Famous Deaths In March - 17

1980  On this day in history rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68   

1981  On this day in history death of paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)   

1982  On March - 17 death of hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador   

1983  Death of Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903) on March - 17.   

1985  Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies on this day in history.   

1986  On March - 17 hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49   

1987  On March - 17 death of santo Trafficante, Jr., American gangster (b. 1914)   

1988  On this day in history reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies   

1989  Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29 on March - 17.   

1990  Germaine Capucine, French actress and fashion model (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 59 on March - 17.   

1992  Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1993  On March - 17 helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92   

1994  On March - 17 arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57   

1995  On this day in history ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48   

1996  On March - 17 bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83   

1997  On this day in history gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71   

1999  Death of Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (b. 1921) on March - 17.   

2002  Death of Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. 1911) on March - 17.   

2003  Death of Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. 1902) on this day in history.   

2004  Death of J. J. Jackson, American television personality (b. 1941) on March - 17.   

2005  On this day in history death of george F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. 1904)   

2006  Death of Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948) on March - 17.   

2007  On March - 17 death of john Backus, American computer scientist (b. 1924)   

2008  Death of Roland Arnall, U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939) on March - 17.   

2009  On this day in history death of clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and TV host (b. 1937)   

2010  On this day in history death of alex Chilton, American musician (b. 1950)   

2017  Death of Laurynas Stankevičius, 7th Prime Minister of Lithuania on March - 17.   

2017  Death of Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian Nobel poet and playwright on March - 17.   

2018  On this day in history death of phan Văn Khải, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam   

2019  On March - 17 death of tunku Puan Zanariah, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong   

2020  On March - 17 death of eduard Limonov, Russian writer, poet, publicist, and political dissident   

2020  On this day in history death of roger Mayweather, American professional boxer and trainer   

2020  On this day in history death of manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Acting President of Guinea-Bissau   

2020  On this day in history death of betty Williams, Northern Ireland Nobel peace activist   

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1231  Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on this day in history.   

1473  On this day in history birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)   

1578  On March - 17 birth of francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)   

1628  Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian was born on March - 17.   

1664  On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer   

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history birth of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732)   

1685  Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter was born on March - 17.