Famous Deaths In December - 17
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1937 Gerard Vissering, banker/president of Dutch Bank, dies at 72 on December - 17.
1940 Death of Alicia Boole Stott, Irish mathematician (b. 1860) on December - 17.
1944 Pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26 on December - 17.
1946 Constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84 on December - 17.
1948 Edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1949 David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72 on December - 17.
1956 Eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48 on this day in history.
1957 Dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64 on December - 17.
1961 On December - 17 marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53
1962 On this day in history thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70
1964 On December - 17 death of victor Franz Hess, Austrian-born physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1883)
1965 Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76 on December - 17.
1966 Gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68 on December - 17.
1967 On December - 17 death of harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59
1969 Arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67 on this day in history.
1972 On this day in history erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63
1973 Charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 on this day in history.
1975 Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67 on December - 17.
1978 Death of Don Ellis, American jazz band leader (b. 1934) on December - 17.
1982 Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1983 On December - 17 death of erik Christensen, NHL player
1985 Otto Gotsche, writer, dies on December - 17.
1986 On this day in history ron Kass, record co pres (MGM), dies at 52 of cancer
1987 On this day in history bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87
1990 On December - 17 don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61
1991 On December - 17 john Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80
1992 On December - 17 dana Andrews, US actor (Laura), dies of pneumonia at 83
1993 Janet Margolin, US actress (Annie Hall), dies at 50 of ovarian cancer on December - 17.
1994 On December - 17 jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64
1995 On this day in history lila Clark Knapp, publisher, dies at 63
1996 Elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages, dies at 96 on this day in history.
1997 Reginald Victor Jones, scientist, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1999 On this day in history death of grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943)
2002 On December - 17 death of james Hazeldine, English actor (b. 1947)
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