Famous Deaths In May - 17

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

1985  On May - 17 death of bobby Ewing, (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas   

1987  Gunnar Myrdal, Sweden, economist (Nobel 1974), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 17 death of donald Coggan, 101st Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1909)   

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

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

2003  On this day in history death of frank "Pop" Ivy, American and Canadian football coach (b. 1916)   

2004  On May - 17 death of jørgen Nash, Danish artist (b. 1920)   

2005  Death of Frank Gorshin, American actor (b. 1934) on May - 17.   

2006  On May - 17 death of cy Feuer, American playwright (b. 1911)   

2007  On this day in history death of lloyd Alexander, author (b. 1924)   

2009  Death of Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (b. 1920) on May - 17.   

2010  On May - 17 death of walasse Ting, Chinese/American painter (b. 1929)   

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

2017  Death of Rhodri Morgan, Welsh politician on this day in history.   

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  Death of Richard Pipes, Polish-American academic and historian on this day in history.   

2019  On this day in history death of herman Wouk, American author   

2020  On this day in history death of josé Cutileiro, 8th Secretary General of the Western Europe Union   

2023  Death of Ray Austin , 90, British stuntman ( The Avengers ) and director ( Zorro , Magnum, P.I. ) on this day in history.   

2023  On this day in history death of livia Bitton-Jackson , 92, Czechoslovak-born American-Israeli author and Holocaust survivor.   

2023  Death of Creative Force , 5, Irish-bred British Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the British Champions Sprint Stakes (2021) on May - 17.   

2023  On May - 17 death of alicia Dussán de Reichel , 102, Colombian anthropologist.   

2023  Death of David Gardner , 82, English cricketer ( Wiltshire ) on May - 17.   

2023  Death of Graham Gipson , 90, Australian sprinter, Olympic silver medalist ( 1956 ) on this day in history.   

2023  On this day in history death of "Superstar" Billy Graham , 79, American Hall of Fame professional wrestler ( WWWF ), multiple organ failure.   

2023  Death of James Hartle , 83, American physicist, complications from Alzheimer's disease on May - 17.   

2023  On May - 17 death of s. P. Hinduja , 87, Indian-born British businessman ( Hinduja Group ) and philanthropist, complications from Lewy body dementia .   

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1155  On May - 17 birth of jien, Japanese poet and historian (d. 1225)   

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  Engelbert II, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz/viceroy of Luxembourg was born on May - 17.   

1490  Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia was born on May - 17.   

1551  On May - 17 birth of martinus A del Rio, Spanish/South Neth lawyer/historian/theologist   

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

1568  On this day in history birth of christoph Thomas Walliser, composer