Famous Deaths In July - 17

1984  J Delos Jewkes, singer/actor (Stars & Stripes Forever), dies at 89 on July - 17.  

1985  Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer, dies at 93 on July - 17.  

1987  On July - 17 death of yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (b. 1934)  

1988  Death of Bruiser Brody, wrestler, stabbed to death on this day in history.  

1990  On this day in history bernard Cowan, TV announcer, dies of kidney disease at 68  

1993  Ineke Shutter, choreography (Black Girl Goes to School), dies at 61 on July - 17.  

1994  Jean Borotra, [Flying Basque], Fr tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95 on this day in history.  

1995  On this day in history herbert Hippauf, baseball player, dies at 56  

1996  Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer (NSW 1933-37) and radio commentator (1935-85), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

2001  On this day in history death of katharine Graham, American publisher (b. 1917)  

2003  Death of David Kelly, Welsh UN weapons inspector (b. 1944) on this day in history.  

2004  Death of Pat Roach, British professional wrestler and actor (b. 1937) on this day in history.  

2005  On this day in history death of laurel Aitken, Jamaican singer (b. 1927)  

2005  Death of Death of Sir Edward Heath, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1916) on July - 17.  

2006  On July - 17 death of sam Myers, American musician and songwriter (b. 1936)  

2007  Death of Júlio Redecker, Brazilian Politician (b. 1956) on July - 17.  

2008  On July - 17 death of larry Haines, American actor (b. 1918)  

2009  On July - 17 death of walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist (b. 1916)  

2018  Death of Yvonne Blake, British-Spanish costume designer on July - 17.  

2019  On July - 17 death of andrea Camilleri, Italian writer  

2020  On July - 17 death of zenon Grocholewski, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal  

2020  Death of Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballet dancer on July - 17.  

2020  On July - 17 death of john Lewis, American civil rights leader and politician  

2020  On this day in history death of silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer  

2020  Death of Ron Tauranac, British-Australian engineer and racing car designer on July - 17.  

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1487  Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah was born on July - 17.  

1487  On July - 17 birth of ismail I, Shah of Persia (d. 1524)  

1674  On July - 17 birth of isaac Watts, England, writer/preacher/hymnist (Horae Lyrican)  

1702  On this day in history birth of johann Schneider, composer  

1744  Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering was born on this day in history.  

1745  Petr Alekseevich Pahlen, Russian general (d. 1826) was born on July - 17.  

1763  Johannes H van der Palm, Dutch theologist/minister of Education was born on July - 17.  

1763  On July - 17 birth of john Jacob Astor, Germany, richest man in US, banker/fur trader