Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 17

1980  On March - 17 rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68   

1981  Death of Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913) on March - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

1985  Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies on March - 17.   

1986  Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1987  Death of Santo Trafficante, Jr., American gangster (b. 1914) on this day in history.   

1988  On March - 17 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  On this day in history germaine Capucine, French actress and fashion model (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 59   

1992  On March - 17 charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69   

1993  Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92 on this day in history.   

1994  Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1995  Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48 on March - 17.   

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

1997  On March - 17 gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71   

1999  On this day in history death of ernest Gold, Austrian composer (b. 1921)   

2002  Death of Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. 1911) on this day in history.   

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

2004  On this day in history death of j. J. Jackson, American television personality (b. 1941)   

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

2006  On March - 17 death of bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)   

2007  On this day in history 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  Death of Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and TV host (b. 1937) on March - 17.   

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

2017  On this day in history death of laurynas Stankevičius, 7th Prime Minister of Lithuania   

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  Death of Tunku Puan Zanariah, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong on this day in history.   

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

2020  Death of Roger Mayweather, American professional boxer and trainer on March - 17.   

2020  Death of Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Acting President of Guinea-Bissau on this day in history.   

2020  Death of Betty Williams, Northern Ireland Nobel peace activist on March - 17.   

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1231  On this day in history birth of emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242)   

1473  James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513) was born on March - 17.   

1578  Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) was born on this day in history.   

1628  Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian was born on this day in history.   

1664  Georg Osterreich, composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  On this day in history birth of petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer   

1676  Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on March - 17.   

1685  Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter was born on this day in history.