diplomat (b. 1901) May May 2 - Karl Davis, African-American fashion designer (b. 1962) May 3 – Dalida, French rock musician (b. 1933) May 4 Paul Butterfield, American musician (b. 1942) Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930) May 6 – William J. Casey, American Central Intelligence Agency director (b. 1913) May 7 – Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930) May 8 Sir James Plimsoll, Australian public servant (b. 1917) Carl Tchilinghiryan, German businessman (b. 1910) May 9 – Thodoros Kefalopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1894) May 13 Ismael Rivera, Puerto Rican composer and salsa singer (b. 1931) Signe Amundsen, Norwegian operatic soprano (b. 1899) May 14 – Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918) May 17 – Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) May 19 – James Tiptree, Jr., American author (b. 1915) May 21 – Alejandro Rey, Argentine actor (b. 1930) May 24 – Hermione Gingold, English actress (b. 1897) May 27 Colin McCahon, New Zealand artist (b. 1919) John Howard Northrop, American biochemist (b. 1891) May 29 Charan Singh, 5th Prime Minister of India (b. 1902) Jozef Langenus, Belgian middle-distance runner (b. 1898) May 31 – John Abraham, Indian film director (b. 1937) June June 1 Errol Barrow, Caribbean statesman, 1st Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1920) Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman, 21st Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1921) Domenico Piemontesi, Italian road bicycle racer (b. 1903) June 2 – Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893) June 3 – Will Sampson, American actor (b. 1933) June 6 – Richard Münch, German actor (b. 1916) June 9 Madge Kennedy, American actress (b. 1891) Raya Dunayevskaya, Russian-born philosopher, founder of Marxist humanism in the United States (b. 1910) June 10 – Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (b. 1943) June 13 Vera Caspary, American screenwriter, novelist, playwright (b. 1899) Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924) June 20 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and naturalist (b. 1896) June 22 – Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1899) June 24 – Jackie Gleason, American actor and comedian (b. 1916) June 26 Arthur F. Burns, American economist (b. 1904) Henk Badings, Dutch composer (b. 1907) June 30 – Federico Mompou, Spanish composer and pianist (b. 1893) July July 2 – Michael Bennett, American theater director and choreographer (b. 1943) July 3 – Viola Dana, American actress (b. 1897) July 4 – Abdul Halim, Indonesian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Indonesia