Severn Darden, 65, a Master of Improvisation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/27/obituaries/severn-darden-65-a-master-of-improvisation.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=27 May 1995 |page=1 27}}
Epi Drost, 49, Dutch association football player and manager, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Epi Drost |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/epi-drost/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
László Kalmár, 63, Hungarian composer and editor.{{Cite Grove |author=F. András Wilheim, revised by Anna Dalos|title=Kalmár, László|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14633|date=January 20, 2001}}
Mike McQuay, 45, American science fiction writer, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mike McQuay - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86834136 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Christopher B. "Stubb" Stubblefield, 64, American barbecue restaurateur.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21483991/cb-stubblefield-obituary/|title=Legendary barbecue cook 'Stubbs' Stubblefield, 64, dies|author=John T. Davis|work=Austin American-Statesman|date=May 28, 1995|page=29}}

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Roy Ankrah, 69, Ghanaian boxer who won the British Empire super featherweight title.{{cite news|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Today-in-sports-history-Roy-Ankrah-dead-964606|title=Today in sports history: Roy Ankrah dead (25 years ago today)|work=Ghana Web|date=May 28, 2020}}
Helen Ballard, 87, British horticulturist.{{Cite book|last=Schmiemann|first=Gisela|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m5rcHAAACAAJ|title=Helen Ballard – The Hellebore Queen|date=1997|publisher=Ed. Art and Nature|language=de}}
Gunnar Huseby, 71, Icelandic track and field athlete.
Henning Kronstam, 60, Danish ballet dancer, ballet master and company director.{{cite news |author1=Jack Anderson |title=Henning Kronstam, 60, Dancer Who Led Royal Danish Ballet |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/30/obituaries/henning-kronstam-60-dancer-who-led-royal-danish-ballet.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=30 May 1995 |page=B 6}}
Ernie Lewis, 70, American gridiron football player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ernie Lewis Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Ernie+Lewis |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Irfan Ljubijankić, 42, Bosnian classical music composer, politician and diplomat, killed in action.
Jean Muir, 66, British fashion designer, breast cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-jean-muir-1621742.html|title=Obituary: Jean Muir|author=Jane Mulvagh|date=May 29, 1995|work=The Independent}}
Arifin C. Noer, 54, Indonesian poet, theater director and film producer, liver cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Arifin C. Noer - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w69q0qcg |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Daniela Rocca, 57, Italian actress, model and writer, heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituarydaniela-rocca-1584612.html|title= Obituary: Daniela Rocca|author=Wolfgang Achtner|work=The Independent|location=London|date= June 2, 1995}}
Sinedu Tadesse, 19, Ethiopian student, suicide.{{cite news |last1=Butterfield |first1=Fox |title=Harvard Deaths Leave a Puzzle Whose Central Piece May Never Be Found |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/05/us/harvard-deaths-leave-a-puzzle-whose-central-piece-may-never-be-found.html |access-date=October 30, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=June 5, 1995 |language=en}}
Tahsin Taha, 54, Kurdish singer.[http://altaakhipress.com/viewart.php?art=79320 altaakhipress] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009123350/http://altaakhipress.com/viewart.php?art=79320 |date=October 9, 2020 }},.
Matthew E. Welsh, 82, American politician.{{cite news |author1= |title=Matthew Welsh, 82, Governor of Indiana |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/31/obituaries/matthew-welsh-82-governor-of-indiana.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=31 May 1995 |page=D 21}}

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Santiago Armada, 57, Cuban artist and designer.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/639614366/ |work=The Miami Herald|title=Death Notices: Santiago Armada|date=June 1, 1995}}
Juan Boria, 90, Puerto Rican poet.{{cite web |url=http://www.prpop.org/biografias/j_bios/JuanBoria.shtml|title=Biografías: Juan Boria|author=Miguel López Ortiz|website=National Foundation for Popular Culture|date=July 6, 2015|access-date=November 26, 2021|archive-date=September 13, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913185902/http://www.prpop.org/biografias/j_bios/JuanBoria.shtml}}
Ralph Gustafson, 85, Canadian poet and professor at Bishop's University.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ralph Gustafson |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ralph-Barker-Gustafson |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Mike Pentz, 70, South African-British physicist and activist in the peace movement, leukemia.
Archibald Russell, 90, British aerospace engineer.
Glen Selbo, 69, American basketball and baseball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Glen Selbo Stats - Baseball-Reference.com |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Glen+Selbo |website=baseball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Margaret Chase Smith, 97, American politician, lung cancer.{{cite news |author1=Richard Severo |title=Margaret Chase Smith Is Dead at 97; Maine Republican Made History Twice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/30/obituaries/margaret-chase-smith-is-dead-at-97-maine-republican-made-history-twice.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=30 May 1995 |page=B 6}}
Kurt Weiß, 89, German field hockey player and Olympian.{{cite web |title=Kutti Weiß |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/19089 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=23 January 2022}}

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Robert Alexander Anderson, 100, American composer.{{Cite book |last=Scott Stone |title=From a Joyful Heart: The Life and Music of R. Alex Anderson |publisher=Island Heritage |year=2001}}{{Cite Grove |author=Harry B. Soria|title=Anderson, R(obert) Alex |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2283925|date=September 22, 2015}}
Glenn Burke, 42, American Major League Baseball player who was the first to come out as gay, AIDS complications.{{cite news |author1= |title=Glenn Burke, 42, A Major League Baseball Player |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/02/nyregion/glenn-burke-42-a-major-league-baseball-player.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 August 2013 |work=The New York Times |date=2 June 1995 |page=A 26}}
Ted Drake, 82, English footballer.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ted-drake-1584467.html|title=OBITUARY:Ted Drake|work=The Independent|author=Ivan Ponting|date=May 31, 1995}}
Lofty England, 83, British engineer and motor company manager.{{cite news|author=Garel Rhys|title=Folk hero of Jaguar: Lofty England|work=The Guardian|date=June 5, 1995|page= 11}}
Antonio Flores, 33, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor, drug overdose.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Antonio Flores |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16683404w |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=French |date=}}
William McVey, 89, American sculptor, animalier and teacher.
Ray Novotny, 87, American football player and coach.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ray Novotny Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Ray+Novotny |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Giuseppe Sartore, 58, Italian racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Giuseppe Sartore |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/giuseppe-sartore |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Philip Sherrard, 72, British author, translator and philosopher.{{cite news|title=Philip Sherrard: Athos alliance|author=Juliet de Boulay|work=The Guardian|date=June 8, 1995|page= 15}}
Bobby Stokes, 44, English footballer, pneumonia.{{cite news|title=Bobby Stokes: Goal of a lifetime|author= David Lacey|work=The Guardian|date=June 1, 1995|page=13}}
Ștefana Velisar Teodoreanu, 97, Romanian novelist, poet and translator.
Arthur M. Young, 89, American inventor, helicopter pioneer, cosmologist, philosopher, astrologer, and author.{{cite news |author1=Agis Salpukas |title=Arthur M. Young Dies at 89; Early Helicopter Developer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/03/us/arthur-m-young-dies-at-89-early-helicopter-developer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=3 June 1995 |page=1 11}}

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Roy Beddington, 85, British painter, illustrator, poet, writer on fishing, and journalist.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-roy-beddington-1585163.html|title=OBITUARY:Roy Beddington|newspaper=The Independent|date=5 June 1995|author=James Fergusson |access-date=4 January 2022}}
Guillermo Bermúdez, 71, Colombian architect.{{cite news|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-337804|title= Bermúdez Murió, Pero Su Obra - Archivo Digital de Noticias de Colombia y el Mundo desde 1.990 - eltiempo.com|newspaper=El Tiempo |date=June 3, 1995|access-date=2015-10-03|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073032/http://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/MAM-337804}}
Norm Brown, 76, American baseball player.{{cite book|title=The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia|year=2007|publisher=Sterling Publishing|isbn=978-1-4027-4771-7|page=1101}}
Stanley Elkin, 65, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist, heart attack.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Stanley Elkin |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanley-Elkin |website=britannica.com |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Online |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Emilio García Gómez, 89, Spanish Arabist, literary historian and critic.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Emilio García Gómez - DB~e |url=https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/10364/emilio-garcia-gomez |website=dbe.rah.es |publisher=Real Academia de la Historia |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=Spanish |date=}}
Ingrid Semmingsen, 85, Norwegian historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ingrid Semmingsen - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64n230m |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=3 January 2022 |language= |date=}}
Pavel Šivic, 87, Slovenian composer, concert pianist, and music educator.{{cite book|title=Pavel Šivic: "Življenje ni praznik, je delavni dan", ob stoletnici rojstva (Razstavna dvorana NUK, Ljubljana, 2. februar 1908 -31. maj 1995)|author=Simona Moličnik, Milan Štupar|year= 2008|publisher=National and University Library of Slovenia}}
Warren Sonbert, 47, American experimental filmmaker, complications from AIDS{{cite news |author1= |title=Warren Sonbert, 47, Film Maker, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/06/obituaries/warren-sonbert-47-film-maker-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 October 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=6 June 1995 |page=B 18}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=1995-05-01,1995-05-31&adult=include List of May 1995 deaths] at IMDb

*1995-05