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Celebrity Deaths - May
May 2
Junior Seau - 2012
A 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker who played for 19 seasons with San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chest at his home in Oceanside, California. He was 43.
May 4
Adam Yauch - 2012
A member of the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame inductee, the Beastie Boys, known as rapper MCA, who is credited for influencing other rappers including Eminem and fought for Tibetan independence died in New York of cancer of salivary gland. He was 47.
May 7
Seve Ballesteros - 2011
A former professional golf who was World's No. 1 golfer and won the Open Championship three times and the Masters twice died of malignant brain tumor in Cantabria, Spain. He was 54.
May 10
Carroll Shelby - 2012
A former racing driver turned an iconic designer of high-performance, street-legal cars whose work include 2012 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang died at Baylor Hospital in Dallas, Texas. The cause of death was not disclosed. He was 89.
May 13
Gary Cooper - 1961
An actor who appeared in more than 100 films during his career and won three Oscars including Honorary Award in 1961 died of prostate cancer which spread to colon, lungs and bones. He was 60.
May 14
Frank Sinatra - 1998
A singer and actor who won eleven Grammy awards and an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor died of complications of dementia, heart and kidney disease and bladder cancer at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was 82.
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