Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 17
Thursday, 04 December 2025
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 this day in history. 

1944 Pieter A Roodenburgh, student/resistance fighter, dies at 26 on this day in history. 

1946 On December - 17 constance [Clara] Garnett, Russian-English translator, dies at 84 

1948 On December - 17 edgar Istel, composer, dies at 68 

1949 David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72 on December - 17. 

1956 On December - 17 eddie Acuff, actor (Guns of Pecos), dies at 48 

1957 Dorothy Sayers, [Atherton Fleming], author (Whose body), dies at 64 on this day in history. 

1961 On this day in history marion Perkins, sculptor (Man of Sorrow), dies at 53 

1962 On December - 17 thomas Mitchell, US, actor (Outlaw), dies of cancer at 70 

1964 On this day in history 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 this day in history. 

1966 On this day in history gustaf Paulson, composer, dies at 68 

1967 On this day in history death of harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at 59 

1969 On December - 17 arturo da Costa e Silva, President of Brazil (1967-69), dies at 67 

1972 Erwin Dressel, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history. 

1973 On December - 17 charles G Abbot, US astronomer (Sun Constant), dies at 101 

1975 Frank Sully, actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67 on this day in history. 

1978 Death of Don Ellis, American jazz band leader (b. 1934) on December - 17. 

1982 On December - 17 leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 

1983 Death of Erik Christensen, NHL player on December - 17. 

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 Bernard Cardinal Alfrink, archbishop of Utrecht Neth, dies at 87 on December - 17. 

1990 Don Draper, actor (Pepper Agent 00X), dies of AIDS at 61 on this day in history. 

1991 John Blatnik, (Rep-Minnesota, 1947-75), dies at 80 on this day in history. 

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 Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Uninhabitable Country), dies at 64 on December - 17. 

1995 On December - 17 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 December - 17. 

1999 On this day in history death of grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943) 

2002 On this day in history death of james Hazeldine, English actor (b. 1947) 

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