page_title: 2017 in the United States
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in the United States / Deaths / May
caption_attribution_description: Jim Bunning, member of the United States Senate.
context_page_description: Events in the year 2017 in the United States.
context_section_description: May 1
  Richard Basciano, real estate developer (b. 1925)
  Bruce Hampton, guitarist (b. 1947)
  William M. Hoffman, playwright and editor (b. 1939)
  Alice Langtry, politician (b. 1932)
  Mike Lowry, politician; Governor of Washington from 1993 to 1997 (b. 1939)
  Sam Mele, baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
  Janet Pilgrim, model (b. 1934)
  Stanley Weston, toy inventor (b. 1933)
  May 2
  Anne Morrissy Merick, journalist (b. 1933)
  George Hugh Niederauer, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1936)
  T. Gary Rogers, business executive (b. 1943)
  Leo K. Thorsness, U.S. Air Force colonel and politician (b. 1932)
  May 3
  Alma W. Byrd, politician (b. 1924)
  Paul Hanneman, politician (b. 1936)
  Charles Hoffer, music educator (b. 1929)
  Casey Jones, blues drummer (b. 1939)
  Irene Smart, politician and judge (b. 1921)
  May 4
  William Baumol, economist (b. 1922)
  Jay Carty, basketball player (b. 1941)
  William A. Davis Jr., engineer (b. 1927)
  C. Jackson Grayson, businessman and FBI agent (b. 1923)
  Glenna Sue Kidd, baseball player (b. 1933)
  Richard Pennington, police officer (b. 1947)
  Edwin Sherin, theatre, film, and television director (b. 1930)
  R. Lee Wrights, politician, activist, and political consultant (b. 1958)
  May 5
  Adolph Kiefer, 1936 Olympic swimming gold medalist (b. 1918)
  Quinn O'Hara, Scottish-born actress and nurse (b. 1941)
  Michael Zwack, artist (b. 1949)
  May 6
  Richard Howard Battey, federal judge (b. 1929)
  Steven Holcomb, Olympic medalist in bobsledding (b. 1980)
  Peter Kivy, musicologist (b. 1934)
  John Schultz, writer (b. 1932)
  Jack Tilton, art dealer (b. 1951)
  May 7
  Peter T. Flawn, geologist (b. 1926)
  Bob Mimm, racewalker (b. 1924)
  Rod Monroe, football player (b. 1976)
  Chuck Orsborn, basketball player and coach and university athletic director (b. 1917)
  Dave Pell, jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1925)
  Lee Weissenborn, politician (b. 1929)
  May 8
  Dennis H. Farber, painter and photographer (b. 1946)
  George Irvine, basketball player and coach (b. 1948)
  Curt Lowens, German-born actor and Holocaust survivor (b. 1925)
  Allan H. Meltzer, economist (b. 1928)
  Judith Stein, historian (b. 1940)
  James S. Sutterlin, author, academic, and diplomat (b. 1922)
  Clarence Williams, football player (b. 1946)
  May 9
  Christopher Boykin, reality television personality (b. 1972)
  John Kivela, politician (b. 1969)
  Michael Parks, actor and singer (b. 1940)
  Wilburn K. Ross, U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)
  Edward Lunn Young, politician (b. 1920)
  May 10
  Joy Byers, songwriter (b. 1934)
  Greg Forristall, politician (b. 1950)
  Douglas Netter, television producer and executive (b. 1921)
  May 11
  William David Brohn, music arranger (b. 1933)
  Seaborn Buckalew Jr., lawyer and judge (b. 1920)
  John F. Donahue, businessman (b. 1924)
  Yale Lary, football player, businessman, and politician (b. 1930)
  Charles A. McClenahan, politician (b. 1941)
  May 12
  Bill Dowdy, jazz drummer (b. 1932)
  Michael Jackson, football player (b. 1969)
  Sally Jacobsen, journalist and editor (b. 1947)
  Henri Termeer, Dutch-born biotechnology executive (b. 1946)
  George A. Thompson, geologist (b. 1919)
  Simon Vega, educator and businessman (b. 1935)
  May 13
  Ron Bontemps, basketball player and Olympic gold medalist (b. 1926)
  John Cygan, comedian, actor, and voice artist (b. 1954)
  Thomas H. Paterniti, dentist and politician (b. 1929)
  Len Rohde, football player (b. 1938)
  May 14
  Powers Boothe, actor (b. 1948)
  Frank Brian, basketball player (b. 1923)
  Bill Cox, football player (b. 1929)
  Thomas Vose Daily, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1927)
  Chuck Davis, dancer and choreographer (b. 1937)
  Jean Fritz, children's author (b. 1917)
  Brad Grey, film and television producer (b. 1957)
  Steve Palermo, American League umpire and shooting survivor (b. 1949)
  May 17
  Roxcy Bolton, feminist and women's rights activist (b. 1926)
  Firuz Kazemzadeh, Russian-born historian (b. 1924)
  David A Ramey, artist (b. 1939)
  Unusual Heat, Thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1990)
  May 18
  Roger Ailes, television executive, CEO of Fox News (b. 1940)
  Chris Cornell, musician, singer, and songwriter (b. 1964)
  Jacque Fresco, futurist and social engineer (b. 1916
caption: Jim Bunning
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