The following is a list of deaths in May 2009. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. May 2009 1 Delara Darabi, 22, Iranian convicted murderer, executed by hanging. Fred Delmare, 87, German actor, complications from pneumonia. Ric Estrada, 81, Cuban-born American penciler of comic books, prostate cancer. Danny Gans, 52, American entertainer. Norman Gash, 97, British historian. Brian Grove, 88, Aussie cricketer. Albert Hamilton Gordon, 107, American businessman. George Hannan, 98, Australian politician. Jokke Kangaskorpi, 37, Finnish footballer. Jack D. Maltester, 95, American politician, mayor of San Leandro, California. Derek Noonan, 62, British rugby league and rugby union player. Marc Rocco, 46, American film director (Murder in the First, Where the Day Takes You) and screenwriter. Sunline, 13, New Zealand champion racehorse, euthanized. John Wilke, 54, American investigative reporter, pancreatic cancer. 2 Alfred Appel, 75, American scholar, expert on Vladimir Nabokov, heart failure. K. Balaji, 74, Indian Tamil actor and producer, multiple organ failure. Augusto Boal, 78, Brazilian dramatist and theater director (Theatre of the Oppressed), respiratory failure. Víctor Andrés Catena, 84, Spanish screenwriter and director. Marilyn French, 79, American writer, heart failure. Harold Hankins, 78, British electrical engineer and academic administrator, Vice-Chancellor of UMIST. Kiyoshiro Imawano, 58, Japanese rock musician. Janus Kamban, 95, Faroese sculptor and graphic designer. Jack Kemp, 73, American politician and football player, candidate for Vice President (1996), cancer. Carole C. Noon, 59, American primatologist, founder of Save the Chimps, pancreatic cancer. Robert Pauley, 85, American executive, President of ABC Radio (1961–1967), heart failure. Virginia Prince, 96, American transgender activist. 3 Dobby Campbell, 86, Scottish football player (Chelsea, Scotland) and manager. Robert B. Choate, Jr., 84, American food lobbyist. Committed, 29, American thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. John Elsworthy, 77, Welsh football player (Ipswich Town). Hui Ki On, 65, Hong Kong public servant, Commissioner of Police (1994–2001), cancer. Eleanor Perenyi, 91, American gardener and writer, cerebral hemorrhage. Ram Shewalkar, 78, Indian Marathi writer, cardiac arrest. Ralph Thompson, 95, British animal artist. 4 Nicholas Clemente, 80, American judge (New York Supreme Court). Dom DeLuise, 75, American actor and comedian (The Cannonball Run, The Secret of NIMH), writer and chef, kidney failure. Sir Geoffrey Foot, 93, Australian politician. Edward Stewart Kennedy, 97, American historian. Charles