Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In October - 17
Saturday, 20 December 2025
1943 Death of Stefan Starzyński, Polish politician (b. 1893) on October - 17. 

1944 On this day in history pavel Haas, composer, dies at 45 

1956 On this day in history death of anne Crawford, British film actor (b. 1920) 

1957 On this day in history john HA Eman, founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70 

1958 On October - 17 c L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies 

1962 Death of Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter (b. 1882) on this day in history. 

1963 Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Prime Numbers), dies at 97 on this day in history. 

1965 On this day in history barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies 

1966 Soledad Jiminez, Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91 on October - 17. 

1967 Henry Pu Yi, last emperor of China, dies at 61 on this day in history. 

1970 On October - 17 death of pierre Laporte, Vice-Premier of Quebec (assassinated) (b. 1921) 

1972 Death of Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914) on October - 17. 

1973 On this day in history ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet (Gott von Manhattan), dies at 47 

1974 René A de Rooy, Suriname/Antillean poet, dies at 57 on this day in history. 

1975 On October - 17 vittorio Gui, Italian composer (Batture d'aspetto), dies at 90 

1977 Robert C "Cal" Hubbard, US baseball player/umpire, dies at 77 on this day in history. 

1979 John Stuart, actor (Number 17), dies at 81 on October - 17. 

1981 On October - 17 david Guion, composer, dies at 88 

1982 Peterus van Doorne, Dutch industrialist, dies at 47 on this day in history. 

1983 On this day in history raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 

1984 On October - 17 alberta Hunter, US blues singer/composer, dies at 89 

1987 Death of Abdul Malek Ukil,Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925) on this day in history. 

1990 Ralph Abernathy, civil rights activist, dies at 64 on this day in history. 

1991 J[ames] G Devlin, actor (No Surrender), dies at 84 on October - 17. 

1992 On October - 17 ton Hasebos, cameraman/TV director (Gnome Hasebos), dies 

1993 On October - 17 frank J Del Giudice, US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77 

1994 On October - 17 augustus John "Gus" Risman, rugby League Player, dies at 83 

1995 On October - 17 peter Hinchcliff, historian, dies at 66 

1996 On October - 17 berthold Goldschmidt, composer/conductor, dies at 93 

1997 On October - 17 paul Edwin Zimmer, sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54 

1998 On this day in history death of joan Hickson, British actress (b. 1906) 

1999 Death of Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist (b. 1915) on this day in history. 

2000 On October - 17 death of leo Nomellini, wrestler (b. 1924) 

2001 On this day in history death of jay Livingston, American songwriter (b. 1915) 

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