Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 17

1980  Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68 on March - 17.   

1981  On March - 17 death of paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)   

1982  Death of Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador on this day in history.   

1983  On March - 17 death of haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)   

1985  On this day in history dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies   

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 March - 17.   

1988  Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies on this day in history.   

1989  Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29 on this day in history.   

1990  Germaine Capucine, French actress and fashion model (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 59 on March - 17.   

1992  Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1993  Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92 on March - 17.   

1994  Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57 on March - 17.   

1995  Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. 1911)   

2003  On March - 17 death of su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. 1902)   

2004  Death of J. J. Jackson, American television personality (b. 1941) on this day in history.   

2005  On March - 17 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 March - 17 death of john Backus, American computer scientist (b. 1924)   

2008  On March - 17 death of roland Arnall, U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939)   

2009  On this day in history death of clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and TV host (b. 1937)   

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

2017  Death of Laurynas Stankevičius, 7th Prime Minister of Lithuania on this day in history.   

2017  Death of Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian Nobel poet and playwright on this day in history.   

2018  Death of Phan Văn Khải, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam on March - 17.   

2019  On March - 17 death of tunku Puan Zanariah, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong   

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

2020  On March - 17 death of roger Mayweather, American professional boxer and trainer   

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 March - 17 birth of emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242)   

1473  James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513) was born on this day in history.   

1578  On this day in history birth of francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)   

1628  On March - 17 birth of daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian   

1664  On this day in history birth of georg Osterreich, composer   

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on this day in history.   

1676  Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.   

1685  Jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter was born on March - 17.