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  On this day in history death of paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)   

1982  Death of Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador on March - 17.   

1983  Death of Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903) on March - 17.   

1985  Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies on this day in history.   

1986  On March - 17 hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49   

1987  Death of Santo Trafficante, Jr., American gangster (b. 1914) on March - 17.   

1988  On this day in history reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies   

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

1990  On this day in history germaine Capucine, French actress and fashion model (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 59   

1992  Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69 on March - 17.   

1993  On March - 17 helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92   

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

1995  On this day in history ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48   

1996  Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83 on March - 17.   

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  On this day in history death of su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. 1902)   

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  Death of John Backus, American computer scientist (b. 1924) on March - 17.   

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

2009  Death of Clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and TV host (b. 1937) on March - 17.   

2010  Death of Alex Chilton, American musician (b. 1950) on this day in history.   

2017  Death of Laurynas Stankevičius, 7th Prime Minister of Lithuania on March - 17.   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 17.   

2020  Death of Betty Williams, Northern Ireland Nobel peace activist on this day in history.   

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

1473  On this day in history birth of james IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513)   

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

1628  On this day in history birth of daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian   

1664  On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer   

1675  Petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer was born on March - 17.   

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

1685  On this day in history birth of jean-Marc Nattier, French portrait painter