Famous people died on May 17

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Donna Summer 22

American Musician

Vangelis 50

Greek Composer

Ron Shock 5

American Comedian

Guy Clark 12

American Musician

Michael Ledeen 5

American Writer

Rhodri Morgan 5

Minister

Harmon Killebrew 10

American Athlete

Gordon Bell 13

American Businessman

Frank Gorshin 3

American Actor

Ken Venturi 14

American Athlete

Gerald Edelman 5

American Scientist

Jorge Rafael Videla 8

Bobbejaan Schoepen 3

Singer

Lloyd Alexander 113

American Writer

Richard Pipes 46

Academic

Mario Benedetti 10

Uruguayan Novelist

Tony Randall 24

American Actor

David Herbert Donald 12

American Historian

Herman Wouk 18

American Novelist

Nicolás Gómez Dávila 72

Colombian Writer

James Broughton 33

American Director

Lawrence Welk 40

American Musician

Gordon Sinclair 5

Canadian Journalist

Gunnar Myrdal 36

Swedish Economist

Jeannette Piccard 4

E. Franklin Frazier 4

American Sociologist

Arthur Baer 11

American Journalist

Francesco Balilla Pratella 3

Herbert Croly 26

American Author

Cass Gilbert 2

American Architect

William Croswell Doane 4

American Bishop

Eliakim Littell 1

American Editor

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord 34

French Diplomat

John Jay 22

American Judge

Michel-Jean Sedaine 2

French Dramatist

See also: Famous people born on May 17