Deaths in May 1992

The following is a list of notable deaths in May 1992.

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 1992

1 Ahmet Aytar, 69-70, Turkish Olympic long-distance runner (1952). Agustin Cueva, 54, Ecuadorian writer, cancer. Hella Hammid, 70, German-American photographer. Sharon Redd, 46, American singer, pneumonia caused by AIDS. Justin Stein, 80, American baseball player. Celerino Sánchez, 48, Mexican baseball player (New York Yankees). Justin Stein, 80, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds).

2 Cannonball Berry, 80, American baseball player. Stefano D'Arrigo, 72, Italian writer. Trevor Hatherton, 67, New Zealand geophysicist, scientific administrator and Antarctic scientist. Mike Karakas, 80, American ice hockey player (Chicago Black Hawks). Stefan Kieniewicz, 84, Polish historian. Wilbur Daigh Mills, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1939–1977). Kel Tremain, 54, New Zealand rugby player. Margarete Wallmann, 87-90, Austrian opera director and ballerina.

3 Alummoodan, 59, Indian actor. Vilma Degischer, 80, Austrian theatre and film actress. Silvino Ferreira, 77, Brazilian Olympic sports shooter (1948). Godman Irvine, 82, Canadian-British politician. George Murphy, 89, American politician and actor, member of the U.S. Senate (1965–1971), leukemia. Kevin O'Donovan, 70, Irish Olympic basketball player (1992).

4 Harry Bisbey, 60, American Olympic water polo player, (1952). Shane Curry, 24, American football player (Indianapolis Colts), shot. August Hellemans, 84, Belgian football player and Olympian (1928). Michael Howlett, 77, American politician, kidney failure. Ronnie Knox, 57, Canadian football player. Gregor Mackenzie, 64, British politician. Lyn Marshall, 47, British yoga teacher, ballerina, and actress, brain cancer. Thomas O. Paine, 70, American engineer and scientist, cancer.

5 Adriana Admiraal-Meijerink, 98, Dutch Olympic fencer (1924, 1928). Yunis Aliyev, 33, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action. Del M. Clawson, 78, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1963–1978). Fikret Hajiyev, 27, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action. Kerim Kerimov, 20, Azerbaijani soldier, killed in battle. Sarkhan Ojaqverdiyev, 24, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action. Jean-Claude Pascal, 64, French actor, stomach cancer. Jean Vauthier, 81, French playwright. Dick Yarmy, 59, American actor (Get Smart, Mork & Mindy, Emergency!), lung cancer.

6 Marlene Dietrich, 90, German-American actress (Morocco, Touch of Evil, Judgment at Nuremberg), kidney failure. Malcolm A. MacIntyre, 84, American lawyer and hall of fame lacrosse player. Gaston Reiff, 71, Belgian Olympic runner (1948, 1952). Jilly Rizzo, 75, American restaurateur and actor, traffic collision. Tatyana Yesenina, 73, Soviet writer.

7 Nachhatar Chhatta, 32, Indian singer, alcohol intoxication. Kiril Hristov, 42, Bulgarian football player and Olympian (1968). Soerip, 70, Indonesian singer and film actress. Tiny Timbrell, 75, Canadian musician.

8 Albert Agarunov, 23, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action. Addeke Hendrik Boerma, 80, Dutch civil servant. Richard Derr, 74, American actor (When Worlds Collide, American Gigolo, Firefox), pancreatic cancer. Gul Mohammad, 70, Pakistani cricketer, liver cancer. Sergey Obraztsov, 90, Russian puppeteer. Otto Šimánek, 67, Czechoslovak actor. Ted Smith, 63, American Olympic cyclist (1948).

9 Hernán Bolaños, 80, Nicaraguan-Costa Rican football player. Keith Bissell, 80, Canadian composer. Tom Chessell, 78, Australian rower and Olympic medalist (1952). Otto Kohn, 84, German Olympic long-distance runner (1928). Carmine Lombardozzi, 79, American mobster and member of the Gambino crime family. Helmi Moustafa, 80, Egyptian Olympic footballer (1936). Fred Nimz, 78, American basketball player. Mehman Sayadov, 19, Azerbaijani soldier and war hero, killed in action.

10 Fawzi Chaaban, 61, Egyptian Olympic athlete (1952). Egil Endresen, 72, Norwegian judge and politician. John Lund, 81, American actor (A Foreign Affair, To Each His Own, The Perils of Pauline). Werner Nilsen, 88, Norwegian-American soccer player. K. G. Ramanathan, 71, Indian mathematician. Jerzy Schindler, 69, Polish Olympic alpine skier (1948). Tom Seats, 81, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, Brooklyn Dodgers). Sylvia Syms, 74, American singer, heart attack. Willard Long Thorp, 92, American economist.

11 Judith Brown, 60, American dancer and sculptor. Adolf Fehr, 88, Swiss Olympic field hockey player (1928, 1936). René Guajardo, 59, Mexican professional wrestler, liver cancer. Loretta Cessor Manggrum, 95, American pianist and composer of sacred music. William A. Mueller, 91, American sound engineer. Curtis D. Summers, 62, American engineer and roller coaster designer. Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda, 83, Japanese member of the imperial family, heart attack.

12 Joe Burke, 68, American baseball executive, lymphatic cancer. Nikos Gatsos, 80, Greek poet, translator and lyricist. Jacqueline Maillan, 69, French actress, heart attack. Hector McIvor, 91, Australian politician. Bob Mizer, 70, American photographer and filmmaker. Lenny Montana, 66, American actor (The Godfather, Fingers), professional wrestler (GCW) and mobster, heart attack. Les Pabst, 75, Australian rules footballer. Robert Reed, 59, American actor (The Brady Bunch, The Defenders, Roots), colon cancer. Paul Sokody, 77, American basketball player. Win Williams, 69, American football player.

13 Patrick Angus, 38, American painter, AIDS. Bob Burkard, 70, American Olympic soccer player (1952). Gisela Elsner, 55, German novelist, suicide by jumping. Stan Hugill, 85, British folk music performer. Dawon Kahng, 61, Korean-American electrical engineer and inventor. Leon Klatzkin, 77, American music arranger, composer, and conductor. F. E. McWilliam, 83, Northern Irish sculptor, cancer. Valentino Pellarini, 72, Italian Olympic basketball player (1948). Wanda Rutkiewicz, 49, Polish mountain climber, climbing accident. Bart Zoet, 49, Dutch Olympic cyclist (1964), heart attack.

14 Lyle Alzado, 43, American football player (Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, Los Angeles Raiders), brain cancer. Helge Helgesen, 79, Norwegian footballer. Robert Howie, 93, Scottish rugby player. Frank M. Karsten, 79, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1969). Nie Rongzhen, 92, Chinese general.

15 Tommy Colella, 73, American gridiron football player (Detroit Lions, Cleveland Rams, Cleveland Browns). Ladislav Demšar, 63, Yugoslav basketball player and coach. Jovy Marcelo, 27, Filipino racing driver, racing accident. Bartlett Mullins, 87, British actor. Robert Morris Page, 88, American physicist, heart failure. Gino Rossetti, 87, Italian football manager, player, and Olympian (1928). Jalil Safarov, 30, Azerbaijani soldier, killed in battle. Parviz Samedov, 22, Azerbaijani soldier, killed in battle.

16 Joe Healey, 81, American Olympic hurdler (1932). Preacher Henry, 81, American baseball player. Leon Jensz, 76, Polish Olympic sailor (1936). Marisa Mell, 53, Austrian actress, throat cancer. Eric James, Baron James of Rusholme, 83, British educator. Chalino Sánchez, 31, Mexican singer-songwriter, murdered. Jaap Stenger, 84, Dutch Olympic rower (1928). Robert Grainger Ker Thompson, 76, British military officer and counter-insurgency expert.

17 Robert Blanc, 47, French footballer. Luigi Consonni, 86, Italian Olympic cyclist (1932). George Hurrell, 87, American photographer, bladder cancer. William Ivey, 72, American painter, cancer. Len Ortman, 66, Canadian football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders). Leopold Schädler, 66, Liechtensteiner Olympic alpine skier (1948, 1956). Želimir Vidović, 38, Bosnian football player, murdered. Lawrence Welk, 89, American musician and television personality (The Lawrence Welk Show), pneumonia.

18 Margaret Birtwistle, 66, British Olympic track and field athlete (1948). Brownlow Eve, 87, Bermudian Olympic sailor (1956, 1960). Rudolf Klupsch, 86, German Olympic sprinter (1936). Jake Leicht, 72, American gridiron football player. Giuliani G. De Negri, 71, Italian film producer and screenwriter. Jasper K. Smith, 86, American attorney and politician. Skip Stephenson, 52, American comedian, heart attack. Marshall Thompson, 66, American actor, heart failure.

19 Esther Averill, 89, American author. Miguel Camberos, 86, Mexican Olympic javelin thrower (1932). Olavi Heinonen, 70, Finnish Olympic diver (1952). Alfred McClung Lee, 85, American sociologist. Claude Roussel, 50, French Olympic bobsledder (1968). Jock Turner, 48, Scottish rugby player. Hans Vogt, 81, German composer.

20 Roger Keith Coleman, 33, American convicted murderer, execution by electric chair. Giovanni Colombo, 89, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Leela Sumant Moolgaokar, 75, Indian social worker. James Tully, 76, Irish politician. Alicia Vergel, 64, Filipina actress.

21 Ulric Cole, 86, American pianist, editor, music educator and composer. T. B. Ilangaratne, 79, Sri Lankan politician, author, dramatist, and theater actor. Åke Lindblom, 73, Swedish Olympic sports shooter (1956). Mugs Stump, 42, American mountaineer, mountaineering accident.

22 Tony Accardo, 86, American mobster and Chicago Outfit boss, cardiopulmonary failure. Roy Childs, 43, American political essayist, fall. Elizabeth David, 78, British cookery writer, stroke. Dan Enright, 74, American television producer, cancer. Zellig S. Harris, 82, American linguist. Frank Hurley, 76, Australian rugby league footballer. Abraham Moles, 71, French information scientist. György Ránki, 84, Hungarian composer. Iosif Varga, 50, Romanian football player. Lee Yang-ji, 37, Japanese novelist, myocarditis.

23 James Blair, 82, American rower and Olympic champion (1932). Kostas Davourlis, 44, Greek footballer, heart attack. Giovanni Falcone, 53, Italian magistrate, assassinated, car bomb. John Gates, 78, American communist politician. William Keene, 76, American actor.[https://www1-direct.entertainment.ie/person/william-keene/ William Keene ACTOR] Charley Malone, 81, American gridiron football player (Boston/Washington Redskins). Francesca Morvillo, 46, Italian magistrate, assassinated, car bomb. Paul Moukila, 41, Congolese football player, malaria. Henry George Pearce, 74, Australian politician. Ernst Plischke, 88, Austrian-New Zealand architect, town planner and furniture designer. Ľudovít Rado, 77, Slovak footballer. Jack Webb, 86, Australian rules footballer. Atahualpa Yupanqui, 84, Argentine musician.

24 Jean Aberbach, 81, Austrian-American music publisher. Francis Thomas Bacon, 87, English engineer. Luiz Eça, 56, Brazilian samba and bossa nova pianist. Adolf Hoch, 81, Austrian architect. Ken Hogan, 40, Australian rules footballer. Joan Sanderson, 79, British actress.

25 Danny Biasone, 83, Italian-American sports executive. Tulio Demicheli, 77, Argentine filmmaker, cancer. Otto Denning, 79, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians). Sari Dienes, 93, Hungarian-American artist. Viktor Grishin, 77, Soviet politician, heart attack. Philip Habib, 72, American diplomat, cardiac arrhythmia. Gitta Mallasz, 84, Hungarian artist. Harvey Murphy, 76, American football player (Cleveland Rams). Ruben Zakharian, 90, Russian painter.

26 Edmund Beloin, 82, American writer of radio, film, and television. Terence Clarke, 88, British Army officer and politician. Joe Davis, 72, American football player. Dorota Horzonkówna, 58, Polish Olympic gymnast (1952, 1956). Wally Miller, 74, Australian rules footballer. George Morrow, 66, American jazz bassist. Geneva Sayre, 80, American bryologist and bibliographer.

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