Died on this Day

Anniversary Date: 17-May

Died on This Day (17-May)

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniv
	Herman Wouk	Herman Wouk was an American author best known for historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction.	American author	103	1
	Rhodri Morgan	Hywel Rhodri Morgan was a Welsh Labour politician who was the First Minister of Wales and the Leader of Welsh Labour from 2000 to 2009.	First Minister of Wales	77	3
	Gerald Edelman	Gerald Maurice Edelman was an American biologist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work with Rodney Robert Porter on the immune system.	American biologist	84	6
	Donna Summer	LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter.	American singer-songwriter	63	8
	Richard Gregory	Richard Langton Gregory CBE, FRS, FRSE was a British psychologist and Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Bristol.	British psychologist	86	10
	Tony Randall	Anthony Leonard Randall was an American actor. He is best known for portraying the role of Felix Unger in a television adaptation of the 1965 play The Odd Couple by Neil Simon.	American actor, comedian and singer	84	16
	Geoffrey Dickens	Geoffrey Kenneth Dickens was a British Conservative politician.	British Conservative MP	63	25
	Teddy Shapou	Theodore Roosevelt Shapou was an American fighter pilot of World War II.	American aviator	66	35
	Sven Erixson	Sven "X-et" Leonard Erixson was a Swedish painter and sculptor.	Swedish painter	70	50
	Ferenc Bihar	Ferenc Bihar de Barabásszeg was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence between 1905 and 1906, during the Hungarian Constitutional Crisis of 1905.	Hungarian politician	72	100

Person	Person		Description	Age	Anniv
	Richard Pipes	Richard Edgar Pipes was an American academic who specialized in Russian and Soviet history.	Polish-American historian	94	2
	Guy Clark	Guy Charles Clark was an American folk and country singer-songwriter and luthier.	American folk and country singer	74	4
	Jorge Rafael Videla	Jorge Rafael Videla was an Argentine military officer and dictator, Commander in Chief of the Army, member of the Military Junta, and de facto President of Argentina from 29 March 1976 to 29 March 1981.	President of Argentina	87	7
	Harmon Killebrew	Harmon Clayton Killebrew Jr. , nicknamed "The Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon", was an American professional baseball first baseman, third baseman, and left fielder.	Baseball player	74	9
	Frank Gorshin	Frank John Gorshin Jr. was an American actor, comedian and impressionist.	Actor/comedian	72	15
	Donald Coggan	Frederick Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan, PC was the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980.	Archbishop of Canterbury	90	20
	Manuel Anatol	Manuel Anatol Aristegi was a naturalized French professional footballer and athlete.	Naturalized French football player	87	30
	Erling Brene	Niels Erling Emmanuel Brene was a Danish composer.	Danish composer	83	40
	Robert 'Wheezer' Hutchins	Robert E. Hutchins was an American child actor who was a regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1933.	American child actor	20	75
	Hugh Cleghorn	Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn of Stravithie MD, LLD, FRSE, FLS was a Madras-born Scottish physician, botanist, forester and land owner.	Scottish forester	74	125