deaths
May 17, 2019
Herman Wouk, American author (born 1915)
Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk was an American author. He published fifteen novels, many of them historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction.
May 17
May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 228 days remain until the end of the year.