Deaths for the week ending 7 May 2022:
Sunday, 1 May 2022
Kathy Boudin, leftist activist, murderer, and professor, of cancer, 78.
Ric Parnell, drummer/actor (This Is Spinal Tap), of complications from a blood clot, 70.
Jerry VerDorn, actor (Clint Buchanan on "One Life to Live"), of cancer, 72.
Tuesday, 3 May 2022
Norman Mineta, U.S. Congressman (D-CA, 1975-95) and cabinet member, of a heart ailment, 90.
Thursday, 5 May 2022
Du'Vonta Lampkin, college football player (University of Oklahoma), shot (homicide), 25.
Kenneth Welsh, actor (The Day After Tomorrow), 80.
Friday, 6 May 2022
Bill Laskey, AFL/NFL football player (Oakland Raiders), after a long illness, 79.
George Perez, comic book artist (DC's "Crisis on Infinite Earths"), of pancreatic cancer, 67.
Saturday, 7 May 2022
Mickey Gilley, country singer and nightclub owner, 86.
Jack Kehler, actor (The Big Lebowski), of leukemia, 75.
Bruce MacVittie, actor (Danny Scalercio on "The Sopranos"), cause not reported, 65.