Deaths for the week ending 8 May 2021:
Sunday, 2 May 2021
Jacques d'Amboise, dancer/actor (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), of a stroke, 86.
Eric McClure, auto racer (NASCAR), of a musculoskeletal disorder, 42.
Bobby Unser, auto racer (Indianapolis 50), 87. He was the older brother of racer Al Unser and father of racer Robby Unser.
Monday, 3 May 2021
Lloyd Price, R&B singer ("Personality"), of complications from diabetes, 88.
Ed Ward, rock critic and historian (Rolling Stone), after a long illness, 72.
Tuesday, 4 May 2021
Nick Kamen, model (Levi's) and singer ("Each Time You Break My Heart"), of bone marrow cancer, 59.
Ray Miller, major-league baseball manager (Minnesota Twins), cause not reported, 76.
Wednesday, 5 May 2021
Del Crandall, major leaguer (Boston Braves), after a long illness, 91.
George Jung, drug trafficker (subject of the film Blow), after a long illness, 78.
Thursday, 6 May 2021
Jim Bertelsen, NFL football player (Los Angeles Rams), cause not reported, 71. His death "this week" was announced on 7 May.
David H. Gambrell, U.S. Senator (D-GA, 1971-72), 91.
Paul Van Doren, retailer (Vans shoes), 90.
Friday, 7 May 2021
Ernest Angley, Pentecostal televangelist, 99.
Tawny Kitaen, actress (Bachelor Party), of heart disease, 59. She was the ex-wife of baseball player Chuck Finley.
Saturday, 8 May 2021
Pierre "Pete" du Pont, governor of Delaware (R, 1977-85), after a long illness, 86.
Curtis Fuller, jazz trombonist, 88.
Helmut Jahn, architect (One Liberty Place in Philadelphia), 81.
Spencer Silver, chemist and inventor (Post-it Notes), of a heart ailment, 80.