Wrights died on May 4, 2017 in Houston, Texas from multiple organ failure caused by cardiac arrest, at the age of 58.
Buhe (politician)
Buhe or Bu He (; March 1926-May 5, 2017), also known as Yun Shuguang, was a Chinese politician. The eldest son of the powerful Inner Mongolia leader Ulanhu. Buhe served as Chairman of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region between 1982 and 1993. Between 1993 and 2003 he was Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress.
Buhe was a member of the 12th and the 13th Central Committees of the CPC. He died on 5 May 2017 at age of 91.
Benny Elon
Binyamin "Benny" Elon (, November 10, 1954 in Jerusalem – May 5, 2017 in Jerusalem) was an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician.
Elon served as a Member of Knesset for Moledet and the National Union between 1996 and 2009. From 2001 through 2002 and again from 2003 to 2004, Elon served as Israel's Minister of Tourism in the First and Second Sharon cabinet.
Elon lived in Beit El, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, for twenty years. He was married to author and journalist Emuna Elon. They have six children.
His father, Menachem Elon, was the former Deputy Chief Justice of Israel. His brother, Rabbi Mordechai Elon, is a well-known and controversial figure in the Religious Zionist Movement.
In February 2006, Elon was diagnosed with throat cancer. He was treated but it was never cured, and he was forced retire due to health problems because of it in 2008. After eleven years, he died from the condition at the age of 62.
Almir Guineto
Almir de Souza Serra (12 July 1946 – 5 May 2017), better known by his stage name Almir Guineto, was a Brazilian sambista, singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He worked in the genres of samba and pagode. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.
Guineto died on 5 May 2017 in Rio de Janeiro from complications of chronic kidney disease and diabetes, aged 70.
Ali Haroun
Ali Haroun (; born 8 February 1927) is an Algerian politician. He was a member of the High Council of State from 14 January 1992 to 30 January 1994.
Haroun was born in Bir Mourad Raïs, Algeria. He is of Sunni Islam faith.
Corinne Erhel
Corinne Erhel (3 February 1967 – 5 May 2017) was a French politician. Erhel joined the Socialist Party. In 1997, she became assistant parliamentarian for Alain Gouriou, deputy mayor of Lannion. She was a member of the National Assemby from 2007 to 2017, where she represented the Côtes-d'Armor department. She was born in Quimper, Finistère.
Erhel died at the age of 50 on 5 May 2017 of a heart attack while she was giving a speech in Plouisy, Côtes d'Armor at a meeting in support of Emmanuel Macron for the 2017 French presidential election.
Adolph Kiefer
Adolph Gustav Kiefer (27 June 1918 – 5 May 2017) was an American former competition swimmer. He was the oldest living American Olympic champion and last Olympic champion of Berlin. He was also a former world record-holder. Kiefer was also an inventor and innovator of new products related to aquatics competition. He was the first man in the world to swim 100-yard backstroke in under one minute.
Kiefer was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied at the University of Texas at Austin.
In the 1960s, he worked with Mayor Richard J. Daley to build swimming-pools across the inner city of Chicago, providing the facilities needed for thousands of children to learn to swim.
Kiefer died on 5 May 2017 at his home in Wadsworth, Illinois at the age of 98.
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall (1953 – 5 May 2017) was a political and military figure in Mauritania. He served as the transitional military leader of Mauritania following a "coup d'état" in August 2005 until 19 April 2007, when he gave up his power to an elected government.
Vall died on 5 May 2017 from a heart attack in Nouakchott at the age of 64.
Paddy Hopkirk
Patrick Barron "Paddy" Hopkirk (born 14 April 1933) is a former rally driver from Northern Ireland. In 1965, he won a "Coupe d'Argent" at the Alpine Rally.
In 1968, he finished second at the second edition of the Rally de Portugal. The following year, he finished second of the Circuit of Ireland, then 4th at the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally with teammates Tom Nash and Neville Johnston on a Triumph 2.5 PI. In 1977, with co-driver Taylor Mike, he took part once again in a revived edition of the London-Sydney Marathon, the Singapore Airlines London to Sydney Rally, this time driving a Citroën CX 2400, taking 3rd place overall in front
Hopkirk was born in Belfast and studied at Clongowes Wood College in County Kildare from 1945–1949 before attending Trinity College, Dublin until 1953.
Hopkirk was awarded the MBE Honour in the 2016 New Year's Honours list.
Rex White
Rex White (born August 17, 1929) is a retired auto racer and NASCAR champion. White was one of the drivers who competed for the original Ford racing team.
White was born and raised in Taylorsville, North Carolina.
White began racing in 1956, grabbing fourteen top-ten finishes. After a part-time run in 1957, White won twice in 1958. His most notable year came in 1960, when he won six races, and the NASCAR Grand National (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) championship. When he retired in 1964, he had acquired 73 career victories. Throughout most of White's NASCAR career, he drove General Motors brand cars, typically painted gold and white, sporting the number "4" on the side.
After he retired, White was inducted into the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) Hall of Fame in 1974, and was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998.
In January 2015 White was selected as an inductee to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. At the time, White was NASCAR's ""oldest living champion at 85 years of age"".
Bill Lucas (athlete)
William Ernest "Bill" Lucas DFC (16 January 1917 – 24 March 2018) was a British former long-distance runner. He was born in London. Lucas competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Lucas is known as the oldest living Olympian. He served as a bomber pilot with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War.
Lucas turned 100 in January 2017. He died in Cowfold, West Sussex on 24 March 2018 at the age of 101.
John Shifflett
John M Shifflett (March 22, 1953 – April 27, 2017) was an American Jazz musician, player of the Double bass and also an arranger, composer, and educator, with his last teaching job at San Jose State University.
John Shifflett was born in Dubuque, Iowa. He graduated in 1976 from Iowa State University. Later, while at the University of Iowa, John was it's big band and it's jazz combo bass player, appearing at festivals such as the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festivals in April 1979 and in March 1980.
Dog bite prevention
Dog bite prevention is what can be done to stop dogs from biting. This takes work to educate people on what they can do to stop a dog from biting. People can get serious injuries or even die from dog bites. About 16,000–39,000 persons come near dogs and other animals that have rabies each year. These people receive immunizations to prevent or treat a rabies infection. Up to 800,000 Americans are treated for dog bites each year. Half of these are children. Young children get bitten by their family dog. Very old people are more likely to be bit than younger adults.
About 4.5 million people in the US get bit by dogs each year. One out of five bites become infected. Dog bites are painful.
dog bites can cause injuries or even death.