page_title: 2017
section_title: May
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 / Deaths / May
caption_attribution_description: English: cropped version of File:Manuel Noriega mug shot.jpg
context_page_description: 2017 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium, the 17th year of the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.
  2017 was designated as International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
context_section_description: May 1 – Karel Schoeman, South African novelist (b. 1939)
  May 2 – Heinz Kessler, German politician and military officer (b. 1920)
  May 3 – Daliah Lavi, Israeli actress, singer, and model (b. 1942)
  May 4
  William Baumol, American economist (b. 1922)
  Timo Mäkinen, Finnish racing driver (b. 1938)
  May 5
  Adolph Kiefer, American Olympic swimmer (b. 1918)
  Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, 6th President of Mauritania (b. 1953)
  May 6 – Steven Holcomb, American Olympic bobsledder (b. 1980)
  May 9
  Robert Miles, Swiss-Italian electronic musician and record producer (b. 1969)
  Michael Parks, American actor (b. 1940)
  Qian Qichen, Chinese diplomat and politician (b. 1928)
  May 10 – Geoffrey Bayldon, English actor (b. 1924)
  May 12
  Mauno Koivisto, 32nd Prime Minister and 9th President of Finland (b. 1923)
  Amotz Zahavi, Israeli evolutionary biologist (b. 1928)
  May 14 – Powers Boothe, American actor (b. 1948)
  May 15 – Karl-Otto Apel, German philosopher (b. 1922)
  May 17
  Viktor Gorbatko, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1934)
  Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician (b. 1939)
  Todor Veselinović, Serbian footballer and coach (b. 1930)
  May 18 – Chris Cornell, American musician (b. 1964)
  May 19 – Stanislav Petrov, Soviet Air Force officer (b. 1939)
  May 22
  Nicky Hayden, American motorcycle racer (b. 1981)
  Viktor Kupreichik, Belarusian chess Grandmaster (b. 1949)
  Dina Merrill, American actress, heiress, socialite, businesswoman, and philanthropist (b. 1923)
  May 23 – Roger Moore, English actor (b. 1927)
  May 24
  Denis Johnson, American author (b. 1949)
  Jared Martin, American actor (b. 1941)
  May 26
  Laura Biagiotti, Italian fashion designer (b. 1943)
  Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-American diplomat and political scientist (b. 1928)
  Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician (b. 1931)
  May 27 – Gregg Allman, American musician (b. 1947)
  May 29
  Konstantinos Mitsotakis, 76th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918)
  Manuel Noriega, Panamanian dictator (b. 1934)
  May 30 – Elena Verdugo, American actress (b. 1925)
  May 31
  Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech conductor (b. 1946)
  Lubomyr Husar, Ukrainian archbishop and cardinal (b. 1933)
  Tino Insana, American actor (b. 1948)
  István Szondy, Hungarian modern pentathlete (b. 1925)
caption: Manuel Noriega
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