Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 17

1980  Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 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 March - 17.   

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

1996  On this day in history bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83   

1997  On this day in history gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71   

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

2002  On March - 17 death of rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. 1911)   

2003  Death of Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. 1902) on March - 17.   

2004  On March - 17 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  Death of Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948) on March - 17.   

2007  On this day in history 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 March - 17 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  On March - 17 death of laurynas Stankevičius, 7th Prime Minister of Lithuania   

2017  Death of Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian Nobel poet and playwright on March - 17.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history death of manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Acting President of Guinea-Bissau   

2020  On this day in history death of betty Williams, Northern Ireland Nobel peace activist   

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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  Francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension) was born on March - 17.   

1628  Daniel van Papenbroeck, [Papebrochius], Flemish historian was born on March - 17.   

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

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

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

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