Famous Deaths In May - 17

1981  On May - 17 hugo Freidhofer, composer, dies at 80   

1985  Death of Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas on this day in history.   

1987  Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88 on May - 17.   

1992  George Hurrell, Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87 on May - 17.   

1994  Alain Cuny, [René X Marie], French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1995  Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, singer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1996  Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), dies on this day in history.   

1999  Death of Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian record producer and musician (b. 1949) on this day in history.   

2000  Death of Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909) on May - 17.   

2001  On May - 17 death of frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (b. 1908)   

2002  On May - 17 death of dave Berg, American cartoonist (b. 1920)   

2003  Death of Frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (b. 1916) on this day in history.   

2004  On May - 17 death of jørgen Nash, Danish artist (b. 1920)   

2005  Death of Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934) on this day in history.   

2006  Death of Cy Feuer, American playwright (b. 1911) on May - 17.   

2007  Death of Lloyd Alexander, author (b. 1924) on May - 17.   

2009  Death of Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (b. 1920) on this day in history.   

2010  Death of Walasse Ting, Chinese/American painter (b. 1929) on May - 17.   

2017  On May - 17 death of viktor Gorbatko, Russian cosmonaut   

2017  On May - 17 death of rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician   

2017  On this day in history death of todor Veselinović, Serbian footballer and coach   

2018  On May - 17 death of nicole Fontaine, French politician   

2018  Death of Richard Pipes, Polish-American academic and historian on this day in history.   

2019  Death of Herman Wouk, American author on this day in history.   

2020  On May - 17 death of josé Cutileiro, 8th Secretary General of the Western Europe Union   

2023  On May - 17 death of ray Austin , 90, British stuntman ( The Avengers ) and director ( Zorro , Magnum, P.I. ).   

2023  On this day in history death of livia Bitton-Jackson , 92, Czechoslovak-born American-Israeli author and Holocaust survivor.   

2023  Death of Creative Force , 5, Irish-bred British Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the British Champions Sprint Stakes (2021) on May - 17.   

2023  On this day in history death of alicia Dussán de Reichel , 102, Colombian anthropologist.   

2023  Death of David Gardner , 82, English cricketer ( Wiltshire ) on this day in history.   

2023  On this day in history death of graham Gipson , 90, Australian sprinter, Olympic silver medalist ( 1956 ).   

2023  On May - 17 death of "Superstar" Billy Graham , 79, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler ( WWWF ), multiple organ failure.   

2023  Death of James Hartle , 83, American physicist, complications from Alzheimer's disease on this day in history.   

2023  Death of S. P. Hinduja , 87, Indian-born British businessman ( Hinduja Group ) and philanthropist, complications from Lewy body dementia on May - 17.   

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on May - 17.   

1443  On this day in history birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England   

1444  Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus) was born on this day in history.   

1451  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.   

1490  On May - 17 birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.   

1568  On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer