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History Deaths on December 17

By  Tamra Lee White  17 Dec   127 Views

History Deaths on December 17

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Jennifer Jones, American actress (b. 1919)

#Jennifer_Jones

In 2009

Grover Washington Jr., American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1943)

#Grover_Washington_Jr.

In 1999

Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)

#Kaspar_Hauser

In 1833

Ivan Veki?, Croatian colonel, lawyer, and politician, Croatian Minister of the Interior (b. 1938)

#Ivan_Veki?

In 2014

Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)

#Nzinga_of_Ndongo_and_Matamba

In 1663

Sammy Baugh, American football player and coach (b. 1914)

#Sammy_Baugh

In 2008

Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)

#Leopold_II_of_Belgium

In 1909

Hal Brown, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)

#Hal_Brown

In 2015

Oleh Lysheha, Ukrainian poet and playwright (b. 1949)

#Oleh_Lysheha

In 2014

Michael Wyschogrod, German-American philosopher and theologian (b. 1928)

#Michael_Wyschogrod

In 2015

Fred Bruemmer, Latvian-Canadian photographer (b. 1929)

#Fred_Bruemmer

In 2013

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)

#William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin

In 1907

Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)

#Richard_Lumley,_1st_Earl_of_Scarbrough

In 1721

Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian-American author and poet (b. 1903)

#Marguerite_Yourcenar

In 1987

Dave Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1955)

#Dave_Smith_(pitcher,_born_1955)

In 2008

Otto Graham, American football player and coach (b. 1921)

#Otto_Graham

In 2003

Kim Jong-il, North Korean commander and politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of North Korea (b. 1941)

#Kim_Jong-il

In 2011

Dana Andrews, American actor (b. 1909)

#Dana_Andrews

In 1992

Rex Allen, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1920)

#Rex_Allen

In 1999

Freddy Breck, German singer-songwriter, producer, and journalist (b. 1942)

#Freddy_Breck

In 2008

Ricardo María Carles Gordó, Spanish cardinal (b. 1926)

#Ricardo_María_Carles_Gordó

In 2013

Walt Dropo, American basketball and baseball player (b. 1923)

#Walt_Dropo

In 2010

Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)

#Christos_Tsigiridis

In 1947

Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)

#Captain_Beefheart

In 2010

William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)

#William_Shiels

In 1904

Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut (b. 1150)

#Baldwin_V,_Count_of_Hainaut

In 1195

Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)

#Marie_Louise,_Duchess_of_Parma

In 1847

William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England

#William_Gascoigne

In 1419

Larry Sherry, American baseball player and coach (b. 1935)

#Larry_Sherry

In 2006

Conny van Rietschoten, Dutch sailor (b. 1926)

#Conny_van_Rietschoten

In 2013

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)

#Elizabeth_Garrett_Anderson

In 1917

Dieter Grau, German-American scientist and engineer (b. 1913)

#Dieter_Grau

In 2014

Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)

#Rajendra_Lahiri

In 1927

Rumi, Persian jurist, theologian, and poet (b. 1207)

#Rumi

In 1273

Thomas Mitchell, American actor (b. 1892)

#Thomas_Mitchell_(actor)

In 1962

Janet Rowley, American geneticist and biologist (b. 1925)

#Janet_Rowley

In 2013

Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (b. 1957)

#Frank_Pastore

In 2012

Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician (b. 1924)

#Daniel_Inouye

In 2012

Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)

#Harold_Holt

In 1967

Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)

#Francis_Beaufort

In 1857

Günther Anders, German journalist and philosopher (b. 1902)

#Günther_Anders

In 1992

Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)

#Victor_Francis_Hess

In 1964

Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)

#Simón_Bolívar

In 1830

Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)

#Frank_Rinehart

In 1928

13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)

#13th_Dalai_Lama

In 1933

Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (b. 1929)

#Laurier_LaPierre

In 2012

Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1889)

#Homer_S._Ferguson

In 1982

Gordon Hunt, American voice director (b. 1929)

In 2016

Henry Heimlich, American doctor (b. 1920)

In 2016

Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician (b. 1922)

In 2016

Osamu Hayaishi, American-Japanese biochemist and academic (b. 1920)

In 2015

Lowell Steward, American captain (b. 1919)

In 2014

Richard C. Hottelet, American journalist (b. 1917)

In 2014

Tetsur? Kashibuchi, Japanese drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)

In 2013

Richard Heffner, American historian and television host (b. 1925)

In 2013

James Gower, American priest and activist, co-founded the College of the Atlantic (b. 1922)

In 2012

Richard Adams, Filipino-American activist (b. 1947)

In 2012

Eva Ekvall, Venezuelan journalist and author, Miss Venezuela 2000 (b. 1983)

In 2011

Ralph Coates, English footballer (b. 1946)

In 2010

Alaina Reed Hall, American actress (b. 1946)

In 2009

Chris Henry, American football player (b. 1983)

In 2009

Haljand Udam, Estonian orientalist and academic (d. 1936)

In 2005

Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (b. 1929)

In 2005

Jack Anderson, American journalist and author (b. 1922)

In 2005

Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (b. 1931)

In 2004

K. W. Devanayagam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 10th Sri Lankan Minister of Justice (b. 1910)

In 2002

C. Vann Woodward, American historian and academic (b. 1908)

In 1999

Linda Wong, American porn actress (b. 1951)

In 1987

Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (b. 1925)

In 1986

Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1903)

In 1981

Don Ellis, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)

In 1978

Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (b. 1896)

In 1970

Dorothy L. Sayers, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)

In 1957

Eddie Acuff, American actor (b. 1903)

In 1956

Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)

In 1942

Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)

In 1940

Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)

In 1932

Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)

In 1930

Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)

In 1929

Eleonora di Toledo, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (b. 1522)

In 1562

Infanta Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy (b. 1397)

In 1471

Pope Gregory VIII (b. 1100)

In 1187

William I, duke of Normandy

In 942

Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Abbasid prince and poet, anti-caliph for one day

In 908

al-Abbas ibn al-Hasan al-Jarjara'i, Abbasid vizier

In 908

Sturm, abbot of Fulda

In 779

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