May 4 Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65 May 8 Graham Bond, British R&B musician, dies jumping under a train at 36 May 9 Lyubomir Pipkov, Bulgarian composer, dies at 69 May 23 Kathleen Cannell, American fashion and dance writer, dies at 82 Duke Ellington May 24 Duke Ellington, American musician, dies of cancer at 75 Jazz Musician and ComposerDuke Ellington May 25 Pam Morrison, wife of Door's vocalist Jim, dies of drug overdose 1973 Deaths in Music 1975