Famous Deaths In August - 17
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1901 Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.
1909 Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1914 Death of James Grierson, British general on this day in history.
1915 Death of Leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia on this day in history.
1920 On August - 17 ray Chapman, hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch, dies
1924 On August - 17 death of pavel S "Paul" Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26
1925 On August - 17 death of ioan Slavici, Transylvanian writer of Romanian origin (b. 1848)
1927 Death of Horace Alderman, US, murderer, hanged on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Surgery & Foules), dies at 36
1944 On August - 17 john Trumble, cricketer (brother of Hugh 7 Tests 1885-86), dies
1945 Gino Marinuzzi, composer, dies at 61 on August - 17.
1948 Nico J Polak, Dutch economist, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1949 Death of Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist & politician (b. 1891) on this day in history.
1953 On this day in history johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66
1954 Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1958 Florent Schmitt, French composer/critic (Jardin Secret), dies at 87 on this day in history.
1961 Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1962 Death of Peter Fechter trying to cross the Berlin Wall (b. 1944) on August - 17.
1963 Richard Barthelmess, actor (Heroes for Sales), dies of cancer at 68 on this day in history.
1966 Archibald Palm, cricketer (Test S Africa v England 1927-28), dies on this day in history.
1969 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect (November Group), dies at 83 on this day in history.
1970 On August - 17 death of rattana Pestonji, Thai filmmaker (b. 1908)
1971 On August - 17 horace McMahon, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64
1972 On August - 17 raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76
1973 On this day in history conrad Aiken, US poet (Pulitzer), dies at 74
1974 Aldo Palazzeschi, [Giurlani], Italian writer, dies at 89 on August - 17.
1975 On this day in history sig Arno, Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80
1976 Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63 on this day in history.
1979 On this day in history vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), dies of cancer at 67
1981 Robert Russell Bennett, US composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 87 on August - 17.
1982 Barney Phillips, actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies at 68 on August - 17.
1983 On this day in history ira Gershwin, lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills at 86
1984 Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks on this day in history.
1987 On August - 17 charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, dies at 84
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