Died May 2016

Rosalie Chris Lerman, Holocaust survivor and educator, died May 20, 2016 of natural causes according to multiple news sources. She was 90.

Correction: After the publication of this obituary, Alan Young’s date of death was determined to be May 19, 2016.

Remembering Morley Safer, veteran CBS journalist and correspondent for the network’s “60 Minutes” newsmagazine…

Bill Backer, a former advertising executive who conceived of the groundbreaking 1971 Coca-Cola television commercial titled “Buy the World a Coke,” died May 13 in Warrenton, Virginia. He was 89. 

Julia Meade, an actress who worked in film and theater and was well-known as a television commercial pitchwoman, died May 16 at her home in New York, New York, according …

Emilio Navaira, the American-born, Grammy-winning singer known as the King of Tejano Music, died Monday of a heart attack, according to multiple news sources. He was 53. Navaira, who charted …

Guy Clark, a Grammy Award-winning country music singer-songwriter, died May 17 at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, according to multiple news sources. He was 74. Born Nov. 6, 1941, in …

Jane Little, a symphony bassist who held the Guinness World Record for the longest professional tenure with a single orchestra, died May 15 after collapsing onstage during a performance of …

Jim McMillian, an NBA forward who helped lead the Lakers to the 1972 NBA championship, died May 16, according to The Associated Press. He was 68. He died of complications …

Madeleine Lebeau, an actress known best for her role as Rick’s girlfriend in the classic film “Casablanca,” died May 1, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 92. Her stepson, …