Clifford Antone, 56, founder of Antone’s, an Austin blues club that helped start the careers of Texas music artists including Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Charlie Sexton; May 23, in Austin.
Lloyd Bentsen, 85, former U.S. House member, four-term U.S. senator, Democratic nominee for vice president and Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration; May 23, in Houston.
Ian Copeland, 57, rock music agent and entrepreneur who represented The Police, R.E.M., Adam Ant, The Go-Go’s and other seminal rock groups that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s New Wave and Punk scenes; May 23, in Los Angeles, of melanoma.
Desmond Dekker, 64, the Jamaican singer whose 1969 hit, “The Israelites,” opened up a worldwide audience for reggae; May 24 in Surrey, England, after a heart attack.
Katherine Dunham, 96, Glen Ellyn native and pioneering dancer and choreographer, author and civil rights activist who left Broadway to teach culture in one of America’s poorest cities; May 21, in New York.
Angel Fernandez, 80, legendary Mexican sportscaster known for being one of the first to yell “Gooooooool!” when teams scored during soccer matches; May 23, in Mexico City.
Robert Giaimo, 86, 11-term congressman from Connecticut who was co-sponsor of the bill that led to the creation of the National Endowment for the Arts; May 24, in Arlington, Va.
Robert Heinecken, 74, a part-time Chicago resident, artist and teacher; May 19 in Albuquerque, of complications from pneumonia.
Dr. Lee Jong-Wook, 61, director general of the World Health Organization and the driving force in that agency’s effort to expand AIDS treatment to the developing world; May 22, in Geneva, after surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.
Judith Moore, 66, author of “Fat Girl,” a searing and widely praised memoir about being overweight; May 15, in Berkeley, Calif., of colon cancer.
Dr. Eduardo Bernabe Ordaz, 84, fought in Fidel Castro’s revolution before heading Havana’s Psychiatric Hospital for four decades; May 21, in Havana.
Alex Rodriguez, 5, a spunky, brown-eyed boy with an engaging sense of humor who became a community rallying point as he battled a brain tumor for more than three years; May 18, in Schererville, Ind.
Eli Rubinstein, 87, psychologist who helped link the viewing of TV violence to aggressive behavior in children; May 15, in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sherman Skolnick, 75, corruption-hunting activist credited with pushing two Illinois Supreme Court justices from power; May 21, in Chicago.
Jim Trimble, 87, former Philadelphia Eagles head coach who spent more than four decades in professional football; May 23, in Indianapolis, of emphysema.
