Deaths in May 2010

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2010.

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 2010

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Danny Aiello III, 53, American stuntman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Shooter, Rescue Me), pancreatic cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/92647484_Danny_Aiello_III_dies__actor_s_son__stuntman.html |title=Danny Aiello III dies; actor's son, stuntman |first=Jay |last=Levin |work=NorthJersey.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505154835/http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/92647484_Danny_Aiello_III_dies__actor_s_son__stuntman.html |archive-date=2010-05-05}}
T. M. Aluko, 91, Nigerian writer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100505141014/http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5562814-146/t.m_aluko_is_dead__.csp T.M Aluko is dead]
Mohammad Bahmanbeigi, 90, Iranian educator.{{Cite web|url=https://en.mehrnews.com/news/39614/Founder-of-Iranian-nomad-schools-Mohammad-Bahmanbeigi-dies-at|title = Founder of Iranian nomad schools Mohammad Bahmanbeigi dies at 90|date = May 2, 2010}}
Don Caruth, 59, American politician, minority leader of the West Virginia Senate, brain cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=36836 |title=Memorial Service Set for Sen. Caruth |work=WV MetroNews.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505080855/http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=36836 |archive-date=May 5, 2010 }}
Jean-Louis Dumas, 72, French businessman, Hermès group chairman (1978–2006).{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/longtime-hermes-luxury-group-boss-dies-1960807.html |title=Longtime Hermes luxury group boss dies |work=The Independent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506135252/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/longtime-hermes-luxury-group-boss-dies-1960807.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-05-06}}
Ramakrushna Gouda, 77, Indian politician.{{Cite web|url=https://odishaassembly.nic.in/memberprofile.aspx?img=533|title=Late Ramakrushna Gouda|publisher=Odisha Legislative Assembly|access-date=2021-09-10}}
Antoine Hayek, 81, Lebanese Melkite Greek Catholic prelate, archbishop of Baniyas (1989–2006).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhayek.html |title=Archbishop Antoine Hayek |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Vytautas Janulionis, 52, Lithuanian glass artist.{{cite web |url=http://www.kamane.lt/lt/naujienos/daile/dnaujiena1712 |title=Mirė Stiklo Menininkas Vytautas Janulionis (1958-2010) |work=Kamane.lt |language=lt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727100248/http://www.kamane.lt/lt/naujienos/daile/dnaujiena1712 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-27}}
Zygmunt Kamiński, 77, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Szczecin-Kamień (1999–2009).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkaminski.html |title=Archbishop Zygmunt Kamiński |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Dragan Kujović, Montenegrin politician, President (2003).{{cite web |url=http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2010/05/03/nb-10 |title=Montenegrin politician Dragan Kujovic dies |date=10 November 2013 |work=Southeast European Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110153221/http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2010/05/03/nb-10 |archive-date=2013-11-10}}
Rob McConnell, 75, Canadian jazz musician, cancer.[https://jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/rob-mcconnell-jazz-trombonist-and-big-band-leader-dies-at-75/ Rob McConnell, Jazz Trombonist and Big Band Leader, Dies at 75]
Lawrence Paul, 84, Canadian Mi'kmaq tribe leader, chief of the Membertou First Nation (1967–1969).{{Cite web |url=http://www.ngnews.ca/Canada---World/News/2010-05-03/article-1050807/Lawrence-Paul,-Nova-Scotia-Mi%26rsquo;kmaq-leader-and-pioneer,-dies-at-age-84/1 |title=Lawrence Paul, Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq leader and pioneer, dies at age 84 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101044842/http://www.ngnews.ca/Canada---World/News/2010-05-03/article-1050807/Lawrence-Paul,-Nova-Scotia-Mi%26rsquo;kmaq-leader-and-pioneer,-dies-at-age-84/1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-01}}
Helen Wagner, 91, American actress (As the World Turns), cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/arts/04wagner.html |title=Helen Wagner, Longtime Actress on 'As the World Turns,' Dies at 91 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=3 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}

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Ann Aldrich, 82, American district judge from 1980 to 2010, heart and kidney problems.[https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2010/05/judge_ann_aldrich_dies_first_w.html Judge Ann Aldrich dies; first woman appointed federal judge in Ohio]{{Cite web |last=Grant Segall |first=The Plain Dealer |date=2010-05-04 |title=Ann Aldrich set firsts as lawyer, professor and federal district judge |url=https://www.cleveland.com/obituaries/2010/05/ann_aldrich_set_firsts_as_lawy.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=cleveland |language=en}}
Moshe Hirsch, 86, Israeli Neturei Karta rabbi and anti-Zionist, Palestinian National Authority Minister for Jewish Affairs, after long illness.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/world/middleeast/05hirsch.html |title=Rabbi Moshe Hirsch, Israel Opponent, Dies at 86 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=4 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
André Lamy, 77, Canadian film producer, after long illness.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/quebec-film-champion-andr%C3%A9-lamy-dies-1.918898 |title=Quebec film champion André Lamy dies |work=CBC News}}
Andrew McFarlane, 32, Australian motocross racer, accident during practice.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/02/2888116.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504021008/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/02/2888116.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 4, 2010 |title=Aussie motocross star killed in track crash |date=2 May 2010 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}
Murray Nicoll, 66, Australian journalist and broadcaster, Ash Wednesday fires commentator, leukaemia.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100506104547/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/tv/cancer-claims-veteran-journalist-murray-nicol/story-e6freeul-1225861536262 Cancer claims veteran journalist Murray Nicol]
Santiago Carlos Oves, 68, Argentine film director.{{cite web |url=http://www.cinenacional.com/persona/santiago-carlos-oves |title=Santiago Carlos Oves - Filmografía, Biografía, Fotos |work=CineNacional.com|date=January 4, 2023 }}
Lynn Redgrave, 67, English actress (Georgy Girl, Gods and Monsters, Tom Jones), breast cancer.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8658484.stm |title=Actress Lynn Redgrave dies at 67 |work=BBC News |date=3 May 2010 |access-date=29 January 2020}}

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Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, 73, Moroccan philosopher and writer.{{cite web |url=http://www.habibtoumi.com/2010/05/04/distinguished-moroccan-philosopher-mohammed-abed-al-jabri-has-died/ |title=Distinguished Moroccan philosopher Mohammed Abed Al Jabri has died |work=HabibToumi.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815221731/http://www.habibtoumi.com/2010/05/04/distinguished-moroccan-philosopher-mohammed-abed-al-jabri-has-died/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-15}}
M Innas Ali, 93, Bangladeshi physicist.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=136944|title = Prof Innas Ali no more|date = May 4, 2010}}
Luigi Amaducci, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Ravenna-Cervia (1990–2000).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bamaducci.html |title=Archbishop Luigi Amaducci |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Florencio Campomanes, 83, Filipino chess player, President of FIDE (1982–1995).{{cite web |url=http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/former-fide-president-campomanes-dies-at-83/ |title=Former FIDE President Campomanes dies at 83 |work=ChessVibes.com |access-date=2010-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120073746/http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/former-fide-president-campomanes-dies-at-83/ |archive-date=2012-01-20 |url-status=dead}}
Stefan Doernberg, 85, German writer and teacher.{{cite web |url=http://www.jungewelt.de/2010/05-04/013.php |title=Erfülltes Leben: Rotarmist, Historiker, Diplomat. Zum Tod von Stefan Doernberg |first=Frank |last=Schumann |date=4 May 2010 |language=de}}
Jack Friedman, 70, American businessman, co-founder of Jakks Pacific.{{Cite web |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/jakks-pacific-founder-chairman-jack-friedman-dies-2010-05-03?reflink=MW_news_stmp |title=JAKKS Pacific Founder, Chairman Jack Friedman Dies |work=MarketWatch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506125859/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/jakks-pacific-founder-chairman-jack-friedman-dies-2010-05-03?reflink=MW_news_stmp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-05-06}}
Jimmy Gardner, 85, British character actor (The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Finding Neverland) .{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jimmy-gardner-war-hero-and-actor-whose-roles-ranged-from-gravedigger-in-the-rscs-hamlet-to-a-bus-driver-in-harry-potter-1964258.html |title=Jimmy Gardner: War hero and actor whose roles ranged from gravedigger in the RSC's 'Hamlet' to a bus driver in 'Harry Potter' |date=6 May 2010 |work=The Independent}}
Karl Kasten, 94, American painter.{{cite web |url=http://news.berkeley.edu/2010/05/12/karl_kasten/ |title=Painter, printmaker Karl Kasten dies at age 94 |first=Kathleen |last=Maclay |date=12 May 2010 |work=Berkeley News |access-date=19 March 2017}}
Stephen Ledogar, 80, American arms control negotiator, bladder cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/us/10ledogar.html |title=Stephen J. Ledogar, 80, Architect of Three Weapons Treaties |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=10 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Merv McIntosh, 87, Australian football player, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.watoday.com.au/afl/afl-news/wa-football-great-dies-20100504-u4dv.html |title=WA football great dies |first=Tim |last=Clarke |date=4 May 2010 |work=WA Today}}
Bohumil Němeček, 72, Czech boxer, Olympic gold medalist (1960).{{cite web |url=http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxing_news/38214-olympic-boxing-champion-bohumil-nemecek-dies-at-72-the-associated-press.html |title=Olympic boxing champion Bohumil Nemecek dies at 72 |work=Saddo Boxing.com}}
Peter O'Donnell, 90, British writer (Modesty Blaise).{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7116066.ece |title=Peter O'Donnell: creator of the comic strip heroine Modesty Blaise |work=The Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523195043/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7116066.ece |archive-date=May 23, 2010 }}
Nick Rogers, 30, American football player (Minnesota Vikings), auto accident.{{cite web |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/former-tech-great-nick-517945.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746 |title=Former Tech great Nick Rogers dies |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629121318/https://www.ajc.com/news/former-tech-great-nick-517945.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-06-29}}
Kinji Shibuya, 88, American professional wrestler and actor (Mr. T and Tina), natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2010/05/08/13880381.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205045422/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2010/05/08/13880381.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 5, 2016 |title=Kinji Shibuya dead at 88}}
El Supremo, 67, Mexican professional wrestler, heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.mediotiempo.com/lucha-libre/fallecio-supremo-luchador-vivio-esplendor-80 |title=Falleció 'El Supremo', luchador que vivió su esplendor en los 80's |date=15 January 2015 |work=Medio Tiempo |language=es}}
Garland Warren, 74, Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).[http://www.penningtonfuneralhome.com/obituary/4242401 Obituary: Garland Warren 1935-2010]
Guenter Wendt, 85, German-born American spacecraft engineer (NASA ), heart failure and stroke.{{cite web |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-050310a.html |title=Guenter Wendt, 86, 'Pad Leader' for NASA's moon missions, dies |work=collectSPACE.com}}

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Sheikh Nur Mohamed Abkey, 51-52, Somalian journalist, shot.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cpj.org/killed/2010/sheikh-nur-mohamed-abkey.php|title = Sheikh Nur Mohamed Abkey}}
David Apter, 85, American political scientist, complications of cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/world/10apter.html |title=David E. Apter, Yale Political Scientist, Is Dead at 85 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=10 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Brita Borg, 83, Swedish actress, singer and variety show artist.{{cite web |url=http://www.eurovisionary.com/eurovision-news/memory-brita-borg-1926-2010 |title=In memory of Brita Borg (1926–2010) |date=5 May 2010 |work=EuroVisionary.com}}
Danny Chandler, 50, American motocross champion, complications from paralysis.{{cite web |url=http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/5/6855/Motorcycle-Article/Danny-Magoo-Chandler-Dies-at-Age-50.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510003856/http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/5/6855/Motorcycle-Article/Danny-Magoo-Chandler-Dies-at-Age-50.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-05-10 |title=Danny Magoo Chandler Dies at Age 50 |work=Motorcycle USA}}
Ángel Cristo, 65, Spanish animal tamer and circus promoter, cardiac arrest.{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704370704575228220104460924 |title=Top Lion Tamer Dies in Madrid |work=The Wall Street Journal|date=May 10, 2010 |last1=Pérez |first1=Santiago }}
Bill Dale, 93, Canadian track and field athlete.{{cite web |url=http://classifieds.canada.com/vancouver/printads.aspx?archives=true&cls_id=37913&keyoper=ANY&keywords=fraser%20gordon&startday=13&startmonth=5&startyear=2002&endday=19&endmonth=10&endyear=2010&pn=38 |title=Deaths: Dale, William (Bill) Atheling |date=8 May 2010 |work=National Post |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017043043/http://classifieds.canada.com/vancouver/printads.aspx?archives=true&cls_id=37913&keyoper=ANY&keywords=fraser%20gordon&startday=13&startmonth=5&startyear=2002&endday=19&endmonth=10&endyear=2010&pn=38 |archive-date=2014-10-17}}
Sheena Duncan, 77, South African anti-apartheid campaigner, leader of Black Sash, after long illness.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/world/africa/08duncan.html |title=Sheena Duncan, 77, White Who Fought Apartheid, Dies |first=Celia W. |last=Dugger |date=7 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Ernie Harwell, 92, American baseball sportscaster (Detroit Tigers), cholangiocarcinoma.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=5163285 |title=Hall of Fame broadcaster Harwell dies at 92 |date=5 May 2010 |work=ESPN}}
Peter Heathfield, 81, British trade unionist.{{cite web |url=http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/89951 |title=Hero of miners' strike dies |work=Morning Star |access-date=2010-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511023426/http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/89951 |archive-date=2012-05-11 |url-status=dead}}
Sipho Jele, 35, Swazi politician.[https://mg.co.za/article/2010-05-14-international-outcry-over-swazi-activists-death-in-detention/ International outcry over Swazi activist’s death in detention]
Freddy Kottulinsky, 77, German-born Swedish racing driver.{{cite web |url=http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publish/Motorsport_News/article_5924.shtml |title=Audi Mourns Rally Driver Freddy Kottulinsky |work=Fourtitude.com |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=May 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521055026/http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publish/Motorsport_News/article_5924.shtml |url-status=dead }}
William Lubtchansky, 73, French cinematographer, heart disease.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/in-memoriam-william-lubtchansky |title=In Memoriam William Lubtchansky |date=5 May 2010 |magazine=The New Yorker}}
Denis Obua, 62, Ugandan footballer.{{cite web |url=https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/former-fufa-boss-denis-obua-is-dead |title=Former FUFA Boss Denis Obua is Dead}}
Luigi Poggi, 92, Italian Roman Catholic prelate.{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/19547/holy-father-recalls-late-cardinals-priestly-zeal-ability-to-grow-the-church |title=Holy Father recalls late cardinal's priestly zeal, ability to grow the Church |work=Catholic News Agency}}
Joan Rendell, 89, British writer.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/8661860.stm |title=Fire crews work to save historian Rendell's archive |work=BBC News}}
Dustin Shuler, 61, American sculptor (Spindle), pancreatic cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Car-Kebob-Artist-Dies-93383569.html |title="'Car Kebob" Artist Dies |work=NBC Chicago}}{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dustin-shuler-20100512,0,7503444.story |title=Dustin Shuler dies at 61; L.A. artist skewered cars into pop art |website=Los Angeles Times |date=May 13, 2010 |access-date=19 March 2017}}
Hadi Soesastro, 65, Indonesian economist and intellectual, founder of the CSIS, brain hemorrhage.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100507011325/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/05/05/one-indonesia%E2%80%99s-best-minds-hadi-soesastro-dies-65.html One of Indonesia’s best minds, Hadi Soesastro, dies at 65]

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Lucho Barrios, 76, Peruvian bolero singer.{{cite web |url=http://www.santiagotimes.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18776:peruvian-bolero-singer-luis-lucho-barrios-dead-at-75&catid=1:other&Itemid=38 |work=The Santiago Times |title=Peruvian Bolero Singer Luis "Lucho" Barrios Dead at 75 |access-date=19 March 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116003633/http://www.santiagotimes.cl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18776:peruvian-bolero-singer-luis-lucho-barrios-dead-at-75&catid=1:other&Itemid=38 |archive-date=16 January 2013}}
Louis Bisilliat, 79, French cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=26674 |title=Louis Bisilliat |work=Cycling Archives}}
Ray Blum, 91, American Olympic speed skater.{{cite web |url=http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?n=raymond-e-blum&pid=142545530 |title=Raymond E. Blum's Obituary in The Star-Ledger |work=Obits.nj.com}}
Alessandra Codazzi, 88, Italian trade unionist, partisan and politician, Senator (1976-1987).[https://necrologie.gazzettadireggio.gelocal.it/necrologi/2010/10569-codazzi-alessandra Alessandra Codazzi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005071816/https://necrologie.gazzettadireggio.gelocal.it/necrologi/2010/10569-codazzi-alessandra |date=October 5, 2018 }} {{in lang|it}}
Marcello Costalunga, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Archbishop of Aquileia (1991–2001).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcosm.html |title=Archbishop Marcello Costalunga |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Joseph Kearney, 83, American athletic director, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskyfootballblog/2011796371_joe_kearney_athletic_director.html |title=Joe Kearney, athletic director who hired Don James, passes away |first=Bob |last=Condotta |date=May 6, 2010 |newspaper=The Seattle Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508152120/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/huskyfootballblog/2011796371_joe_kearney_athletic_director.html |archive-date=May 8, 2010}}
Alfons Kontarsky, 77, German pianist.[https://www.derstandard.at/story/1271376178419/pianist-alfons-kontarsky-gestorben Pianist Alfons Kontarsky gestorben] {{in lang|de}}
Armando Lucero, 68, Argentine sex offender, respiratory infection.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8665522.stm |title=Argentine incest suspect Armando Lucero dies |work=BBC News}}
Jack MacDonald, 82, Canadian politician, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario (1977–1980).{{cite web |url=http://www.stoneycreeknews.com/news/article/209712 |title='Jack' MacDonald's Scottish fire burned bright for Hamilton |work=StoneyCreekNews.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726234103/http://www.stoneycreeknews.com/news/article/209712 |archive-date=2011-07-26}}
Max Palevsky, 85, American entrepreneur, philanthropist and art collector.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-0506-max-palevsky-20100506,0,5625708.story |title=Max Palevsky dies at 85; computer magnate and philanthropist |date=6 May 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Harry Siljander, 87, Finnish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) boxer.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/harry-siljander-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182010/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/harry-siljander-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Harry Siljander Bio, Stats, and Results}}
Giulietta Simionato, 99, Italian mezzo-soprano singer.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/05/AR2010050505001.html |title=Obituary: Italian mezzo-soprano Giulietta Simionato dies |first=Emily |last=Langer |date=6 May 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Gwyn Thomas, 96, Canadian crime reporter (Toronto Star), natural causes.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/legendary-reporter-gwyn-jocko-thomas-dies-1.890578 Legendary reporter Gwyn (Jocko) Thomas dies]
Umaru Yar'Adua, 58, Nigerian politician, President (2007–2010).{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8663824.stm |title=Nigerian President Yar'Adua dies after long illness |work=BBC News}}

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Hoàng Cầm, 88, Vietnamese poet and playwright.{{cite web |url=http://www.vietnamnet.vn:80/vanhoa/201005/Vinh-biet-nha-tho-Hoang-Cam-oanh-vang-Kinh-Bac-908240/ |title=Vĩnh biệt nhà thơ Hoàng Cầm oanh vàng Kinh Bắc |work=VietNamNet |date=10 May 2010 |language=vi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510001909/http://www.vietnamnet.vn/vanhoa/201005/Vinh-biet-nha-tho-Hoang-Cam-oanh-vang-Kinh-Bac-908240/ |archive-date=2010-05-10}}
Jaroslav Cardal, 91, Czechoslovakian Olympic cross-country skier.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110726000608/http://krkonossky.denik.cz/kratce_region/682445.html Jilemnice: Odešla legenda lyžování Jaroslav Cardal] {{in lang|cs}}
David E. Durston, 88, American film director and screenwriter (I Drink Your Blood), complications from pneumonia.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/movies/23durston.html |title=David E. Durston, Director of 'I Drink Your Blood,' Dies at 88 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=22 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Tyler Lambert, 25, American cameraman and songwriter, son of Dana Plato, suicide by gunshot.{{cite web |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/dana-plato-s-son-commits-suicide-25-wbna37128674 |title=Dana Plato’s son commits suicide at 25 |date=13 May 2010 |access-date=6 August 2024}}
Guillermo Meza, 21, Mexican footballer (Pumas Morelos), shot.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-05-07-1721190489_x.htm |title=Mexican soccer player killed in apparent robbery |work=USA Today |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510083545/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-05-07-1721190489_x.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-05-10}}
Giacomo Neri, 94, Italian footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/regioni/emiliaromagna/2010/05/07/visualizza_new.html_1789478314.html |title=Calcio: morto a 94 anni Giacomo Neri, l'azzurro piu' anziano |work=ANSA |language=it}}
Mildred Ellen Orton, 99, American businesswoman, co-founder of the Vermont Country Store.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/business/16orton.html |title=Mildred Orton, 99, Co-Founder of Vermont Country Store |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=15 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Robin Roberts, 83, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies), Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, natural causes.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hall-of-fame-pitcher-robin-roberts-dies-at-83/ |title=Hall of Fame Pitcher Robin Roberts Dies at 83 |work=CBS News}}
Robert J. Serling, 92, American author, brother of Rod Serling.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tucson/obituary.aspx?n=robert-j-serling&pid=142587172 |title=Robert J. Serling's Obituary in the Arizona Daily Star |work=Legacy.com}}
Dennis Sharp, 76, British architect, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/obituary-dennis-sharp/5217629.article |title=Obituary: Dennis Sharp |work=Architects' Journal|date=May 12, 2010 }}

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Francisco Aguabella, 84, Cuban-born American jazz percussionist, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-francisco-aguabella-20100509,0,6419187.story |title=Francisco Aguabella dies at 84; Afro-Cuban percussionist |date=9 May 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Bertha Allen, 75-76, Canadian activist, cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ammsa.com/publications/windspeaker/footprints-bertha-allen-fought-equality-and-empowerment|title = [Footprints] Bertha Allen fought for equality and empowerment}}
Juan Arcocha, 82, Cuban journalist and writer.[http://www.emol.com/noticias/magazine/2010/05/08/411957/fallece-en-paris-el-escritor-cubano-juan-arcocha.html/ Fallece en Paris el Escritor Cubano Juan Arcocha] emol.com May 8, 2010 {{dead link|date=April 2024}}
Rane Arroyo, 55, American poet, cerebral hemorrhage.{{Cite web |url=http://www.toledofreepress.com/2010/05/11/poet-rane-arroyo%E2%80%99s-death-a-%E2%80%98great-tragedy-and-loss%E2%80%99-2/ |title=Poet Rane Arroyo's death a 'great tragedy and loss' |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519114918/http://www.toledofreepress.com/2010/05/11/poet-rane-arroyo%E2%80%99s-death-a-%E2%80%98great-tragedy-and-loss%E2%80%99-2/ |archive-date=May 19, 2010 |url-status=dead}}
Anders Buraas, 94, Norwegian journalist.{{cite web |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Anders_Buraas/utdypning |title=Anders Buraas |work=Norsk biografisk leksikon |date=February 25, 2020 |language=no}}
Babz Chula, 64, American actress (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Double Jeopardy), cancer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100511145408/http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Vancouver+actor+Babz+Chula+dead/3000688/story.html Vancouver actor Babz Chula, dead at 63]
Dick Flowers, 84, American football player (Baltimore Colts).{{cite web |url=http://www.northwestern.edu/magazine/fall2010/alumnilife/passings/passings.html |title=Passings: Richard Flowers |work=Northwestern University}}
Pamela Green, 81, British actress and model, leukemia.{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7126983.ece |title=Pamela Green: actress and model |work=The Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524173041/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7126983.ece |archive-date=May 24, 2010 }}
Wally Hickel, 90, American politician, Secretary of the Interior (1969–1970), Governor of Alaska (1966–1969, 1990–1994), natural causes.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/us/09hickel.html |title=Walter J. Hickel, Former Alaska Governor and Nixon Official, Is Dead at 90 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=8 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Billy Kelly, 78, British boxer, after long illness.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/8669739.stm |title=Derry boxing legend Billy Spider Kelly passes away |work=BBC News}}
Zoran Kurteš, 44, Serbian handball player and coach, cardiac arrest.[http://www.prosport.ro/alte-sporturi/handbal/tragedie-in-handbal-antrenorul-lui-hcm-a-fost-gasit-mort-nu-ne-vine-sa-credem-6101043 Tragedie în handbal! Antrenorul lui HCM a fost găsit mort! "Nu ne vine să credem!"] {{in lang|ro}}
Adele Mara, 87, American actress (Sands of Iwo Jima), natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2010/05/actress-adela-mara-dies-at-87.html |title=Actress Adele Mara dies at 87 |date=10 May 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, 69, Icelandic author.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070228044116/http://www.bokmenntir.is/rithofundur.asp?cat_id=653&author_id=27&lang=8 Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir]
Svetozar Stojanović, 78, Serbian philosopher and political theorist.{{cite news |url=http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Kultura/Preminuo-filozof-Svetozar-Stojanovic.lt.html |title=Преминуо филозоф Светозар Стојановић |newspaper=Politika Online |language=sr}}
Flora L. Thornton, 96, American arts patron and philanthropist, pulmonary disease.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-flora-thornton-20100508,0,6705455.story |title=Flora Thornton dies at 96; L.A. philanthropist and arts patron |date=8 May 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Bert L. Vallee, 90, American professor.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=bert-l-vallee&pid=142586620 |title=Bert L. Vallee's Obituary in the Boston Globe |work=Legacy.com}}

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Bruce Alford, Sr., 87, American football player (New York Yanks), and line judge, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dfw/obituary-preview.aspx?n=h-bruce-alford&pid=142663433&referrer=321 |title=H. Bruce Alford's Obituary in the Star-Telegram |work=Legacy.com}}
Shadreck Biemba, 45, Zambian footballer, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.morokaswallows.co.za/article.asp?id=348729 |title=Shadreck Biemba passes away |work=Moroka Swallows F.C.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719050415/http://www.morokaswallows.co.za/article.asp?id=348729 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}
Joaquín Capilla, 81, Mexican Olympic diving four-time medalist, heart failure.[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2010-05-09-3696732160_x.htm Former Olympic diver Joaquin Capilla dies at 81]
Sir Cecil Clothier, 90, Manx judge and public servant.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/law-obituaries/7801485/Sir-Cecil-Clothier.html |title=Obituary: Sir Cecil Clothier |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Willis Eken, 79, American politician and farmer, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives.[https://www.leg.state.mn.us/archive/LegDB/Articles/10158STOBIT.pdf Obituaries: Willis Eken, former House majority leader]
Andrew Hull, 46, Canadian-born film maker, film director and architect, head injury due to cycling accident.{{cite web |url=http://www.cfccreates.com/about_us/announcements/item.php?id=item120 |title=In Memoriam: Andrew McKenzie Hull |date=May 14, 2010 |work=The Canadian Film Centre |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708133112/http://www.cfccreates.com/about_us/announcements/item.php?id=item120 |archive-date=2011-07-08}}
Stefanos Lazaridis, 67, Ethiopian-born Greek stage designer, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/may/16/stefanos-lazaridis-obituary |title=Stefanos Lazaridis obituary |first=David |last=Jays |date=16 May 2010 |work=The Guardian}}
Andor Lilienthal, 99, Russian-born Hungarian chess grandmaster.{{cite web |url=http://hirzona.hu:80/2010/05/elhunyt-lilienthal-andor/ |title=Elhunyt Lilienthal Andor |date=13 May 2010 |language=hu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513202114/http://hirzona.hu/2010/05/elhunyt-lilienthal-andor/ |archive-date=2010-05-13}}
Giuseppe Ogna, 76, Italian Olympic cyclist.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/og/giuseppe-ogna-1.html |title=Giuseppe Ogna Bio, Stats, and Results |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110165521/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/og/giuseppe-ogna-1.html |archive-date=2014-01-10}}
Peer Schmidt, 84, German actor, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/telegramm/news-ticker,rendertext=12477292.html |title=Schauspieler Peer Schmidt gestorben |work=Bild |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512151438/http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/telegramm/news-ticker,rendertext=12477292.html |archive-date=May 12, 2010 |language=de}}
Mark Shannon, 58, American radio personality (KTOK), lymphoid leukemia.{{cite web |url=https://oklahoman.com/article/3460037/oklahoma-city-radio-personality-dies-saturday-morning |title=Oklahoma City radio personality dies Saturday morning |date=May 8, 2010 |work=The Oklahoman }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
George Susce, 78, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox).{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/news-press/obituary.aspx?n=george-d-susce&pid=142641616 |title=George D. Susce's Obituary in The News-Press |work=Legacy.com}}
Alan Watkins, 77, British political journalist, renal failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/alan-watkins-doyen-of-political-commentators-dies-at-77-1969473.html |title=Alan Watkins, doyen of political commentators, dies at 77 |date=9 May 2010 |work=The Independent}}

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Danger Ashipala, 62, Namibian police advisor.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100514085501/http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2010/may/article/danger-ashipala-dies Danger Ashipala dies]
Maksymilian Barański, 84, Polish footballer [https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=1242]
Erica Blasberg, 25, American golfer, suicide by drug overdose.{{cite web |url=http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/Erica-Blasberg-LPGA-player-dies-051010 |title=LPGA player Erica Blasberg, 25, dies |date=10 May 2010 |work=Fox Sports}}
Raymond Bouchex, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Avignon (1978–2002).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbouchex.html |title=Archbishop Raymond Joseph Louis Bouchex |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Dean Cetrulo, 91, American fencer, Olympic bronze medalist (1948 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |url=http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?n=diaz-victor-cetrulo-dean&pid=142721009 |title=Diaz Victor "Dean" Cetrulo's Obituary in The Star-Ledger |work=Legacy.com}}
Geoffrey Chapman, 80, Australian publisher.{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/reformed-catholics-publisher-of-choice-20100528-wlb4.html |title=Reformed Catholics' publisher of choice |date=29 May 2010 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
Rita Childers, 95, Irish politician, wife of President Erskine Hamilton Childers.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7741796/Lives-Remembered.html |title=Lives Remembered: Rita Childers |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Zosima Davydov, 46, Russian Orthodox prelate, bishop of Yakutsk and Lensk (since 2004), heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/347494.html |title=Скончался епископ Якутский и Ленский Зосима |work=Patriarchia.ru |language=ru}}
Hans Dijkstal, 67, Dutch politician, Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister (1994–1998), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://nos.nl/artikel/156361-vvder-hans-dijkstal-67-overleden.html |title=VVD'er Hans Dijkstal (67) overleden|date=May 10, 2010 }}
Francisco Andrés Escobar, 67, Salvadoran actor, journalist and writer.{{cite web |url=http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/lodeldia/116203-fallece-escritor-francisco-escobar.html |title=Fallece escritor Francisco Escobar |access-date=2010-06-05 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225220952/http://www.laprensagrafica.com/el-salvador/lodeldia/116203-fallece-escritor-francisco-escobar.html |archive-date=2012-02-25}}
Lena Horne, 92, American singer and actress (Stormy Weather, The Wiz).{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/arts/music/10horne.html |title=Lena Horne, Sultry Singer and Actress, Dies at 92 |first=Aljean |last=Harmetz |date=10 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Signe Johansson-Engdahl, 104, Swedish 1924 Olympic diver.{{cite web |url=http://www.sok.se/nyheter/nyheter/nyheter2009/varldensochsverigesaldstaolympierharavlidit.5.682fdfa31285af1755d800065744.html |title=Världens och Sveriges äldsta olympier har avlidit |work=Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté |language=sv |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=August 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829165624/http://www.sok.se/nyheter/nyheter/nyheter2009/varldensochsverigesaldstaolympierharavlidit.5.682fdfa31285af1755d800065744.html |url-status=dead }}
Farzad Kamangar, 32, Iranian activist, execution by hanging.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100511065235/http://www.astreetjournalist.com/2010/05/09/farzad-kamangar-and-4-other-political-prisoners-executed/ Farzad Kamangar and 4 Other Political Prisoners Executed!]
Craig Kauffman, 78, American painter and sculptor, complications from a stroke and pneumonia.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-craig-kauffman-20100512,0,6086833.story |title=Craig Kauffman dies at 78; artist captured the ethos of Los Angeles |date=12 May 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Teruji Kogake, 77, Japanese Olympic athlete, liver failure.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=56698.html |title=Teruji Kogake passes away |work=IAAF.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617135206/http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=56698.html |archive-date=June 17, 2010 }}
Mahāprajña, 89, Indian Jain religious leader, supreme head of Svetambar Terapanth, cardiac arrest.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Tenth-Acharya-of-Jain-Swetembar-Terapanth-passes-away-/articleshow/5910971.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811072909/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-10/jaipur/28305368_1_jodhpur-guru-followers |url-status=live |archive-date=11 August 2011 |work=The Times of India |title=Tenth Acharya of Jain Swetembar Terapanth passes away |access-date=20 March 2017}}
Otakar Motejl, 77, Czech public official, Ombudsman (since 2000), after short illness.{{cite web |url=http://romove.radio.cz/en/clanek/23279 |title=Czech Ombudsman Otakar Motejl dies at 77}}
Karl-Heinz Schnibbe, 86, German partisan, World War II resistance fighter.{{cite web |url=http://ostholstein.mediaquell.com/2010/05/11/hamburger-widerstandskaempfer-karl-heinz-schnibbe-gestorben-3243/ |title=Hamburger Widerstandskämpfer Karl-Heinz Schnibbe gestorben |language=de |access-date=2010-09-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714064756/http://ostholstein.mediaquell.com/2010/05/11/hamburger-widerstandskaempfer-karl-heinz-schnibbe-gestorben-3243/ |archive-date=2011-07-14}}
Edward Uhl, 92, American inventor, co-inventor of the bazooka, heart failure.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-edward-uhl-20100515-19,0,2750193.story |title=Edward G. Uhl dies at 92; co-inventor of the bazooka |date=15 May 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

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Allan Andersson, 79, Swedish Olympic skier.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204421/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/allan-andersson-1.html Allan Andersson Bio, Stats, and Results]
Ike Franklin Andrews, 84, American politician, U.S. Representative from North Carolina (1973–1985).[https://web.archive.org/web/20120928193314/http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/05/10/476336/former-congressman-ike-andrews.html Former Congressman Ike Andrews has died]
Albert W. Barney, 89, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court (1974–1982).{{cite web |url=http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100512/THISJUSTIN/100519980 |title=Former Vt. Chief Justice Albert Barney dies at 89 |work=Rutland Herald |access-date=20 March 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202003918/http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20100512/THISJUSTIN/100519980 |archive-date=2 February 2013}}
Jack Birkett, 75, British dancer, singer and actor.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/may/28/jack-birkett-obituary |title=Jack Birkett obituary |first=David |last=Haughton |date=28 May 2010 |work=The Guardian}}
Giuliana Camerino, 90, Italian handbag designer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/fashion/17camerino.html |title=Giuliana Camerino Is Dead at 89; Designed Coveted Handbags |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=16 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Charles Currey, 94, British sailor, silver medallist at the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7135285.ece |title=Charles Currey: Olympic yachtsman and boatbuilder |work=The Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601023008/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7135285.ece |archive-date=June 1, 2010 }}
Frank Frazetta, 82, American fantasy and science fiction artist, stroke.{{cite web |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/frank-frazetta-fantasy-illustrator-dies-at-82/ |title=Frank Frazetta, Fantasy Illustrator, Dies at 82 |first=Dave |last=Itzkoff |work=The New York Times|date=May 10, 2010 }}
Bill Hook, 84, American-born chess player for British Virgin Islands.{{cite web |url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic809.html#21 |title=The Week in Chess 809 |date=4 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111204194433/https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic809.html#21 |archive-date=2011-12-04}}
Margit Hvammen, 77, Norwegian Olympic Alpine skier.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hv/margit-hvammen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hv/margit-hvammen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Margit Hvammen Bio, Stats, and Results}}
John Kempe, 92, British schoolteacher, headmaster of Gordonstoun School.[https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-john-kempe-cvo-2442489 Obituary: John Kempe CVO]
Mac Mohan, 71, Indian actor (Sholay), lung cancer.{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-11/news-interviews/28307044_1_kitna-inaam-rakhe-hain-rakhe-hain-sarkar-hum-hain-sarkar-hum-par |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811072236/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-05-11/news-interviews/28307044_1_kitna-inaam-rakhe-hain-rakhe-hain-sarkar-hum-hain-sarkar-hum-par |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-11 |work=The Times of India |title=Sambha, we'll miss you }}
Volodymyr Ploskina, 55, Ukrainian football manager and former footballer.{{cite web |url=http://shakhtar.com/en/news/13161 |title=Volodymyr Ivanovych Ploskina passed away |work=FC Shakhtar Press Office|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513002211/http://shakhtar.com/en/news/13161 |archive-date=May 13, 2010 }}
Robert B. Salter, 85, Canadian surgeon.{{cite web |url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20100511.93231143/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |title=Deaths: Salter, Dr. Robert Bruce |work=The Globe and Mail |access-date=June 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129161338/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20100511.93231143/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |url-status=dead}}

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Ian Baker, 86, British architect.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/may/20/ian-baker-obituary|title = Ian Baker obituary|website = TheGuardian.com|date = May 20, 2010}}
Robert H. Burris, 96, American biochemist.{{cite web |url=http://www.news.wisc.edu/18085 |title=Noted UW-Madison biochemist Robert Burris dies at 96}}
John Burton, 85, New Zealand cricketer.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36334.html |title=John Burton |access-date=20 March 2017}}
John Fugh, 75, American army officer, Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army, heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/11/AR2010051104818.html |title=Maj. Gen. John L. Fugh, 75, dies; served as Army's judge advocate general |first=Adam |last=Bernstein |date=12 May 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Brian Gibson, 82, English footballer (Huddersfield Town).{{cite web |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/football/news/former-huddersfield-town-defender-brian-4998239 |title=Former Town defender Brian Gibson dies at 82 |work=Huddersfield Daily Examiner|date=May 11, 2010 }}
Timothy Grubb, 55, British-born American show jumper, Olympic silver medallist (1984 Summer Olympics), heart failure.{{cite web |url=http://www.horseandhound.co.uk:80/news/397/297904.html |title=Three-time British Olympic showjumper Tim Grubb dies |work=Horse & Hound |date=16 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516020410/http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/297904.html |archive-date=2010-05-16}}
Karl-Erik Hult, 74, Swedish football player and manager.[https://www.sydsvenskan.se/2010-05-11/mff-tranare-avliden MFF-tränare avliden] {{in lang|sv}}
Rauf Jabbarov, 74, Azerbaijani boxing manager, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://xeber.azeri.net/Emekdar_mesqci_Rauf_Cabbarov_vefat_etdi-n7232.html |title=Əməkdar məşqçi Rauf Cabbarov vəfat etdi |work=Xəbərçi̇ |language=az}}
Josef Keck, 59, German Olympic biathlete.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080903/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/josef-keck-1.html Josef Keck Bio, Stats, and Results]
Maciej Kozłowski, 52, Polish actor, complications of hepatitis C.{{cite web |url=http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/Wiadomosci/1,80276,7867184,Zmarl_Maciej_Kozlowski__znany_aktor_teatralny_i_filmowy.html |title=Zmarł Maciej Kozłowski, znany aktor teatralny i filmowy |language=pl}}
Richard LaMotta, 67, American inventor of the Chipwich ice cream sandwich, heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/business/16lamotta.html |title=Richard LaMotta, Inventor of the Chipwich, Dies at 67 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=15 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Bud Mahurin, 91, American flying ace, complications from a stroke.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716154329/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100514%2FNEWS%2F5140311 Legendary fighter pilot Mahurin, a South Side grad, dies]
Emmanuel Ngobese, 29, South African footballer, tuberculosis.{{cite web |url=http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=40464 |title=Passed on: SA fans mourn Scara's death |work=The Witness}}
Jeff Shaw, 60, Australian politician and jurist, NSW Attorney General (1995–2000), Supreme Court judge (2003–2004), pneumonia.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110318225204/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/0/9CD619A8E185257A4A25672E0002E1CC The Hon. (Jeff) Jeffrey William Shaw (1949-2010)]
Doris Eaton Travis, 106, American performer, last surviving Ziegfeld girl, aneurysm.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/arts/dance/12travis.html |title=Doris Eaton Travis, Last of the Ziegfeld Girls, Dies at 106 |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=12 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Bob Watt, 82, Canadian ice hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (1952 Winter Olympics) .{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?n=robert-watt&pid=142772938 |title=Robert Watt's Obituary in the Edmonton Journal |work=Legacy.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104041459/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?n=robert-watt&pid=142772938 |archive-date=November 4, 2012 }}

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Anthony Andeh, 64, Nigerian Olympic boxer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052136/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/anthony-andeh-1.html Anthony Andeh Bio, Stats, and Results]
Dieter Bock, 71, German businessman and multimillionaire, choking.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-bock-idUSTRE64Q3RZ20100527 |title=German tycoon Bock chokes to death at luxury hotel |date=27 May 2017 |work=Reuters}}
Phyllis Hodges Boyce, 73, American actress (Gone with the Wind, Star Trek).{{cite web |url=http://obituaries.desertsun.com/obituaries/thedesertsun/obituary.aspx?n=phyllis-hodges-boyce&pid=142729497&fhid=10622 |title=Phyllis Hodges Boyce's Obituary in The Desert Sun |work=Legacy.com}}
Clive Fairbairn, 90, Australian cricketer.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5281.html |title=Clive Fairbairn |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
Charlie Francis, 61, Canadian track coach, lymphoma.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2010/05/13/track_coach_charlie_francis_dies_at_61.html |title=Track coach Charlie Francis dies at 61 |work=Toronto Star|date=May 13, 2010 |last1=Campbell |first1=Morgan }}
Edith Keller-Herrmann, 88, German chess Grandmaster.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100609022057/http://www.zeitschriftschach.de/aktuell/aktuell.htm 21.05.: Edith Keller-Hermann (1921-2010)] {{in lang|de}}
Sione Manu'uli Luani, 50, Tongan politician, governor of Vavaʻu (since 2009).{{cite web |url=http://matangitonga.to/2010/05/12/noble-luani-dies-suddenly-vavau |title=Noble Luani dies suddenly in Vava'u |date=12 May 2010}}
Allan Manings, 86, American television writer (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Good Times), cardiac arrest.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-allan-manings-20100515,0,4001258.story |title=Allan Manings dies at 86; TV comedy writer and co-creator of 'One Day at a Time' |date=15 May 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Antonio Ozores, 81, Spanish actor, cancer.{{cite news |url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Muere/actor/Antonio/Ozores/elpepucul/20100512elpepucul_9/Tes |title=Muere el actor Antonio Ozores |date=12 May 2010 |work=El País |language=es}}
John Warham, 90, New Zealand ornithologist and photographer.[http://www.publish.csiro.au/MU/pdf/MUv111n2_OB Obituary: John Warham 11 October 1919–12 May 2010]
Notable people killed in the crash of Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771:
Joëlle van Noppen, 30, Dutch singer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.showbiznewz.nl/artikel_9665_zangeres-joelle-van-noppen-omgekomen-bij-vliegtuigramp-libie.html |title=Zangeres Joelle van Noppen omgekomen bij vliegtuigramp Libie |access-date=2010-06-07 |language=nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100517035015/http://www.showbiznewz.nl/artikel_9665_zangeres-joelle-van-noppen-omgekomen-bij-vliegtuigramp-libie.html |archive-date=2010-05-17 |url-status=dead}}
Bree O'Mara, 42, South African novelist.{{cite web |url=http://news.book.co.za/blog/2010/05/13/irish-south-african-author-bree-omara-killed-in-libya-plane-crash/ |title=Irish-South African Author Bree O'Mara Killed in Libya Plane Crash |access-date=2010-05-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100527043819/http://news.book.co.za/blog/2010/05/13/irish-south-african-author-bree-omara-killed-in-libya-plane-crash/ |archive-date=2010-05-27}}

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Rafael Sanus Abad, 78, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Valencia (1989–2000).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsanu.html |title=Bishop Rafael Sanus Abad |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}

*Ashaari Mohammad, 73, Malaysian spiritual leader, respiratory infection.{{cite web |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/5/13/nation/20100513185130&sec=nation |title=Al-Arqam founder Ashaari dies (Updated) |date=28 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628235538/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2010%2F5%2F13%2Fnation%2F20100513185130&sec=nation |archive-date=2011-06-28}}

Ruth Chew, 90, American children's author, pneumonia.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/15/AR2010051503358.html |title=Author Ruth Chew, designer Giuliana Coen Camerino |date=16 May 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Paul Garabedian, 82, American mathematician.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/us/03garabedian.html |title=Paul R. Garabedian, Calculator of Planes' Wing Dynamics, Dies at 82 |first=Kenneth |last=Chang |date=2 June 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Eddie Garrett, 82, American actor (Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Quincy, M.E.).{{cite web |url=http://obituaries.desertsun.com/obituaries/thedesertsun/obituary.aspx?n=eddie-garrett&pid=142897107 |title=Eddie Garrett's Obituary in The Desert Sun |work=Legacy.com}}

*Cinthia Régia Gomes do Livramento, 46, Brazilian politician, Education Secretary (Amazonas), air crash.{{cite web |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=356908&CategoryId=14090 |title=Six Die in Brazil Plane Crash |work=Latin America Herald Tribune |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=March 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331082037/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=356908&CategoryId=14090 |url-status=dead }}

Walter Klimmek, 91, German footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.schalke04.de/aktuell/news/einzelansicht/artikel/knappen-trauern-um-walter-klimmek.html |title=Knappen trauern um Walter Klimmek |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602064200/http://www.schalke04.de/aktuell/news/einzelansicht/artikel/knappen-trauern-um-walter-klimmek.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-06-02}}
Klaus Kotter, 75, German bobsleigh official.{{cite web |url=http://www.focus.de/sport/wintersport/bob-langjaehriger-bob-praesident-kotter-gestorben_aid_508047.html |title=Langjähriger Bob-Präsident Kotter gestorben |work=FOCUS Online |language=de |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=October 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001233701/http://www.focus.de/sport/wintersport/bob-langjaehriger-bob-praesident-kotter-gestorben_aid_508047.html |url-status=dead }}
Richard Movitz, 84, American Olympic skier.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123516/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/dick-movitz-1.html Richard Movitz Bio, Stats, and Results]
Peter Provan, 73, Australian rugby league footballer, Balmain Tigers premiership captain (1969), after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/tigers-honour-balmain-great-provan-20100514-v2uf.html |title=Tigers honour Balmain great Provan |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=May 14, 2010 }}
Rosa Rio, 107, American organist (Tampa Theatre).{{Cite web |url=http://southshore2.tbo.com/content/2010/may/14/141031/rosa-rio-beloved-tampa-theatre-organist-dies/ |title=Rosa Rio, beloved Tampa Theatre organist, dies at 107 |access-date=2010-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522182035/http://southshore2.tbo.com/content/2010/may/14/141031/rosa-rio-beloved-tampa-theatre-organist-dies/ |archive-date=2010-05-22 |url-status=dead}}

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Ronald Bailey, 92, British diplomat.{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/7911152/Ronald-Bailey.html|title = Ronald Bailey}}
Frank J. Dodd, 72, American politician, President of the New Jersey Senate (1974–1975).[https://www.nj.com/news/2010/05/former_nj_senate_president_fra.html Former N.J. Senate president Frank 'Pat' Dodd dies at 72]

*Goh Keng Swee, 91, Singaporean politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1973–1984), after long illness.{{cite web |url=https://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20100514-216214.html |title=Dr Goh Keng Swee dies at 91 |work=AsiaOne.com}}

Norman Hand, 37, American football player (San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints), heart disease.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=5189876 |title=Former Chargers, Saints tackle Hand dies at 37 |date=15 May 2010 |work=ESPN}}
Rūta Jokubonienė, 80, Lithuanian textile artist.{{cite web |url=http://www.bernardinai.lt/straipsnis/2010-05-17-mire-grafike-ir-tekstiles-dailininke-b-jokuboniene/44992 |title=Mirė grafikė ir tekstilės dailininkė B.Jokūbonienė |language=lt}}
Milouš Kvaček, 76, Czech football player and manager.[http://www.bolasepako.com/2010/08/late-tribute-to-milous-kvacek-1933-2010.html A late tribute to Milous Kvacek (1933-2010)]
David Maimon, 81, Israeli general, head of Israel Prison Service.{{cite web |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/186289 |title=Reserve General David Maimon Dead at 81 |work=Arutz Sheva|date=May 14, 2010 }}
Fred O'Donovan, 80, Irish theatre producer, Chairman of RTÉ Authority (1981–1985).{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0515/1224270463180.html |title=Theatre producer Fred O'Donovan dies |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=November 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127050558/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0515/1224270463180.html |url-status=dead }}
Skip Away, 17, American thoroughbred racehorse, heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/sports/15sportsbriefs-skipaway.html |title=Skip Away Dies of Heart Attack |date=14 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Edmund Tsaturyan, 73, Armenian politician.{{Cite web|url=https://armtimes.com/hy/article/9062|title=Ցավակցություն|language=hy}}

*Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, 70, South African politician, complications from liver disease.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/14/AR2010051405409.html |title=Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, white anti-apartheid leader, dies at 70 |date=15 May 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}

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Harry Aleman, 71, American gangster and murderer, lung cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-bn-xpm-2010-05-15-28509802-story.html |title=Mob hit man Harry Aleman dies in prison |work=Chicago Tribune}}
Frances Alexander, 90, American politician.[Bishop, Stewart (May 20, 2010). "Frances Alexander, 90; served 8 years as state representative". The Boston Globe.]
Gabriel Bien-Aimé, Haitian politician, Minister of Education (2006–2008), heart attack.[http://radiokiskeya.com/spip.php?article6764 Décès de Gabriel Bien-Aimé, ex-ministre de l'Education nationale] {{in lang|fr}}
Armand Caouette, 64, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament (1974–1980).{{cite web |url=http://www.cfem.ca/articles/20100516000615/deces_armand_caouette.html |title=Déces Armand Caouette |work=Cfem.ca |access-date=20 March 2017 |language=fr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706171850/http://www.cfem.ca/articles/20100516000615/deces_armand_caouette.html |archive-date=2011-07-06 |url-status=dead}}
Juan José Carbó, 83, Spanish cartoonist.{{cite web |url=http://www.lacarceldepapel.com/2010/05/16/adios-a-carbo/ |title=Adiós a Carbó |work=La Cárcel de Papel |date=May 16, 2010 |language=es}}
Moshe Greenberg, 81, American rabbi and biblical scholar.{{cite web |url=http://jta.org/news/article/2010/05/17/2394835/preeminent-biblical-scholar-dies |title=Biblical scholar Moshe Greenberg dies |access-date=20 March 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415054354/http://www.jta.org/news/article/2010/05/17/2394835/preeminent-biblical-scholar-dies |archive-date=15 April 2013}}
Christian Habicht, 57, German actor, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.ad-hoc-news.de:80/dresdner-theater-trauert-um-christian-habicht--/de/News/21306398 |title=Dresdner Theater Trauert Um Christian Habicht |date=25 July 2010 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725123234/http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/dresdner-theater-trauert-um-christian-habicht--/de/News/21306398 |archive-date=2010-07-25}}
Besian Idrizaj, 22, Austrian footballer, heart attack.[https://archive.today/20120306150434/http://www.clickliverpool.com/sport/liverpool-fc/129122-ex-liverpool-fc-striker-dies-of-a-heart-attack.html Ex-Liverpool FC striker Besian Idrizaj dies of a heart attack]
Loris Kessel, 60, Swiss racing driver, leukemia.{{cite web |url=http://www.blick.ch/sport/formel1/schweizer-f1-pilot-loris-kessel-gestorben-146839 |title=Er wurde 60 Jahre alt: Schweizer F1-Pilot Loris Kessel gestorben |work=Blick |access-date=2010-06-07 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518203852/http://www.blick.ch/sport/formel1/schweizer-f1-pilot-loris-kessel-gestorben-146839 |archive-date=2010-05-18 |url-status=dead}}
Archduke Rudolf of Austria, 90, Austrian nobleman, youngest son of Emperor Charles I and Zita of Bourbon-Parma.{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/archduke-rudolf-of-austria-n75j9q5b6s9 |title=Archduke Rudolf of Austria |work=The Times}}
John Shepherd-Barron, 84, British inventor, invented the Automatic Teller Machine.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100521104500/http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-John-ShepherdBarron.6303157.jp Obituary: John Shepherd-Barron]
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, 86, Indian politician, Vice-President (2002–2007), respiratory infection.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120119203200/http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/jaipur/Former-VP-Bhairon-Singh-Shekhawat-passes-away/Article1-543908.aspx Former VP Bhairon Singh Shekhawat passes away]

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Debbie Abono, 80, American band manager.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110610213216/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/contracostatimes/obituary.aspx?n=deborah-abono&pid=143218854 Deborah Abono's Obituary in the Contra Costa Times]
Ronnie James Dio, 67, American heavy metal singer (Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Dio), stomach cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/arts/music/17dio.html |title=Ronnie James Dio, Black Sabbath Vocalist, Dies at 67 |first=Ben |last=Sisario |date=16 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Frank Dye, 82, British sailor.{{cite web |url=http://www.wayfarer.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=263:frank-dye-obituary&catid=23:general-information&Itemid=165 |title=Frank Dye - Obituary |work=UK Wayfarer Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711002917/http://www.wayfarer.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=263:frank-dye-obituary&catid=23:general-information&Itemid=165 |archive-date=July 11, 2010 }}
Alfonso Escámez, 94, Spanish banker.{{cite news |url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/economia/Alfonso/Escamez/banquero/vieja/escuela/elpepueco/20100517elpepueco_1/Tes |title=Alfonso Escámez, un banquero de la vieja escuela |date=17 May 2010 |work=El País |language=es}}
Hank Jones, 91, American jazz pianist.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/arts/music/18jones.html |title=Hank Jones, Versatile Jazz Pianist, Is Dead at 91 |first=Peter |last=Keepnews |date=17 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Oswaldo López Arellano, 88, Honduran politician, President (1963–1971, 1972–1975), prostate cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/world/americas/19lopez.html |title=Oswaldo López Arellano, Two-Time Honduran President, Dies at 89 |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=18 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Ingvard Nielsen, 84, Danish Olympic athlete.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063223/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/ingvard-nielsen-1.html Ingvard Nielsen Bio, Stats, and Results]
Stephen Perry, 55, American television writer (ThunderCats, SilverHawks), homicide.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100609055131/http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jun/06/na-a-promising-career-a-downward-spiral/news-breaking/ For slain comics writer, a promising career, a downward spiral] (body discovered on this date)

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Víctor Selvino Arenhart, 61, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Oberá (since 2009).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsear.html |title=Bishop Victor Selvino Arenhart |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Trevor Brissett, 49, English footballer (Port Vale), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10393~2055566,00.html |title=Trevor Brissett RIP |date=26 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226195003/http://www.mtfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10393~2055566%2C00.html |archive-date=2012-02-26}}
Judson Crews, 92, American poet.[https://archive.today/20120913102949/http://www.taosnews.com/articles/2010/05/24/news/doc4bf58de62d26b717291002.txt Judson Crews, Taos poet, dies at 92]
Ludwig von Friedeburg, 85, German politician and sociologist, Hesse Minister for Education (1969–1974).{{cite web |url=http://www.bild.de/BILD/regional/frankfurt/dpa/2010/05/20/exkultusminister-von-friedeburg-tot.html |title=Ex-Kultusminister von Friedeburg tot |language=de |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=August 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822041755/http://www.bild.de/BILD/regional/frankfurt/dpa/2010/05/20/exkultusminister-von-friedeburg-tot.html |url-status=dead }}
Richard Gregory, 86, British psychologist.{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7129933.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523040039/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article7129933.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 23, 2010 |title=Richard Gregory: experimental psychologist |work=The Times}}
Dorothy Kamenshek, 84, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, 1943–1952).{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-may-22-la-me-dorothy-kamenshek-20100522-story.html |title=Dorothy Kamenshek dies at 84; women's baseball league star |date=22 May 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Yvonne Loriod, 86, French pianist, composer and teacher, widow of Olivier Messiaen.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/arts/music/19loriod.html |title=Yvonne Loriod, Pianist and Messiaen Muse, Dies at 86 |first=Paul |last=Griffiths |date=18 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Mukhran Machavariani, 81, Georgian poet, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.messenger.com.ge/issues/2108_may_18_2010/2108_news_in_brief.html |title=Famous poet dies of heart attack |work=The Messenger}}
Vasil Manchenko, 79, Bulgarian Olympic basketball player.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418095351/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/vasil-manchenko-1.html Vasil Manchenko Bio, Stats, and Results]
Rafael Nantes, 53, Filipino politician, helicopter crash.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100520013508/http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/257807/quezon-governor-3-others-killed-chopper-crash Nantes, 5 others die in chopper crash]
Khattiya Sawasdipol, 58, Thai army general and activist, advisor to the National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (Red Shirts), shot.{{cite web |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1057146/1/.html |title="Red" Thai general dead as Bangkok toll hits 35 |work=Channel NewsAsia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520023338/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1057146/1/.html |archive-date=May 20, 2010 }}
Bobbejaan Schoepen, 85, Belgian singer-songwriter and entrepreneur, cardiac arrest.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bobbejaan-schoepen-belgian-musician-who-worked-with-jacques-brel-and-josephine-baker-2039017.html |title=Bobbejaan Schoepen: Belgian musician who worked with Jacques Brel and |date=30 July 2010 |work=The Independent}}
Fritz Sennheiser, 98, German electrical engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Sennheiser.{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/20/fritz_sennheiser/ |title=Fader pushers mourn Fritz Sennheiser |date=20 May 2010 |first=Andrew |last=Orlowski |work=The Register}}
George Terlep, 87, American football player (Buffalo Bills) and head coach.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tampabaytimes/obituary.aspx?n=george-terlep&pid=142910106&fhid=3821 |title=George Terlep's Obituary in the Tampa Bay Times |work=Legacy.com}}
Walasse Ting, 80, Chinese-born American visual artist.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100620192141/http://www.prnasia.com/pr/10/05/100451811-1.html Walasse Ting (Xiongquan Ding) Dies at the age of 80]

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Iskender Alptekin, 48, Swiss politician, heart attack.{{Cite web |url=http://www.arkah.de/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=321 |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 28, 2021 |archive-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904083126/http://www.arkah.de/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=321 |url-status=dead }}
Fedja Anzelewsky, 91, German art historian.{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&safe=off&biw=1366&bih=576&q=Fedja%20Anzelewsky&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=ws|title = Google Scholar}}
Shusaku Arakawa, 73, Japanese artist and architect.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/arts/design/20arakawa.html |title=Arakawa, Artist Who Tried to Halt Aging, Dies at 73 |first=Fred A. |last=Bernstein |date=20 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Sheila Armstrong, 60, American Olympic fencer.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/sheila-armstrong-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230825/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ar/sheila-armstrong-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Sheila Armstrong Bio, Stats, and Results}}
Martha Bielish, 94, Canadian politician, Senator (1979–1990).{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?n=martha-p-bielish&pid=142987247 |title=Martha P. Bielish's Obituary in the Edmonton Journal |work=Legacy.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107053034/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?n=martha-p-bielish&pid=142987247 |archive-date=November 7, 2012 }}
Don Day, 86, Australian politician, New South Wales Minister for Agriculture (1978–1980).{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/story/2010/05/20/he-was-a-man-of-the-people-don-day-battled-barrier/ |title=Don Day battled barriers |work=The Daily Examiner}}
John Gooders, 73, British ornithologist.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/7897257/John-Gooders.html |title=John Gooders |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Karin Iten, 53, Swiss figure skater.[https://archive.today/20130101135531/http://news.search.ch/sport/diversesport/2010-05-20/eiskunstlauf-karin-iten-verstorben Eiskunstlauf: Karin Iten verstorben] {{in lang|de}}
Edoardo Sanguineti, 79, Italian poet, complications following abdominal aneurysm surgery.{{cite web |url=http://breakingnews.gaeatimes.com/2010/05/18/edoardo-sanguineti-79-italian-poet-whose-playful-language-marked-60s-literary-scene-dies-28501/ |title=Edoardo Sanguineti, 79, Italian poet whose playful language marked '60s literary scene, dies |work=The Gaea Times |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711062817/http://breakingnews.gaeatimes.com/2010/05/18/edoardo-sanguineti-79-italian-poet-whose-playful-language-marked-60s-literary-scene-dies-28501/ |archive-date=July 11, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Peter Seaton, 67, American poet, influential in language poetry movement, apparent heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/bernstein/blog/#06-25-10 |title=Charles Bernstein Web Log}}
Devendra Singh, 72, Indian-born American psychologist and educator.{{cite web |url=http://www.psy.utexas.edu:80/psy/FACULTY/Singh/Singh.html |title=Devendra Singh, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology |work=UT College of Liberal Arts |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116082727/http://www.psy.utexas.edu/psy/FACULTY/Singh/Singh.html |archive-date=November 16, 2010 |access-date=March 6, 2021 |url-status=live }}
Snow Chief, 27, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.{{cite web |url=http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/breeding-news/2010/May/18/California-bred-Preakness-winner-Snow-Chief-dies.aspx |title=California-bred Preakness winner Snow Chief dies |work=Thoroughbred Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204151147/http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/breeding-news/2010/may/18/california-bred-preakness-winner-snow-chief-dies.aspx |archive-date=4 February 2013 |access-date=20 March 2017}}
Willie Zapalac, 89, American football coach.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120229134752/http://www.kbtx.com/sports/headlines/94283644.html Aggie Hall of Famer Willie Zapalac passes away]

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Martin Cohan, 77, American television writer and producer, creator of Silver Spoons, Who's the Boss?, large cell lymphoma.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2010/scene/news/sitcom-scribe-martin-cohan-dies-1118019671/ |title=Sitcom scribe Martin Cohan dies |first=Shalini |last=Dore |date=21 May 2010 |work=Variety}}
Larry Dale, 87, American blues singer and guitarist.[http://www.wirz.de/music/dalefrm.htm Larry Dale discography]
Pierre-Claver Zeng Ebome, 56, Gabonese politician and musician.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100522015810/http://www.gabonews.ga/index.php/component/content/article/75-politique/2023-deces-pierre-claver-zeng-ebome-les-gabonais-reagissent Décès Pierre Claver Zeng Ebome: les Gabonais réagissent] {{in lang|fr}}
Aleksandrs Golubovs, 50-51, Latvian politician, member of the Saeima (since 1995).{{cite web |url=http://www.tvnet.lv/zinas/latvija/331441-vizites_laika_baltkrievija_miris_saeimas_deputats_golubovs |title=Vizītes laikā Baltkrievijā miris Saeimas deputāts Golubovs |date=May 19, 2010 |language=lv}}
Horácio Roque, 66, Portuguese financier, founder of Banco Internacional do Funchal, stroke.{{cite web |url=http://www.theportugalnews.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?id=1062-6 |title=Banif bank founder Horácio Roque dies |work=The Portugal News |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717023908/http://www.theportugalnews.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?id=1062-6 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Moishe Rosen, 78, American Baptist minister, founder of Jews for Jesus, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=32966 |title=Jews for Jesus founder dies |work=Baptist Press |date=14 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614223201/http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=32966 |archive-date=2010-06-14}}
Harry Vos, 63, Dutch footballer, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcupdate.nl/voetbalnieuws/146649/oud-voetballer-harry-vos-63-overleden/ |title=Oud-voetballer Harry Vos (63) overleden |language=nl}}

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Harry C. Aderholt, 90, American Air Force general.{{cite web |url=http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/general-29190-aderholt-heinie.html |title=General Heinie Aderholt dead at 91 | general, aderholt, heinie - News - Northwest Florida Daily News |website=www.nwfdailynews.com |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727015637/http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/general-29190-aderholt-heinie.html |archive-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Herbert Eldemire, 79, Jamaican politician and medical doctor.{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20100521/lead/lead6.html|title=Herbert Eldemire dies at age 79|publisher=Jamaica Gleaner|date=May 21, 2010|access-date=2020-08-24}}
Phill Hartsfield, 78, American knifemaker.{{cite news |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/knives-250244-phill-team.html |title=OC's sharpest man gave to Marines |first=Frank |last=Mickadeit |work=Orange County Register|date=May 25, 2010 }}
Gesang Martohartono, 92, Indonesian singer-songwriter.{{cite web |url=http://nasional.vivanews.com/news/read/152454-gesang_tutup_usia |title=Gesang Tutup Usia |work=Vivanews.com |access-date=20 March 2017 |language=id |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522044537/http://nasional.vivanews.com/news/read/152454-gesang_tutup_usia |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 May 2010}}
Robert L. McNeil, Jr., 94, American chemist and inventor, creator of paracetamol (acetaminophen), heart failure.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/business/04mcneil.html |title=Robert L. McNeil Jr., Chemist Who Introduced Tylenol, Dies at 94 |first=Natasha |last=Singer |date=3 June 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Hugh Morris, 80, New Zealand businessman, founder of McDonald's New Zealand.{{cite web |url=http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/mcdonald-s-new-zealand-founder-dies-123644 |title=McDonald's New Zealand founder dies |date=26 May 2010 |work=National Business Review |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=May 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530092244/http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/mcdonald-s-new-zealand-founder-dies-123644 |url-status=dead }}

*Breandán Ó Buachalla, 74, Irish academic, Irish language scholar, heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0521/breaking17.html |title=Irish scholar Ó Buachalla dies |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021030032/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0521/breaking17.html |url-status=dead }}

Acharya Ramamurti, 97, Indian social activist.[https://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/~gandhi/mss/MSS_Newsletter_June_%207_2010.pdf Acharya Ramamurti (1913-2010)]
Walter Rudin, 89, Austrian-born American mathematician, Parkinson's disease.{{cite web |url=http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/article_b6fa8098-6512-11df-9cbf-001cc4c002e0.html |title=Noted UW-Madison mathematician Rudin dies at 89 |first=Deborah |last=Ziff |work=Wisconsin State Journal}}
Robert Tralins, 84, American author.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/baltimoresun/obituary.aspx?n=s-robert-tralins&pid=143061703 |title=S. Robert Tralins's Obituary in the Baltimore Sun |work=Legacy.com}}
Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson, 82, British businessman, philanthropist and life peer.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/7750834/Lord-Wolfson.html |title=Lord Wolfson |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=May 21, 2010 }}

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Adrian Cruickshank, 73, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1984–1999).{{cite web |url=http://www.areanews.com.au/news/local/news/general/former-mp-remembered/1838149.aspx |title=Former MP remembered |work=The Area News |date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706101147/http://www.areanews.com.au/news/local/news/general/former-mp-remembered/1838149.aspx |archive-date=2011-07-06}}
Stan Jones, 78, American football player (Chicago Bears), member of Pro Football Hall of Fame, complications from a stroke.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/25/AR2010052505175.html |title=Stan Jones, 78, Hall of Fame lineman with the Chicago Bears; all-American at U-Md., dies |first=Matt |last=Schudel |date=26 May 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Anna-Lena Löfgren, 66, Swedish singer.{{cite web |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/nyheter/anna-lena-lofgren-dod/ |title=Anna-Lena Löfgren död |work=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv |date=25 June 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625154026/http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/nyheter/anna-lena-lofgren-dod-1.1109630 |archive-date=2010-06-25}}
Bill Long, 78, Irish writer and broadcaster, Ireland's longest surviving heart transplant patient.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2010/0612/1224272355300.html |title=Author and broadcaster, well known for 'Change of Heart' |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021081659/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2010/0612/1224272355300.html |url-status=dead }}
Will Munro, 35, Canadian artist, brain cancer.{{cite web |url=http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/toronto-artist-and-scene-impresario-will-munro-dies-of-cancer |title=Toronto artist and scene impresario Will Munro dies of cancer |work=National Post|date=May 21, 2010 }}
Howard Post, 83, American cartoonist and animator.[https://www.nj.com/news/2010/05/howard_post_comic_strip_writer.html Howard Post, comic strip artist from Leonia, dies at 83]
Robert Gordon Rogers, 90, Canadian politician, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1983–1988).[https://web.archive.org/web/20100523170024/http://www.theprovince.com/news/Former+lieutenant+governor+Robert+Rogers+dies/3058974/story.html Former B.C. lieutenant-governor Robert Rogers dies at age 90]
Gerald Roush, 68, American Ferrari expert, heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/business/30roush.html |title=Gerald Roush, Font of Ferrari Knowledge, Is Dead at 68 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=29 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Saeed al-Masri, 54, Egyptian member of al-Qaeda, drone attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10200712 |title=Senior Afghan al-Qaeda leader 'killed in Pakistan' |work=BBC News |date=June 2010}}
John P. Scott, 76, American politician, member of the New Jersey Senate.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100528005421/http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/famous/94681699_John_P__Scott__two-term_state_senator__dies_at_76.html John P. Scott, two-term state senator dies at 76]
Madan Tamang, 62, Nepali politician, President of Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League, stabbed.{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/comments/gorkha-leader-madan-tamang-killed-darjeeling-tense/621822/ |title=Gorkha leader Madan Tamang killed, Darjeeling tense |work=The Indian Express |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524091021/http://www.indianexpress.com/comments/gorkha-leader-madan-tamang-killed-darjeeling-tense/621822 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-05-24}}
Driek van Wissen, 66, Dutch poet, intracranial hemorrhage.[https://nos.nl/artikel/158834-dichter-driek-van-wissen-66-overleden.html Dichter Driek van Wissen (66) overleden]

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Martin Gardner, 95, American mathematics and science author.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/05/22/martin-gardner-1914-2010/ |title=Martin Gardner, 1914-2010 |date=22 May 2010 |work=Bad Astronomy |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=April 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180413184345/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/05/22/martin-gardner-1914-2010/%23.WtD6UdLLfK5 |url-status=dead }}
Hasri Ainun Habibie, 72, Indonesian First Lady (1998–1999), ovarian cancer.{{cite web |url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/former-indonesian-first-lady-dies-20100523-w3bu.html |title=Former Indonesian first lady dies |work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=May 22, 2010 }}
Peter Hall, 88, New Zealand airman, World War II flying ace.{{cite web |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/107582/ww2-nz-flying-ace-dies-england |title=WW2 NZ flying ace dies in England |date=25 May 2010 |work=Otago Daily Times |access-date=20 March 2017}}
Keith Jessop, 77, British deep sea diver and marine treasure hunter.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7765206/Keith-Jessop.html |title=Keith Jessop |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=May 25, 2010 }}
Josef Koukl, 83, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Litoměřice (1989–2003).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkoukl.html |title=Bishop Josef Koukl |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Michael Kuchwara, 63, American theater critic (Associated Press), idiopathic ischemic lung disease.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/23/nyregion/23kuchwara.html |title=Michael Kuchwara, A.P. Theater Critic, Dies at 63 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=22 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Buz Lukens, 79, American politician, U.S. Representative for Ohio (1967–1971; 1987–1990), cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2010/05/24/127091194/buz-lukens-conservative-up---comer-turned-embarrassment-dies-at-79 |title=Buz Lukens, Conservative-Up-&-Comer-Turned-Embarrassment, Dies At 79 |work=NPR|date=May 24, 2010 |last1=Rudin |first1=Ken }}
Lwandile Zwelenkosi Matanzima, 39, South African clan leader, ruler of Western Thembuland.{{cite web |url=http://www.dispatch.co.za:80/article.aspx?id=404207 |title=Sudden death of King Matanzima, 39 |work=Daily Dispatch |date=25 May 2010 |access-date=20 March 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527054022/http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=404207 |archive-date=27 May 2010}}
Martin Mulloy, 58, Irish banjo player, drowning.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Singer%20dies%20in%20boating%20accident;%20DROWNING.-a0227158706 |title=Singer dies in boating accident; Drowning |work=Daily Mirror |via=thefreelibrary.com}}
Gane Todorovski, 81, Macedonian writer and academician.{{cite web |url=http://www.macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/14762/45/ |title=Academic Gane Todorovski passes away at 81|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720164931/http://www.macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/14762/45/|archive-date=July 20, 2011}}
Veturi, 74, Indian poet and lyricist, cardiac arrest.{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/98448/India/Legendary%20Telugu%20film%20lyricist%20Veturi%20Sundararama%20Murthy%20dead.html |title=Legendary Telugu film lyricist Veturi Sundararama Murthy dead}}
Pierre Zimmer, 82, French actor and film director.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956643/ |title=Pierre Zimmer |work=Internet Movie Database}}

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Princess Leonida Bagration of Mukhrani, 95, Russian Grand Duchess, last Romanov born in Russia.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7759313/Last-Romanov-born-in-Russian-empire-dies-aged-95.html |title=Last Romanov born in Russian empire dies aged 95 |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=May 24, 2010 }}
Beaver, 59, New Zealand jazz singer, sarcoma.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10647027 |title=Jazz singer Beaver dies |date=23 May 2010 |work=The New Zealand Herald}}
Beto, 43, Portuguese singer, stroke.{{cite web |url=https://www.jn.pt/artes/morreu-cantor-portugues-beto-1576662.html |title=Morreu cantor português Beto |work=Jornal de Notícias |language=pt}}
Héctor Costa, 80, Uruguayan basketball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |url=http://www.lr21.com.uy/deportes/411298-fallecio-el-capitan-de-la-medalla-de-bronce-en-melbourne-56-hector-guanaco-costa |title=Falleció el capitán de la medalla de bronce en Melbourne 56: Héctor "Guanaco" Costa |work=LaRed21 |date=May 24, 2010 |language=es}}
Gregory Evans, 96, Canadian jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario (1976–1985).{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2010/05/27/former_ontario_chief_justice_gregory_evans_dies_at_96.html |title=Former Ontario chief justice Gregory Evans dies at 96 |work=Toronto Star|date=May 27, 2010 }}
David Ginsburg, 98, American lawyer and political insider, heart failure.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/us/25ginsburg.html |title=David Ginsburg, Longtime D.C. Insider, Dies at 98 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=25 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
José Lima, 37, Dominican baseball player, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=5212413 |title=Lima, ex-All-Star RHP, dies at 37 in Los Angeles |date=24 May 2010 |work=ESPN}}
Ashot Mkhitaryan, 51, Armenian weightlifting and television personality, heart attack.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110724192007/http://times.am/2010/05/24/ashot-mkhitaryan-died-suddenly-in-%E2%80%9Czvartnots%E2%80%9D/ Ashot Mkhitaryan died suddenly in Zvartnots]
Simon Monjack, 40, British screenwriter, suspected heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/may/24/simon-monjack-dead-brittany-murphy/ |title=Simon Monjack, husband of Brittany Murphy, dies of heart attack |first=Catherine |last=Shoard |date=24 May 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=24 May 2010}}
Marianna O'Gallagher, 81, Canadian Irish Quebecer historian, lung cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2010/0529/1224271392381.html |title=Historian honoured fallen Irish of Grosse Île |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=20 March 2017 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021163741/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/obituaries/2010/0529/1224271392381.html |url-status=dead }}
Eva Ostwalt, 108, German-born American Holocaust survivor.{{cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Eva-Ostwalt-88656239 |title=Eva Ostwalt Obituary |work=Tributes.com}}
Irwin Rosten, 85, American documentary filmmaker (The Incredible Machine, 1975), after short illness.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-irwin-rosten-20100530,0,7827656.story |title=Irwin Rosten dies at 85; documentary filmmaker |date=30 May 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Wee Willie Webber, 80, American radio and television personality, heart attack.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100528022134/http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/20100524_TV_s__Wee_Willie__Webber_dies_at_80.html TV's 'Wee Willie' Webber dies at 80]

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Ray Alan, 79, British ventriloquist, respiratory failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/7759164/Ventriloquist-Ray-Alan-dies.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527025735/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/7759164/Ventriloquist-Ray-Alan-dies.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |title=Ventriloquist Ray Alan dies |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=May 24, 2010 }}
Walter Arnold Baker, 73, American lawyer and politician, cancer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.episcopalky.org/dfc/newsdetail_2/201056|title = Funeral set for Vice Chancellor Walter Baker}}
Virendra Bhatia, 63, Indian politician, after short illness.{{cite web |url=http://netindian.in/news/2010/05/24/0006605/samajwadi-party-mp-virendra-bhatia-passes-away |title=Samajwadi Party MP Virendra Bhatia passes away |work=NetIndian}}
Tony Bentley-Buckle, 88, Kenyan Olympic sailor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/61312|title=Olympedia – Tony Bentley-Buckle}}
Tapen Chatterjee, 72, Indian actor (Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne), cardiac arrest.{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiablooms.com/BollywoodDetailsPage/bollywoodDetails240510c.php |title=Ray's magic minstrel Tapen dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528031324/http://www.indiablooms.com/BollywoodDetailsPage/bollywoodDetails240510c.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-05-28}}
Maria di Gerlando, 84, American operatic soprano.{{cite web |url=http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2010/9/Departments/Obituaries.html |title=Obituaries |work=Opera News |access-date=May 4, 2011 |archive-date=December 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223182923/http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2010/9/Departments/Obituaries.html |url-status=dead }}
Paul Gray, 38, American heavy metal bassist (Slipknot), accidental fentanyl and morphine overdose.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wkzo.com/news/articles/2010/jun/22/slipknot-bassist-died-of-accidental-overdose/ |title=Slipknot bassist died of "accidental" overdose |work=WKZO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718073253/http://www.wkzo.com/news/articles/2010/jun/22/slipknot-bassist-died-of-accidental-overdose/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-18}}
Alejandro López de Haro, 61, Venezuelan photographer, writer and stock broker, complications from surgery.{{cite web |url=http://www.diariolasamericas.com/noticia/100146/fallecio-en-madrid-alejandro-lopez-de-haro-padre |title=Falleció en Madrid Alejandro López de Haro |work=Diario Las Américas |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710124634/http://www.diariolasamericas.com/noticia/100146/fallecio-en-madrid-alejandro-lopez-de-haro-padre |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-10}}
Raymond V. Haysbert, 90, American business executive and civil rights leader, member of Tuskegee Airmen, heart failure.[http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2010/05/26/raymond_haysbert_african_american_business_leader_90/ Raymond Haysbert, African-American business leader, 90]
Baby Islam, 82, Bangladeshi cinematographer.[https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-168129 We Lost This Year]
Kambozia Jamali, 71, Iranian Olympic footballer.{{Cite web |url=http://hamshahrionline.ir/news-108216.aspx |title=دگینامه: کامبیز جمالی |language=fa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601003239/http://hamshahrionline.ir/news-108216.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-06-01}}
Morrie Martin, 87, American baseball player, lung cancer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100601141129/http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/20ED81950EA3C79B86257734000D0FFB?OpenDocument A day for our heroes]
Rogelio Martínez, 91, American baseball player (Washington Senators).{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/79a9aac1 |title=Rogelio Martinez |work=The Society for American Baseball Research}}
Petr Muk, 45, Czech pop singer.{{cite web |url=http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/pop-singer-petr-muk-found-dead-at-the-age-of-45 |title=Pop singer Petr Muk found dead at the age of 45 |work=Radio Prague|date=May 24, 2010 }}
Barbara New, 87, British actress (Oh, Doctor Beeching!, You Rang, M'Lord?).{{Cite web |url=http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx |title=Barbara Helene Barrington Obituary |work=The Times}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Steve New, 50, British guitarist, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://shapersofthe80s.com/2010/05/24/2010-%e2%9e%a4-rich-kid-steve-new-aka-stella-nova-dies-at-50/ |title=Rich Kid Steve New (aka Stella Nova) dies at 50 |date=24 May 2010 |work=Shapersofthe80s.com}}
Eugenia Paul, 75, American actress (Zorro).{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a222695/actress-eugenia-paul-dies-aged-75.html |title=Actress Eugenia Paul dies, aged 75 |date=31 May 2010 |work=Digital Spy}}
Katherine Reback, 59, American screenwriter (Fools Rush In), complications from cancer.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/scripter-reback-dies-1118019890/ |title=Scripter Reback dies |first=Shalini |last=Dore |date=27 May 2010 |work=Variety}}
Abdolhamid Rigi, 30-31, Iranian militant, execution by hanging.{{cite web |url=http://tabnak.ir/fa/pages/?cid=100369 |title=واکنش والدین همسر ریگی به اعدام وی |work=Tabnak |access-date=2010-06-07 |language=fa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527084343/http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/pages/?cid=100369 |archive-date=2010-05-27 |url-status=dead}}
Anneliese Rothenberger, 85, German opera singer.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10161907 |title=German soprano Rothenberger dies |work=BBC News |date=May 26, 2010}}

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Alexander Belostenny, 51, Ukrainian basketball player, lung cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/news/UKR---Soviet-legend-Alexander-Belostenny-dies-at-51 |title=UKR – Soviet legend Alexander Belostenny dies at 51 |date=25 May 2010 |work=FIBA.com}}
Clifford Grodd, 86, American clothier, President and CEO of Paul Stuart, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/business/27grodd.html |title=Clifford Grodd, Chief of Paul Stuart, Dies at 86 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=26 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Arthur Herzog, 83, American writer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/arts/09herzog.html |title=Arthur Herzog III, Author of 'The Swarm,' Dies at 83 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=9 June 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Alan Hickinbotham, 84, Australian football player and businessman.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/26/2909879.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529163455/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/26/2909879.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 29, 2010 |title=Hickinbotham lived full life in business and sport |date=26 May 2010 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}
Michael H. Jordan, 73, American business executive, complications of cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/business/27jordan.html |title=Michael H. Jordan, Turnaround Expert, Dies at 73 |first=Steve |last=Lohr |date=26 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Erih Koš, 97, Serbian writer and translator.{{cite web |url=http://www.naslovi.net/2010-05-25/b92/preminuo-erih-kos/1742660 |title=Preminuo Erih Koš |work=Naslovi.net |language=sr |access-date=2010-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306030409/http://www.naslovi.net/2010-05-25/b92/preminuo-erih-kos/1742660 |archive-date=2012-03-06 |url-status=dead}}
Silvius Magnago, 96, Italian politician, Governor of South Tyrol (1960–1989).{{cite web |url=http://derstandard.at/1271377358384/Alt-Landeshauptmann-Magnago-verstorben |title=Alt-Landeshauptmann Magnago verstorben |work=Der Standard |language=de}}
Robert Muczynski, 81, American composer of classical music.{{cite web |url=http://viewfromhere.typepad.com/the_view_from_here/2010/05/robert-muczynski-19292010-former-chicago-composer-whose-works-were-performed-worldwide.html |title=Robert Muczynski, 1929-2010: former Chicago composer whose works were performed worldwide |first=Andrew |last=Patner |work=The View from Here}}
Siphiwo Ntshebe, 35, South African opera singer, meningitis.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10162343 |title=World Cup opera singer Siphiwo Ntshebe dies |work=BBC News |date=May 26, 2010}}
David Parker, 51, British swimmer, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WE'LL%20NEVER%20FORGET%20OUR%20OLYMPIC%20STAR;%20Tributes%20to%20former%20teenage...-a0227898542 |title=We'll Never Forget Our Olympic Star; Tributes to former teenage swimming champ |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=1 June 2010 |via=thefreelibrary.com}}
Gabriel Vargas, 95, Mexican cartoonist.{{cite web |url=http://laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=13003&ArticleId=357504 |title=Mexican Cartoonist Gabriel Vargas Dies |work=Latin America Herald Tribune |access-date=July 2, 2010 |archive-date=November 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125151916/http://laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=13003&ArticleId=357504 |url-status=dead }}

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Leo Canjels, 77, Dutch footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.vi.nl/Nieuws-item/180892/Drievoudig-international-Leo-Canjels-overleden.htm |title=Drievoudig international Leo Canjels overleden |work=Voetbal International |language=nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706122146/http://www.vi.nl/Nieuws-item/180892/Drievoudig-international-Leo-Canjels-overleden.htm |archive-date=6 July 2010}}
Jean Constantin, 82, Romanian actor, natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/a-murit-jean-constantin-895975.html |title=Jean Constantin a murit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529154148/http://www.evz.ro/detalii/stiri/a-murit-jean-constantin-895975.html |archive-date=May 29, 2010 |language=ro}}
Marie Corridon, 80, American swimmer, gold medalist (1948 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |url=http://www.westport-news.com/news/article/MARIE-CORRIDON-MORTELL-504209.php |title=Marie Corridon Mortell |date=May 28, 2010 |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=June 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609122253/http://www.westport-news.com/news/article/MARIE-CORRIDON-MORTELL-504209.php |url-status=dead }}
Jesse Hockett, 26, American sprint car racer, electrocution.{{cite web |url=http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=369961 |title=Shop accident ends Jesse Hockett's life |work=Motorsport.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531143411/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=369961 |archive-date=2010-05-31}}
John P. Lewis, 89, American economist, expert on economic aid.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/business/economy/25lewis.html |title=John Lewis, Economic Aide to Presidents, Dies at 89 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=24 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Art Linkletter, 97, Canadian-born American radio and television personality (House Party, People are Funny), natural causes.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/arts/27linkletter.html |title=Art Linkletter, TV Host, Dies at 97 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=26 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Judy Lynn, 74, American country music singer, heart failure.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wfpl.org/2010/05/28/country-singer-judy-lynn-dies-at-74/ |title=89.3 WFPL: Country Singer Judy Lynn Dies at 74 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601015730/http://www.wfpl.org/2010/05/28/country-singer-judy-lynn-dies-at-74/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-06-01}}
Sir Christopher Moran, 54, British air force officer, Air Chief Marshal of RAF, suspected heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/7768799/RAFs-second-in-command-dies-during-triathlon.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528122353/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/7768799/RAFs-second-in-command-dies-during-triathlon.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 28, 2010 |title=RAF's second in command dies during triathlon |date=May 26, 2010 |last1=Harding |first1=Thomas |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Kieran Phelan, 60, Irish politician, suspected heart attack.{{cite journal |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0526/phelank.html |title=Senator Kieran Phelan dies suddenly|journal=RTÉ News |date=26 May 2010}}
Pat Stevens, 64, American actress and voice actress (M*A*S*H, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo), breast cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/telegram/obituary-preview.aspx?n=patricia-stevens&pid=143177763&referrer=1732 |title=Patricia Stevens's Obituary in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette |work=Legacy.com}}

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Louise Arnold, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL){{cite news |url=http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/louise-arnold-lou/269 |title=Louise Arnold |work=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League |access-date=2019-03-29}}
Harry Brown Bainbridge III, 70, American bishop, lung cancer and heart complications.{{Cite web|url=http://www.episcopalchurch.org/library/article/former-idaho-bishop-harry-brown-bainbridge-dies-70|title=Homepage}}
John William Finn, 100, American naval officer, oldest living Medal of Honor recipient.{{cite web |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/27/john-finn-hero-at-pearl-harbor-dies-at-100/ |title=John Finn, hero at Pearl Harbor, dies at 100 |first=San Diego |last=Union-Tribune |work=signonsandiego.com |date=May 27, 2010}}
Jerzy Gryt, 88, Polish Olympic wrestler.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081621/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/jerzy-gryt-1.html Jerzy Gryt Bio, Stats, and Results]
Peter J. Hall, 84, British-born American costume designer (Dallas Opera).{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/arts/dance/10hall.html |title=Peter J. Hall, Costumer for Opera, Theater, Dies at 84 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=10 June 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Yvonne Howell, 104, American actress.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20100608,0,3302145.story |title=Passings: Steven Reuther, Yvonne Stevens, Macklin Fleming |date=8 June 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Jackson Kaujeua, 56, Namibian musician, composer and gospel singer, kidney disease.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100605142020/http://www.southerntimesafrica.com/article.php?title=Jackson_Kaujeua-_Namibia%27s_Gentle_Giant%3A_A_Tribute__&id=4211&sid=24148c784c6ff03a3273083d1db3b42e Jackson Kaujeua- Namibia's Gentle Giant: A Tribute]
Peter Keefe, 57, American animation producer and executive (Voltron, Denver, the Last Dinosaur), throat cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/voltron-producer-peter-keefe-dies-24100 |title='Voltron' producer Peter Keefe dies |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 28, 2010 }}
Roman Kozak, 52, Russian theatre actor and director, after long illness.{{Cite web |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/columns//article/in-memory-of-roman-kozak-1957-2010/407287.html |title=In Memory of Roman Kozak, 1957-2010 |work=The Moscow Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805012026/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/columns//article/in-memory-of-roman-kozak-1957-2010/407287.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-05}}
Payut Ngaokrachang, 81, Thai cartoonist and animator.{{cite web |url=http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1274971982&catid=08 |title="ปยุต เงากระจ่าง" เจ้าของฉายา "วอลท์ ดิสนีย์ เมืองไทย" เสียชีวิตแล้ว |language=th |work=Matichon.co.th |access-date=2010-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928193354/http://www.matichon.co.th/news_detail.php?newsid=1274971982&catid=08 |archive-date=2011-09-28 |url-status=dead}}
Thomas Whisenhant, 63, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection.{{cite news|last=Kirby|first=Brendan|date=May 27, 2010|title=Thomas Whisenhant executed for 1976 kidnapping, rape and murder|work=The Huntsville Times|url=https://www.al.com/live/2010/05/thomas_whisenhant_alabamas_lon.html|access-date=December 27, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211227205912/https://www.al.com/live/2010/05/thomas_whisenhant_alabamas_lon.html|archive-date=December 27, 2021|url-status=live}}
Reg White, 74, British Olympic gold medal-winning (1976) sailor.{{cite web |url=http://www.rya.org.uk/newsevents/news/Pages/RegWhite.aspx |title=Tornado medallist Reg White passes away |work=Royal Yachting Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716131744/http://www.rya.org.uk/newsevents/news/Pages/RegWhite.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-16}}

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Eddie Barth, 78, American actor (Simon & Simon, The Amityville Horror, Fame), heart failure.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/actor-eddie-barth-dies-24296 |title=Actor Eddie Barth dies |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 4, 2010 }}
Henry Bramwell, 90, American federal judge.{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/05/30/2010-05-30_sun_530_death_notices.html |title=Death Notices: Bramwell—Former Hon. Judge Henry |work=New York Daily News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608173246/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/05/30/2010-05-30_sun_530_death_notices.html |archive-date=June 8, 2010 }}
Slim Bryant, 101, American country singer-songwriter.[https://archive.triblive.com/news/performer-slim-bryant-took-country-music-in-new-direction/ Performer Slim Bryant took country music in new direction]
Gary Coleman, 42, American actor (Diff'rent Strokes), intracranial hemorrhage.{{cite web |url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37386129/ns/today-entertainment/ |title=Former child star Gary Coleman dies at 42 |date=29 May 2010 |work=MSNBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529180336/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37386129/ns/today-entertainment/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 May 2010}}
Sir Hugh Ford, 96, British engineer{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/technology-obituaries/7852327/Professor-Sir-Hugh-Ford.html |title=Professor Sir Hugh Ford |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=June 24, 2010}}
Ted Innes, 85, Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives (1972–1983).{{cite web |url=http://www.openaustralia.org/debates/?id=2010-06-01.3.2 |title=Condolences: Mr Urquhart Edward 'Ted' Innes |date=1 June 2010 |work=OpenAustralia.org}}
Robert Middlemiss, 75, Canadian engineer and politician.[https://web.archive.org/web/20170222054304/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ottawacitizen/obituary.aspx?n=robert-middlemiss&pid=143237072 Robert Middlemiss obituary in the Ottawa Citizen]
Osama Anwar Okasha, 68, Egyptian screenwriter and journalist.{{cite web |url=http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/egypt-s-noted-tv-personality-okasha-dies-1.633784 |title=Egypt's noted TV personality Okasha dies |first=Ramadan |last=Al Sherbini |date=29 May 2010 |work=Gulf News}}
David Sanger, 63, British organist.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10187964 |title=Acclaimed organist accused of sex offences found dead |work=BBC News |date=May 28, 2010}}
Leslie Scalapino, 65, American poet, publisher and playwright.{{cite web |url=http://writing.upenn.edu/epc/authors/scalapino/obit.html |title=Leslie Scalapino 1944-2010}}
Torvald Högström, 84, Finnish Olympic cyclist.[https://billiongraves.com/grave/Torvald-Adi-H%C3%B6gstr%C3%B6m/27571234 Torvald Adi Högström]

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Akinpelu Oludele Adesola, 82, Nigerian academic.{{Cite web |title=Encomium as Unilag Bids Odugbemi Bye |url=http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/news/general/21788-encomium-as-unilag-bids-odugbemi-bye.html |website=news2.onlinenigeria.com}}
Adrian Freeman, 24, Irish hurler (Mayo), traffic collision.{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0529/freemana.html |title=Mayo hurler Adrian Freeman killed in accident |website=RTÉ.ie |date=31 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531154006/http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/0529/freemana.html |archive-date=2010-05-31}}
Dennis Hopper, 74, American actor (Speed, Blue Velvet) and film director (Easy Rider), prostate cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/movies/30hopper.html |title=Dennis Hopper, an 'Easy Rider' Misfit, Dies at 74 |first=Edward |last=Wyatt |date=29 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Paul Müller, 69, German biologist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.saarjaeger.de/news.php?id=83 |title=Vereinigung der Jäger des Saarlandes trauert um Prof. Paul Müller |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719081334/http://www.saarjaeger.de/news.php?id=83 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-19}}
Jeriome Robertson, 33, American baseball player (Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians), motorcycle collision.{{cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bb/7030765.html |title=Ex-Astro Robertson dies in motorcycle accident |work=Houston Chronicle |date=May 31, 2010}}
Donald L. Staheli, 78, American Mormon leader, general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.{{cite web |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700036191/Draper-Temple-president-dies.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531170950/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700036191/Draper-Temple-president-dies.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 31, 2010 |title=Draper Temple president dies |first=Scott |last=Taylor |date=29 May 2010 |work=Deseret News}}
Randolph Stow, 74, Australian writer, liver cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/25849/20100531/randolph-stow-dies.htm |title=Australian writer passes away |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713001845/http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/25849/20100531/randolph-stow-dies.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-13}}

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José Amedo, 91, Spanish Olympic shooter.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/jose-amedo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094357/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/jose-amedo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=José Amedo Bio, Stats, and Results}}
Hanji Aoki, 94, Japanese sports official, heart failure.{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=56910.html |title=IAAF Honorary Life Vice President Hanji Aoki passes away at 94 |work=IAAF.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608202746/http://www.iaaf.org/aboutiaaf/news/newsid=56910.html |archive-date=June 8, 2010 }}
Colm Callan, 87, Irish rugby player (1948 Grand Slam), after long illness.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0602/1224271675859.html |title=Callan dies after long illness |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021053124/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/0602/1224271675859.html |url-status=dead }}
Yuri Chesnokov, 77, Russian Olympic gold medal-winning (1964) volleyball player.{{cite web |url=http://www.volley.ru/news/510/ |title=Ушел из жизни Юрий Борисович Чесноков |language=ru |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608012533/http://www.volley.ru/news/510 |archive-date=June 8, 2010 |url-status=dead}}
Aryeh Eliav, 88, Israeli politician, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/prominent-politician-and-left-wing-activist-aryeh-eliav-dies-at-age-88-1.293076 |title=Prominent Politician and Left-wing Activist Arie Eliav Dies at 88 |first=Mazal |last=Mualem |date=30 May 2010 |work=Haaretz}}
Dame Pat Evison, 85, New Zealand actress.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=176357 |title=Dame Pat Evison dies |work=Newstalk ZB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100601222511/http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/newsdetail1.asp?storyID=176357 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-06-01}}
Bruce Harris, 55, British executive director of Casa Alianza (1989–2004), pancreatic cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://hondurasweekly.com/editorial/2677-bruce-harris-1955-2010-r-i-p |title=Bruce Harris (1955-2010) R.I.P |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201144526/http://hondurasweekly.com/editorial/2677-bruce-harris-1955-2010-r-i-p |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-12-01}}
Lester Johnson, 91, American figurative expressionist artist.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/arts/design/09johnson.html |title=Lester Johnson, Expressionist Painter, Dies at 91 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=8 June 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Peter Orlovsky, 76, American poet, lung cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pattismith.net/orlovsky.html |title=Death of Peter Orlovsky |work=PattiSmith.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604174220/http://www.pattismith.net/orlovsky.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-06-04}}
Joan Rhodes, 89, British actress and entertainer.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/7798678/Joan-Rhodes.html |title=Joan Rhodes |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=June 2, 2010}}
Jeanne Robinson, 62, American dancer and novelist, wife of Spider Robinson, biliary tract cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/05/31/obituary-jeanne-robinson/ |title=Obituary: Jeanne Robinson |work=SF Site |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308081648/https://www.sfsite.com/news/2010/05/31/obituary-jeanne-robinson/ |url-status=dead }}
Dufferin Roblin, 92, Canadian politician, Premier of Manitoba (1958–1967), Senator (1978–1992).{{cite news |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Province-loses-tremendous-premier-95241979.html |title=Province loses 'tremendous premier' |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |date=May 31, 2010 |last=Martin |first=Nick}}
Vera Beaudin Saeedpour, 80, American Kurdish scholar, founder of the Kurdish Heritage Foundation of America, heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/nyregion/08saeedpour.html |title=Vera Saeedpour, Scholar on Kurds, Dies at 80 |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=8 June 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Robert O. Smith, 67, American actor (Dragon Ball Z, InuYasha, Transformers: Cybertron).{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809762/ |title=Robert O. Smith |work=Internet Movie Database}}
Brian Turner, 58, Australian footballer, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/455700/cancer-claims-pioneer-turner/ |title=Cancer claims pioneer Turner |first=Tess |last=Campbell |date=1 June 2010 |work=The Newcastle Herald |access-date=September 25, 2010 |archive-date=June 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605072137/http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/sport/football-soccer/cancer-claims-pioneer-turner/1846619.aspx |url-status=live }}
Rudi Vis, 69, British politician, MP for Finchley and Golders Green (1997–2010), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8194885.Former_Labour_MP_dies_after_battling_with_cancer/ |title=Former Labour MP dies after battling with cancer|date=June 2010 }}
Tobi Wong, 35, Canadian designer, suicide by hanging.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/arts/design/03wong.html |title=Tobias Wong, Designer and Conceptual Artist, Dies at 35 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=3 June 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Ali-Ollie Woodson, 58, American soul singer (The Temptations), leukemia.[https://wtlcfm.com/322461/former-lead-temptations-singer-ali-woodson-dies/ Former Lead Temptations Singer Ali Woodson Dies]

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İbrahim Bilgen, 61, Turkish politician and engineer, Gaza flotilla raid participant.{{Cite web |url=http://arabnews.com/world/article60825.ece |title=Turk charity names dead, missing from ship raid |work=Arab News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608031651/http://arabnews.com/world/article60825.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-06-08}}
Louise Bourgeois, 98, French-born American artist and sculptor.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/arts/design/01bourgeois.html |title=Louise Bourgeois, Influential Sculptor, Dies at 98 |first=Holland |last=Cotter |date=31 May 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Uzra Butt, 93, Indian-born Pakistani actress, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_theatre-actress-uzra-butt-sister-of-zohra-sehgal-dies-at-93_1390877 |title=Theatre actress Uzra Butt, sister of Zohra Sehgal, dies at 93 |date=2 June 2010 |work=Daily News and Analysis}}
Emil Clade, 94, German Luftwaffe fighter ace.{{cite web |url=http://www.aviationartprints.com/aircraft_aces.php?PilotID=3770 |title=Emil Clade |date=4 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304234911/http://www.aviationartprints.com/aircraft_aces.php?PilotID=3770 |archive-date=2012-03-04}} (exact date of death unknown)
Boyd Converse, 78, American college football coach.{{cite web |url=https://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/former-neo-athletic-director-converse-dies/article_a05fc723-1f16-5ac9-8be2-d9953596ea8c.html |title=Former NEO athletic director Converse dies |work=Joplin Globe|date=June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214050718/https://www.joplinglobe.com/sports/former-neo-athletic-director-converse-dies/article_a05fc723-1f16-5ac9-8be2-d9953596ea8c.html |archive-date=December 14, 2019 }}
Furkan Doğan, 18, American student, Gaza flotilla raid participant.{{cite web |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2010/7/22/886503/- |title=How Furkan Dogan, a U.S. Citizen, Was Killed by Israeli Soldiers on the Mavi Marmara}}
Brian Duffy, 76, British photographer, degenerative lung disease.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/1652610/celebrated-british-photographer-brian-duffy-died |title=Celebrated British photographer Brian Duffy has died |work=British Journal of Photography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100607153418/http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/1652610/celebrated-british-photographer-brian-duffy-died |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-06-07}}
William A. Fraker, 86, American cinematographer, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-william-fraker-20100602-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605230037/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/02/local/la-me-william-fraker-20100602 |url-status=live |archive-date=June 5, 2010 |title=William A. Fraker dies at 86; Hollywood cinematographer |first=Richard |last=Verrier |date=2 June 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Chris Haney, 59, Canadian co-inventor of Trivial Pursuit, after long illness.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/trivial-pursuit-co-creator-dies-1.967668 |title=Trivial Pursuit co-creator dies |work=CBC News|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100604005013/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2010/05/31/mtl-trivial-pursuit-co-founder-dies.html |archive-date=June 4, 2010 }}
Rubén Juárez, 62, Argentine singer-songwriter and bandoneónist, prostate cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=357832&CategoryId=13003 |title=Argentine Tango Singer Ruben Juarez Dies |work=Latin American Herald Tribune |access-date=June 7, 2010 |archive-date=November 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125152519/http://laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=13003&ArticleId=357832 |url-status=dead }}
Cevdet Kılıçlar, 38, Turkish journalist and photographer, Gaza flotilla raid participant.{{cite web |url=http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30563&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html |title=Director-General condemns killing of Turkish journalist Cevdet Kılıçlar in 1 June attack on flotilla sailing to Gaza |work=UNESCO |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712115632/http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=30563&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-12}}
Benjamin Lees, 86, American composer of classical music, heart failure.{{cite web |url=http://www.sequenza21.com/2010/06/benjamin-lees-86/ |title=Benjamin Lees, 86 |work=Sequenza21.com|date=June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608030337/http://www.sequenza21.com/2010/06/benjamin-lees-86/ |archive-date=June 8, 2010 }}
Merata Mita, 68, New Zealand filmmaker.{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10648787 |title=Colleagues, friends mourn death of Maori film-maker |work=The New Zealand Herald|date=August 27, 2023 }}
Basilio Santiago Romero, 82, Puerto Rican politician, Comptroller (1971–1977).{{cite web |url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/gobernador-declara-tres-dias-de-duelo-por-muerte-de-ex-contralor-basilio-santiago-romero/ |title=Gobernador declara tres días de duelo por muerte de ex contralor Basilio Santiago Romero |date=1 June 2010 |work=Primera Hora |language=es}}
Çetin Topçuoğlu, 54, Turkish taekwondo champion and coach, Gaza flotilla raid participant.
Jack Volrich, 82, Canadian politician, Mayor of Vancouver (1976–1980), kidney failure.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/former-vancouver-mayor-jack-volrich-dies-aged-82/article4321445/ |title=Former Vancouver Mayor Jack Volrich dies, aged 82 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=4 June 2010}}
Donald Windham, 89, American novelist.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/arts/04windham.html |title=Donald Windham, Novelist and Memoirist, Dies at 89 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=4 June 2010 |work=The New York Times}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2010-05-01,2010-05-31&adult=include List of May 2010 deaths] at IMDb

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