Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 17

1980  Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68 on March - 17.   

1981  Death of Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913) on March - 17.   

1982  Death of Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador on this day in history.   

1983  Death of Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903) on this day in history.   

1985  On March - 17 dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies   

1986  Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1987  Death of Santo Trafficante, Jr., American gangster (b. 1914) on March - 17.   

1988  On March - 17 reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies   

1989  Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29 on March - 17.   

1990  Germaine Capucine, French actress and fashion model (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 59 on March - 17.   

1992  On March - 17 charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69   

1993  On this day in history helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92   

1994  On March - 17 arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57   

1995  On March - 17 ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48   

1996  Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

1999  Death of Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (b. 1921) on this day in history.   

2002  Death of Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. 1911) on this day in history.   

2003  Death of Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (b. 1902) on this day in history.   

2004  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)   

2007  Death of John Backus, American computer scientist (b. 1924) on March - 17.   

2008  Death of Roland Arnall, U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1939) on March - 17.   

2009  On this day in history death of clodovil Hernandes, Brazilian politician and TV host (b. 1937)   

2010  Death of Alex Chilton, American musician (b. 1950) on this day in history.   

2017  On this day in history death of laurynas Stankevičius, 7th Prime Minister of Lithuania   

2017  On this day in history death of derek Walcott, Saint Lucian Nobel poet and playwright   

2018  Death of Phan Văn Khải, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam on March - 17.   

2019  Death of Tunku Puan Zanariah, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong on this day in history.   

2020  Death of Eduard Limonov, Russian writer, poet, publicist, and political dissident on March - 17.   

2020  On this day in history death of roger Mayweather, American professional boxer and trainer   

2020  On March - 17 death of manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, Acting President of Guinea-Bissau   

2020  Death of Betty Williams, Northern Ireland Nobel peace activist on this day in history.   

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1231  Emperor Shijō of Japan (d. 1242) was born on this day in history.   

1473  James IV, king of Scotland (1488-1513) was born on this day in history.   

1578  On March - 17 birth of francesco Albana, Ital painter (Mary's Ascension)   

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

1664  On March - 17 birth of georg Osterreich, composer   

1675  On March - 17 birth of petrus Laurentius Wockenfuss, composer   

1676  Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (d. 1732) was born on this day in history.   

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