Famous Deaths for May 1990
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Months in 1990: January February March April June July August September October November December
Deaths 1 - 30 of 30
1st - Sunset Carson, cowboy actor (El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), dies at 62
2nd - David Rappaport, 3'11' actor (Wizard, LA Law), shoots himself at 38
2nd - Oleg Anatolyevich Yakovlev, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 49
2nd - William Levi Dawson, composer, dies at 90
3rd - Pimen, [Sergei Irzyekov], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 79
4th - Don Appell, dies
6th - Charles Farrell, actor (Vern-My Little Margie), dies at 89
7th - Jessica James, actress (Spring Break), dies of breast cancer at 60
8th - Tomas O'Fiach, [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies
9th - Luigi Nono, Ital composer (Intolleranza), dies at 66
9th - Pauline Frederick, 1st women to moderate Pres debate, dies at 84
10th - Susan Oliver, actress (Disorderly Orderly), dies of cancer at 61
10th - Walker Percy, physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at 73
12th - Chen Kenmin, Japanese chef (b. 1912)
13th - Venedikt Jerofejev, Russian writer, dies
14th - Andre Ameller, composer, dies at 78
16th - Dag Drollet, Cheyenne Brando's boyfriend killed by brother Christian
16th - Jim Henson, puppeteer (Sesame Street, Muppet Show), dies at 53
16th - Sammy Davis Jr, singer/actor (Golden Boy), dies at 64
Muppeteer Jim Henson (16th)
18th - Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54
21st - Franklyn Seales, actor (Silver Spoon, Onion Field), dies of AIDS at 37
21st - Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies
21st - Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered
22nd - Max Wall, actor (Jabberwocky), dies
22nd - Rocky Graziano, boxer/writer/actor (Mr Rock & Roll), dies at 71 of heart failure
25th - Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60
27th - Robert B. Meyner, American politician (b. 1908)
28th - Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67
28th - Hussein Bin Onn, 1st minister of Malasia (1976-81), dies
28th - Joseph Hardy, actor/director (Tree Grows in Brooklyn), dies at 71
