Notable deaths on May 27

Filipino musician (1953–2025)

American basketball player and sportscaster (1952–2024)

American actress (1936–2024)

Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993

American playwright and gay rights activist (1935–2020)

American science fiction author and editor (1947–2018)

American musician (1947–2017)

English footballer (1956–2015)

Swedish rally driver (1929–2015)

American philosopher (1932–2015)

Norwegian sociologist and criminologist (1928–2015)

German film director, screenwriter, producer and actress (1940–2014)

Italian designer (1931–2014)

Canadian artist (1936–2014)

Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1929)

Malian politician

English actor (1926–2013)

Indian politician (1917–2013)

Russian-born Armenian Iranologist (born 1928)

American physician (1936–2012)

German mathematician (1927–2012)

Nevisian educator and politician, 1st Premier of Nevis (born 1934)

American soul and jazz poet, musician and author (1949–2011)

American actor (1950–2011)