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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2006.
May 2006
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- Carlos Alberto Dias Barreira, 63, Brazilian civilist lawyer and politician, heart attack.
- Ali Jaafar Ali, 39, Iraqi sports anchorman, shot dead by unknown gunmen in Baghdad.
- Ryan Bennett, 35, former UFC announcer and founder of MMAweekly, died in a car crash.
- Ronald Cranford, 65, neurologist and bioethicist who developed coma standards, complications of kidney cancer.
- Raymond Davis Jr., 91, American chemist and a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002, Alzheimer's disease.
- Bobby Dykes, 77, veteran of 146 boxing matches who fought Kid Gavilan for the welterweight championship, Lou Gehrig's disease.
- Lula Mae Hardaway, 76, mother of singer Stevie Wonder, natural causes.
- Flora Gill Jacobs, 87, American founder of the Dolls' House and Toy Museum in Washington D.C, cancer.
- Ken McIntyre, 63, college basketball player for St. John's, MVP of the 1965 National Invitation Tournament, cancer.
- Matteo Spinola, 76, Italian actor and press-agent cinema and television actress (Sophia Loren, Serena Grandi) from 1960s with Enrico Lucherini, cancer
- Miguel Berrocal, 73, Spanish sculptor and puzzle creator; prostate cancer.
30
- Slim Aarons, 89, American photographer, stroke.
- Hladnik Boštjan, 77, Slovenian film director.
- Shohei Imamura, 79, Japanese film director ( Black Rain ), two-time winner of the Palme d'Or, liver cancer.
- Bill Kovacs, 56, computer animation pioneer and Academy Award winner, complications of a stroke.
- David Lloyd, 68, New Zealand botanist, complications from mystery illness, possibly poison.
- Taylor Major, Liberian politician and former Chairman of the Liberian Public Utilities Authority.
- Hugh B. Patterson Jr., 91, publisher of the Arkansas Gazette .
- Robert Sterling, 88, star of 1950s television show Topper , natural causes.
29
- Neville Amadio, 93, flautist and soloist for Sydney Symphony for 50 years. Series of small heart attacks.
- Peter Borsari, 67, celebrity photographer, complications from elective knee surgery.
- Dave Brady, British folk singer ("Swan Arcade"), chest infection.
- James Brolan, 42, CBS News sound technician, injuries sustained in car bombing in Iraq.
- Paul Douglas, 48, veteran CBS News cameraman, injuries sustained in car bombing in Iraq.
- Steve Mizerak, 61, champion billiards player
- Omeljan Pritsak, 87, Harvard professor, scholar and authority on Ukraine
- Johnny Servoz-Gavin, 64, French racing driver.
- Spencer Witty, 92, American clothier, one of the four Witty Brothers.
28
- Edward Aldwell, 68, music theorist and pianist specializing in Bach, automotive accident.
- James Archibald, 94, Maine judge for 50 years including service on the Maine Judicial Supreme Court between 1971 and his retirement in 1981.
- Fermín Chávez, 82, Argentine historian, complications from renal failure. , , ,
- James Conway Sr., 78, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Mister Softee.
- Sue Fear, 43, Australian mountaineer, climbing accident.
- Umberto Masetti, 80, motorcycle racer, the first Italian World Champion class 500cc in 1950 and 1952, pulmonary strokes
- Masumi Okada, 70, Japanese actor, played Brother Michael in Shogun , throat cancer.
- Tony Sardisco, 73, American footballer, former captain of the Boston Patriots, heart attack.
- Doris Saunders, 64, first editor of Them Days magazine and inducted into the Order of Canada for her role in preserving Labrador's history. Alzheimer's disease.
- Jack Skead, 94, South African ornithologist and natural historian.
- Arthur Widmer, 91, motion picture special effects pioneer, winner of an Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement, cancer.
27
- Adeeb, 72, Pakistani actor
- Harold Falls, 96, American ophthalmologist.
- Stephen Garner, 60,Chief Executive and President of Tompkins Trust Co.
- Paul Gleason, 67, American actor, mesothelioma.
- Craig "Ironhead" Heyward, 39, NFL fullback, complications from a brain tumor.
- Leslie Hansen Kopp, 53, American dance and music archivist.
- General Romeo Lucas García, 81, former President of Guatemala. Complications of Alzheimer's disease.
- Thelma Leeds, 95, American actress, widow of Parkyakarkus
- James McClatchy, 85, Board Member of The McClatchy Company, infection after surgery.
- Walter Meyerhof, 84, former head of Stanford University's physics department and son of Nobel Prize-winner Otto Meyerhof, complications of Parkinson's disease.
- Michael Riffaterre, 81, French-born professor at Columbia University and scholar of French literature.
- Alex Toth, 77, American comic book artist and cartoonist (Space Ghost, Jonny Quest).
- Bull Ramos, 71, Northwest US wrestler, shoulder infection
26
- Tamsin Causer, 32, British sky diver, quadruple world record holder, sky diving accident.
- George Field, 101, American human rights activist, co-founder of Freedom House.
- Horondino José da Silva, also known as "Dino Sete Cordas", 88, Brazilian virtuouso of the seven-string guitar.
- General Johann-Adolf Graf von Kielmansegg, 99, German military officer
- Alan Kotok, 64, American early video game designer ( Spacewar! ), engineer for Digital Equipment.
- Mahmoud al-Majzoub, also known as Abu Hamza, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader, assassination by bombing.
- Vincent McAllister, 51, guitarist of Pentagram, 1971-1977.
- Edouard Michelin, 42, CEO of Michelin, boating accident off the Île de Sein.
- Kevin O'Flanagan, 86, Irish former association football and rugby union international, and IOC member, heart problems.
- Dr. Anita Roberts, 64, American molecular biologist at the National Cancer Institute, stomach cancer.
- Ted Schroeder, 84, American tennis player, winner at Wimbledon (1949) and the U.S. Open (1942), cancer.
- Raymond Triboulet, 99, member of the French Resistance during World War II, member of the French Parliament and government minister.
25
- Joe Brodsky, 71, former Dallas Cowboys NFL assistant coach, cancer.
- Sir Julian Bullard, 78, British diplomat
- Art Espenet Carpenter, 86, master wood craftsman known for his Espenet pieces displayed at the Smithsonian Institution, heart attack.
- Elizabeth Connelly, 77, former member of the New York State Assembly representing Staten Island, cancer.
- Desmond Dekker, 64, Jamaican ska musician, heart attack.
- Lars Gyllensten, 84, Swedish author, physician, and member of the Swedish Academy.
- Wilber Huston, 93, American scientist and retired NASA mission director.
- Anthony Li Du'an, 79, Catholic archbishop of Xi'an, liver cancer.
- Aída Luz, 89, Argentine film actress, natural causes
- Donald Rudolph, 85, US Army soldier awarded the Medal of Honor during World War II, Alzheimer's disease.
- Kemoko Sano, mid 70s, Guinean choreographer and founder of Les Merveilles de Guinée.
- Mari Yonehara, 56, Japanese essayist, ovarian cancer.
- Tobías Lasser, 95, Venezuelan botanist, founder of the Botanic Garden of Caracas, natural causes .
24
- Edgar Beckham, 72, former Connecticut Board of Education chairman and first Black Dean at Wesleyan University, complications of a stroke.
- Eric Bedser, 87, cricketer for Surrey, and elder twin brother of Sir Alec Bedser.
- Henry Bumstead, 91, Academy Awards-winning art director ( To Kill a Mockingbird , The Sting ), prostate cancer.
- Robert Giaimo, 86, Congressman for Connecticut 3rd District 1959-1981, lung ailments.
- Nabil Hodhod, Palestinian security chief, killed by car bomb.
- Dick Johnson, 69, veteran Maine radio broadcaster and news reporter, complications of a heart attack.
- Salem Kadih, 22, Hamas member, shot dead.
- Fritz Klein, 73, Austrian-born psychiatrist and researcher.
- Carlos Maeso, 67, Uruguayan Minister of Labour (1979-1982) and of Foreign Affairs (1982-1985).
- Anderson Mazoka, 63, chief opposition leader in Zambia.
- Bernard Ostry, 78, Canadian civil servant and philanthropist, cancer.
- Claude Piéplu, 83. French actor, cancer
- John Wheeldon, 76, former Australian Labor Party Senator and minister in the Whitlam government.
23
- Philippe Amaury, 66, French media owner
- Clifford Antone, 56, Austin blues club owner, heart attack.
- Lloyd Bentsen, 85, American Vice-Presidential candidate, Senator, and Treasury Secretary under Clinton.
- Salvatore Billa, 63, Italian actor.
- James Carey, 71, American professor of journalism at Columbia University, author.
- Ian Copeland, 57, American music promoter and agent, older brother of Stewart Copeland of The Police, melanoma.
- Bracha Eden, 78, Israeli pianist, brain hemorrhage
- Ángel Fernández, 80, Mexican sports broadcaster, renal failure.
- Lucina Paquet Gabbard, 84, American academic, educator and author, lung cancer.
- Kazimierz Górski, 85, former coach of Poland nat
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