1998) May 15 Carlos Fuentes, Panamanian-born Mexican writer (b. 1928) Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian general and politician (b. 1918) May 17 – Donna Summer, American singer (b. 1948) May 18 – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German lyric baritone and conductor (b. 1925) May 19 – Bob Boozer, American basketball player (b. 1937) May 20 – Robin Gibb, British-Australian musician (b. 1949) May 25 – Edoardo Mangiarotti, Italian fencer (b. 1919) May 27 – Friedrich Hirzebruch, German mathematician (b. 1927) May 29 Kaneto Shindo, Japanese film director (b. 1912) Doc Watson, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1923) May 30 – Andrew Huxley, British Nobel physiologist (b. 1917) June June 2 Richard Dawson, British-American actor, comedian, game show host and panelist (b. 1932) Kathryn Joosten, American actress (b. 1939) Oliver, American chimpanzee performer, promoted as a "humanzee" (b. c.1957) June 3 – Roy Salvadori, British racing driver (b. 1922) June 4 – Eduard Khil, Soviet and Russian baritone singer (b. 1934) June 5 – Ray Bradbury, American author (b. 1920) June 6 – Manuel Preciado, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1957) June 7 – Bob Welch, American musician (b. 1945) June 8 – Frank Cady, American actor (b. 1915) June 11 Ann Rutherford, Canadian-born American actress (b. 1917) Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban Olympic boxer (b. 1952) June 12 – Elinor Ostrom, American Nobel economist (b. 1933) June 13 – William Standish Knowles, American Nobel chemist (b. 1917) June 14 – Yvette Wilson, American actress and comedian (b. 1964) June 16 Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (b. 1934) Susan Tyrrell, American actress (b. 1945) June 17 – Rodney King, American criminal and victim of police brutality (b. 1965) June 19 – Richard Lynch, American actor (b. 1940) June 26 – Nora Ephron, American film director and screenwriter (b. 1941) June 30 – Yitzhak Shamir, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1915) July July 1 – Alan G. Poindexter, American astronaut (b. 1961) July 3 Andy Griffith, American actor (b. 1926) Sergio Pininfarina, Italian automobile designer (b. 1926) Hollie Stevens, American pornographic actress and model (b. 1982) July 8 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (b. 1917) July 9 – Terepai Maoate, 6th Prime Minister of the Cook Islands (b. 1934) July 10 – Dolphy, Filipino actor and comedian (b. 1928) July 12 – Dara Singh, Indian wrestler, actor, and politician (b. 1928) July 13 Richard D. Zanuck, American film producer (b. 1934) Sage