Hisdates•ComPage 3: Famous Deaths Happened In August - 17
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1988 On August - 17 franklin D Roosevelt Jr, (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday 
1990 On August - 17 pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72
1991 Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63 on August - 17.
1992 Death of Andre de Villiers, South African, murdered on August - 17.
1993 On this day in history max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator/interpreter, dies at 72
1994 Death of Elias Canetti, buried next to James Joyce on this day in history.
1995 On this day in history david Warrilow, actor (Simon, Radio Days, Barton Fink), dies at 60
1996 Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1998 Death of Wladyslaw Komar, Polish track and field athlete (b. 1940) on August - 17.
2004 On this day in history death of thea Astley, Australian writer (b. 1925)
2005 Death of John Bahcall, American astrophysicist (b. 1934) on August - 17.
2007 On August - 17 death of bill Deedes, British journalist and politician (b. 1913)
2008 On this day in history death of franco Sensi, Italian oil tycoon and president of A.S. Roma
2017 On August - 17 death of sonny Landham, American actor
2018 On August - 17 death of ezzatolah Entezami, Iranian actor
2019 On this day in history death of jacques Diouf, Senegalese diplomat
2020 On August - 17 death of mário de Araújo Cabral, Portuguese Formula One driver
2021 Death of Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (b. 1973) on August - 17.
2023 On this day in history death of garry Adey , 78, English rugby union player ( Leicester Tigers , national team ).
2023 Death of Walter Aipolani , 68, American singer on this day in history.
2023 Death of Hugo Álamos Vásquez , 90, Chilean agronomic engineer and politician, deputy (1969–1973, 1990–1994) on August - 17.
2023 On August - 17 death of art Collector , 6, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Blue Grass Stakes (2020) and Pegasus World Cup (2023), euthanized.
2023 On this day in history death of mãe Bernadete , 72, Brazilian quilombola , shot.
2023 Death of Karol J. Bobko , 85, American astronaut ( STS-6 , STS-51-D , STS-51-J ) on this day in history.
2023 Death of Paul Bush , 67, British experimental film director and animator, traffic collision on this day in history.
2023 Death of John Devitt , 86, Australian swimmer, Olympic champion ( 1956 , 1960 ) on this day in history.
2023 Death of Robert Ekelund , 82, American economist, complications from Parkinson's disease and cancer on August - 17.
2023 Death of Bobby Eli , 77, American guitarist ( MFSB ), songwriter (" Love Won't Let Me Wait "), and record producer on this day in history.
2023 On this day in history death of angie Ferro , 86, Filipino actress ( Patayin Mo Sa Sindak Si Barbara , Evolution of a Filipino Family , Lola Igna ).
2023 On this day in history death of wayne Gilbert , 76, American painter, cancer.
2023 On August - 17 death of rose Gregorio , 97, American actress ( Eyes of Laura Mars , Good Time , ER ), pneumonia.
2023 Death of Olivier Guillot , 91, French academic and historian on August - 17.
2023 On August - 17 death of johari Harun , 53, Malaysian politician, Pahang MLA (since 2022), plane crash .
2023 On August - 17 death of tom Husband , 87, Scottish engineer and academic administrator, vice-chancellor of the University of Salford (1990–1997).
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