| 59701 | May.24 | Death | 1996 – Enrique Álvarez Félix, Mexican actor (b. 1934) |
| 59702 | May.24 | Death | 1996 – Joseph Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1908) |
| 59703 | May.24 | Death | 1997 – Edward Mulhare, Irish-American actor (b. 1923) |
| 59704 | May.24 | Death | 2000 – Kurt Schork, American journalist and scholar (b. 1947) |
| 59705 | May.24 | Death | 2000 – Majrooh Sultanpuri, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919) |
| 59706 | May.24 | Death | 2002 – Wallace Markfield, American author (b. 1926) |
| 59707 | May.24 | Death | 2003 – Rachel Kempson, English-American actress (b. 1910) |
| 59708 | May.24 | Death | 2004 – Henry Ries, German-American photographer (b. 1917) |
| 59709 | May.24 | Death | 2004 – Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (b. 1913) |
| 59710 | May.24 | Death | 2004 – Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (b. 1900) |
| 59711 | May.24 | Death | 2005 – Carl Amery, German activist and author (b. 1922) |
| 59712 | May.24 | Death | 2005 – Arthur Haulot, Belgian journalist and poet (b. 1913) |
| 59713 | May.24 | Death | 2005 – Guy Tardif, Canadian academic and politician (b. 1935) |
| 59714 | May.24 | Death | 2006 – Jesús Ledesma Aguilar, Mexican murderer (b. 1963) |
| 59715 | May.24 | Death | 2006 – Henry Bumstead, American art director and production designer (b. 1915) |
| 59716 | May.24 | Death | 2006 – Claude Piéplu, French actor (b. 1923) |
| 59717 | May.24 | Death | 2006 – Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician and educator (b. 1930) |
| 59718 | May.24 | Death | 2008 – Rob Knox, English actor (b. 1989) |
| 59719 | May.24 | Death | 2008 – Dick Martin, American actor and director (b. 1922) |
| 59720 | May.24 | Death | 2008 – Jimmy McGriff, American organist and bandleader (b. 1936) |
| 59721 | May.24 | Death | 2009 – Jay Bennett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Wilco) (b. 1963) |
| 59722 | May.24 | Death | 2010 – Ray Alan, English ventriloquist, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1930) |
| 59723 | May.24 | Death | 2010 – Tapen Chatterjee, Indian actor (b. 1937) |
| 59724 | May.24 | Death | 2010 – Paul Gray, American bass player and songwriter (Slipknot and Unida) (b. 1972) |
| 59725 | May.24 | Death | 2010 – Raymond V. Haysbert, American businessman and activist (b. 1920) |
| 59726 | May.24 | Death | 2010 – Petr Muk, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1965) |
| 59727 | May.24 | Death | 2010 – Barbara New, English actress (b. 1923) |
| 59728 | May.24 | Death | 2010 – Anneliese Rothenberger, German soprano and actress (b. 1926) |
| 59729 | May.24 | Death | 2011 – Huguette Clark, French-American painter and philanthropist (b. 1906) |
| 59730 | May.24 | Death | 2011 – Hakim Ali Zardari Indian-Pakistani businessman and politician (b. 1930) |