Deaths in May 2011

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2011.

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 2011

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Alex, 52, Indian actor and magician, brief illness.{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/news/2011/alex-died-liver-problems-020511-aid0062.html |title=Actor-cum-magician Alex dies of liver problems |date=May 2, 2011 |access-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-date=December 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221033632/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/news/2011/alex-died-liver-problems-020511-aid0062.html |url-status=dead }}
Spyrydon Babskyi, 52, Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch, Archbishop of Vinnytsia in UOC-KP (1992–1993).{{cite web |url=http://portal-credo.ru/site/?act=news&id=83815 |title=Украинский иерарх ИПЦ(Р) архиепископ Спиридон (Бабский) скончался на 53-м году жизни |website=Portal-credo.ru |language=ru |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-date=January 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103122528/http://www.portal-credo.ru/site/?act=news&id=83815 |url-status=dead }}
Schalk Booysen, 83, South African Olympic sprinter.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/schalk-booysen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418004344/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/schalk-booysen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Schalk Booysen Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
Sir Henry Cooper, 76, British Olympic heavyweight boxer.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2011/may/01/sir-henry-cooper-obituary |title=Sir Henry Cooper obituary |newspaper=The Guardian}}
Brian Evans, 74, Welsh cricketer (Glamorgan).{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12534.html |title=Ginger Evans |website=Cricinfo}}
Agustín García-Gasco Vicente, 80, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Valencia (1992–2009), cardiac arrest.{{cite news |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2011/05/01/valencia/1304242086.html |title=Fallece en Roma el cardenal Agustín García-Gasco |newspaper=El Mundo |language=es}}
Moshe Landau, 99, Israeli jurist, Chief Justice (1980–1982), presided over Adolf Eichmann's trial (1961).{{Cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=218680 |title=Moshe Landau, judge at Eichmann trial, dies at 99 |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506011817/http://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=218680 |archive-date=May 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}
Ted Lowe, 90, British snooker commentator.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/13253010 |title=Snooker commentator 'Whispering' Ted Lowe dies at 90 |website=BBC Sport |date=May 1, 2011}}
Steven Orszag, 68, American mathematician, chronic lymphocytic leukemia.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/us/08orszag.html |title=Steven Orszag, Pioneer in Fluid Dynamics, Dies at 68 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=May 7, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Anny Rüegg, 98-99, Swiss alpine skier.{{cite news |url=http://epaper2.tagblattzuerich.ch/ee/tazh/_main_/2011/06/01/051/tazh-_main_-2011-06-01-051.pdf |title=Anny Rüegg |newspaper=Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich}}{{dead link|date=December 2016|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}
Ivan Slavkov, 70, Bulgarian sports official.{{cite web |url=https://www.novinite.com/articles/127814/Prominent+Bulgarian+Athlete%2C+Playboy+Ivan+Slavkov+Dies+at+70 |title=Prominent Bulgarian Athlete, Playboy Ivan Slavkov Dies at 70 |website=Novinite}}
William O. Taylor II, 78, American journalist and publisher (The Boston Globe), brain tumor.{{Cite web |url=https://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/05/william_o_taylo.html |title=William O. Taylor II, former Globe publisher, dies |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505044211/http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/05/william_o_taylo.html |archive-date=May 5, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr., 87, American mathematician and nuclear scientist.{{cite web |url=http://www.messingermortuary.com/html/obits/obituaries.asp?listing_id=170785 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325024610/http://www.messingermortuary.com/html/obits/obituaries.asp?listing_id=170785 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |title=Welcome to Messinger Mortuaries |access-date=July 18, 2019}}

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Leonid Abalkin, 80, Russian economist.{{cite web |url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/11126 |title=Condolences following the death of Leonid Abalkin |website=President of Russia|date=May 2, 2011 }}
Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, 46, Kuwaiti Al-Qaeda computer expert, shot.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/8490886/Osama-bin-Laden-dead-trusted-courier-led-US-special-forces-to-hideout.html |title=Osama bin Laden dead: trusted courier led US special forces to hideout |first=Tim |last=Ross |date=May 4, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
L.V. Banks, 78, American guitarist, singer and songwriter, heart failure.{{cite web |url=http://bluesman2001.blogspot.com/2011/05/lv-banks-rip.html |title=L.V.Banks RIP|date=May 29, 2011 }}
Ion Barbu, 72, Romanian football player.{{cite web |url=http://argeseanul.com/bebe-barbu-inca-un-campion-printre-ingeri-bebe-barbu-a-pierdut-meciul-cu-via%C8%9Ba.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117032240/http://argeseanul.com/bebe-barbu-inca-un-campion-printre-ingeri-bebe-barbu-a-pierdut-meciul-cu-via%C8%9Ba.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-17 |title=Ion Barbu death notice}}
Robert W. Clower, 85, American economist.{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestate/obituary-preview.aspx?n=robert-w-clower&pid=150770992 |title=Robert W. Clower Obituary |newspaper=The State |via=Legacy.com}}
Lloyd Colteryahn, 79, American football player (Baltimore Colts).[https://www.mossfeaster.com/obituaries/Lloyd-Colteryahn-41119/#!/Obituary Lloyd K Colteryahn]
Sir Basil Hall, 93, British lawyer and civil servant, Treasury Solicitor (1975–1980).{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/8539616/Sir-Basil-Hall.html |title=Sir Basil Hall |date=May 26, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Danny Kassap, 28, Congolese-born Canadian long-distance runner.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/news/story?id=6467426 |title=28-year old runner dies day after quitting race |date=May 2, 2011 |website=ESPN}}
Osama bin Laden, 54, Saudi founder of Al-Qaeda, planned September 11 attacks, shot.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-13256676 |title=Al-Qaeda's leader Bin Laden dead |date=May 2, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
Alexander Lazarev, 73, Russian actor.{{cite web |url=https://echo.msk.ru/news/771246-echo.html |title=На 74-ом году жизни скончался известный актёр Александр Лазарев старший |website=Echo of Moscow |language=ru}}
Eddie Lewis, 76, English footballer (Manchester United, West Ham United), cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.kickoff.com/news/articles/south-africa-news/categories/news/news/rip-eddie-lewis/530723 |title=RIP Eddie Lewis |website=KickOff |date=May 2, 2011}}
Owen Roe McGovern, 93, Irish Gaelic football player.{{cite web |url=http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?n=owen-roe-mcgovern&pid=150777310&fhid=11263 |title=Owen McGovern Obituary |website=The Star-Ledger}}
Lyuben Obretenov, 92, Bulgarian Olympic gymnast.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/lyuben-obretenov-1.html |title=Lyuben Obretenov Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033831/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/lyuben-obretenov-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18}}
René Emilio Ponce, 64, Salvadoran general and defence minister, army chief of staff during the Civil War.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-rene-emilio-ponce-20110503,0,7852885.story |title=Rene Emilio Ponce dies at 64; Salvadoran general blamed for killing of six priests during civil war in 1989 |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111221202805/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-rene-emilio-ponce-20110503,0,7852885.story |archive-date=December 21, 2011 |url-status=live}}
David Sencer, 86, American public health official, director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1966–1977), heart disease.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/04/us/04sencer.html |title=David J. Sencer, 86, Dies; Led Disease-Control Agency |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=May 3, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Shigeo Yaegashi, 78, Japanese footballer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/f-sc-tp0-20110503-770305.html |title=五輪サッカー銅の八重樫氏が死去 |website=Nikkan Sports}}

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Paul Ackerley, 61, New Zealand hockey player and coach, skin cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/4957937/Shock-as-Olympian-dies-before-goodbyes |title=Shock as Olympian dies before goodbyes |website=Stuff|date=May 3, 2011 }}
Frédéric Affo, 68, Beninese politician and football executive.{{cite book |last1=Houngnikpo |first1=Mathurin C. |last2=Decalo |first2=Samuel |title=Historical Dictionary of Benin |edition=4th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0yGPTsRubWEC&pg=PA30 |date=2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7171-7 |page=30}}
Robert Marshall Anderson, 77, American bishop, pancreatic cancer.{{cite web|url=https://diocesela.org/obituaries/robert-marshall-anderson/|title=The Right Reverend Robert Marshall Anderson |date=May 10, 2011 }}
Victor Auer, 74, American Olympic silver medal-winning (1972) sports shooter.{{cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Victor-Lee-Auer-91516803 |title=Victor Auer Obituary |website=Tributes.com}}
Bob Balog, 86, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers).{{cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Robert-Balog-91437276 |title=Robert Balog Obituary |website=Tributes.com}}
Robert Brout, 82, American-born Belgian theoretical physicist.{{cite web |url=http://www.ulb.ac.be/actulb/ws/getfile.php5?filter=databox6-art-attach-46.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927015201/http://www.ulb.ac.be/actulb/ws/getfile.php5?filter=databox6-art-attach-46.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |title=Décès du Professeur Robert Brout |access-date=July 18, 2019 |language=fr}}
Odell Brown, 70, American jazz organist and songwriter ("Sexual Healing").{{cite news |url=http://www.startribune.com/odell-brown-sexual-healing-co-writer-dies-in-his-richfield-home/121885254/ |title=Odell Brown, 'Sexual Healing' co-writer, dies in his Richfield home |newspaper=Star Tribune}}
Jackie Cooper, 88, American actor (Skippy, Our Gang, Superman).{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jackie-cooper-20110505-3,0,2190249.story |title=Jackie Cooper dies at 88; child star in the 1930s |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609183149/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jackie-cooper-20110505-3,0,2190249.story |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |url-status=live}}
C. Rollins Hanlon, 96, American cardiac surgeon, lymphoma.{{cite web |url=http://www.facs.org/fellows_info/bulletin/2011/hanlon0911.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217075402/http://www.facs.org/fellows_info/bulletin/2011/hanlon0911.pdf |archive-date=February 17, 2012 |title=C. Rollins Hanlon, MD, FACS, remembered |date=February 17, 2012}}
Richie Hubbard, 78, Canadian politician.{{Cite web |url=http://www.novanewsnow.com/News/2011-05-05/article-2480787/Former-MLA-Richie-Hubbard-dies/1 |title=Former MLA Richie Hubbard dies |access-date=July 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912111610/http://www.novanewsnow.com/News/2011-05-05/article-2480787/Former-MLA-Richie-Hubbard-dies/1 |archive-date=September 12, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Sergo Kotrikadze, 74, Georgian football player and coach, heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://football.ua/countrieselse/128940-umer-legendarnyjj-gruzynskyjj-vratar.html |title=Умер легендарный грузинский вратарь |website=Football.ua |language=ru}}
Abdulla Kurd, 34, Turkish Kurdish Islamist militant.{{cite web |url=http://www.rian.ru/defense_safety/20110504/370856249.html |title=Главный координатор террористов на Северном Кавказе уничтожен в Чечне |date=May 4, 2011 |website=RIA Novosti |language=ru |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Mildred Robbins Leet, 88, American philanthropist, co-founder of Trickle Up, complications of a fall.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/nyregion/mildred-robbins-leet-philanthropist-dies-at-88.html |title=Mildred Robbins Leet, Philanthropist, Dies at 88 |first=Daniel E. |last=Slotnik |date=May 8, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Larry McCormick, 71, Canadian politician, Member of Parliament for Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington (1993–2004).{{cite news |url=http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3109588 |title='He was liked by everybody' |newspaper=The Kingston Whig-Standard |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204065247/http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3109588 |archive-date=2013-02-04}}
Marianna Nagy, 82, Hungarian pair skater.{{cite web |url=http://www.fn.hu/sport/20110504/elhunyt_magyar_mukorcsolyazo_legenda/ |title=Elhunyt a magyar műkorcsolyázó legenda |website=Fn.hu |access-date=July 18, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506070728/http://www.fn.hu/sport/20110504/elhunyt_magyar_mukorcsolyazo_legenda/ |archive-date=May 6, 2011 |language=hu}}
Patrick Roy, 53, French politician, pancreatic cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j26FGnfiUyfcYOeG0udALZYvANvA?docId=CNG.2ad530340fd96f4852c78aa0828c966c.421 |title=Décès du député socialiste du Nord Patrick Roy |access-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826171520/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j26FGnfiUyfcYOeG0udALZYvANvA?docId=CNG.2ad530340fd96f4852c78aa0828c966c.421 |archive-date=August 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |language=fr}}
Peter Urbach, 71, German Cold War informant.{{cite news |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/nachrufe-bomben-fuer-den-sds/6361192.html |title=Bomben für den SDS |newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |language=de}}
Thanasis Veggos, 83, Greek actor, stroke.{{cite news |url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/133302/article/ekathimerini/news/popular-actor-thanassis-veggos-dies-at-84 |title=Popular actor Thanassis Veggos dies at 84 |newspaper=Kathimerini}}
Armand Van Wambeke, 84, Belgian Olympic basketball player.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/armand-van-wambeke-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112117/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/armand-van-wambeke-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Armand Van Wambeke Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
Des Williams, 83, South African Olympic boxer.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/des-williams-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051704/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/des-williams-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Des Williams Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}

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James Beggs, 87, American Olympic rower.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/james-beggs-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120533/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/james-beggs-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=James Beggs Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
Lázaro Blanco, 73, Mexican photographer, cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://ar.noticias.yahoo.com/muere-fot%C3%B3grafo-mexicano-l%C3%A1zaro-blanco-015400561.html |title=Muere el fotógrafo mexicano Lázaro Blanco |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105200140/http://ar.noticias.yahoo.com/muere-fot%C3%B3grafo-mexicano-l%C3%A1zaro-blanco-015400561.html |archive-date=November 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |language=es}}
Maurice Carpentier, 89, French cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://geneafrance.com/france/deces/?deces=590799&annee=10 |title=Maurice Paul Alfred Carpentier |website=Base de Données des Décès de l'INSEE}}
Frans de Kok, 87, Dutch conductor.{{Cite web |url=https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/121250/Tilburgse-dirigent-Frans-de-Kok-overleden |title=Tilburgse dirigent Frans de Kok overleden |website=Omroep Brabant |date=May 5, 2011 |language=nl}}
Oliver Elmes, 76, British graphic designer (Doctor Who).{{cite web |url=http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/05/dwn050511142612-oliver-elmes.html |title=Oliver Elmes |website=doctorwhonews.net}}
Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri, 94, Syrian Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Hassaké-Nisibi (1982–1996).{{Catholic-hierarchy |bishop|bhafouri|Archbishop Jacques Georges Habib Hafouri}}
Sammy McCrory, 86, Northern Irish footballer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13280728 |title=Member of NI 1958 squad Sammy McCrory dies |date=May 4, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
Ronald H. Miller, 73, American professor of religion.{{Cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-xpm-2011-05-08-ct-met-miller-obit-0508-20110508-story.html |title=Dr. Ronald H. Miller, 1938-2011 |newspaper=Chicago Tribune}}
Mary Murphy, 80, American actress (The Wild One).{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-mary-murphy-20110516,0,1724744.story |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104133044/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-mary-murphy-20110516,0,1724744.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-04 |title=Mary Murphy, 'Wild One' star, dies at 80 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}
Thomas G. Nelson, 74, American federal judge, complications from declining health.{{cite web |url=http://media.spokesman.com/documents/2011/05/Judge_Nelson_obit-1.pdf |title=Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Mourns Passing of Judge Thomas G. Nelson |website=United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit}}
Françoise Olivier-Coupeau, 51, French politician, cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2011/05/04/97001-20110504FILWWW00536-deces-de-la-deputee-olivier-coupeau.php |title=Décès de la députée Olivier-Coupeau |date=May 4, 2011 |website=Le Figaro |language=fr}}
Emil Reinecke, 78, German cyclist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=11926 |title=Emil Reinecke |website=Cycling Archives}}
Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez, 88, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Prefect for Western Sahara (1994–2009).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bvalbr|Father Acacio Valbuena Rodríguez}}
Frans Sammut, 66, Maltese writer, natural causes.{{Cite news |url=http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=124627 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112122937/http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=124627 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |title=Frans Sammut passes away |newspaper=Malta Independent |date=January 12, 2012}}
Bernard Stasi, 80, French politician, Minister for Overseas Departments and Territories (1973–1974), Alzheimer's disease.{{Cite news |url=http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/l-ancien-ministre-bernard-stasi-est-decede_989105.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606185700/http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/politique/l-ancien-ministre-bernard-stasi-est-decede_989105.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |title=L'ancien ministre Bernard Stasi est décédé |newspaper=L'Express |date=June 6, 2011 |language=fr}}
Richard Steinheimer, 81, American railroad photographer, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-richard-steinheimer-20110522,0,1878831.story |title=Richard Steinheimer, pre-eminent railroad photographer, dies at 81 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103125227/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-richard-steinheimer-20110522,0,1878831.story |archive-date=2013-01-03}}
Sada Thompson, 83, American actress (Family), lung disease.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/arts/sada-thompson-actress-known-for-maternal-roles-dies-at-83.html |title=Sada Thompson, Actress Known for Maternal Roles, Dies at 83 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=May 5, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}

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Leslie Audus, 99, British botany professor (University of London), expert on plant growth hormones.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8513051/Professor-Leslie-Audus.html |title=Professor Leslie Audus |date=May 13, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Alice Bridges, 94, American Olympic bronze medal-winning (1936) swimmer.{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/milforddailynews/obituary.aspx?n=alice-b-roche&pid=150841879 |title=Alice Roche Obituary |newspaper=The Milford Daily News |via=Legacy.com}}
Nikolay Chuchalov, 78, Soviet Olympic wrestler.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/nikolay-chuchalov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065041/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/nikolay-chuchalov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Nikolay Chuchalov Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
Claude Choules, 110, British-born Australian veteran, last combat veteran of World War I.{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-05-05/last-male-wwi-veteran-dies/2704674 |title=Last male WWI veteran dies |date=May 5, 2011 |website=ABC News}}
Donald Crump, 78, Canadian commissioner of the Canadian Football League (1990–1991).{{cite news |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2011/05/06/excfl-commish-gardens-exec-donald--crump-dies |title=Ex-CFL commish, Gardens' exec Donald Crump dies |newspaper=Toronto Sun |date=July 4, 2019 |access-date=July 18, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213339/http://www.torontosun.com/2011/05/06/excfl-commish-gardens-exec-donald--crump-dies |archive-date=2016-03-03}}
Salomón Hakim, 81, Colombian neurosurgeon, researcher and inventor.{{Cite web |url=http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/culture/16060-colombian-brain-surgeon-passes-away-age-81.html |title=Colombian brain surgeon passes away age 81 |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506203448/http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/culture/16060-colombian-brain-surgeon-passes-away-age-81.html |archive-date=May 6, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Al Johnson, 88, American football player and coach.{{cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lcsun-news/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=150944429|title=Al Johnson|publisher=legacy.com}}
Arthur Laurents, 93, American playwright, librettist, stage director, and screenwriter (Anastasia, Rope, West Side Story).{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Legendary-Writer-Director-Arthur-Laurents-Dies-at-93-20110505 |title=Legendary Writer & Director Arthur Laurents Dies at 93 |website=BroadwayWorld.com}}
Dougie McCracken, 46, Scottish football player (Ayr United), suspected suicide.{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scottish-formula-one-hero-paul-1102473 |title=Scottish Formula One hero Paul Di Resta's grief over suspected suicide of stepfather |newspaper=Daily Record}}
Yosef Merimovich, 86, Israeli football player and manager.{{cite web |url=https://www.one.co.il/Article/179198.html |title=מאמן הנבחרת בעבר, יוסל'ה מירמוביץ', הלך לעולמו |website=One.co.il |date=May 5, 2011 |language=he}}
Rolo Puente, 71, Argentine actor, pulmonary emphysema.{{cite web |url=http://m24digital.com/en/2011/05/06/rolo-puente-died-71-years-old/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509070052/http://m24digital.com/en/2011/05/06/rolo-puente-died-71-years-old/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 9, 2011 |title=Rolo Puente dies at 71 |work=M24 Digital |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Friedrich Rückert, 90, Austrian Olympic hockey player.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/friedrich-ruckert-1.html |title=Friedrich Rückert Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052358/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ru/friedrich-ruckert-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18}}
Tommy Wright, 83, Scottish footballer.{{cite news |url=http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Tommy-Wright-footballer.6773807.jp |title=Obituary: Tommy Wright, footballer |newspaper=The Scotsman |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604134650/http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Obituary-Tommy-Wright-footballer.6773807.jp |archive-date=June 4, 2011}}
Dana Wynter, 79, German-born British actress (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Airport, The Man Who Never Was), heart failure.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dana-wynter-20110508,0,4958981.story |title=Dana Wynter dies at 79; actress in 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407012839/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dana-wynter-20110508,0,4958981.story |archive-date=April 7, 2013 |url-status=live}}

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Barry Connolly, 72, Australian football player.{{cite web |url=http://www.onlinetributes.com.au/Barry_Connolly/about/92o5q696kglmoh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517012407/http://www.onlinetributes.com.au/Barry_Connolly/about/92o5q696kglmoh |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |title=Barry Connolly |work=OnlineTributes.com.au |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Oniroku Dan, 80, Japanese author, esophageal cancer.{{cite web |url=http://cinephilia101.blogspot.com/2011/05/oniroku-dan-79-rip-video-nsfw.html |title=Cinephilia 101: Oniroku Dan, 79, RIP |date=May 6, 2011}}
Sir Geoffrey Dhenin, 93, British air marshal.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/13/air-marshal-sir-geoffrey-dhenin-obituary |title=Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Dhenin obituary |first=Dan |last=van der Vat |date=July 13, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
Bill Hopkins, 83, Welsh writer.{{cite web |url=https://www.counter-currents.com/2011/06/remembering-bill-hopkins-1928%E2%80%932011/ |title=Remembering Bill Hopkins, 1928–2011 |website=Counter-Currents.com}}
Horace Freeland Judson, 80, American science historian (The Great Betrayal: Fraud In Science), complications of a stroke.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11judson.html |title=Horace Freeland Judson, Science Historian, Dies at 80 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=May 10, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Antanas Krištopaitis, 89, Lithuanian painter.{{cite web |url=http://www.siauliai.lt/miestas/garbes_pilieciai.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229000159/http://www.siauliai.lt/miestas/garbes_pilieciai.php?lang=en |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 29, 2014 |title=Honorary Citizens: Antanas Krištopaitis, (1921-2011) the artist |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Kazi Nuruzzaman, 86, Bangladeshi veteran of the Liberation War, natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-232857 |title=Lieutenant Colonel Quazi Nuruzzaman: A remembrance |date=May 6, 2012 |website=The Daily Star}}
Duane Pillette, 88, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies).{{cite web |url=http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/BaseballNecrology/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416203606/http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/BaseballNecrology/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 16, 2011 |title=Duane Pillette |work=BaseballNecrology |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Dick Walsh, 85, American baseball executive, first commissioner of the North American Soccer League.{{cite news |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?pid=150970760 |title=Obituary: Richard Bishop Walsh Jr. |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Legacy.com}}
Yoon Ki-Won, 24, South Korean football player, suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.{{cite web |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/05/113_86565.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210201610/http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/05/113_86565.html |url-status=live |archive-date=February 10, 2015 |title=Incheon United goalkeeper dies |date=May 6, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}

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Johnny Albino, 93, Puerto Rican bolero singer, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://cb.pr/news03.php?nt_id=57133&ct_id=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203042319/http://cb.pr/news03.php?nt_id=57133&ct_id=1 |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |title=PR singer Johnny Albino dies at 91 |work=Caribbean Business |date=February 3, 2014}}
Seve Ballesteros, 54, Spanish golfer, brain cancer.{{cite web |last=Bamberger |first=Michael |url=http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0%2C28136%2C2070254%2C00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609220007/http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0%2C28136%2C2070254%2C00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |title=With his passion for golf and life, Seve brought exuberance to the game |work=Golf Magazine |date=May 7, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Big George, 53, British broadcaster and music arranger.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-13327591 |title=Radio presenter Big George dies |date=May 8, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
Willard Boyle, 86, Canadian physicist, Nobel laureate (2009).{{Cite web |url=http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com/News/Local/2011-05-08/article-2489707/Nobel-laureate-dies-Saturday/1 |title=Nobel laureate dies Saturday |access-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120050555/http://www.cumberlandnewsnow.com/News/Local/2011-05-08/article-2489707/Nobel-laureate-dies-Saturday/1 |archive-date=January 20, 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Shaukat Galiev, 82, Soviet Tatar poet and writer of children's books.{{cite news |url=http://matbugat.ru/news/?id=4268 |title=Шәүкәт Галиев вафат |date=July 5, 2011 |newspaper=Матбугат.ру |language=tt}}
Jack Gordon, 66, American politician, member of the Mississippi House of Representatives (1972–1980), State Senator (1980–1992; 1996–2011), brain cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/longtime-mississippi-state-senator-jack-gordon-dies-at-66 |title=Longtime Mississippi State Senator Jack Gordon Dies at 66 |website=Fox News|date=March 27, 2015 }}
Ross Hagen, 72, American actor (Daktari, Speedway).{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=Ross-Hagen&pid=151096418 |title=Ross Hagen Obituary |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Legacy.com}}
Allyson Hennessy, 63, Trinidadian broadcaster.{{cite web |url=http://www.ctntworld.com/LocalArticles.aspx?id=27518 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105205746/http://www.ctntworld.com/LocalArticles.aspx?id=27518 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 5, 2011 |title=Allyson Hennessy passes on |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Eilert Määttä, 75, Swedish ice hockey player and coach.{{cite web |url=http://eilertmaatta.inmemoriam.org/ |title=Eilert Määttä |website=InMemoriam.com}}
Milan Mišík, 82, Slovak geologist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.geology.sk/doc/min_slov/ms_2011_2/MS_2_2011_10_Geovestnik_str_208_213.pdf |title=Za významným pedagógom, vedcom a propagátorom geológie – profesorom Milanom Mišíkom |access-date=February 13, 2012 |language=sk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211525/http://www.geology.sk/doc/min_slov/ms_2011_2/MS_2_2011_10_Geovestnik_str_208_213.pdf |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead}}
Gunter Sachs, 78, German photographer, author and multi-millionaire industrialist, suicide by gunshot.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-13327822 |title=Bardot's ex-husband kills himself |date=May 8, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
Robert Stempel, 77, American automobile executive, chairman and CEO of General Motors (1990–1992).{{cite web |url=https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/05/10/former-head-of-gm-robert-stempel-dies-at-77/ |title=Former Head of GM, Robert Stempel, Dies At 77 |website=CBS Detroit|date=May 10, 2011 }}
Kate Swift, 87, American writer, stomach cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/education/10swift.html |title=Kate Swift, Writer Who Rooted Out Sexism in Language, Dies at 87 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=May 9, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
John Walker, 67, American musician (The Walker Brothers), liver cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/walker-brothers-founder-dies-28615288.html |title=Walker Brothers founder dies |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph}}
Doric Wilson, 72, American playwright and gay activist.{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150628-Doric-Wilson-Playwright-and-Gay-Activist-Dies-at-72- |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510115620/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/150628-Doric-Wilson-Playwright-and-Gay-Activist-Dies-at-72- |archive-date=May 10, 2011 |title=Doric Wilson, Playwright and Gay Activist, Dies at 72 |work=Playbill.com |date=May 10, 2011}}

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Huthaifa al-Batawi, Iraqi al-Qaeda leader, shot.{{Cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110508/ts_nm/us_iraq_violence_jail;_ylt=AquPPS1.8CQP4marus_f8TwXIr0F;_ylu=X3oDMTMzZjdzczVsBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTEwNTA4L3VzX2lyYXFfdmlvbGVuY2VfamFpbARjY29kZQNnbXBlBGNwb3MDOARwb3MDOARzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA2FscWFlZGFsZWFkZQ-- |title=Al Qaeda leader, 17 others killed in Iraq jail clash |access-date=January 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517093417/http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110508/ts_nm/us_iraq_violence_jail |archive-date=May 17, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Hans-Georg Borck, 89, German military officer.{{cite web |url=http://www.clanrota.net/t3721-hans-george-borck-experiencia-de-vida |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221073128/http://www.clanrota.net/t3721-hans-george-borck-experiencia-de-vida |url-status=dead |title=Hans-George Borck Experiência de vida |access-date=July 9, 2011 |archive-date=February 21, 2013 |language=pt}}
Wallace Clark, 84, Northern Irish maritime writer.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8510433/Wallace-Clark.html |title=Wallace Clark |date=May 12, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Cornell Dupree, 68, American jazz and R&B guitarist, complications from emphysema.{{cite web |url=http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/News/cornell%2Ddupree%2D0510%2D2011/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614113246/http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/News/cornell%2Ddupree%2D0510%2D2011/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 14, 2011 |title=R&B/Jazz Guitarist Cornell Dupree Dies |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
George Guțiu, 87, Romanian Catholic hierarch, Archbishop of Cluj-Gherla (1994–2002).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bgutiu|Archbishop Gheorghe Guţiu}}
Corwin Hansch, 92, American chemist, pneumonia.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-corwin-hansch-20110523,0,7063064.story |title=Corwin Hansch dies at 92; scientist whose advances led to new drugs and chemicals |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121161039/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-corwin-hansch-20110523,0,7063064.story |archive-date=January 21, 2012 |url-status=live}}
Li Desheng, 95, Chinese People's Liberation Army general.{{cite web |url=http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2011_05/08/6244769_0.shtml |title=原中共中央政治局常委李德生逝世 |website=Phoenix Television |language=zh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105225510/http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/detail_2011_05/08/6244769_0.shtml |archive-date=November 5, 2011}}
Charles McPhee, 49, American radio host, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/dream-doctor-charles-mcphee-dies-at-49/2011/05/12/AFwFQU1G_story.html |title='Dream Doctor' Charles McPhee dies at 49 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 12, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Greg Percival, 86, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1977–1978; 1986–1988).{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr Harold Gregory Percival |id=1846 |former=Yes |access-date=2021-01-22}}
Soňa Pertlová, 23, Czech chessplayer, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2011/sona-pertlova-passes-away |title=WIM Sona Pertlova passes away |work=Chessdom Chess |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-date=June 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616170415/http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2011/sona-pertlova-passes-away |url-status=dead }}
Lionel Rose, 62, Australian world champion boxer.{{cite news |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/lionel-rose-dies-aged-62/news-story/7526636778898c8d4462248392826ac8 |title=Australia's first Aboriginal world boxing champion Lionel Rose dies aged 62 |date=May 8, 2011 |newspaper=The Courier-Mail}}
Hilton Rosemarin, 58, Canadian set decorator (Three Men and a Baby, Cocktail, Jumper), brain cancer.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/hilton-rosemarin-dies-at-58-1118036921/ |title=Hilton Rosemarin dies at 58 |work=Variety |date=May 12, 2011}}
Carlos Trillo, 68, Argentine comic book writer (Cybersix).{{cite news |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/murio-el-guionista-de-historietas-carlos-trillo-nid1371863 |title=Murió el reconocido historietista Carlos Trillo |newspaper=La Nación |language=es}}
Galina Urbanovich, 93, Russian Olympic gold and silver medal-winning (1952) gymnast.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportgymrus.ru/press/news/6035/default.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324020628/http://www.sportgymrus.ru/press/news/6035/default.aspx |archive-date=March 24, 2012 |title=Ушла из жизни Урбанович Галина Наполеоновна |date=March 24, 2012 |language=ru}}
Arkady Vaksberg, 83, Soviet and Russian lawyer, author, film maker and playwright.{{cite web |url=https://echo.msk.ru/news/773160-echo.html |title=Умер выдающийся публицист и писатель Аркадий Ваксберг |website=Echo of Moscow |language=ru}}
Sir Ronald Waterhouse, 85, British jurist.{{cite news |url=http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-gough-waterhouse&pid=150972655 |title=Ronald Gough Waterhouse Obituary |newspaper=The Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505140627/http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-gough-waterhouse&pid=150972655 |archive-date=2013-05-05}}

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George Allen, 87, American ichthyologist and fisheries scientist.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/times-standard/obituary.aspx?n=george-h-allen&pid=151102306&fhid=11390| website=Legacy.com | title=Dr. George H. Allen Obituary (2011) Times-Standard }}
William Y. Anderson, 89, Swedish-born American fighter pilot.{{cite web|url=http://www.mchenrymasons.org/obits/OBIT_ANDERSON_WILLIAM_YNGVE.pdf|title=Archived copy|access-date=April 18, 2021|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203062130/http://www.mchenrymasons.org/obits/OBIT_ANDERSON_WILLIAM_YNGVE.pdf|url-status=dead}}
David Cairns, 44, British politician, MP for Greenock and Inverclyde (2001–2005) and Inverclyde (since 2005), acute pancreatitis.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-13347288 |title=Scots Labour MP David Cairns dies |date=May 10, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
Robert Ellsworth, 84, American politician and diplomat, Representative from Kansas (1961–1967), Ambassador to NATO (1969–1971), complications from pneumonia.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/robert-f-ellsworth-former-congressman-and-nixon-aide-dies-at-84/2011/05/09/AFKYhlkG_story.html |title=Robert F. Ellsworth, former congressman and Nixon aide, dies at 84 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Epiphanios of Vryoula, 76, American Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Spain and Portugal.{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theithacajournal/obituary.aspx?n=constantine-perialas&pid=150972394&fhid=7263 |title=Constantine "Gus" Perialas Obituary |newspaper=Ithaca Journal |via=Legacy.com}}
Henry Feffer, 93, American professor and spine surgeon, treated Saddam Hussein, heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/henry-feffer-back-surgeon-who-treated-dc-notables-and-gorilla-dies-at-93/2011/05/11/AF7ytNtG_story.html |title=Henry Feffer, back surgeon who treated D.C. notables and gorilla, dies at 93 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 11, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Dolores Fuller, 88, American actress (Glen or Glenda), and songwriter ("Rock-A-Hula Baby").{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dolores-fuller-20110511,0,5525788.story |title=Dolores Fuller dies at 88; actress dated director Ed Wood |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111201031623/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dolores-fuller-20110511,0,5525788.story |archive-date=December 1, 2011 |url-status=live}}
Jeff Gralnick, 72, American television news producer.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/news-producer-jeff-gralnick-dies-187104 |title=News Producer Jeff Gralnick Dies at 72 |website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 10, 2011 }}

*Lidia Gueiler Tejada, 89, Bolivian politician, acting President (1979–1980), after a long illness.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/lidia-gueiler-tejada-politician-who-became-only-the-wests-second-female-president-2282573.html |title=Lidia Gueiler Tejada: Politician who became only the West's second female president |date=May 12, 2011 |website=The Independent}}

Doug Leeds, 63, American executive, vice-chairman of American Theatre Wing, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/151105-Douglas-B-Leeds-American-Theatre-Wing-Executive-Dies-at-63 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530014030/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/151105-Douglas-B-Leeds-American-Theatre-Wing-Executive-Dies-at-63 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2011 |title=Douglas B. Leeds, American Theatre Wing Executive, Dies at 63 |work=Playbill |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Ivo Pešák, 66, Czech singer, dancer and comic performer.{{cite web |url=http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/clarinetist-and-singer-ivo-pesak-dies-at-age-66 |title=Clarinetist and singer Ivo Pěšák dies at age 66 |website=Radio Prague|date=May 9, 2011 }}
Roland Spångberg, 88, Swedish Olympic water polo player.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/roland-spangberg-1.html |title=Roland Spångberg Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203541/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/roland-spangberg-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}
Newton Thornburg, 81, American novelist.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/newton-thornburg-novelist-whose-cutter-and-bone-was-a-key-text-of-the-usrsquos-vietnam-era-2334865.html |title=Newton Thornburg: Novelist whose 'Cutter and Bone' was a key text of the US's Vietnam era |date=August 10, 2011 |website=The Independent}}
Shailendra Kumar Upadhyaya, 82, Nepali politician, Foreign Minister (1986–1990), altitude sickness.{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ioSoO_Ea8-30WLXmKAdzPvMSq1SA?docId=CNG.83211e693aa6f655ec3ce4f4b80eb637.1a1 |title=Nepal's ex-minister died of altitude sickness |website=AFP |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124165409/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ioSoO_Ea8-30WLXmKAdzPvMSq1SA?docId=CNG.83211e693aa6f655ec3ce4f4b80eb637.1a1 |archive-date=2013-01-24}}
Wouter Weylandt, 26, Belgian road bicycle racer, race crash.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.co.uk/cycling/sport/story/89674.html |title=Weylandt dies in crash at Giro |website=ESPN}}

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Omar Ahmad, 46, American entrepreneur (Napster) and politician, Mayor of San Carlos, California (2010–2011), heart attack.{{Cite news |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/bay_area/omar-ahmad-san-carlos-mayor-dies-from-heart-attack/article_2c756bd6-4098-529c-b5c8-a2e0927c8064.html |title=Omar Ahmad, San Carlos mayor, dies from heart attack |newspaper=San Mateo Daily Journal}}
Michael Baze, 24, American jockey, accidental drug overdose.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=6523168 |title=Jockey Baze found dead in Churchill stable area |date=May 11, 2011 |website=ESPN}}
Bill Bergesch, 89, American baseball executive (Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds).{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-05-12/bill-bergesch-former-executive-for-the-yankees-and-mets-dies-at-age-89 |title=Bill Bergesch, Executive for Yankees and Mets, Dies at Age 89 |date=July 17, 2019 |website=Bloomberg.com}}
Frank Boston, 72, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1987–1999).{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa12190.html |title=Frank D. Boston, Jr., Maryland State Delegate |website=Maryland Manual On-Line}}
John S. Carter, 65, American music producer, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2011-may-24-la-me-passings-20110524-story.html |title=Passings: Bill Summers, John S. Carter, Ruth C. Cole |date=May 24, 2011 |website=Los Angeles Times}}
Bill Gallo, 88, American cartoonist and newspaper columnist, complications from pneumonia.{{cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/bill-gallo-1922-2011-gallery-1.60015 |title=Bill Gallo (1922-2011): Legendary Daily News Cartoonist and Sports Columnist |newspaper=New York Daily News}}
Patrick Galvin, 83, Irish writer.{{cite web |url=http://artscouncil-ni.org/news/patrick-galvin |title= Influential poet and playwright dies aged 83 |website=Arts Council of Northern Ireland}}
Zim Ngqawana, 51, South African jazz saxophonist, stroke.{{cite web |url=http://www.peherald.com/news/article/1343 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518044455/http://www.peherald.com/news/article/1343 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 18, 2011 |title=PE jazz legend dies |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Burt Reinhardt, 91, American broadcast executive, President of CNN (1982–1990), complications from strokes.{{cite news |last=Wiseman |first=Lauren |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/burt-reinhardt-dies-at-91-newsman-helped-launch-cnn/2011/04/14/AFMd9mkG_story.html |title=Burt Reinhardt, broadcast executive who helped launch CNN, dies at 91 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 10, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
David Weston, 75, British artist.{{cite news |url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Fond-tributes-artist-David-dies/story-12082694-detail/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200350/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Fond-tributes-artist-David-dies/story-12082694-detail/story.html |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |title=Well-known Leicestershire artist David Weston has died after a long battle with a chronic lung condition |newspaper=Leicester Mercury |date=January 2, 2014}}
Norma Zimmer, 87, American entertainer (The Lawrence Welk Show).{{cite news |url=http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/11/3620043/norma-zimmer-tvs-champagne-lady.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515180834/http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/11/3620043/norma-zimmer-tvs-champagne-lady.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 15, 2011 |title=Norma Zimmer, TV's 'Champagne Lady,' dies at 87 |first=Lynn |last=Elber |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |access-date=July 18, 2019}}

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Clark Accord, 50, Surinamese–Dutch author and makeup artist, stomach cancer.{{cite web|url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/surinamese-dutch-author-clark-accord-dies-50|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215010634/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/surinamese-dutch-author-clark-accord-dies-50|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-12-15|title=Surinamese-Dutch author Clark Accord dies at 50 | Radio Netherlands Worldwide }}
Maurice Goldhaber, 100, American physicist.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/science/18goldhaber.html |title=Maurice Goldhaber, Atomic Physicist, Is Dead at 100 |first=Kenneth |last=Chang |date=May 17, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Leo Kahn, 94, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Staples, complications from a series of strokes.{{Cite web |url=https://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/05/leo_kahn_co-fou.html |title=Leo Kahn, co-founder of Staples, dies at 94 |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515092145/http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2011/05/leo_kahn_co-fou.html |archive-date=May 15, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Albert Kanene Obiefuna, 81, Nigerian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Onitsha (1995–2003).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bobiefuna|Archbishop Albert Kanene Obiefuna}}
Leo Passage, 75, Dutch-born American hairstylist.{{Cite web |url=https://www.modernsalon.com/article/18157/pivot-point-internationals-leo-passage-passes-away |title=Pivot Point International's Leo Passage Passes Away |access-date=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010441/https://www.modernsalon.com/article/18157/pivot-point-internationals-leo-passage-passes-away |archive-date=December 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}
Reach Sambath, 47, Cambodian journalist, stroke.{{Cite web |url=http://www.voanews.com/khmer-english/news/Reach-Sambath-Revered-Journalism-Mentor-Dies-121699674.html |title=Reach Sambath, Revered Journalism Mentor, Dies |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110918113701/http://www.voanews.com/khmer-english/news/Reach-Sambath-Revered-Journalism-Mentor-Dies-121699674.html |archive-date=September 18, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Elisabeth Svendsen, 81, British hotelier and animal welfare campaigner, founder of The Donkey Sanctuary.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-13376700 |title=Death of donkey sanctuary founder |date=May 12, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
Robert Traylor, 34, American basketball player (Milwaukee Bucks, Cleveland Cavaliers, New Orleans Hornets), suspected heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/news/story?id=6527372 |title=Former NBA player 'Tractor' Traylor found dead |date=May 11, 2011 |website=ESPN}}
Glyn Williams, 92, Welsh footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.faw.org.uk/news/FAW61296.ink |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224041348/http://www.faw.org.uk/news/FAW61296.ink |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 24, 2012 |title=Glyn Williams 1918-2011 |website=Football Association of Wales |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Snooky Young, 92, American jazz trumpeter, complications of a lung ailment.{{cite web |url=https://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides/2011/05/snooky-young-1919-2011.html |title=Snooky Young, 1919-2011 |date=May 12, 2011 |website=Rifftides}}

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Chen Muhua, 90, Chinese politician.{{cite web |url=http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/people/officials/13/65-1.htm |title=Former Vice Premier of China Chen Muhua Dies |website=All China Women's Federation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524144214/http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/people/officials/13/65-1.htm |archive-date=24 May 2015}}
Harrison Chongo, 41, Zambian football player, malaria.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13390539 |title=Zambia mourns the death of Harrison Chongo |date=May 13, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
Charles F. Haas, 97, American television director (Bonanza, The Outer Limits, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.).{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=charles-f-haas&pid=151166357 |title=Charles Haas Obituary |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |via=Legacy.com}}
Mose Jefferson, 68, American businessman, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.wdsu.com/r/27876111/detail.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106112048/http://www.wdsu.com/r/27876111/detail.html |archive-date=November 6, 2011 |title=Mose Jefferson Dead At 68 |website=WDSU |date=November 6, 2011}}
Jack Jones, 86, American Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter (Los Angeles Times), lung disease.{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jack-jones-20110515,0,6270801.story |title=Obituary: Jack Jones dies at 86; former longtime Los Angeles Times reporter |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103170440/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-jack-jones-20110515,0,6270801.story |archive-date=2013-01-03}}
Lloyd Knibb, 80, Jamaican drummer (The Skatalites), liver cancer.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/471581/skatalites-drummer-lloyd-knibb-dies-in-jamaica |title=Skatalites Drummer Lloyd Knibb Dies in Jamaica |magazine=Billboard}}
Noreen Murray, 76, British geneticist.{{Cite web |url=http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=noreen-murray&pid=151131737 |title=Noreen Murray Obituary |access-date=June 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711224115/http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=noreen-murray&pid=151131737 |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
David Orton, 77, Canadian environmentalist, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/jun/29/david-orton-obituary |title=David Orton obituary |first1=Bruce |last1=Wark |first2=Andrew |last2=Dobson |date=June 29, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
Carlos Pascual, 80, Cuban baseball player (Washington Senators).{{cite news |url=https://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/1750a7162e4fb8d8/57b55b732c4ed021?lnk=raot |title=Carlos Pascual, 80; Pitched (two games) for 1950 Washington Senators (brother of Camilo) |newspaper=The Cuban New Herald |via=Google Groups |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Luigi del Gallo Roccagiovine, 88, Italian nobleman and Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Camplum (since 1982).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bgalroc|Bishop Luigi del Gallo Roccagiovine}}
Ron Springs, 54, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Tampa Bay Buccaneers), complications from surgery.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/sports/football/ron-springs-cowboys-fullback-dies-at-54.html |title=Ron Springs, 54, Fullback for Cowboys |newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 13, 2011 |last1=Litsky |first1=Frank }}
Bill Summers, 75, American car builder (Goldenrod).{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/21/sports/autoracing/bill-summers-car-builder-who-set-a-speed-record-dies-at-75.html |title=Bill Summers, Car Builder Who Set a Speed Record, Dies at 75 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=May 20, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Miyu Uehara, 24, Japanese glamour model, apparent suicide by hanging.{{cite web |url=https://japantoday.com/category/entertainment/miyu-uehara-found-dead-at-home-after-apparently-hanging-herself |title='Talent' Miyu Uehara dead after apparently hanging herself at home |website=Japan Today|date=May 12, 2011 }}
Jack Wolf, 76, American information theorist, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25570 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612064207/http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25570 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 12, 2012 |title=Jack Keil Wolf dies at 76 |website=University of California |access-date=July 18, 2019}}

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Derek Boogaard, 28, Canadian hockey player (Minnesota Wild, New York Rangers), accidental overdose of alcohol and oxycodone.{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/medical-examiner-lists-cause-of-death-for-boogaard/c-563345 |title=Medical examiner lists cause of death for Boogaard |website=NHL.com}}
Stephen De Staebler, 78, American sculptor and printmaker, complications from cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-sculptor-Stephen-De-Staebler-dies-at-78-2371406.php |title=Bay Area sculptor Stephen De Staebler dies at 78 |first=Kenneth |last=Baker |date=May 18, 2011 |website=SFGate}}
Pam Gems, 85, British playwright.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/may/16/pam-gems-obituary |title=Pam Gems obituary |first=Lyn |last=Gardner |date=May 16, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
Bernard Greenhouse, 95, American cellist.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/14/arts/music/bernard-greenhouse-cellist-dies-at-95.html |title=Bernard Greenhouse, Acclaimed Cellist, Dies at 95 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=May 13, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Bob Litherland, 80, British politician, MP for Manchester Central (1979–1997), cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/may/18/bob-litherland-obituary |title=Bob Litherland obituary |first=Julia |last=Langdon |date=May 18, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria, 96, German noblewoman.{{cite web |url=http://www.brasilimperial.org.br/layout/layout2.php?cdConteudo=122&codigo=10 |title=Morre a Princesa da Baviera Dona Maria Elisabeth, Imperatriz-mãe presuntiva do Brasil |website=Brasil Imperial |language=pt |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927214120/http://www.brasilimperial.org.br/layout/layout2.php?cdConteudo=122&codigo=10 |url-status=dead }}
Wallace McCain, 81, Canadian businessman, co-founder of McCain Foods, pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/business/global/16mccain.html |title=Wallace McCain Dies at 81; Fed the World Frozen Fries |first=Ian |last=Austen |date=May 15, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Mel Queen, 69, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) and pitching coach (Blue Jays).{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/one-time-jays-pitching-coach-mel-queen-dies-1.1096264 |title=One-time Jays pitching coach Mel Queen dies |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516072746/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story/2011/05/13/sp-mel-queen-dies.html |archive-date=May 16, 2011 |url-status=live}}
Jack Richardson, 81, Canadian record producer (The Guess Who).{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/guess-who-producer-jack-richardson-dies-1.1066157 |title=Guess Who producer, Jack Richardson, dies |website=CBC News}}
Bruce Ricker, 68, American film documentarian and producer (Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser).{{cite web |url=https://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides/2011/05/bruce-ricker-documentarian-rip.html |title=Bruce Ricker, Documentarian, RIP |date=May 16, 2011 |website=Rifftides}}
Badal Sarkar, 85, Indian dramatist, colon cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/badal-sircars-death-leaves-void-in-contemporary-indian-theatre/article2021192.ece |title=Badal Sircar's death leaves void in contemporary Indian theatre |date=May 15, 2011 |newspaper=The Hindu}}
Chit Estella, 53, Filipino journalist and professor, traffic collision.{{cite web |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/222153/news/nation/chit-estella-s-widower-still-grieves-for-his-soulmate/ |title=Chit Estella's widower still grieves for his 'soulmate' |website=GMA News Online|date=May 31, 2011 }}

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Ferial Alibali, 78, Albanian actress.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gazetastart.com/lajme/Aktualitet/36773/ |title=Ndahet nga jeta aktorja Ferial Alibali |language=sq |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518145947/http://www.gazetastart.com/lajme/Aktualitet/36773 |archive-date=May 18, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
James Richard Cheek, 74, American diplomat, Ambassador to Sudan (1989–1992) and Argentina (1993–1996).{{cite web |url=http://m24digital.com/en/2011/05/16/former-us-ambassador-to-argentina-james-cheek-passed-away/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021095418/http://m24digital.com/en/2011/05/16/former-us-ambassador-to-argentina-james-cheek-passed-away/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2011 |title=Former US Ambassador to Argentina James Cheek passed away |work=M24 Digital |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Murray Handwerker, 89, American businessman (Nathan's Famous).{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/43040675 |title=Nathan's Famous hot dogs pioneer dead at 89 |website=NBC News |date=July 12, 2019 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Teuvo Laukkanen, 91, Finnish Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) cross-country skier.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/teuvo-laukkanen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181049/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/teuvo-laukkanen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Teuvo Laukkanen Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
Michael Onslow, 7th Earl of Onslow, 73, British politician.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-13423573 |title=Hereditary Tory peer Onslow dies |date=May 17, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, 87, Chinese-born American historian and author.{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sfgate/obituary.aspx?n=Nicholas-Riasanovsky&pid=151112604 |title=Nicholas Riasanovsky Obituary |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |via=Legacy.com}}
Birgitta Trotzig, 81, Swedish author.{{cite news |url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2054&artikel=4505694 |title=Remembering writer Birgitta Trotzig |newspaper=Sveriges Radio|date=May 15, 2011 }}
Ernie Walker, 82, Scottish football administrator.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-ernie-walker-obe-cbe-football-administrator-1-1631694 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714201604/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-ernie-walker-obe-cbe-football-administrator-1-1631694 |url-status=dead |title=Obituary: Ernie Walker, OBE, CBE, football administrator |newspaper=The Scotsman |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-date=July 14, 2012}}
Joseph Wershba, 90, American television producer and reporter.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/veteran-cbs-newsman-joseph-wershba-dies-at-90/ |title=Veteran CBS newsman Joseph Wershba dies at 90 |website=CBS News|date=May 18, 2011 }}

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Gunnar Alksnis, 79, Latvian-American philosopher and theologian.{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailydemocrat/obituary.aspx?n=gunnar-alksnis&pid=151415045| website=Legacy.com | title=Gunnar Alksnis Obituary (2011) Daily Democrat }}
Maico Buncio, 22, Filipino motorcycle racer, race crash.{{cite news |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2011/05/16/686231/racing-great-maico-buncio-dies-superbikes-time-trials |title=Racing great Maico Buncio dies in superbikes time trials |newspaper=The Philippine Star}}
Donald Christian, 52, Antiguan Olympic cyclist.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/donald-christian-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065142/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/donald-christian-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Donald Christian Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
John Feikens, 93, American senior (former chief) judge of the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/detroit-u-s-district-judge-john-feikens-dies-at/article_9c4b9b67-7d5a-5915-ad71-44f3097b9e3a.html |title=Detroit: U.S. District Judge John Feikens dies at 93 |website=News-Herald |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718183349/http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/detroit-u-s-district-judge-john-feikens-dies-at/article_9c4b9b67-7d5a-5915-ad71-44f3097b9e3a.html |url-status=dead }}
Bob Flanigan, 84, American singer (The Four Freshmen) and musician.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/17/arts/music/bob-flanigan-84-four-freshmen-founder.html |title=Bob Flanigan, 84, Four Freshmen Founder |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=May 16, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Pete Lovely, 85, American racecar driver.{{cite web |url=http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110517/F1/110519858 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016193322/http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110517/F1/110519858 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 16, 2012 |title=American racer Pete Lovely dead at 85 |work=Autoweek |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
William Pennington, 88, American casino executive (Circus Circus Enterprises), Parkinson's disease.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/21/business/21pennington.html |title=William Pennington, Who Built Casino Empire, Dies at 88 |agency=The Associated Press |date=May 20, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Anjuman Shehzadi, 33, Pakistani sage actress.{{cite web |url=https://nation.com.pk/16-May-2011/Actress-Anjuman-Shahzadi-dies-mysteriously |title=Actress Anjuman Shahzadi dies mysteriously |date=May 16, 2011 |website=The Nation}}
Mahendra Singh Tikait, 76, Indian farming union leader, bone cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Mahendra-Singh-Tikait-passes-away/article13891690.ece |title=Mahendra Singh Tikait passes away |first=Atiq |last=Khan |date=May 15, 2011 |newspaper=The Hindu}}
Samuel Wanjiru, 24, Kenyan Olympic gold medal-winning (2008) marathon runner, fall from balcony.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13408162 |title=Kenya marathon star dies in fall |date=May 16, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
Martin Woodhouse, 78, British novelist, screenwriter and inventor.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/05/martin-woodhouse-obituary |title=Martin Woodhouse obituary |first=Steve |last=Holland |date=July 5, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}

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Ralph Barker, 93, British air gunner and writer.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/8587787/Ralph-Barker.html |title=Ralph Barker |date=June 20, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Robert Berks, 89, American sculptor, industrial designer and planner.{{cite web |url=https://suffolktimes.timesreview.com/2011/05/bob-berks-orient-artist-who-sculpted-images-of-presidents-and-popes-dies-at-89/ |title=Bob Berks, Orient artist who sculpted images of presidents and popes, dies at 89 |date=May 17, 2011 |website=The Suffolk Times}}
Douglas Blubaugh, 76, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1960) wrestler, motorcycle accident.{{cite web |last=Klingman |first=Kyle |url=http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=23600 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523040653/http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showarticle&ArticleID=23600 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |title=Flash: Olympic Champion Doug Blubaugh passes away at 76 |website=TheMat.com |date=May 17, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Serghei Covaliov, 66, Romanian Olympic gold (1968) and silver (1972) medal-winning canoeist.{{cite news |url=https://www.nineoclock.ro/2011/05/17/canoeist-serghei-covaliov-has-passed-away/ |title=Canoeist Serghei Covaliov has passed away |newspaper=Nine O'Clock |date=May 17, 2011 |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718183332/https://www.nineoclock.ro/2011/05/17/canoeist-serghei-covaliov-has-passed-away/ |url-status=dead }}
Bob Davis, 82, Australian football player.{{cite news |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/cats-legend-bob-davis-dies/news-story/0fdfcbd2004011b2902dba60a508372b |title=A sad day for football and Victoria |date=May 17, 2011 |newspaper=Herald Sun}}
Nathaniel Davis, 86, American diplomat, cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/world/23davis.html |title=Nathaniel Davis, Diplomat, Is Dead at 86 |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=May 22, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Edward Hardwicke, 78, British actor (Sherlock Holmes), son of Sir Cedric Hardwicke.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8519646/Edward-Hardwicke.html |title=Edward Hardwicke |date=May 17, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Kiyoshi Kodama, 77, Japanese actor, stomach cancer.
Bill Skiles, 79, American comedian (Skiles and Henderson), kidney cancer.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/scene/news/comic-bill-skiles-dies-at-79-1118037233/ |title=Comic Bill Skiles dies at 79 |first1=Carmel |last1=Dagan |date=May 18, 2011 |website=Variety}}

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Sean Dunphy, 73, Irish entertainer.{{cite web |url=http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2011/05/18/sean-dunphy-1967-dies-aged-73/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527034319/http://www.oikotimes.com/eurovision/2011/05/18/sean-dunphy-1967-dies-aged-73/ |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |title=Sean Dunphy (1967) Dies Aged 73 |work=Oiko Times |date=May 27, 2011}}
Joseph Galibardy, 96, Indian Olympic gold medal-winning (1936) field hockey player.{{cite web |url=http://www.fih.ch/en/news-3036-joseph-galibardy-passes-away |title=Joseph Galibardy passes away |website=International Hockey Federation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320052416/http://www.fih.ch/en/news-3036-joseph-galibardy-passes-away |archive-date=March 20, 2012}}
James M. Hewgley, Jr., 94, American politician, Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma (1966–1970).{{Cite web |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20110518_11_A11_CUTLIN325909 |title=Tulsa's oldest former mayor, Jim Hewgley Jr., dies at 94 |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014093930/http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20110518_11_A11_CUTLIN325909 |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Harmon Killebrew, 74, American Hall of Fame baseball player (Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals), esophageal cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2011/05/17/twins-star-killebrew-has-died.html |title=Twins star Killebrew has died |date=May 17, 2011 |website=Minneapolis–Saint Paul Business Journals |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Tómas Mac Anna, 84, Irish director and actor.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/world-news/tomas-macanna-26734947.html |title=Tomas MacAnna |newspaper=Irish Independent}}
Frank Upton, 76, English footballer (Derby County, Chelsea), after short illness.{{cite news |url=http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Sport/Burton-Albion-FC/Former-Brewers-boss-passes-away-after-illness-18052011.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404125304/http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Sport/Burton-Albion-FC/Former-Brewers-boss-passes-away-after-illness-18052011.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 4, 2012 |title=Former Brewers boss passes away after illness |newspaper=Burton Mail |access-date=July 18, 2019}}

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Seiseki Abe, 96, Japanese shodo and aikido teacher.{{Cite web |url=http://aikicosmos.blogspot.com/2011/05/abe-seiseki-sensei-passed-away.html |title=Abe Seiseki Sensei passed away |access-date=July 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303223943/http://aikicosmos.blogspot.com/2011/05/abe-seiseki-sensei-passed-away.html |archive-date=March 3, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Marcel De Mulder, 83, Belgian cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8741 |title=Marcel De Mulder |website=Cycling Archives}}
Edward H. Harte, 88, American newspaper executive (Harte-Hanks).{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/business/24harte.html |title=Edward H. Harte, Texas Newspaper Executive, Dies at 88 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=May 23, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Leonard Kastle, 82, American composer and filmmaker (The Honeymoon Killers).{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/director-leonard-kastle-dies-at-82-1118037384/ |title=Director Leonard Kastle dies at 82 |date=May 20, 2011 |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522124615/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118037384?refCatId=13 |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |url-status=live}}
Wlodzimierz Ksiazek, 60, Polish-born American painter.{{cite web |url=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/artnetnews/wlodzimierz-ksiazek-art-hk-steve-martin-5-31-11.asp |title=The Mysterious Death of Wlodzimierz Ksiazek |website=Artnet.com}} (body found on this date)
Włada Majewska, 100, Polish radio journalist, actress and singer.{{cite news|title=Wlada Majewska |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/wlada-majewska-1669362|work=The Scotsman|date=7 July 2011}}
Hans Sterr, 77, German Olympic wrestler.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/hans-sterr-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223755/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/hans-sterr-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Hans Sterr Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
Antoinette Tubman, 97, Liberian socialite, First Lady (1948–1971).{{Cite web|url=http://www.mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=374&related=7&pg=sp|title=Mrs. Antoinette Louise Tubman, Former First Lady of the Republic of Liberia, is dead|website=www.mofa.gov.lr|access-date=July 18, 2022|archive-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314090955/http://www.mofa.gov.lr/public2/2press.php?news_id=374&related=7&pg=sp|url-status=dead}}
Dick Wimmer, 74, American author, heart complications.{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dick-wimmer-20110523,0,7982819.story |title=Dick Wimmer dies at 74; author whose well-reviewed novel was rejected 162 times |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604010740/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dick-wimmer-20110523,0,7982819.story |archive-date=2012-06-04}}

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Phyllis Avery, 88, American actress, heart failure.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20110525,0,3498752.story |title=Phyllis Avery death notice|website=Los Angeles Times |date=May 25, 2011}}
Don H. Barden, 67, American businessman, lung cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/20/business/20barden.html |title=Don Barden, a Leading Black Businessman, Dies at 67 |newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 20, 2011 |last1=Bunkley |first1=Nick }}
Garret FitzGerald, 85, Irish politician, Taoiseach (1981–1982, 1982–1987), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1973–1977), pneumonia.{{cite news |title=Tributes paid to the late Garret Fitzgerald |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/queen-offer-sympathy-but-no-apology-122222044-237388591 |work=IrishCentral.com |date=19 May 2011}}
Ivan Gibbs, 83, Australian politician, Queensland MLA for Albert (1974–1989), cancer.{{cite news |url=http://tributes.heraldsun.com.au/obituaries/heraldsun-au/obituary-preview.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230152532/http://tributes.heraldsun.com.au/obituaries/heraldsun-au/obituary-preview.aspx?n=ivan-j-gibbs&pid=151273476&referrer=2413 |url-status=dead |title=Ivan J. Gibbs Obituary |newspaper=Herald Sun |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-date=December 30, 2012}}
Jeffrey Catherine Jones, 67, American transgender artist.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbr.com/r-i-p-fantasy-comics-artist-jeffrey-catherine-jones/ |title=R.I.P. Fantasy & Comics Artist Jeffrey Catherine Jones |website=Comic Book Resources |date=May 19, 2011}}
David H. Kelley, 87, American-born Canadian archaeologist.{{Cite web |url=http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20110523.93265489/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |title=Deaths: David Humiston Kelley |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719180449/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20110523.93265489/BDAStory/BDA/deaths |archive-date=July 19, 2014 |url-status=dead}}
Kathy Kirby, 72, British singer, heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/sixties-singer-kathy-kirby-dies-28619723.html |title=Sixties singer Kathy Kirby dies |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph}}
William Kloefkorn, 78, American poet.{{cite web |url=http://www.omaha.com/article/20110520/NEWS01/705209871/0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905233734/http://www.omaha.com/article/20110520/NEWS01/705209871/0 |url-status=dead |title=State poet Kloefkorn dies at 78 |website=Omaha.com |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-date=September 5, 2012}}
Alda Noni, 95, Italian coloratura soprano.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8534076/Alda-Noni.html |title=Alda Noni |date=May 24, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Vladimir Ryzhkin, 80, Russian Olympic gold medal-winning (1956) footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/ryzhkin.html |title=Владимир РЫЖКИН |website=RusTeam |language=ru}}
Tom West, 71, American computer hardware engineer, heart attack.{{cite news |url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2011/05/22/tom_west_engineer_was_the_soul_of_data_generals_new_machine/?page=full |title=Tom West; engineer was the soul of Data General's new machine |first=Bryan |last=Marquard |date=May 22, 2011 |newspaper=The Boston Globe}}

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Michael Bell, 74, Irish politician, Teachta Dála for Louth (1982–2002).{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ex-labour-td-michael-bell-dies-1.876857 |title=Ex-Labour TD Michael Bell dies |newspaper=The Irish Times}}
John Cigna, 75, American radio personality (KDKA).{{Cite web |url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/kdka-radios-cigna-dies-at-75/ |title=KDKA radio's Cigna dies at 75 |website=TribLive}}
William Elliott, Baron Elliott of Morpeth, 90, British politician, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North (1957–1983).{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8531665/Lord-Elliott-of-Morpeth.html |title=Lord Elliott of Morpeth |date=May 23, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Arieh Handler, 95, Israeli Zionist leader.{{Cite news |url=http://thejc.com/news/israel-news/49280/arieh-handler-dies-israel |title='Great leader' Arieh Handler dies in Israel |newspaper=The Jewish Chronicle |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607063616/http://thejc.com/news/israel-news/49280/arieh-handler-dies-israel |archive-date=June 7, 2011 |url-status=live}}
Eduard Janota, 59, Czech politician, Finance Minister (2009–2010), cardiac arrest.{{Cite web |url=https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domaci/zemrel-eduard-janota.A110520_142140_domaci_cem |title=Bývalý ministr financí Eduard Janota zemřel při tenisu |date=May 20, 2011 |website=iDNES.cz |language=cs}}
Donald Krim, 65, American businessman, president of Kino International, cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/23/movies/donald-krim-film-distributor-dies-at-65.html |title=Donald Krim, Film Distributor, Dies at 65 |first=Dave |last=Kehr|newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 22, 2011}}
Ciril Pelhan, 89, Yugoslav Olympic swimmer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/ciril-pelhan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122350/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/ciril-pelhan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Ciril Pelhan Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
Joaquín Pérez, 75, Mexican Olympic double bronze medal-winning (1980) equestrian.{{Cite web |url=http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2011/05/226.shtml |title=Mexican Olympic medalist dies at 75 |website=Horsetalk.co.nz}}
Steve Rutt, 66, American inventor of early video animation, pancreatic cancer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/arts/steve-rutt-an-inventor-behind-early-video-animation-dies-at-66.html |title=Steve Rutt, an Inventor in Early Video Animation, Dies at 66 |first=Margalit |last=Fox|newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 27, 2011}}
Randy Savage, 58, American professional wrestler (WWF, WCW) and actor (Spider-Man), heart attack.{{Cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/05/20/136501230/reports-pro-wrestler-macho-man-randy-savage-has-died |title=Pro Wrestler 'Macho Man' Randy Savage Dies |website=NPR.org|date=May 20, 2011 |last1=Memmott |first1=Mark }}

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John Delaney, 42, Irish businessman (Intrade).{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/27/business/27delaney.html |title=John Delaney, Founder of Intrade, Dies at 42 |first=Julie |last=Creswell |date=May 26, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Irene Gilbert, 76, American actress and school director, co-founder of Stella Adler Academy of Los Angeles, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2011-may-28-la-me-irene-gilbert-20110528-story.html |title=Irene Gilbert dies at 76; cofounder of Stella Adler's Los Angeles acting academy |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}
David J. Hudson, 67, American sound mixer (Beauty and the Beast, The Terminator, The Lion King).{{cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/David-James-Hudson-91659714 |title=David Hudson Obituary |website=Tributes.com}}
Bill Hunter, 71, Australian actor (Muriel's Wedding), liver cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-05-21/actor-bill-hunter-dies/2723916 |title=Actor Bill Hunter dies |date=May 21, 2011 |website=ABC News}}
Pádraig Kennelly, 82, Irish website, editor and journalist, founder of Kerry's Eye.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0522/301379-kennellyp/ |title=Kerry Eye editor passes away |website=RTÉ News |date=May 22, 2011}}
Dieter Klöcker, 75, German clarinetist.[https://www.klassikinfo.de/tod-von-dieter-klocker/ Tod von Dieter Klöcker] {{in lang|de}}
Gordon McLennan, 87, British politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party (1975–1990), cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/may/23/gordon-mclennan-obituary |title=Gordon McLennan obituary |first=Francis |last=Beckett |author-link=Francis Beckett |date=May 23, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
Hiroyuki Nagato, 77, Japanese actor, cerebrovascular disease.{{cite news |url=http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/2011/05/21/0004090506.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523232514/http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/2011/05/21/0004090506.shtml |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |title=長門裕之さんが都内の病院で死去 |newspaper=Daily Sports |date=May 23, 2011 |language=ja}}
Jim Pyburn, 78, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), after long illness.{{cite news |url=https://obits.al.com/obituaries/birmingham/obituary.aspx?pid=151270425 |title=James Edward "Jim" Pyburn |newspaper=The Birmingham News |via=obits.al.com}}
Bill Rechin, 80, American cartoonist (Crock), complications from esophageal cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2011/05/23/crock-cartoonist-bill-rechin-passes-at-age-80/ |title="Crock" cartoonist Bill Rechin passes at age 80 |date=May 23, 2011 |website=The Daily Cartoonist}}
William White, 98, British sports shooter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/42439|title=Olympedia – William White}}

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Stanislav Batishchev, 70, Soviet Ukrainian weightlifter.{{cite web |url=http://sportnews.lookmy.info/index.php?id=1968&show=news&newsid=87822 |title=Stanislav Batishchev funeral notice}}
Joseph Brooks, 73, American Grammy-winning songwriter ("You Light Up My Life"), suicide by asphyxiation.{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2011/05/22/light-up-composer-alleged-rapist-brooks-kills-self/ |title='Light Up' composer, alleged rapist Brooks kills self |first=Larry |last=Celona |date=May 22, 2011}}
Joëlle Brupbacher, 32, Swiss mountaineer, acute mountain sickness.{{cite web |url=https://explorersweb.com/everest_k2/news.php?id=20182 |title=Swiss female mountaineer claimed by Makalu |website=ExplorersWeb.com}}
Chidananda Dasgupta, 89, Indian film critic.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Film-critic-Chidananda-Dasgupta-passes-away/articleshow/8534936.cms |title=Film critic Chidananda Dasgupta passes away |newspaper=The Times of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717210527/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Film-critic-Chidananda-Dasgupta-passes-away/articleshow/8534936.cms |archive-date=2012-07-17}}
Bill Eaton, 79, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Mourilyan (1980–1994).{{cite web |url=http://www.curtispitt.com.au/2011/06/15/condolence-motion-bill-eaton/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012839/http://www.curtispitt.com.au/2011/06/15/condolence-motion-bill-eaton/ |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |title=Condolence Motion – Bill Eaton |work=Curtis Pitt MP, State Member for Mulgrave |date=December 3, 2013}}
Alexandru Ene, 82, Romanian football player.{{cite web |url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/684/alexandru-ene-i.htm |title=Alexandru Ene I |website=RomanianSoccer |language=ro}}
Matej Ferjan, 34, Slovenian motorcycle speedway rider.{{cite news |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/9041924.pirates-fords-shock-over-ferjan/ |title=Pirates: Ford's shock over Ferjan |newspaper=Bournemouth Echo}}
Bob Gould, 74, Australian activist and bookseller.{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/end-of-cultural-chapter-as-beloved-bookseller-dies-at-74-20110522-1ez1f.html |title=End of cultural chapter as beloved bookseller dies at 74 |first=Louise |last=Schwartzkoff |date=May 22, 2011 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
Ralph Hunt, 83, Australian politician, MP for Gwydir (1969–1989).{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/np-stalwart-ralph-hunt-dies-20110522-1eysr.html |title=NP stalwart Ralph Hunt dies |date=May 22, 2011 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
Suzanne Mizzi, 43, British glamour model and interior designer, cancer.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=125957 |title=Popular Malta-born pin-up girl dies aged 43 |newspaper=The Malta Independent |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315083917/http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=125957 |archive-date=2012-03-15}}
Ronald Naar, 56, Dutch mountaineer.{{cite web |url=https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2011/05/dutch_mountaineer_ronald_naar/ |title=Dutch mountaineer Ronald Naar dies during China climb |date=May 23, 2011 |website=DutchNews.nl}}
Breon O'Casey, 83, British artist.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/breon-ocasey-artist-who-assisted-barbara-hepworth-before-becoming-a-member-of-the-st-ives-scene-2289001.html |title=Breon O'Casey: Artist who assisted Barbara Hepworth before becoming a member of the St Ives scene |date=May 26, 2011 |newspaper=The Independent}}
Govind Chandra Pande, 87, Indian historian.{{cite news |url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/dna_english_news_and_features/Noted-historian-Govind-Chandra-Pandey-dies-at-88/DNJAI24677 |title=Noted historian Govind Chandra Pandey dies at 88 |newspaper=Daily News & Analysis |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109134409/http://dnasyndication.com/dna/dna_english_news_and_features/Noted-historian-Govind-Chandra-Pandey-dies-at-88/DNJAI24677 |archive-date=November 9, 2017 |url-status=dead}}
Walter Soboleff, 102, American Tlingit scholar and spiritual leader, first Native Alaskan Prebysterian minister, bone and prostate cancer.{{cite news |url=http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/052711/ANC_tslwsd.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531014159/http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/052711/ANC_tslwsd.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 31, 2011 |title=Tlingit spiritual leader Walter Soboleff dies at 102 |newspaper=Alaska Journal of Commerce |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Joe Steffy, 85, American college football player (Army), 1947 Outland Trophy winner.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/sports/ncaafootball/joe-steffy-star-guard-for-army-dies-at-85.html |title=Joe Steffy, Star Guard for Army, Dies at 85 |first=Richard |last=Goldstein |date=May 24, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
George Henry Strohsahl, Jr., 73, American naval officer and former commander of the Pacific Missile Test Center.{{Cite web |url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jun/15/rear-adm-strohsahl-big-proponent-of-nbvc-dies/ |title=Rear Adm. Strohsahl, big proponent of NBVC, dies |access-date=June 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927095840/http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jun/15/rear-adm-strohsahl-big-proponent-of-nbvc-dies/ |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |url-status=dead}}

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Sam Faust, 26, Australian rugby league player, leukemia.{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-05-23/former-cowboys-player-faust-dies/2725238 |title=Former Cowboys player Faust dies |date=May 23, 2011 |website=ABC News}}
Michele Fawdon, 63, British-born Australian actress (Cathy's Child), cancer.{{cite web |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2011/05/vale-michele-fawdon.html |title=Vale: Michele Fawdon |date=May 23, 2011 |website=TV Tonight}}
Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr., 95, American politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1953–1975).{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/24/nyregion/peter-frelinghuysen-jr-95-longtime-nj-congressman-dies.html |title=Peter Frelinghuysen Jr., 95, Longtime N.J. Congressman, Dies |first=Joseph P. |last=Fried |date=May 23, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Nasser Hejazi, 61, Iranian football player and manager, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1773307&Lang=E |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126084006/http://www.isna.ir/ISNA/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-1773307&Lang=E |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 26, 2012 |title=Iran soccer legend passes away |website=Iranian Students News Agency |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Pilu Momtaz, 52, Bangladeshi pop singer.{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-186948 |title=Pop Sensation of Yesteryears Pilu Momtaz Passes Away |date=May 24, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Star}}
Abdias do Nascimento, 97, Brazilian activist and politician.{{cite web |url=https://noticias.uol.com.br/cotidiano/ultimas-noticias/2011/05/24/abdias-nascimento-ativista-do-movimento-negro-morre-aos-97-anos-no-rio-de-janeiro.htm |title=Abdias do Nascimento, ativista do movimento negro, morre aos 97 anos no Rio de Janeiro |website=Universo Online |language=pt}}

*Joseph Nguyên Tich Duc, 73, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ban Me Thuot (2000–2006).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bngtd|Bishop Joseph Nguyên Tich Duc}}

Karel Otčenášek, 91, Czech Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hradec Králové (1989–1998).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|botce|Archbishop Karel Otčenášek}}
Frank S. Petersen, 88, American jurist and politician.{{cite news |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2300155-181/frank-s-petersen-former-judge |title=Frank S. Petersen, former judge and legislator, dies in Fort Bragg |date=May 25, 2011 |newspaper=Santa Rosa Press Democrat}}
Harry Redmond, Jr., 101, American special effects artist and producer (King Kong), natural causes.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/king-kong-special-effects-wizard-193952 |title='King Kong' Special Effects Wizard Harry Redmond Jr. Dies at 101 |website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 2011 }}
Alejandro Roces, 86, Filipino writer and government official, Secretary of Education (1961–1965).{{cite web |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/221402/news/nation/national-artist-alejandro-roces-passes-away/ |title=National Artist Alejandro Roces passes away |website=GMA News Online|date=May 23, 2011 }}
Roberto Sosa, 81, Honduran poet, heart attack.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
John Templeton-Cotill, 90, British admiral.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/8571454/Rear-Admiral-John-Templeton-Cotill.html |title=Rear-Admiral John Templeton-Cotill |date=June 12, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Xavier Tondo, 32, Spanish cyclist, crushed by car.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/13503326 |title=Spanish rider Xavier Tondo dies in freak accident |work=BBC Sport }}

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Huguette Clark, 104, American heiress, daughter of William A. Clark.{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Mysterious-Copper-Heiress-Huguette-Clark-Dies-at-104-122507574.html |title=Mysterious Copper Heiress Dies at 104 |website=NBC New York|date=May 24, 2011 }}
José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva, 54, Brazilian Amazon environmentalist and conservationist, shot.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/24/amazon-rainforest-activist-killed |title=Amazon rainforest activist shot dead |first=Tom |last=Phillips |date=May 24, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
Arthur Goldreich, 82, South African-born Israeli political activist.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/29/arthur-goldreich-obituary |title=Arthur Goldreich obituary |newspaper=The Guardian}}
Mark Haines, 65, American television anchor (CNBC).{{cite web |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/mark-haines-cnbc-anchor-dies-at-65/ |title=Mark Haines, CNBC Anchor, Dies at 65 |first1=Michael J. |last1=de la Merced |first2=Brian |last2=Stelter |date=May 25, 2011 |website=DealBook}}
Glyn Hughes, 75, English poet, novelist and artist, cancer.{{cite news|last1=Pownall|first1=David|author1-link=David Pownall|title=Glyn Hughes obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jun/02/glyn-hughes-obituary|work=The Guardian|date=2 June 2011}}
Imre Nagy, 70, Canadian Olympic fencer.{{cite web |url=http://fencing.ca/english_index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816033022/http://fencing.ca/english_index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 16, 2011 |title=Sad News - Imre Nagy |website=Canadian Fencing Federation |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Fănuș Neagu, 79, Romanian novelist, journalist, and short story writer.{{cite news|url=https://evz.ro/fanus-neagu-s-a-stins-ultimul-boem-al-secolului-trecut-931413.html|author=Mihnea-Petre Pârvu|title=Fănuș Neagu: S-a stins ultimul boem al secolului trecut|lang=ro|newspaper=Evenimentul Zilei|date=May 24, 2011|access-date=July 8, 2024}}
Edward Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany, 71, Irish artist.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8575899/Lord-Dunsany.html |title=Lord Dunsany |date=June 14, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Barry Potomski, 38, Canadian ice hockey player (Los Angeles Kings).{{cite news |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/pro/2011/05/27/Storm-s-Potomski-dies-at-38/stories/201105270049 |title=Storm's Potomski dies at 38 |newspaper=Toledo Blade}}
Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson, 81, British courtier.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8550949/Lt-Col-Sir-Blair-Stewart-Wilson.html |title=Lt-Col Sir Blair Stewart-Wilson |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Paul Winslow, 82, South African cricketer.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/47912.html |title=Paul Winslow |website=Cricinfo}}
Stephen K. Yamashiro, 69, American politician, Mayor of Hawaii County (1992–2000), pneumonia.{{cite news |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2011/05/25/breaking-news/former-big-island-mayor-stephen-yamashiro-dead-at-69/ |title=Former Big Island mayor Stephen Yamashiro dead at 69 |newspaper=Honolulu Star-Advertiser}}
Hakim Ali Zardari, 81, Pakistani politician, father of Asif Ali Zardari, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://ftpapp.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=140166&Itemid=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723102755/http://ftpapp.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=140166&Itemid=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |title=Dr. Firdous expresses grief over demise of Hakim Zardari |website=Associated Press of Pakistan |date=July 23, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}

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Lillian Adams, 89, American actress (The Suite Life on Deck, Bruce Almighty).{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/scene/news/lillian-adams-dies-at-89-1118037894/ |title=Lillian Adams dies at 89 |date=June 2011 |access-date=June 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108113938/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118037894?refcatid=25&printerfriendly=true |archive-date=November 8, 2012 |url-status=live}}
Maurice E. Baringer, 89, American educator and politician.{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/desmoinesregister/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=151324740 |title=Maurice Baringer obituary|website=Legacy.com }}
Werner Freiherr von Beschwitz, 96, German military officer in World War II, Iron Cross recipient.{{cite web |url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/2100/Beschwitz-Freiherr-von-Werner.htm?c=aw |title=Beschwitz, Freiherr von, Werner |website=TracesOfWar.com}}
Nina Leopold Bradley, 93, American conservationist.{{cite news |url=https://madison.com/news/local/conservationist-nina-leopold-bradley-the-vision-and-force-behind-aldo/article_21c1ac24-8733-11e0-98c6-001cc4c002e0.html |title=Conservationist Nina Leopold Bradley, 'the vision and force' behind Aldo Leopold Center, dies at 93 |newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal}}
Leonora Carrington, 94, British-born Mexican painter and novelist.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/8539650/Leonora-Carrington.html |title=Leonora Carrington |date=May 26, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Luigi Diligenza, 90, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Capua (1978–1997).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bdili|Archbishop Luigi Diligenza}}
Roger Gautier, 88, French Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) rower.{{cite web |url=https://carnet.lindependant.fr/deces/roger-gautier/9791548 |title=Roger Gautier : Décès |website=l'Independant |language=fr}}
Edwin Honig, 91, American poet and translator, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news |url=http://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2011/06/07/edwin_honig_at_91_was_poet_translator_brown_professor/ |title=Edwin Honig, at 91; was poet, translator, Brown professor |website=Boston.com|date=June 7, 2011 |last1=Marquard |first1=Bryan }}
Terry Jenner, 66, Australian Test cricketer and coach.{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-05-25/warnes-mentor-jenner-dies/2730850 |title=Warne's mentor Jenner dies |date=May 25, 2011 |website=ABC News}}
Miroslav Opsenica, 29, Serbian footballer, car accident.{{cite web |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/157/news1576485-Miroslav-Opsenica-nie-zyje.html |title=Miroslav Opsenica nie żyje |website=90minut.pl |language=pl}}
Gene Smith, 94, American baseball player (Negro leagues).{{cite news |url=https://groups.google.com/group/alt.obituaries/browse_thread/thread/969f43fff14d7ab8 |title=Eugene Smith dies; threw three no-hitters in Negro Leagues |newspaper=The St. Louis Post Dispatch |via=Google Groups |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Paul Splittorff, 64, American baseball player and broadcaster (Kansas City Royals), complications from melanoma.{{Cite web |url=http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110525&content_id=19544198&vkey=news_kc&c_id=kc |title=Former Royals lefty, broadcaster Splittorff dies |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602080931/http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110525&content_id=19544198&vkey=news_kc&c_id=kc |archive-date=June 2, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Dimitrios Taliadoros, 85-86, Greek Olympic basketball player.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/dimitrios-taliadoros-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102633/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/dimitrios-taliadoros-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Dimitrios Taliadoros Bio, Stats, and Results |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com}}
Yannis Varveris, 56, Greek poet, critic and translator, cardiac arrest.{{cite web |url=https://www.in.gr/2011/05/26/culture/efyge-o-polybrabeymenos-poiitis-giannis-barberis/ |title="Έφυγε" ο πολυβραβευμένος ποιητής Γιάννης Βαρβέρης |date=May 26, 2011 |website=In.gr}}
Paul J. Wiedorfer, 90, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient.{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/medal-of-honor-recipient-paul-j-wiedorfer-dies-in-baltimore-md-122612103.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014031508/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/medal-of-honor-recipient-paul-j-wiedorfer-dies-in-baltimore-md-122612103.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |title=Medal of Honor Recipient Paul J. Wiedorfer Dies in Baltimore, MD |website=PR Newswire |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Edward Żentara, 55, Polish actor.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=112834 |title=Edward Żentara |website=FilmPolski |language=pl}}

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Arisen Ahubudu, 91, Sri Lankan scholar, author and playwright.{{Cite web |url=http://news.nidahasa.com/news.php?go=fullnews&newsid=1159 |title=Popular Sinhala scholar Arisen Ahubudu Passes Away |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714182315/http://news.nidahasa.com/news.php?go=fullnews&newsid=1159 |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Flick Colby, 65, American dancer and choreographer (Pan's People), bronchial pneumonia.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/may/29/flick-colby-pans-people-dies |title=Flick Colby, Pan's People co-founder, dies |date=May 29, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
George Heron, 92, American tribal leader, President of the Seneca Nation of New York (1958–1960; 1962–1964).{{Cite web |url=http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1808625/WBFO.News/Former.Seneca.president..and..war.vet.passes.away. |title=Former Seneca president & war vet passes away |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530194941/http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wbfo/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1808625/WBFO.News/Former.Seneca.president..and..war.vet.passes.away. |archive-date=May 30, 2011 |url-status=live}}
Irwin D. Mandel, 89, American dental scientist in preventative dentistry.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/06/nyregion/dr-irwin-d-mandel-expert-on-dental-chemistry.html |title=Dr. Irwin D. Mandel, Expert on Dental Chemistry |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=June 5, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Peter McKechnie, 70, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Carnarvon (1974–1989).{{cite news |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/obituary-peter-richard-mckechnie/news-story/a45730e289bd55b4bac2316ceeea9f69 |title=Obituary: Peter Richard McKechnie |date=June 8, 2011 |newspaper=The Courier-Mail}}
Tyler Simpson, 25, Australian soccer player.{{cite web |url=https://footballnsw.com.au/2011/06/01/olyroos-to-honour-tyler-simpson/ |title=Olyroos To Honour Tyler Simpson |website=Football NSW |date=May 31, 2011 |access-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617015952/https://footballnsw.com.au/2011/06/01/olyroos-to-honour-tyler-simpson/ |url-status=dead }}

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Sam Alexander, 28, British Royal Marine, shot.{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/fatalities/lieutenant-oliver-richard-augustin-and-marine-samuel-giles-william-alexander-mc-killed-in-afghanistan%7Ctitle=Lieutenant}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
María Rosa Alonso, 104, Spanish professor, philologist and essayist.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.es/20110529/comunidad-canarias/abcp-letras-lloran-despedida-maria-20110529.html |title=Las letras lloran la despedida de María Rosa Alonso |website=ABC Canarias |date=May 29, 2011 |language=es}}
Edward a'Beckett, 71, Australian cricketer.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4011.html |title=Ted a'Beckett |website=Cricinfo}}
Armando Bandini, 84, Italian actor and voice actor.{{cite web |url=https://antoniogenna.com/2011/05/30/addio-allattore-e-doppiatore-armando-bandini/ |title=Addio all'attore e doppiatore Armando Bandini|website=Antonio Genna Blog |language=it |date=May 30, 2011 |access-date=August 5, 2019}}
John W. Bowen, 84, American politician, Member of the Ohio Senate.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thisweeknews/obituary.aspx?n=john-w-e-bowen&pid=151341470&fhid=8663 |title=John W. E. Bowen III Obituary |work=This Week Community Newspapers |via=Legacy.com}}
Johnny Brewer, 74, American football player (Cleveland Browns, New Orleans Saints).{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/clarionledger/obituary.aspx?n=john-brewer&pid=151424621 |title=John Brewer Sr. Obituary |work=Clarion Ledger |via=Legacy.com}}
Janet Brown, 87, British actress and impersonator, after short illness.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13574208 |title=Actress Janet Brown dies aged 87 |date=May 27, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
Jeff Conaway, 60, American actor (Grease, Taxi, Babylon 5).{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jeff-conaway-star-taxi-grease-190357 |title=Jeff Conaway, Star of 'Taxi' and 'Grease,' Dies at 60 |website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=May 27, 2011 }}
Margo Dydek, 37, Polish basketball player (Utah Starzz, Los Angeles Sparks) and coach, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/43190352/ns/sports/ |title=Margo Dydek, 7-Foot-2 Ex-WNBA Player, Dies at 37 |website=NBC Sports |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530004336/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/43190352/ns/sports |archive-date=May 30, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Johanna Fiedler, 65, American author, daughter of Arthur Fiedler.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/04/arts/music/johanna-fiedler-writer-of-music-tell-alls-dies-at-65.html |title=Johanna Fiedler Dies at 65; Wrote of the Met Opera |first=Daniel E. |last=Slotnik |date=June 4, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Regalado Maambong, 72, Filipino jurist, member of 1986 Constitutional Commission.{{cite web |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/05/30/11/retired-ca-justice-regalado-maambong-dies-72 |title=Retired CA justice Regalado Maambong dies at 72 |first=Ina |last=Reformina |website=ABS-CBN News|date=May 30, 2011 }}
Prince Ali Mirza Qajar, 81, Iranian royal, Head of the Qajar Imperial Family (since 1988), after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://qajarpages.org/Obituaries.html |title=In Memoriam: Soltan Ali Mirza Kadjar |website=Qajar (Kadjar) Dynasty Pages}}
Joaquín Moya, 79, Spanish Olympic fencer.{{cite web |url=http://www.coe.es/COE/BD_PERSO.nsf/VBusqDeport/F999832949B48891C1256DC8005F6AA4?opendocument&query=Consulta=DEPORTISTAS_*2*!DEPORTISTAS_POR_DEPORTE?*=deportista=Joaqu%C3%ADn+Moya+Rodr%C3%ADguez@-@1502 |title=Joaquín Moya Rodríguez |website=Comité Olímpico Español |language=es}}
Gil Scott-Heron, 62, American poet, musician and author.{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/05/27/136731274/gil-scott-heron-poet-and-musician-has-died |title=Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died |website=NPR.org|date=May 27, 2011 |last1=Tyler-Ameen |first1=Daoud }}
Jukka Toivola, 61, Finnish Olympic athlete, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.{{cite web |url=https://www.kestavyysurheilu.fi/kestavyysjuoksu/611-maratonin-entinen-se-mies-jukka-toivola-on-kuollut |title=Maratonin entinen SE-mies Jukka Toivola on kuollut |website=Kestävyysurheilu |language=fi |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718035740/https://www.kestavyysurheilu.fi/kestavyysjuoksu/611-maratonin-entinen-se-mies-jukka-toivola-on-kuollut |url-status=dead }}
Michael Willoughby, 12th Baron Middleton, 90, British aristocrat and politician.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8578099/Lord-Middleton.html |title=Lord Middleton |date=June 15, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}

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Hermann Bley, 75, German footballer.{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/hermann-bley/ |title=Hermann Bley |website=Weltfussball |language=de}}
Mohammed Daud Daud, 42, Afghan general, police commander for northern Afghanistan, bombing.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-13585242 |title=Top Afghan police general killed |date=May 29, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
Bill Harris, 79, Canadian baseball player (Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers).{{cite news |url=http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/sports/article/1410730 |title=Bill Harris |newspaper=Telegraph-Journal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321220911/http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/sports/article/1410730 |archive-date=2012-03-21}}
Romuald Klim, 78, Belarusian hammer thrower, Olympic gold medalist (1964).{{cite web |url=http://noc.by/chempiony_olimpijskih/klim.html |title=Клим Ромуальд Иосифович |website=Belarus Olympic Committee |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318165758/http://noc.by/chempiony_olimpijskih/klim.html |archive-date=2012-03-18}}
Ann McPherson, 65, British physician and public health campaigner.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/may/30/ann-mcpherson-obituary |title=Ann McPherson obituary |first=Joe |last=Collier |date=May 30, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
Dame Barbara Mills, 70, British barrister, Director of Public Prosecutions (1992–1998), stroke.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8544161/Dame-Barbara-Mills-former-Director-of-Public-Prosecutions-dies-aged-70.html |title=Dame Barbara Mills, former Director of Public Prosecutions, dies aged 70 |first=Robert |last=Mendick |date=May 28, 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Leo Rangell, 97, American psychoanalyst, complications from surgery.{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-leo-rangell-20110601,0,3395289.story |title=Obituary: Leo Rangell dies at 97; leading psychoanalyst |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127152206/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-leo-rangell-20110601,0,3395289.story |archive-date=2013-01-27}}
Alys Robi, 88, Canadian singer.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec-chanteuse-alys-robi-triumphed-over-adversity/article581790/ |title=Quebec chanteuse Alys Robi triumphed over adversity |work=The Globe and Mail}}
Martha Rommelaere, 88, Canadian baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).{{cite web |url=https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/martha-rommelaere-manning-marty/53 |title=Martha "Marty" Rommelaere Manning |website=AAGPBL}}
John H. Sinfelt, 80, American chemical engineer in unleaded gasoline, congestive heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/10/business/10sinfelt.html |title=John H. Sinfelt, Who Helped Introduce Unleaded Gas, Dies at 80 |first=Louise |last=Story |date=June 9, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}

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Sergei Bagapsh, 62, Abkhazian politician, President (since 2005), complications after surgery.{{Cite web |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/abkhazias-leader-dies-in-moscow/437744.html |title=Abkhazia's Leader Dies in Moscow |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602052055/http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/abkhazias-leader-dies-in-moscow/437744.html |archive-date=June 2, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Jon Blake, 52, Australian actor, pneumonia.{{cite news |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/movies/actor-jon-blake-dies/news-story/9e711d978a9e01ddf32ec903148a6d36 |title=Tributes flow for actor Jon Blake |date=May 30, 2011 |newspaper=The Advertiser}}
Simon Brint, 60, British musician, suicide.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/jun/27/simon-brint-obituary |title=Simon Brint obituary |first=Ade |last=Edmondson |date=June 27, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
Bill Clements, 94, American politician, Governor of Texas (1979–1983; 1987–1991).{{cite news |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Ex-governor-dies-at-94-1401112.php |title=Ex-governor dies at 94 |first1=Clay |last1=Robison |first2=Joe |last2=Holley |date=May 30, 2011 |newspaper=San Antonio Express-News}}
Billy Crook, 84, English footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).{{cite news |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/2011/05/31/tributes-to-ex-wolves-fa-cup-star-bill-crook/ |title=Tributes to ex-Wolves FA Cup star Bill Crook |newspaper=Express & Star}}
Wally Jay, 93, American martial arts teacher, founder of Small Circle JuJitsu, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://www.smallcirclejujitsu.com/blog/2011/05/29/professor-wally-jay-dies-aged-93/ |title=Professor Wally Jay dies aged 93 |website=Small Circle Jujitsu}}
Ferenc Mádl, 80, Hungarian politician, President of the Republic (2000–2005).{{cite web |url=http://index.hu/belfold/2011/05/29/elhunyt_madl_ferenc/ |title=Elhunyt Mádl Ferenc |date=May 29, 2011 |website=index.hu |language=hu}}
Vitaly Margulis, 83, Russian classical pianist.{{cite web |url=https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/in-memoriam-vitaly-margulis-1928-2011/ |title=In Memoriam — Vitaly Margulis – 1928-2011 |website=UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music |access-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617135317/https://schoolofmusic.ucla.edu/in-memoriam-vitaly-margulis-1928-2011/ |url-status=dead }}
Tom Roeser, 82, American political commentator.{{Cite web |url=http://www.suntimes.com/5662430-417/political-voice-social-activist-thomas-roeser-dies-at-82.html |title=Political voice, social activist Thomas Roeser dies at 82 |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601005656/http://www.suntimes.com/5662430-417/political-voice-social-activist-thomas-roeser-dies-at-82.html |archive-date=June 1, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Bill Roycroft, 96, Australian equestrian, five-time Olympian, gold medallist (1960).{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-05-30/equestrian-champion-bill-roycroft-dead-at-96/2736794 |title=Equestrian champion Bill Roycroft dead at 96 |date=May 30, 2011 |website=ABC News}}
Cosmo Francesco Ruppi, 78, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Termoli-Larino (1980–1988) and Archbishop of Lecce (1988–2009).{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bruppi|Archbishop Cosmo Francesco Ruppi}}

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Bill Benulis, 82, American cartoonist.{{cite web |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/port-st-lucie-fl/william-benulis-4690365 |title=William A Benulis Sr. Obituary |website=Dignity Memorial}}
Ricky Bruch, 64, Swedish athlete, cancer.{{cite news |url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/friidrott/1.2454428/ricky-bruch-dod-forlorade-mot-cancer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602133404/http://www.expressen.se/sport/friidrott/1.2454428/ricky-bruch-dod-forlorade-mot-cancer |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 2, 2011 |title=Ricky Bruch död - förlorade mot cancer |newspaper=Expressen |language=sv |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Henri Chammartin, 92, Swiss dressage equestrian, multiple Olympic medallist.{{cite web |url=http://www.ludwigs-pferdewelten.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1914:dressur-olympiasieger-henri-chammartin-gestorben&catid=7:magazin&Itemid=20 |title=Dressur-Olympiasieger Henri Chammartin gestorben |website=Ludwigs Pferdewelten |language=de}}
Paul B. Ferrara, 68, American scientist and administrator, pioneer of genetic fingerprinting, brain tumor.{{cite news |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/wtvr-paul-ferrara-obit-20110530,0,3124865.story |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720114558/http://www.baltimoresun.com/wtvr-paul-ferrara-obit-20110530,0,3124865.story |url-status=dead |title=Founder of Virginia DNA database dies of cancer |newspaper=Baltimore Sun |access-date=June 30, 2011 |archive-date=July 20, 2012}}
Jung Jong-kwan, 29, South Korean footballer, suspected suicide by hanging.{{cite web |url=http://sports.news.naver.com/empty/news/read.nhn?oid=001&aid=0005088642 |title="승부조작 부끄럽다" 정종관 자살 |website=Naver |language=ko}}
Sudhakar Kulkarni, 73, Indian cricket umpire.{{cite web |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39577/39577.html |title=Sudhakar Kulkarni |website=Cricket Archive |url-access=subscription}}
Eddie Morrison, 63, Scottish footballer and manager (Kilmarnock).{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/comment/obituaries/eddie-morrison-1.1104551 |title=Eddie Morrison, footballer and manager |newspaper=The Herald |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604010750/http://www.heraldscotland.com/mobile/comment/obituaries/eddie-morrison-1.1104551 |archive-date=2012-06-04}}
Hans Nogler, 91, Austrian Olympic alpine skier.{{cite web |url=http://www.stol.it/Dolomiten/Todesanzeigen/%28vom%29/2011-06-01 |title=Hans Johann Nogler - Todesanzeige |website=Südtirol Online |access-date=July 18, 2019 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714194206/http://www.stol.it/Dolomiten/Todesanzeigen/(vom)/2011-06-01 |archive-date=July 14, 2011}}
Isikia Savua, 59, Fijian diplomat and police commissioner.{{cite web |url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=171170 |title=Savua dies |website=Fiji Times Online |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122233037/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=171170 |archive-date=2013-01-22}}
Marek Siemek, 68, Polish philosopher and historian of philosophy.{{cite news |url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,75968,9701069,Profesor_Marek_Siemek_nie_zyje.html?disableRedirects=true |title=Profesor Marek Siemek nie żyje |newspaper=Gazeta Wyborcza |language=pl}}
Clarice Taylor, 93, American actress (Sesame Street, The Cosby Show).{{cite web |url=http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2011/06/clarice-taylor-cosby-show-grandma-and-sesame-street-actress-dies-at-93.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604145211/http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/2011/06/clarice-taylor-cosby-show-grandma-and-sesame-street-actress-dies-at-93.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |title=Clarice Taylor, 'Cosby Show' grandma and 'Sesame Street' actress, dies at 93 |work=Zap2it |date=June 4, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Giorgio Tozzi, 88, American operatic bass, heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/arts/music/giorgio-tozzi-esteemed-bass-at-the-met-dies-at-88.html |title=Giorgio Tozzi, Esteemed Bass at the Met, Dies at 88 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=June 2, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Tillmann Uhrmacher, 44, German DJ, music producer and radio host.{{cite web |url=https://www.vrm-trauer.de/todesanzeige/tillmannrudolf-uhrmacher |title=Gedenkseite von Tillmann Rudolf Uhrmacher |website=VRM Trauer |language=de}}
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, 89, American medical physicist, Nobel laureate.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/us/02yalow.html |title=Rosalyn S. Yalow, 89, Nobel Physicist |first=Denise |last=Gellene |date=June 1, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}

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Gilberto Aleman, 80, Spanish author and journalist.{{cite web|url=https://www.laprovincia.es/cultura/2011/06/01/muere-80-anos-gilberto-aleman-10691532.html|title=Muere a los 80 años Gilberto Alemán, un ejemplo de pasión periodística|date=June 2011}}
Pauline Betz, 91, American tennis player.{{cite web |url=http://www.csnwashington.com/05/31/11/Tennis-legend-Pauline-Betz-Addie-passes-/landing.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604010852/http://www.csnwashington.com/05/31/11/Tennis-legend-Pauline-Betz-Addie-passes-/landing.html?blockID=530815&feedID=9656 |url-status=dead |title=Tennis legend Pauline Betz Addie dies at 91 |access-date=June 7, 2011 |archive-date=June 4, 2012}}
Jonas Bevacqua, 33, American fashion designer (Lifted Research Group).{{cite web |url=http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-lrg-hip-hop-designer-found-dead%2C0%2C614381.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902094033/http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-lrg-hip-hop-designer-found-dead%2C0%2C614381.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 2, 2012 |title=LRG Designer Dead: Hip-Hop Fashion Designer Jonas Bevacqua Found Dead in SoCal |work=KTLA |date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Conrado Estrella, Sr., 93, Filipino politician, Governor of Pangasinan (1954–1963), Agrarian Reform Minister (1978–1986).{{cite news |url=http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2011/05/31/estrella-sr-ex-agrarian-reform-secretary-passes-away-158533 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402051936/http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2011/05/31/estrella-sr-ex-agrarian-reform-secretary-passes-away-158533 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |title=Estrella Sr., ex-agrarian reform secretary, passes away |newspaper=Sun.Star |date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Derek Hodge, 69, U.S. Virgin Islander politician and attorney, Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands (1987–1995), cancer.{{cite news |url=http://virginislandsdailynews.com/former-lt-gov-derek-hodge-dies-at-69-1.1155516 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005220451/http://virginislandsdailynews.com/former-lt-gov-derek-hodge-dies-at-69-1.1155516 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 5, 2011 |title=Former Lt. Gov. Derek Hodge dies at 69 |newspaper=The Virgin Islands Daily News |last=Lewin |first=Aldeth |date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Keith Irvine, 82, British-born American interior designer, cardiac arrest.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/arts/keith-irvine-82-eclectic-interior-designer.html |title=Keith Irvine, 82, Eclectic Interior Designer |first=William |last=Grimes |date=June 9, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Hans Keilson, 101, German-born Dutch psychoanalyst and novelist.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/hans-kielson-author-and-psychoanalyst-who-counseled-orphans-of-holocaust-dies/2011/05/31/AGDbzjGH_story.html |title=Hans Kielson, author and psychoanalyst who counseled orphans of Holocaust, dies |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Sir John Martin, 93, British admiral, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (1974–1980).{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-13669683 |title=Former Lieutenant Governor dies |date=June 6, 2011 |website=BBC News}}
Adolfas Mekas, 85, Lithuanian-born American film director.{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/2011/05/31/filmmaker_and_professor_adolfus_mekas_dies_at_85 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603065820/http://www.indiewire.com/article/2011/05/31/filmmaker_and_professor_adolfus_mekas_dies_at_85 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 3, 2011 |title=Filmmaker and Professor Adolfas Mekas Dies at 85 |work=IndieWire |date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=July 18, 2019}}
Andy Robustelli, 85, American Hall of Fame football player (Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants).{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/sports/football/andy-robustelli-giants-hall-of-fame-defensive-end-dies-at-85.html |title=Andy Robustelli, Giants' Hall of Fame Defensive End, Dies at 85 |first=Richard |last=Goldstein |date=May 31, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Philip Rose, 89, American theatrical producer, stroke.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/theater/philip-rose-broadway-producer-dies-at-89.html |title=Philip Rose, Broadway Producer, Dies at 89 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=June 1, 2011 |newspaper=The New York Times}}
Ezzatollah Sahabi, 81, Iranian politician, Member of Parliament (1980–1984), stroke.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/30/ezzatollah-sahabi-obituary |title=Ezzatollah Sahabi obituary |first=Trevor |last=Mostyn |date=June 30, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}
Saleem Shahzad, 40, Pakistani journalist, shot.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/may/31/missing-pakistan-journalist-found-dead |title=Missing Pakistan journalist Saleem Shahzad found dead near Islamabad |first=Declan |last=Walsh |date=May 31, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}} (body found on this date)
Hugh Stewart, 100, British film editor and producer.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/8606935/Hugh-Stewart.html |title=Hugh Stewart |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph}}
Grant Sullivan, 86, American actor (Pony Express), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=grant-sullivan&pid=151752608 |title=Grant Sullivan Obituary |work=Los Angeles Times |via=Legacy.com}}
Ram Man Trishit, 70, Nepali lyricist, kidney problems.{{Cite web |url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=31879 |title=Lyricist Trishit passes away |access-date=June 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605071630/http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=31879 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Sølvi Wang, 81, Norwegian singer and actress.{{cite news |url=https://www.vg.no/i/mAKQg |title=Sølvi Wang er død |newspaper=Verdens Gang |language=no}}
Jennifer Worth, 75, British author, esophageal cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jul/06/jennifer-worth-obituary |title=Jennifer Worth obituary |first=Eva |last=Park |date=July 6, 2011 |newspaper=The Guardian}}

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2011-05-01,2011-05-31&adult=include List of May 2011 deaths] at IMDb

*2011-05