Famous people and celebrities who died in May 1962

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in May 1962. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• May 5 Ernest Tyldesley

  English cricketer (d. 1962)

• May 7 Jimmy Conlin

  American actor and singer (d.62)

• May 12 Dick Calkins

  At 67, buck rogers, co-author, dies

• May 13 Franz Kline

  Prominent American abstract expressionist painter known for his powerful black and white gestural paintings that were influential in the post-World War II art movement.

• May 13 Henry Trendley Dean

  American dentist (b. 1893)

• May 13 Frank Jenks

  Actor colonel flack dies from cancer at 60

• May 13 Franz Jozef Kline

  American expressionist painter dies at 51

• May 14 Florence Auer

  American screenwriter and actress (d. 1962).

• May 19 Gabriele Münter

  German painter (d. 1962).

• May 23 Louis Coatalen

  French engineer (d. 1962)

• May 31 Adolf Eichmann

  A high-ranking Nazi SS officer who was a key architect of the Holocaust, responsible for organizing the systematic deportation and extermination of millions of Jews during World War II. He played a crucial role in implementing the 'Final Solution' and was later captured in Argentina, put on trial in Israel, and executed for war crimes.

• May 31 Henry F. Ashurst

  American lawyer and politician (b. 1874)

• May 31 Eduardo Toldra

  Composer dies at 67

• May 31 Henry Fountain Ashurst

  American politician (born 1874)