Famous Deaths In May - 17

1981  On this day in history hugo Freidhofer, composer, dies at 80  

1985  Death of Bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas on May - 17.  

1987  Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88 on May - 17.  

1992  On May - 17 george Hurrell, Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87  

1994  Alain Cuny, [René X Marie], French actor (La Dolce Vita), dies at 85 on May - 17.  

1995  On May - 17 nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle, singer, dies at 72  

1996  Rusi Modi, cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), dies on May - 17.  

1999  On May - 17 death of bruce Fairbairn, Canadian record producer and musician (b. 1949)  

2000  Death of Donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909) on May - 17.  

2001  On this day in history death of frank G. Slaughter, American novelist and physician (b. 1908)  

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2002  On this day in history death of dave Berg, American cartoonist (b. 1920)  

2003  On May - 17 death of frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (b. 1916)  

2004  On this day in history death of jørgen Nash, Danish artist (b. 1920)  

2005  On May - 17 death of frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934)  

2006  Death of Cy Feuer, American playwright (b. 1911) on May - 17.  

2007  Death of Lloyd Alexander, author (b. 1924) on this day in history.  

2009  Death of Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (b. 1920) on this day in history.  

2010  Death of Walasse Ting, Chinese/American painter (b. 1929) on May - 17.  

2017  On this day in history death of viktor Gorbatko, Russian cosmonaut  

2017  On May - 17 death of rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician  

2017  On this day in history death of todor Veselinović, Serbian footballer and coach  

2018  On May - 17 death of nicole Fontaine, French politician  

2018  On May - 17 death of richard Pipes, Polish-American academic and historian  

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1155  Jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225) was born on this day in history.  

1443  On May - 17 birth of edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England  

1444  On this day in history birth of sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (Birth of Venus)  

1451  On this day in history birth of engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg  

1490  On this day in history birth of albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia  

1551  Martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist was born on May - 17.  

1551  Martin Delrio, Flemish theologian and occultist (d. 1601) was born on this day in history.  

1568  On May - 17 birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer