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Two time Emmy-nominated actress and director Lynn Shelton fell ill and was taken to a Los Angeles, California hospital. During her medical examination it was found that she had been suffering, without diagnosis or any apparent symptoms, from acute myeloid leukemia, a cancer of the blood. She died just a few days later on May 16, 2020 at age 54.

Pilar Pellicer was born on 15 February 1933 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. She was an actress and director, known for Muchachitas (1991), Pedro Paramo (1967) and La choca (1974). She was married to James Metcalf. She died on 16 May 2020 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Monique Mercure was born on 14 November 1930 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Naked Lunch (1991), The Red Violin (1998) and J.A. Martin photographe (1977). She was married to Pierre Mercure. She died on 16 May 2020 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Amazingly talented child star Jon Whiteley was born Jon James Lamont Whiteley on February 19, 1945 in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and put together an enviable, albeit brief, career in 1950s film drama. This precocious talent started things off winningly at age six by earning first prize for verse-speaking at the Aberdeen Music Festival when he was only 6. A BBC radio "Children's Hour" producer in Scotland visited the Monymusk Primary School, where his father was headteacher, to record the children's various talents. Little Jon's recitation of Edward Lear's nonsense poem "The Owl and the Pussycat" brought him to the attention of a talent scout, who successfully screen-tested him for a co-starring role in the suspenser The Stranger in Between (1952) in which he plays a young runaway abducted and subsequently befriended by fugitive Dirk Bogarde.

Although this intriguingly slim-eyed, offbeat-looking, tousled blond appeared in only five films during his brief reign, he made an award-winning impression. His astonishingly natural performance as Harry in only his second film The Little Kidnappers (1953) so captivated critics that he and fellow child co-star Vincent Winter were awarded an honorary, miniature "Juvenile Oscar" at the Academy Awards ceremony of 1954. In this touching drama, the two boys play orphaned brothers who secretly adopt an abandoned baby after their grandfather's refusal to allow them to keep a pet dog.

Other superb portrayals came Jon's way as Fritz Lang's young protagonist John Mohune in Moonfleet (1955) opposite Stewart Granger, and in The Weapon (1956) as a lad who accidentally shoots his friend with a gun used long ago in a murder. Jon also scored in The Spanish Gardener (1956) as the lonely son of a British consul living in Madrid who finds solace with (again) Dirk Bogarde as the title character. Following a tiny spat of TV appearances, his career ended as quickly as it began and he focused on schooling.

Jon studied at Inverurie Academy and Atlantic College at St Donat's Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan, earning a degree in modern history from Pembroke College, Oxford, then an MA and a doctorate in the subject after writing a thesis on 19th-century French painting. At the University of Oxford, he began his new career in 1976 as assistant curator of Christ Church Picture Gallery. Two years later, he moved to the Ashmolean Museum, the Oxford University's home of art and archaeology, as an assistant keeper of the Department of Western Art, becoming its senior curator in 1993.

A respected art historian, Dr. Whitely authored and co-authored several books on artists including Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Claude Lorrain. He published a book on the Ashmolean's Stringed Instruments in 2009. Married in 1972 to a fellow art historian, Linda Whiteley, the couple had two children, William and Flora. He was made a chevalier (knight) of the French Order of Arts and Letters in May, 2009. Jon died at age 75 on May 16, 2020, in Oxford.

Bert Hinchman was born on 22 March 1946 in Murphysboro, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Greatest American Hero (1981), Dragnet (1987) and B.J. and the Bear (1978). He died on 16 May 2020 in Murphysboro, Illinois, USA.

Michael Variano was born on 21 April 1975 in Sleepy Hollow, New York, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Sopranos (1999), Sluggers (2001) and Big Wigs (2002). He died on 16 May 2020 in Briarcliff Manor, New York, USA.

Henrik Pontén was married to Karin. He died on 16 May 2020 in Lidingö, Uppland, Sweden.

Azad Rahman was born on 1 January 1944 in Burdwan District, British India. He was a composer and director, known for Chadabaz (1993), Jadur Bashi (1977) and Masud Rana (1974). He was married to Selina Azad. He died on 16 May 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Wilson Jerman was born on 21 January 1929 in Seaboard, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Gladys and Helen. He died on 16 May 2020 in Woodbridge, Virginia, USA.

Michael McCaskey was born on 11 December 1943 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Nancy Richardson. He died on 16 May 2020 in the USA.

Donn Trenner was born on 10 March 1927 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor, known for Gypsy in My Soul (1976), The Green (2011) and Happy Birthday, Bob (1978). He was married to Mary Carmen Jones, B.J. Ward and Mary Ann Lewandowski. He died on 16 May 2020 in Guilford, Connecticut, USA.

Julio Anguita was born on 21 November 1941 in Fuengirola, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain. He died on 16 May 2020 in Córdoba, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain.

Raine Loo was born on 28 March 1945 in Taevere Parish, Viljandi County, Estonian SSR. She was an actress, known for Kass kukub käppadele (1999), Karge meri (1981) and See kadunud tee (1991). She was married to Hans Trass. She died on 16 May 2020 in Taevere Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia.

Frances Goldin was born on 22 June 1924 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Morris Goldin. She died on 16 May 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

Eusebio Grados was born on 2 December 1953 in Atacocha, Pasco, Peru. He was an actor, known for Sally, la muñequita del pueblo (2008). He was married to Juanita Yaranga. He died on 16 May 2020 in Lima, Peru.

Larry Aubry was born on 5 October 1933 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was married to Gloria. He died on 16 May 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Sara Vagliano was born on 4 April 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Sara was a producer, known for Daddy (2015). Sara died on 16 May 2020 in New York City, New York, USA.

Tino Geiser was born on 10 November 1944 in Santa Fe, Argentina. He was a composer, known for Keiko en peligro (1990), Comerciantes de niños (1991) and Que me entierren con la banda (1994). He died on 16 May 2020 in Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.

Chao-Cheng Chung was born on 20 January 1925 in Hsinchu County, Daxi County, Longtan Zhuang, Japan Empire. He was a writer, known for Cha Tian Shan zhi ge (2006) and Dull Ice Flower (1989). He was married to Zhang Jiumei. He died on 16 May 2020 in Longtan District, Taoyuan City, Republik China.

Chuck Sieminski was born on 3 July 1940 in Swoyersville, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 16 May 2020 in the USA.

Rodger Bird was born on 2 July 1943 in Corbin, Kentucky, USA. He died on 16 May 2020 in Henderson, Kentucky, USA.

Yuri Suvejko was born on 1 January 1964. He was an actor, known for Tango nad propastyu (1997), Rikoshet (1997) and Bessonnitsa (2014). He died on 16 May 2020.