Deaths in May 2022

4

• Joaquin C. Arriola, 96, Guamanian attorney and politician, senator (1955–1959, 1967–1971) and speaker (1967–1971) of the legislature.
• Baek Nam-chi, 78, South Korean politician, MP (1988–2000).
• Richard Connolly, 94, Australian composer and musician.
• Anne de Leseleuc, 94, French writer, historian, and actress (Royal Affairs in Versailles, Charming Boys).
• Nguyễn Duy Quý, 90, Vietnamese academic and politician, MP (1992–2002).
• Mary Fuller, 99, American sculptor and art historian.
• Herschella Horton, 83, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1991–2001).
• Albin Julius, 54, Austrian musician (Der Blutharsch).
• Charoen Khanthawong, 89, Thai politician, MP (1975–2014).
• Zbigniew Kicka, 72, Polish Olympic boxer (1976).
• Pamela Kosh, 93, British-American actress (Days of Our Lives, The King of Queens, Saved by the Bell).
• Józef Leśniak, 54, Polish politician, MP (2015–2019).
• Gerhard Mans, 60, Namibian rugby union player (Free State Cheetahs, South West Africa, national team), traffic collision.
• Donald McKellow, 96, British Olympic cyclist (1952).
• Kenny Moore, 78, American Olympic runner (1968, 1972).
• Harm Ottenbros, 78, Dutch racing cyclist, UCI Road World Champion (1969).
• Lalli Partinen, 80, Finnish Olympic ice hockey player (1968), COVID-19.
• Gunnar Pétursson, 92, Icelandic Olympic cross-country skier.
• Howie Pyro, 61, American punk bassist (D Generation), COVID-19.
• Odir Rocha, 81, Brazilian politician, deputy (1995) and mayor of Palmas (1997–2000).
• Hélène de Saint-Père, 58, French actress (Hôtel de France, Peau d'Ange, Vendredi soir).
• Juhani Salmenkylä, 90, Finnish Olympic basketball official (1964) and orienteering competitor, European relay champion (1964).
• Lars Skåål, 72, Swedish Olympic water polo player (1980).
• Géza Varasdi, 94, Hungarian athlete, Olympic bronze medallist (1952). (death announced on this date)
• Wukun Wanambi, 59, Australian Yolngu painter.
• Yuliya Voyevodina, 50, Russian Olympic racewalker (2004).

5

• Gary Allen, 76, New Zealand cricketer.
• Sir James Anderton, 89, British police officer, chief constable of Greater Manchester Police (1976–1991).
• Amanda Claridge, 72, British archaeologist, cancer.
• Justin Constantine, 52, American military officer, prostate cancer.
• Lamin Conteh, 45, Sierra Leonean footballer (Beerschot, Meppen, national team).
• Leonid Dukhovny, 83, Ukrainian-American singer-songwriter, fire.
• Serhiy Dyachenko, 77, Ukrainian writer and screenwriter (Dark Planet).
• David L. Fried, 89, American optical physicist.
• Mike Hagerty, 67, American actor (The George Carlin Show, Lucky Louie, Friends), antibiotic reaction.
• Du'Vonta Lampkin, 25, American football player (Massachusetts Pirates), shot.
• José Manuel Liaño Flores, 100, Spanish lawyer and politician, member of Cortes Españolas (1967–1977) and mayor of A Coruña (1976–1979).
• Mohammad Akbar Lone, 75, Indian politician, MP (since 2019) and Jammu and Kashmir MLA (2012–2018).
• Ronald Lopatni, 77, Croatian water polo player, Olympic champion (1968).
• Faye Marlowe, 95, American actress (Rendezvous with Annie, Hangover Square, Junior Miss).
• Gary Miller, 62, English musician, producer, and songwriter.
• Théodore Nzue Nguema, 48, Gabonese football player (Angers, national team) and manager (Estrellas del Futuro).
• FrantiÅ¡ek Plass, 78, Czech football player (Viktoria Plzeň, Czechoslovakia national team) and manager (Chmel BlÅ¡any).
• Regina Reyes Mandanas, 57, Filipino politician, member of the House of Representatives (2013–2016).
• Mario Roy, 71, Canadian journalist (La Presse).
• Kevin Samuels, 57, American internet personality.
• Gunnar Sandborg, 94, Norwegian Olympic rower (1948).
• Arthur Tonkin, 92, Australian politician, Western Australia MLA (1971–1987).
• José Félix Villarreal, 75-76, Mexican chess player, shot.
• José Luis Violeta, 81, Spanish footballer (Zaragoza, national team).
• Kenneth Welsh, 80, Canadian actor (Twin Peaks, The Aviator, The Day After Tomorrow), cancer.
• Leo Wilden, 85, German footballer (1. FC Köln, Bayer Leverkusen, West Germany national team).

6

• Gabriel Garran, 95, French actor and director.
• Seán Garvey, 69, Irish traditional singer.
• Alan Gillis, 85, Irish farmers' leader and politician, MEP (1994–1999).
• Kostas Gousgounis, 91, Greek pornographic actor, heart attack.
• Helen Kleberg Groves, 94, American rancher.
• Alf Hambe, 91, Swedish author, composer, and singer-songwriter.
• George Huang, 86, Taiwanese politician, Changhua County magistrate (1981–1989) and chairman of the Central Election Commission (1994–1995, 1999–2004).
• Jewell, 53, American R&B singer.
• Bill Laskey, 79, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Colts, Denver Broncos).
• Patricia A. McKillip, 74, American author (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Harpist in the Wind, Ombria in Shadow).
• Kelly Meafua, 31, Samoan rugby player (US Montauban), jumping from bridge.
• Ann Metzinger, 90, American nutritionist.
• Hajdar Muneka, 68, Albanian journalist and diplomat.
• John Akparibo Ndebugre, 72, Ghanaian politician, MP (2005–2009).
• George Pérez, 67, American comic book artist (The Avengers, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Teen Titans) and writer, pancreatic cancer.
• Mirosław Pietrewicz, 81, Polish economist and politician, minister of state treasury and deputy prime minister (1996–1997), MP (1997–2001).
• Ralph Polson, 92, American basketball player (Philadelphia Warriors, New York Knicks).
• Claude Provencher, 72, Canadian architect.
• Bojjala Gopala Krishna Reddy, 73, Indian politician, Andhra Pradesh MLA (1989–2004, since 2009), cardiac arrest.
• George Seals, 79, American football player (Chicago Bears, Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins).
• Al Spalding, 89, American naval architect.
• Mark Sweeney, 62, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (since 2021).
• Marian van der Meer, 85, Dutch politician, senator (1983–1995).

7

• Mike Adamson, 74, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles).
• Shah Jikrul Ahmad, 70, Bangladeshi politician, MP (2009–2014), heart attack.
• Antón Arieta, 76, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao, Hércules, national team).
• Yuri Averbakh, 100, Russian chess grandmaster and author.
• Ihor Bedzai, 49, Ukrainian naval officer and pilot, shot down.
• Jürgen Blin, 79, German boxer, European heavyweight champion (1972).
• Kevin Corcoran, 90, Australian rules footballer (North Melbourne).
• Elisa Maria Damião, 75, Portuguese politician and trade union activist, MP (1987–1998), MEP (1998–2004).
• Fisseha Desta, 81, Ethiopian military officer and politician, vice president (1987–1991), heart disease.
• Donald Elson, 99, American film, stage and television actor.
• Suzi Gablik, 87, American artist, author and art critic.
• Mickey Gilley, 86, American country singer ("Room Full of Roses", "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time", "Stand by Me").
• Partha Ghosh, 81, Indian reciter.
• Marek Grabowski, 72, Polish doctor and politician.
• Kang Soo-yeon, 55, South Korean actress (The Surrogate Woman, Come Come Come Upward, All That Falls Has Wings), complications from cerebral hemorrhage.
• Jack Kehler, 75, American actor (The Big Lebowski, Men in Black II, Fever Pitch), complications from leukemia.
• Bruce MacVittie, 65, American actor (Million Dollar Baby, The Sopranos, American Buffalo).
• Jack McDonald, 92, Australian footballer (St Kilda).
• Francis J. Meehan, 98, American diplomat, United States ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1979–1980), Poland (1980–1983) and East Germany (1985–1988).
• Sir Paul Mellars, 82, British archaeologist.
• Simion Mironaș, 56, Romanian footballer (CSM Suceava, Gloria Bistrița, Olimpia Satu Mare).
• Dominique Mortemousque, 71, French politician, senator (2002–2008).
• Adel Al Mulla, 51, Qatari footballer (1992 Olympic team, national team), heart attack.
• Kwaku Ohene-Frempong, 76, Ghanaian physician, lung cancer.
• Al Papik, 95, American college football coach (Doane University) and administrator.
• Robin Parkinson, 92, English actor ('Allo 'Allo!, Button Moon, Twisted Nerve).
• Maria Radnoti-Alföldi, 95, Hungarian-German archaeologist and numismatist.
• Amadou Soumahoro, 68, Ivorian politician, president of the National Assembly (since 2019).

8

• André Arthur, 78, Canadian radio host and politician, MP (2006–2011).
• Paul Bladt, 90, French trade unionist and politician, deputy (1981–1986).
• Karl Bruggmann, 86, Swiss Olympic wrestler (1960).
• John R. Cherry III, 73, American film director and screenwriter (Ernest Saves Christmas, Ernest Scared Stupid, Ernest Goes to Jail), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Harry Dornbrand, 99, American aerospace engineer.
• Syd Farrimond, 81, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Tranmere Rovers, Halifax Town), complications from dementia.
• Michel Gervais, 77, Canadian university professor, rector of Université Laval (1987–1997).
• Robert Gillmor, 85, British wildlife artist and illustrator.
• Maria Gusakova, 91, Russian cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1960).
• Hidenori Hasegawa, 84, Japanese politician, member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly (1989–1993).
• Bengt Johansson, 79, Swedish handball player and coach.
• Rajat Kumar Kar, 87, Indian playwright, non-fiction author and broadcaster, heart disease.
• Kim Chi-ha, 81, South Korean poet and playwright.
• Sunny Low, 82, Singaporean ballroom dancer and choreographer, brain haemorrhage.
• Arthur Nzeribe, 83, Nigerian politician, senator (1999–2007).
• Nigel F. Palmer, 75, British Germanist.
• Stefanos Petrakis, 97, Greek Olympic sprinter (1948, 1952).
• Mahendra Raj, 97, Indian engineer (Pragati Maidan, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Salar Jung Museum).
• Sunil Kanti Roy, 78, Indian businessman (Peerless Group).
• Antonio Salazar, 33, Mexican footballer (Guadalajara, Chiapas, Santos de Guápiles), burned.
• Ray Scott, 88, American angler, founder of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society.
• Ľubor Å tark, 69, Czech Olympic sprint canoeist.
• Robert J. Vlasic, 96, American executive (Vlasic Pickles, Henry Ford Hospital).
• Fred Ward, 79, American actor (Escape from Alcatraz, The Right Stuff, Tremors).
• Dennis Waterman, 74, English actor (Minder, The Sweeney, New Tricks) and singer, lung cancer.
• Zhuang Qiaosheng, 105, Chinese geneticist and wheat breeder, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

9

• Amarakeerthi Athukorala, 57, Sri Lankan politician, MP (since 2020), beaten.
• Bob Barnard, 88, Australian jazz trumpeter.
• Robert Brom, 83, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Duluth (1983–1989) and San Diego (1990–2013).
• John L. Canley, 84, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, cancer.
• Fred Carter, 83, American comic book artist (Chick Publications).
• John H. Coates, 77, Australian mathematician.
• Paolo Dalle Fratte, 70, Italian politician, deputy (2001–2006).
• Midge Decter, 94, American non-fiction writer.
• Denys Dubrov, 33, Ukrainian swimmer, four-time Paralympic champion (2016, 2020).
• Joan Gilmore, 94, American journalist (The Daily Oklahoman).
• Tadeusz Grygiel, 68, Polish basketball player (Śląsk Wrocław).
• Gerald Hannon, 77, Canadian journalist (The Body Politic).
• Olawale Adeniji Ige, 83, Nigerian electrical engineer, minister of communications (1990–1992) and aviation (1993).
• Tim Johnson, 75, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (2001–2013) and the Illinois House of Representatives (1977–2001).
• Rieko Kodama, 58, Japanese video game designer (Phantasy Star, 7th Dragon, Skies of Arcadia).
• Linda Lê, 58, French writer.
• John Leo, 86, American journalist (The New York Times).
• Jody Lukoki, 29, Dutch-Congolese footballer (Ajax, PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, DR Congolese national team), complications from injuries sustained in a beating.
• Andreas Lütkefels, 57, German Olympic rower (1988).
• David Lytton Cobbold, 2nd Baron Cobbold, 84, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (2000–2014), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Minoru Nojima, 76, Japanese classical pianist.
• Adreian Payne, 31, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Juventas Utina), shot.
• Qin Yi, 100, Chinese actress (Far Away Love, Woman Basketball Player No. 5, Troubled Laughter).
• Inge Viett, 78, German militant (2 June Movement, Red Army Faction) and writer.
• Lily Chodidjah Wahid, 74, Indonesian politician, MP (2009–2013).
• Malcolm Walker, 78, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Green Bay Packers), cancer.
• Davyd Zhvania, 54, Ukrainian politician, minister of emergency (2005) and deputy (2002–2014), shelling.

10

• Manuel Abreu, 63, French-Portuguese football player (Reims, Nancy) and manager (Calais).
• Jim Andreotti, 84, American football player (Toronto Argonauts, Montreal Alouettes).
• James A. Beckford, 79, British sociologist.
• Richard Benson, 67, British-Italian guitarist, singer and television host.
• Bob Blizzard, 71, British politician, MP (1997–2010), lord commissioner of the Treasury (2008–2010).
• Hanns-Peter Boehm, 94, German chemist.
• Doug Caldwell, 94, New Zealand jazz musician.
• Yung-Ping Chen, 91, Chinese-born American economist and gerontologist.
• John Cripps, 95, British-Australian horticulturalist (Cripps Pink).
• Mike Davis, 80, English rugby union player (Sherborne, national team) and coach.
• María Duval, 95, Argentine actress (Historia de una mala mujer).
• Nessim Gaon, 100, Sudanese-Swiss financier.
• Walter Hirsch, 92, American basketball player (Kentucky Wildcats).
• Leonid Kravchuk, 88, Ukrainian politician, president (1991–1994), two-time people's deputy, and chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (1991).
• Bob Lanier, 73, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks) and coach (Golden State Warriors).
• Kjell LönnÃ¥, 85, Swedish conductor, composer and television host.
• Jesús Mariñas, 79, Spanish journalist, bladder cancer.
• Enrique Metinides, 88, Mexican crime photographer.
• Jock O'Brien, 84, Australian footballer (North Melbourne, Ulverstone, Central District).
• Marcelo Pecci, 45, Paraguayan prosecutor, shot.
• Katsumoto Saotome, 90, Japanese author.
• Shivkumar Sharma, 84, Indian santoor player (Shiv–Hari) and composer (Chandni, Lamhe), cardiac arrest.
• Glyn Shaw, 71, Welsh rugby union (national team) and rugby league (Widnes, Wigan) player.
• Gideon Tinsley, 95, American politician, member of the Oklahoma Senate (1975–1983).
• Karl Van Roy, 83, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (2003–2013).
• Richard Worth, 73, New Zealand politician, MP (1999–2009), minister of internal affairs (2008–2009).
• Peter Wu Junwei, 58, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, prefect apostolic of Xinjiang (since 2010), heart attack.

11

• Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, Palestinian-American journalist (Al Jazeera), shot killed.
• Edward Arnett, 99, American chemist.
• Jim Asato, 94, American college football and baseball coach (Hawaii Rainbow Warrior).
• Peter Atkins, 86, British-born New Zealand Anglican priest, Bishop of Waiapu (1983–1990).
• Sam Basil, 52, Papua New Guinean politician, deputy prime minister (since 2020), MP (since 2007), and minister of finance (2019), traffic collision.
• William Bennett, 86, British flautist.
• Jeroen Brouwers, 82, Dutch writer.
• Patricia Cahill, 77, Irish singer.
• Clarence Dixon, 66, American murderer, execution by lethal injection.
• Norman Dolph, 83, American songwriter ("Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)") and record producer, cancer.
• Marilyn Fogel, 69, American geo-ecologist.
• Ivor Ganahl, 79, Swiss Olympic sailor.
• Paul Ginsborg, 76, British historian.
• Barbara Gloudon, 87, Jamaican journalist, author and playwright.
• George Gorton, 75, American political consultant, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• J. R. Gray, 83, American politician.
• Geraldine Grimes, 71, American education activist.
• Henk Groot, 84, Dutch footballer (Ajax Amsterdam, Feyenoord, national team).
• Ian Hall, 82, Guyanese-born British musician, composer and educator.
• Dick Hanley, 86, American Olympic swimmer.
• Margot Heuman, 94, German-born American Holocaust survivor.
• Philip L. Kohl, 75, American anthropologist.
• Harerangi Meihana, 88, New Zealand church leader.
• Sid Mittra, 91, Indian-American economist and academic.
• Tom Page, 91, American football coach (Sam Houston Bearkats).
• Claude Peter, 74, French basketball player (Le Mans Sarthe Basket, national team).
• June Preston, 93, American actress (Anne of Green Gables, Christmas in July), dementia.
• Sukh Ram, 94, Indian politician, minister of communications (1993–1996) and MP (1984–1998), stroke.
• Josef Å orm, 90, Czech Olympic volleyball player.
• Tracy B. Strong, 78, American philosopher.
• Alexander Toradze, 69, Georgian pianist.
• Ryuhei Ueshima, 61, Japanese comedian and actor, suicide by hanging.
• Randy Weaver, 74, American survivalist (Ruby Ridge).

12

• Haleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar, 77, British academic and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 2007).
• Juan Amat, 75, Spanish field hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1980).
• Ruth Bishop, 89, Australian virologist.
• Gino Cappelletti, 88, American football player (Boston Patriots) and analyst.
• Bernard Carton, 74, French politician, deputy (1988–1993), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Luis Albeiro Cortés Rendón, 70, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Vélez (2003–2015) and auxiliary bishop of Pereira (since 2015).
• Kieran Egan, 79, Irish educational philosopher and author (The Educated Mind, Getting It Wrong from the Beginning, An Imaginative Approach to Teaching).
• Djalu Gurruwiwi, 86–87, Australian yidaki player.
• Larry Holley, 76, American college basketball coach (William Jewell Cardinals, Central Methodist Eagles, Northwest Missouri State Bearcats).
• Vannette W. Johnson, 91, American football coach.
• Ramesh Latke, 52, Indian politician, Maharashtra MLA (since 2014), heart attack.
• Paul Makler Sr., 101, American Olympic fencer (1952).
• Daniel Joseph Marion, 76, Canadian politician, commissioner of the Northwest Territories (1999–2000).
• Robert McFarlane, 84, American Marine Corps officer and politician, national security advisor (1983–1985), complications from lung disease.
• Henry Mollicone, 76, American composer.
• Brian Muggleton, 80, Australian cricketer (Western Australia).
• Rainer Nägele, 78, Liechtenstein-born American literary scholar.
• Francesco Nucara, 82, Italian politician, deputy (1983–1994, 2006–2013).
• Maria Pańczyk-Pozdziej, 80, Polish politician, senator (2005–2019).
• Giorgio Pasetto, 80, Italian politician, deputy (1996–2006), senator (2006–2008).
• Béla Petsco, 79, American writer (Nothing Very Important and Other Stories).
• Rodney Reid, 82, New Zealand footballer and cricketer.
• Vagish Shastri, 86, Indian grammarian and linguist.
• Alexei Tsvetkov, 75, Russian poet.
• Arnold Walker, 70, English rugby league player (Whitehaven, Workington Town, Cumbria), cancer.
• Arthuryne J. Welch-Taylor, 105, American educator.

13

• Julie Beckett, 72, American teacher and disability rights activist, heart attack.
• Teresa Berganza, 89, Spanish mezzo-soprano.
• Bob Ciaffone, 81, American poker player.
• Karim Djoudi, 63, Algerian politician, minister of finance (2007–2014).
• Jean Faure, 85, French politician, senator (1983–2011).
• Maurice Fisher, 91, American baseball player (Cincinnati Redlegs).
• Ricky Gardiner, 73, Scottish guitarist (Beggars Opera) and composer.
• Arthur Getis, 87, American geographer.
• Sir Angus Grossart, 85, Scottish merchant banker and newspaper executive (Daily Record, Sunday Mail).
• Katsuhiko Kumazaki, 80, Japanese baseball administrator, commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball (2014–2017), heart failure.
• Lil Keed, 24, American rapper ("Nameless"), liver and kidney failure.
• Jim Lyall, 76–77, Canadian politician, president of Nunatsiavut (2008–2012).
• Henry G. Martin, 70, English filmmaker.
• Alec Mathieson, 101, Australian football player (Geelong).
• Ben Roy Mottelson, 95, American-Danish nuclear physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1975).
• Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, 73, Emirati royal and politician, president (since 2004) and ruler of Abu Dhabi (since 2004).
• Simon Preston, 83, English organist, conductor, and composer.
• João Rendeiro, 69, Portuguese banker, founder of Banco Privado Português, suicide by hanging.
• Ed Rynders, 62, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (2003–2019).
• Viktor Samokhin, 66, Russian football player (Spartak Moscow, CSKA, Soviet Union national team) and coach.
• Uri Savir, 69, Israeli politician, MK (1999–2001) and diplomat.
• Rosmarie Trapp, 93, Austrian-born American singer (Trapp Family).
• Richard Wald, 92, American television executive (NBC News, ABC News) and journalist (New York Herald Tribune), complications from a stroke.
• Yang Hyong-sop, 96, North Korean politician, chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly (1983–1998), stroke.

14

• América Alonso, 85, Venezuelan actress.
• Andrei Babushkin, 58, Russian human rights activist, politician and publicist, pancreatitis.
• Bernard Bigot, 72, French physicist and civil servant, director general of ITER (since 2015).
• François Blais, 49, Canadian writer (Lac Adélard).
• Piero Carletto, 59, Italian Olympic rower (1988), cancer.
• Donal Courtney, 52, Irish actor, playwright and stage director.
• James Francis Edwards, 100, Canadian fighter pilot.
• Ramez Elmasri, 71, Egyptian-American computer scientist.
• Helen Fein, 87, American sociologist.
• Christian Giudicelli, 79, French novelist and literary critic.
• John W. Huffman, 89, American organic chemist.
• Peter Nicholas, 80, American businessman, co-founder of Boston Scientific, cancer.
• Jagadamba Prasad Nigam, 94, Indian politician.
• Valerio Onida, 86, Italian jurist, judge (1996–2005) and president (2004–2005) of the Constitutional Court.
• Serhii Parkhomenko, 25, Ukrainian military serviceman.
• Maxi Rolón, 27, Argentine footballer (FC Barcelona B, Coquimbo Unido, Fuerza Amarilla), traffic collision.
• Donald Kemp Ross, 78, American public interest lawyer and author.
• André Salifou, 80, Nigerien politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1996).
• Arthur Shurlock, 84, American Olympic gymnast (1964).
• Breno Silveira, 58, Brazilian film director (Two Sons of Francisco, Once Upon a Time in Rio).
• Andrew Symonds, 46, Australian cricketer (Queensland, Kent, national team), traffic collision.
• Urvashi Vaid, 63, Indian-American LGBT activist and author (Virtual Equality).
• David West, 57, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets), brain cancer.
• Francesco Zerrillo, 91, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Tricarico (1985–1997) and of Lucera-Troia (1997–2007).

15

• Harvey Achziger, 90, American football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) and businessman.
• Rainer Basedow, 83, German actor (My Daughter, Your Daughter, Three Men in the Snow, Lina Braake).
• Roland Bezamat, 97, French Olympic cyclist.
• Sir Shane Blewitt, 87, British courtier and military officer.
• Robert Cogoi, 82, Belgian singer.
• Frank Curry, 72, Australian rugby league player and coach (South Sydney).
• Pallavi Dey, 25, Indian actress (Kunjochaya, Saraswatir Prem).
• Jim Ferlo, 70, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania Senate (2003–2015).
• Deborah Fraser, 56, South African gospel singer, stroke.
• Hossein Ghafourizadeh, 78, Iranian Olympic sprinter (1964).
• Lidiya Glubokova, 68, Russian Olympic field hockey player.
• Go Gwi-nam, 88, South Korean politician, member of the National Assembly (1972–1988).
• Ignacy Gogolewski, 90, Polish actor (Three Stories, Tonight a City Will Die, The Codes).
• George Graham, 73, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (2013–2019).
• Klara Höfels, 73, German actress (Toni Erdmann, Cut Off).
• Morris Kay, 89, American politician who served in the Kansas House of Representatives
• Tadeusz Kowalczyk, 89, Polish politician and Rural Solidarity activist, MP (1989–1993).
• Knox Martin, 99, Colombian-born American painter and sculptor.
• Kay Mellor, 71, British actress and writer (Children's Ward, Families, Fat Friends).
• David Milgaard, 69, Canadian prisoners' rights advocate, wrongfully convicted of rape and murder, complications from pneumonia.
• Salah Montaser, 88, Egyptian writer and journalist.
• Ken Mulhall, 94, Australian footballer (St Kilda Football Club).
• Martin Munyanyi, 66, Zimbabwean Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Gweru (2006–2012).
• John Mutton, 74, British politician, member of Coventry City Council (since 1984).
• Stevan Ostojić, 80, Serbian footballer (Red Star Belgrade, Yugoslavia national team).
• Maggie Peterson, 81, American actress (The Andy Griffith Show, The Bill Dana Show) and location manager (Casino).
• Dhu al-Himma Shalish, 71, Syrian military officer.
• Sean Shanahan, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Rockies, Boston Bruins).
• Eugene Saloom, 87, American politician, three-time member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
• Yoshie Takahashi, 90, Japanese Olympic long jumper (1956) and sports administrator, stroke.
• Jerzy Trela, 80, Polish actor (Man of Iron, Danton, The Mother of Kings).
• Șerban Valeca, 65, Romanian engineer and politician, deputy (2000) and senator (2008–2020).
• E. Robert Wallach, 88, American lawyer.

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• Josef Abrhám, 82, Czech actor (Transport from Paradise, Courage for Every Day, Morgiana).
• John Aylward, 75, American actor (ER, The West Wing, The Way Back).
• Iann Barron, 85, British computer programmer and entrepreneur.
• William N. Dunn, 83, American international relations scholar.
• Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia, 76, Iranian Islamic cleric.
• Feng Jianshen, 69, Chinese politician, CPPCC chairman of Gansu (2011–2018).
• Lothar Gaa, 91, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (1968–1984).
• Hilarion, 74, Canadian-born American Russian Orthodox prelate, first hierarch of the ROCOR (since 2008).
• Algis Ignatavicius, 89, Lithuanian-born Australian Olympic basketball player (1956).
• Sidney Kramer, 96, American politician, member of the Maryland Senate (1978–1986).
• Klaus-Michael Körner, 69, German politician, member of the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (1998–2011).
• David LeMaster, 73, American politician.
• David MacMichael, 95, American whistleblower.
• Faouzi Mansouri, 66, Algerian footballer (Nîmes, Mulhouse, national team).
• Albin Molnár, 86, Hungarian Olympic sailor (1960).
• Kjellaug Nakkim, 81, Norwegian politician, MP (1989–2001).
• Ademola Okulaja, 46, Nigerian-born German basketball player (Alba Berlin, FC Barcelona, Brose Baskets).
• Carol Ann Peters, 89, American figure skater and ice dancer.
• Epaminondas Stassinopoulos, 101, German-born American astrophysicist, writer, and World War II resistance member (EKKA).
• Esteban Villa, 91, American artist.

17

• Muhammad Baydoun, 70, Lebanese politician, MP (1992–2005).
• Robert Bertrand, 69, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2004).
• E. Gerald Corrigan, 80, American banker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (1985–1993), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Kristine Gebbie, 78, American academic and public health official, White House AIDS policy coordinator (1993–1994).
• Jeong Rae-hyuk, 96, South Korean military officer and politician, defense minister (1970–1971), MP (1973–1985).
• Marvin Josephson, 95, American talent manager, founder of ICM Partners.
• Rolands Kalniņš, 100, Latvian film director (I Remember Everything, Richard, Four White Shirts), screenwriter, and producer.
• Johan Kleppe, 93, Norwegian politician, MP (1969–1973) and minister of defence (1972–1973).
• Maurice Lindsay, 81, British sports administrator (Preston North End, Wigan Warriors).
• Eliseo Mendoza Berrueto, 91, Mexican politician, president of the Chamber of Deputies (1985) and governor of Coahuila (1987–1993).
• Antonio Oviedo, 83, Spanish football player (Mallorca, Elche) and manager (Atlético Baleares).
• Rick Price, 77, English bassist (The Move, Wizzard).
• Mohamed Rabbae, 81, Moroccan-born Dutch politician and activist, MP (1994–2002).
• Rodri, 88, Spanish footballer (Condal, Barcelona, national team).
• Marnie Schulenburg, 37, American actress (As the World Turns, One Life to Live, Tainted Dreams), breast cancer.
• Thomas Smith, 90, American Olympic sport shooter (1964).
• Vangelis, 79, Greek musician (Aphrodite's Child) and film composer (Chariots of Fire, Blade Runner), Oscar winner (1982), heart failure.

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• Alexander Astin, 89, American educator and writer.
• Miguel Báez Espuny, 91, Spanish bullfighter and actor (Litri and His Shadow).
• Brian Bedford, 88, Welsh footballer (AFC Bournemouth, Queens Park Rangers, Scunthorpe United).
• Cathal Coughlan, 61, Irish singer-songwriter (Microdisney, The Fatima Mansions).
• DeLos F. DeTar, 102, American chemist.
• Fernando Guimarães Kevanu, 85, Angolan Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Ondjiva (1988–2011).
• Anne Howells, 81, British operatic mezzo-soprano, myeloma.
• Werner Israel, 90, German-born South African-Canadian physicist.
• Jim Kelly, 80, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles).
• Larry Lacewell, 85, American football player (Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils), coach (Arkansas State Indians) and scouting director (Dallas Cowboys).
• A. C. M. Lafir, 86, Sri Lankan cricketer (Ceylon).
• Linda Lawson, 86, American actress (Sometimes a Great Notion, Night Tide, Adventures in Paradise).
• Peter Maitlis, 89, British chemist.
• Henry Mavrodin, 84, Romanian painter, designer and essayist.
• Mpho Moerane, 52, South African restaurateur and politician, mayor of Johannesburg (2021), traffic collision.
• Bob Neuwirth, 82, American singer-songwriter ("Mercedes Benz").
• Raoul Pleskow, 91, Austrian-born American composer.
• Paul Plimley, 69, Canadian free jazz pianist and vibraphonist, cancer.
• Bobby Ply, 81, American football player (Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos).
• Thomas Resetarits, 82, Austrian sculptor.
• Alf Saltveit, 75, Norwegian poet and novelist.
• Steven Seifert, 72, American medical toxicologist.
• Sam Smith, 78, American basketball player (Kentucky Colonels).
• Martin Å ustr, 31, Czech footballer (Zbrojovka Brno, Vítkovice, Líšeň), traffic collision.
• Domingo Villar, 51, Spanish writer (Death on a Galician Shore), complications from a stroke.

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• Sheherezade Alam, 74, Pakistani ceramist.
• Les Brownlee, 82, American colonel and politician.
• Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, 87, Bangladeshi-born British journalist and songwriter ("Ekusher Gaan").
• Jean-Louis Comolli, 80, French film critic (Cahiers du Cinéma) and director.
• Aseff Ahmad Daula, 81, Pakistani politician, minister of foreign affairs (1993–1996) and education (2008–2010).
• Joseph F. Hoffman, 97, American scientist and academic.
• Mavis Hutchison, 97, South African athlete.
• Hyon Chol-hae, 87, North Korean military officer, vice director of the GPB (1986–1995), multiple organ failure.
• William Lancaster, 84, British social anthropologist.
• Chete Lera, 72, Spanish actor (The Red Squirrel, Secrets of the Heart, Open Your Eyes), traffic collision.
• John Ralston Marr, 94, British Indologist.
• Stan Openshaw, 75, British geographer.
• Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples, 99, British life peer, member of the House of Lords (1973–2017).
• George Shepherd, 84, Canadian Olympic hurdler (1960).
• Michael Sze, 76, Hong Kong civil servant, secretary for constitutional affairs (1991–1994) and executive director of the Trade Development Council (1996–2004).
• Bernard Wright, 58, American funk and jazz singer ("Who Do You Love"), traffic collision.

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• José Antolín Toledano, 86, Spanish industrialist.
• Aldiglade Bhamu, 34, Zimbabwean footballer (national team).
• Sir Arnold Burgen, 100, British physician, pharmacologist and academic.
• Ciriaco De Mita, 94, Italian politician, prime minister (1988–1989), two-time deputy, and minister of industry (1973–1974), complications from a fall.
• John Dodson, 3rd Baron Monk Bretton, 97, British hereditary peer, member of the House of Lords (1948–1999).
• Andy Fletcher, 60, English Hall of Fame keyboardist (Depeche Mode), aortic dissection.
• Willibrord Frequin, 80, Dutch journalist and television presenter, complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Richard D. Johnson, 87, American accountant, Iowa state auditor (1979–2003).
• Ann Johnston, 86, Canadian Olympic figure skater (1956).
• Ray Liotta, 67, American actor (Goodfellas, Something Wild, Field of Dreams), Emmy winner (2005), respiratory and heart failure.
• Drew McDermott, 72, American computer scientist.
• Kay McFarland, 84, American football player (San Francisco 49ers), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Claude Michelet, 83, French writer.
• Luis Montaño, 71, Colombian Olympic footballer.
• Yuri Morozov, 84, Russian ice hockey player (Khimik Moscow Oblast) and coach.
• Neil O'Donnell, 72, Scottish footballer (Norwich City, Sheffield Wednesday). (death announced on this date)
• Elizabeth Raspolic, 83, American diplomat, ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe (1995–1998).
• Phillip Ritzenberg, 90, American journalist (New York Daily News, The Jewish Week), cancer.
• Johannes W. Rohen, 100, German anatomist.
• Sergei Romanovtsev, 96, Russian military and intelligence officer.
• George Shapiro, 91, American talent manager (Carl Reiner, Andy Kaufman) and television producer (Seinfeld).
• Shin Il-ryong, 73, South Korean actor (Ghosts of Chosun, Long Live the Island Frogs).
• Enyu Todorov, 79, Bulgarian freestyle wrestler, Olympic silver medallist (1968).
• Bill Walker, 95, Australian-born American composer and conductor.
• Alan White, 72, English Hall of Fame drummer (Yes, Plastic Ono Band).
• Jimmy Whitehouse, 87, English footballer (Reading).
• Andrew Wyllie, 77, British pathologist.
• Jan Zaprudnik, 95, Belarusian-American historian and publicist.

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• Alex Beaton, 77, Scottish folk singer and guitarist.
• Guido Bonino, 91, Italian politician, president of the Province of Cuneo (1985–1988).
• Jean Carrère, 92, French rugby union player (RC Toulonnais, national team).
• Gautam Chakroborty, 68, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1996–2006), state minister of water resources (2001–2006), cardiac arrest.
• Don Goldstein, 84, American college basketball player (University of Louisville).
• Shulamit Goldstein, 54, Israeli Olympic rhythmic gymnast (1988).
• Kirsten Hughes, 59, British actress (Jane and the Lost City).
• Arlene Kotil, 88, American baseball player (South Bend Blue Sox).
• John Lanzendorf, 76, American hairstylist and art collector, complications following surgery.
• Samella Lewis, 99, American visual artist and art historian, kidney failure.
• Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif, 86, Indonesian Islamic scholar and philanthropist, leader of Muhammadiyah (1998–2005), heart disease.
• Juan José Mosalini, 78, Argentine bandoneon player.
• Bill Mulich, 96, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1969–1972) and senate (1973–1988).
• Stellan Olsson, 85, Swedish film director (Sven Klangs kvintett).
• Ray Pleasant, 94, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1973–1980).
• Gordon Proudfoot, 91, Australian footballer (Fitzroy).
• Marko Račič, 102, Slovenian Olympic athlete (1948).
• Twyla Ring, 84, American politician, member of the Minnesota Senate (1999–2002).
• Claude Rutault, 80, French painter.
• Neal Salisbury, 81-82, American historian.
• Fayez Sarofim, 93, Egyptian-American sports team owner (Houston Texans).
• Michael Sela, 98, Polish-born Israeli immunologist.
• Angelo Sodano, 94, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, cardinal secretary of state (1991–2006) and dean of the College of Cardinals (2005–2019), COVID-19.
• Jim Wallis, 80, Australian footballer (St Kilda).
• Paul Wenzel, 87, American artist.
• Ramón Wiltz, 95, Cuban Olympic basketball player.

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• Walter Abish, 90, Austrian-born American author (Alphabetical Africa, How German Is It).
• Patricia Brake, 79, English actress (Eldorado, The Ugliest Girl in Town, Coronation Street), cancer.
• Evaristo Carvalho, 80, São Toméan politician, president (2016–2021) and prime minister (1994, 2001–2002).
• Janine Charbonnier, 95, French pianist and composer.
• Mary Everard, 79, English amateur golfer.
• Rudolf Golosov, 94, Russian naval officer.
• Joanie Greggains, 78, American fitness instructor.
• Péter Haumann, 81, Hungarian actor (Ten Thousand Days, Woyzeck, Kalandorok).
• Bo Hopkins, 84, American actor (The Wild Bunch, American Graffiti, Dynasty), complications from a heart attack.
• Ivandro Cunha Lima, 92, Brazilian lawyer and politician, senator (1977–1982).
• Christopher Kuruneri, 73, Zimbabwean politician, minister of finance (2004), diabetes.
• Marino Masé, 83, Italian actor (Fists in the Pocket, The Carabineers, Il Boss), heart attack.
• Bujar Nishani, 55, Albanian politician, president (2012–2017), minister of justice (2009–2011) and twice minister of the interior, complications from COVID-19.
• Masanori Nishio, 73, Japanese politician, mayor of Hakodate (2007–2011).
• Yves Piétrasanta, 82, French politician, MEP (1999–2004), mayor of Mèze (1977–2001).
• Bobby Ross, 80, Scottish footballer (Grimsby Town, St. Mirren, East Fife).
• David Vardanyan, 72, Armenian politician, member of the supreme council (1990–1995) and national assembly (1995–1999).
• Ernesto Vecchi, 86, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Bologna (1998–2011) and apostolic administrator of Terni-Narni-Amelia (2013–2014).
• Victor von Halem, 82, German operatic bass singer (Deutsche Oper Berlin).
• Sheikh Ali Warsame, 83, Somali Islamic cleric and preacher.

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• Ariel Besse, 56, French actress (Beau Pere).
• Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, 74, Brazilian jurist, judge of the International Court of Justice (since 2009).
• Dwayne Crompton, 75, American educator, president of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (2005).
• Virgil Dridea, 81, Romanian football player (Petrolul Ploiești) and manager (Plopeni, Dacia Unirea Brăila).
• Fred, 73, Brazilian footballer (1972 Olympic team, Flamengo, national team).
• Tarzan Goto, 58, Japanese professional wrestler (FMW, CWA, AJPW), liver cancer.
• Steven Gluckstern, 71, American entrepreneur.
• Ronnie Hawkins, 87, American-Canadian rock and roll singer-songwriter.
• Vivian Davidson Hewitt, 102, American art collector and librarian.
• Ausma Kantāne-Ziedone, 80, Latvian actress and politician, MP (2002–2010).
• Maria Mirecka-Loryś, 106, Polish World War II resistance member.
• Joel Moses, 80, Israeli-American mathematician and computer scientist (Macsyma).
• Sidhu Moose Wala, 28, Indian singer ("47"), actor (Moosa Jatt, Yes I Am Student) and politician, shot.
• Osayuki Godwin Oshodin, 71, Beninese academic administrator, vice-chancellor of University of Benin (2009–2014).
• Lester Piggott, 86, English jockey, nine-time Epsom Derby winner.
• Sarah Ramsey, 83, American thoroughbred horse breeder.
• Ivan Renar, 85, French politician, senator (1985–2011).
• Alden Roche, 77, American football player (Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks).
• Stan Rodger, 82, New Zealand politician, MP (1978–1990), minister of labour (1984–1990).
• Raquel Seruca, 59, Portuguese oncobiologist.
• Kasia Al Thani, 45, American-born Qatari royal.
• Yanci Urbina, 58, Salvadoran politician, deputy (2018–2021), heart attack.
• Gary Winram, 85, Australian Olympic swimmer (1956).
• Tony Zarb, 68, Maltese trade unionist, secretary general of General Workers' Union (1998–2015).

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• Miangul Adnan Aurangzeb, 61, Pakistani politician, MNA (1997–1999), traffic collision.
• John G. Cawelti, 92, American author.
• Friedrich Christian Delius, 79, German writer.
• Craig Farrell, 39, English footballer (Carlisle United, York City, Whitby Town).
• Jeff Gladney, 25, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, TCU Horned Frogs), traffic collision.
• Milton Gonçalves, 88, Brazilian actor (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Subway to the Stars, Moon over Parador) and television director, complications from a stroke.
• David Holford, 82, Barbadian cricketer (West Indies).
• Mary Jackman, 79, Irish politician, senator (1989–1992, 1997–2002).
• Mariusz Linke, 52, Polish mixed martial artist and grappler.
• William Lucas, 93, American politician, sheriff (1969–1983) and executive (1983–1987) of Wayne County, Michigan.
• Morio Matsui, 79, Japanese artist, heart disease.
• Jacques Nicolaou, 91, French comic book author.
• Ramses Ohee, 90, Indonesian politician.
• Boris Pahor, 108, Slovenian writer (Necropolis) and Holocaust survivor.
• Charles A. Rose, 91, American politician, mayor of Chattanooga (1975–1983).
• Roger Shepard, 93, American cognitive scientist and author.
• Costen Shockley, 80, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Angels).
• Carlo Smuraglia, 98, Italian politician and partisan, senator (1992–2001) and president of ANPI (2011–2017).
• Sir William Sutherland, 88, Scottish police officer, chief constable of Bedfordshire Police (1979–1983) and Lothian and Borders Police (1983–1996), chief inspector of constabulary of Scotland (1996–1998).
• Bob Talamini, 83, American football player (Houston Oilers, New York Jets).
• Sean Thackrey, 79, American winemaker, cancer.
• Paul Vance, 92, American songwriter ("Catch a Falling Star", "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini", "Tracy") and record producer.
• Pat Yankee, 94, American singer.

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• Lawrence D. Ackman, 83, American real estate agent.
• Ahn Byong-man, 81, South Korean academic administrator, president of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (1994–2004).
• Ted Alvarez Jr., 92, American politician.
• Ian Bentley, 66, English Anglican priest, archdeacon of Lynn (2018–2022), liver cancer.
• Paul Brass, 85, American political scientist and academic.
• Bart Bryant, 59, American golfer, traffic collision.
• Maurice Cooreman, 79, Belgian football manager (Kaduna United).
• Dave "Baby" Cortez, 83, American pianist and organist ("The Happy Organ").
• Kenneth W. Dam, 89, American politician, secretary of the treasury (2002–2003).
• Andrée Geulen, 100, Belgian teacher and member of the resistance.
• Sir Brian Hayes, 93, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1978–1983).
• Larry Hillman, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings).
• Egbert Hirschfelder, 79, German rower, Olympic champion (1964, 1968).
• Gregory Eebolawola Kpiebaya, 89, Ghanaian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Wa (1974–1994) and archbishop of Tamale (1994–2009).
• KK, 53, Indian playback singer (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Humraaz, Om Shanti Om), cardiac arrest.
• Ingram Marshall, 80, American composer.
• Jacques N'Guea, 66, Cameroonian footballer (Canon Yaoundé, national team).
• Jim Parks, 90, English cricketer (Sussex, Somerset, national team), complications from a fall.
• Kelly Joe Phelps, 62, American blues musician.
• Vasile Rădulescu, 77, Romanian politician, deputy (1990–1992).
• Zaire Rezende, 90, Brazilian politician, deputy (1991–2000), complications from COVID-19.
• Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, 83, Colombian drug lord (Cali Cartel).
• Joe Segal, 97, Canadian philanthropist.
• Bhim Singh, 80, Indian politician, founder of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party, MP (1988) and Jammu and Kashmir MLA (1977–1987).
• Dave Smith, 72, American sound engineer, founder of Sequential.
• Lawrence Zalcman, 78, American mathematician.
• Wang Zherong, 86, Chinese tank designer, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

References

External links

• List of May 2022 deaths at IMDb