Deaths in May - 2021

Actress Olympia Dukakis died May 1 at the age of 89. She wrote Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress.

Australian poet, novelist and essayist Kate Jennings died on 1 May aged 72 Her novels were called Snake and Moral Hazard.

Race car driver Bobby Unser died May 2 at the age of 87. He wrote Winners are Driven.

Ballet dancer Jacques D’Amboise died May 2 at the age of 86. He wrote I was a Dancer and Teaching The Magic of Dance.

Author Subhadra sen Gupta died of coronavirus May 4. Her books include A Children’s History of India, Mystery of the House of Pigeons and Star Struck!

Belgian writer Pieter Aspe died May 1 at the age of 68. His books include The Square of Revenge and The Midas Murders.

Comic book artist John Paul Leon has died at the age of 49. His work can be seen in Black Widow Deadly Origin and Earth X.

Jazz journalist W. Royal Stokes died May 1 at the age of 91. His books include Swing Era New York and Growing Up with Jazz.

Investment guide David Swensen died May 4 at the age of 67. He wrote Unconventional Success: A Fundamental Approach to Personal Investment and Pioneering Portfolio Management: An Unconventional Approach.

Journalist Lucinda franks died May 5 at the age of 74. Her books include My Father's Secret War: A Memoir, Wild Apples and Timeless: Love, Morgenthau, and Me .

Surfer mom Juliette Paskowitz died May 3 at the age of 89. She wrote Surfwise: The Amazing True Odyssey of the Paskowitz Family.

Co-founder of Vans shoes Paul van Doren died May 6 at the age of 90. He wrote Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans.

Evangelist Ernest Angley died May 7 at the age of 99. His books include Raptured and Untying God’s Hands.

R&B singer Lloyd Price died May 3 at the age of 88. He wrote a book of essays called sumdumhonky.

Historian and Holocaust survivor Yitzhak Arad died May 6 at the age of 94. His books include Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka and The Holocaust in the Soviet Union.

Rock critic Ed Ward died May 3 at the age of 72. His books include The History of Rock & Roll and The Rock of Ages.

Chemist Marye Anne Fox died May 9 at the age of 73. Her books include Organic Chemistry and Core Organic Chemistry.

Former New York Congressman Lester L. Wolff died May 11 at the age of 102. His books include A Legislative History of the Taiwan Relations Act and The Narcotics Situation in Southeast Asia.

The founder of Orvis Leigh H. Perkins died May 7 at the age of 93. His books include A Sportsman’s Life and Game Cookery.

Journalist Jim Klobuchar died May 12 at the age of 93. His books include Pursued by Grace, Tarkenton and The Cross Under the Acacia Tree.

The last Marine survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis Edgar Harrell died May 8 at the age of 96. He wrote Out of the Depths: An Unforgettable WWII Story of Survival .

Attorney and former CIA agent Janine M. Brookner has died at the age of 80. She wrote Piercing the Veil of Secrecy: Litigation Against U. S. Intelligence.

Pro wrestler New Jack née Jerome Young died on May 14 at the age of 58. His memoir was as called New Jack: Memoirs of a Pro Wrestling Extremist.

Conductor Eugene Thamon Simpson died May 2 at the age of 89. He wrote Hall Johnson: His Life, His Spirit, and His Music.

Punk singer Jack Terricloth died May 13 at the age of 50. His books include The Collected Cloth, Cloth Dam Sorrow and Bakshish.

Architect Arthur Gensler died May 10 at the age of 85. His books include Art’s Principles and Shanghai Tower.

News correspondent Jay Barbree died May 14 at the age of 87. His books include Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America’s Race to the Moon and Live from Cape Canaveral.

Actor Charles Grodin died May 18 at the age of 86. His books include If I Only Knew Then...: Learning from Our Mistakes and It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here: My Journey Through Show Business.

Eton classicist Peter Needham has died at the age of 86. He translated a number of popular works into Latin such as Harrius Potter et Philosophi Lapis and Harrius Potter et Camera Secretorum.

Comedian Paul Mooney died May 19 at the age of 79. He wrote Black is the New White.

Environmental expert Christopher D. Stone died May 14 at the age of 83. He wrote Should Trees have Standing? and Earth and Other Ethics.

Musician Alix Dobkin died May 19 at the age of 80. Her books include My Red Blood and Alix Dobkin’s Adventures in Women’s Music.

Holocaust survivor Roman Kent died May 21 at the age of 92. He wrote Courage was my Only Option.

Biographer and playwright Joan Schenkar died May 5 at the age of 78. Her books include The Talented Miss Highsmith and Truly Wilde.

Psychologist Jerome Kagan died May 10 at the age of 82. His books include The Nature of the Child and Three Seductive Ideas.

Architectural curator Terence Riley died May 17 at the age of 66. His books include Mies in Berlin and Frank Lloyd Wright: Architect.

Medical journalist Oliver Gillie died May 15 at the age of 83. His books include The Sunday Times book of Body Maintenance, Sickle Cell Disorder (Need to know) and Cancer (Need to Know).

Art historian Constance Cain Hungerford died May 12 at the age of 73. She wrote Ernst Meissonier and the Art for the French Bourgeoisie.

Marathon runner Ron Hill died May 23 at the age of 82. He wrote Long Hard Road.

Editor and critic Kevin Jackson died May 10 at the age of 66. His books include The Oxford Book of money and Constellation of Genius.

Race car driver Max Mosley died May 24 at the age of 81. He wrote Formula One And Beyond: The Autobiography.

Manga artist Kentaro Miura died May 5 at the age of 54. His work includes the series Berserk and Berserk Max.

Composer and sound specialist Joel Chadabe died May 2 at the age of 82. He wrote Modalities and Electric Sound.

Choreographer Anna Halprin died May 24 at the age of 100. Her books include Returning to Health and Moving Toward Life.

Prof. Charles R. Larson died May 24 at the age of 83. His books include Under African Skies and American Indian Fiction.

Cricket writer David Foot died May 25 at the age of 92. His books include The Reasons Why: Wally Hammond and Harold Gimblett: Tormented Genius of Cricket.

Architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha died May 23 at the age of 92. His books include Paulo Mendes da Rocha: Fifty Years and Maquetes de Papel.

Children’s author and illustrator Eric Carle died May 23 at the age of 91. His books include The Very Hungry caterpillar and The Grouchy Ladybug.

Psychologist Harvey Schlossberg died May 21 at the age of 85. He wrote Psychologist with a Gun.

Photographer Kay Tobin Lahusen died May 26 at the age of 91. Her work includes The Gay Crusaders and Love and Resistance.

Comedienne Rusty Warren died May 25 at the age of 91. She wrote Rusty Warren’s Sin-Sational Cookbook.

Children’s book illustrator Lois Ehlert died May 25 at the age of 86. Her many books include Growing Vegetable Soup and Eating the Alphabet.

Journalist and former press Secretary to the President of Indonesia Wimar Witoelar died May 19 at the age of 75. His books include No Regrets: Reflections of a Presidential Spokesman and More about Nothing.

Ballerina Carla Fracci died May 27 at the age of 84. She wrote Passo dopo Passo: La Mia Storia.

Sister Margherita Marchione died May 19 at the age of 99. Her books include Pope Pius XII: Architect for Peace and Yours is a Precious Witness.

Actor Gavin Macleod died May 29 at the age of 90. He wrote This is Your Captain Speaking: My Fantastic Voyage through Hollywood.

Designer Ken Garland died May 20 at the age of 91. His books include Mr. Beck’s Underground Map and Graphics handbook.

Musician B. J. Thomas died May 29 at the age of 78. His books include Home Where I Belong and In Tune: Finding How good Life Can be.

Choreographer Raimund Hoghe died May 14 at the age of 72. He wrote Pina Bausch.

Ecologist and travel writer Maggie Moss has died at the age of 69. She co-authored Handbook for Women Travellers.

Journalist Chris Ashton died May 5 at the age of 79. His books include Geebung: the Story of Australian Polo and Wambo: the Changing Face of Rural Australia.

Professor Stuart Woolf, historian and translator, died May 1st 2021. He translated Primo Levi's memoir of life in Auschwitz.

Comic book author David Anthony Kraft died of coronavirus on May 20 at the age of 68. His works include Essential Defenders and Robot Race.

Curator Jay Belloli died May 21 at the age of 76. His works include Universe, Radical Past and Wallace Neff.

Theologian Richard L. Rubenstein died May 16 at the age of 97. His books include After Auschwitz, The Cunning of History and Approaches to Auschwitz.

International lawyer James Crawford died May 31 at the age of 72. His books include The Cambridge Companion to International Law and Brownlie’s Principles.

Children's author and illustrator Robert M. Quackenbush died May 17 at the age of 91. Among his many books were several popular series: the Miss Mallard Mysteries, Sherlock Chick, and Henry the Duck.

Psychologist Lee Ross died May 14 at the age of 78. His books include The Person and the Situation.

Millionaire physicist and benefactor George Stranahan died May 20 at the age of 89. He wrote Predicament of Innocents.

Dag Pike died May 29th 2021 aged 88. He wrote many books about seamanship, sailing, navigation.

Editor and historian Stephen R. Graubard died May 26 at the age of 96. His books include Presidents: The Transformation of the American Presidency and Command of Office.

Curator William Fagaly died May 17 at the age of 83. He wrote NightCrawler King: Memoirs of an Art Museum Curator.

Landscape archaeologist Christopher Taylor died May 28 at the age of 85. His books include Fieldwork in Medieval Archaeology, Village and Farmstead and Roads and Tracks of Britain.

Journalist Fred Dellar died May 15 at the age of 89. His works include The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music and New Musical Express Guide.

Community development worker Sandy Grant died May 14 at the age of 84. His books include Botswana: Choice and Opportunity and Decorated Homes in Botswana.