Famous People Who Died in May 1975

May 3 Samuel Gonard, Swiss lawyer and chairman (International Red Cross), dies at 78

May 4 Moe Howard [Moses Horowitz], American actor and comedian (The 3 Stooges), dies at 77

May 6 József Mindszenty [József Pehm], Hungarian cardinal who opposed fascism and communism in Hungary, dies at 83
May 8 Avery Brundage, American businessman (5th President International Olympic Committee 1952-72), dies at 87
May 9 Philip Dorn, Dutch actor (Enemy Agent, I Remember Mama), dies of a heart attack at 73
May 11 Walter Kinsella, American actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 74
May 12 Joe Mooney, American jazz and pop accordionist, organist, and vocalist, dies at 64
May 13 Bob Wills, American musician, known as the 'King of Western Swing' ("Steel Guitar Rag"), dies from bronchial pneumonia at 69
May 13 Vladislav Zolotaryov, Soviet Russian bayanist (button accordion player), and composer (Six Children's Suites), takes his own life at 53
May 14 Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-American television pioneer (Alexanderson alternator), dies at 97
May 16 Michael X, (Abdul Malik), hanged in Trinidad, for murder
May 17 Arthur Trappier, American jazz drummer (Blanche Calloway: Fats Waller), dies at 64
May 18 Leroy Anderson, American composer (Syncopated Clock), dies at 66
May 20 Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor, dies in fire at 72
May 20 Jacques Stehman, Belgian pianist and composer (Symphonie de poche), dies at 62
May 22 Lefty Grove, American Baseball Player (b. 1900)
May 22 Torben Myer, Danish actor (Girl Who Came Back, Judgment at Nuremberg, Sullivan's Travels), dies at 90
May 23 Jackie "Moms" Mabley, comedienne (Amazing Grace), dies at 81

May 27 Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies of ALS at 53

May 28 Eric Emerson, entertainer, dies
May 28 Roy Roberts, American actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), dies from a heart attack at 69
May 30 Michel Simon, Swiss actor (Panic, Plague, Two of Us), dies at 80
May 30 Steve Prefontaine, American runner (5K 1972 Olympic 4th), dies in a car accident at 24
May 30 Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist and founder of Isshinryu Karate, dies at 66