Deaths in May 2017

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The following is a list of notable deaths in May 2017. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months". Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.

  • Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.

May

Mike Lowry
1939 – 2017
Leo K. Thorsness
1932 – 2017
Daliah Lavi
1942 – 2017
Timo Mäkinen 1938 – 2017
Almir Guineto
1946 – 2017
Steven Holcomb
1980 – 2017
Gholamreza Pahlavi
1923 – 2017
Christopher Boykin
1972 – 2017
Michael Parks
1940 – 2017
Geoffrey Bayldon
1924 – 2017
Marcel Pelletier
1927 – 2017
Powers Boothe
1948 – 2017
Oleg Vidov
1943 – 2017
Chris Cornell
1964 – 2017
Rhodri Morgan
1939 – 2017
Roger Ailes
1940 – 2017
Jacque Fresco
1916 – 2017
Huub Ernst
1917 – 2017
Stanislav Petrov
1939 – 2017
Nicky Hayden
1981 – 2017
Sir Roger Moore
1927 – 2017
Eva Estrada Kalaw
1920 – 2017
Jim Bunning
1931 – 2017
Gregg Allman
1947 – 2017
  • Roger Ailes, 77, American television executive, Chairman and CEO of Fox News (1996–2016), subdural hematoma complicated from a fall.[110]
  • Anil Madhav Dave, 60, Indian politician, MP (since 2009) and Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (since 2016), cardiac arrest complicated by pneumonia.[111]
  • Jacque Fresco, 101, American futurist (The Venus Project), complications from Parkinson's disease.[112]
  • Reema Lagoo, 58, Indian actress (Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Maine Pyar Kiya, Kal Ho Na Ho), cardiac arrest.[113]
  • Daniele Piombi, 84, Italian television (Premio Regia Televisiva) and radio presenter, complications from respiratory arrest.[114]

Months

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