published on October 12, 2024 in UncategorizedNewsInfoBlog

Famous Deaths on June 17

June 17 Calendar

English essayist, playwright (Cato, a Tragedy), poet and Whig politician who co-founded "The Spectator" magazine, dies at 47

1734 Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France, dies at 81
1734 Duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle
1740 Sir William Wyndham, English politician (b. 1687)
1762 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French tragic poet and playwright (Rhadamiste et Zénobie), dies at 88
1775 John Pitcairn, Scottish marine who fought in North America, killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill at 52
1775 Joseph Warren, American physician and soldier, dies at 34
1797 Aga Mohammed Khan, cruel ruler of Persia, castrated & killed
1813 Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician, dies at 86
1815 Rais Hamidou [Amidon], Algerian corsair (captured 400 ships during his career), dies in a battle with USS Guerriere (b. c. 1770)
1821 Martín Miguel de Güemes Argentine military leader (b. 1785)
1839 Lord William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, British soldier and statesman (Governor-General of India, 1828-1835), dies at 64
1854 (Gertrude) "Henriette" Sontag, later Countess Rossi, German operatic soprano (Carl Maria von Weber's "Euryanthe"), dies at 48
1858 Rani Lakshmibai, queen of Jhansi in North India, one of the leading figures of the Indian rebellion of 1857 (b. 1828)
1862 Charles Canning, English 1st viceroy of British-Indies, dies at 49
1863 Isham W Garrott, American attorney and Confederate brigadier general, dies in battle
1866 Lewis Cass, American military officer and politician (U.S. Senator-Michigan), dies at 83
1871 Clement Vallandigham, American politician (Rep-D-Ohio, convicted of opposing civil war, exiled to Confederate States), dies after accidentally shooting himself at 50
1876 Harriet Scott, American ex-slave, who with husband Dred Scott unsuccessfully sued for their freedom
1885 Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, Prussian Generalfeldmarschall noted for his victories in the Franco-Prussian War, dies at 76
1887 Mark Hopkins, American educator and philosopher (President of Williams College), dies at 85
1897 Sebastian Kneipp, Bavarian priest and naturopathist (known for "Kneipp Cure" form of hydrotherapy), dies at 76
1898 Edward Burne-Jones, English Pre-Raphaelite painter and designer, dies at 64
1906 Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player, dies at 33
1906 William Dale, international legal consultant, dies
1918 Derek Barber, CEO (Countryside Commission), dies
1928 Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer and diplomat (Virulo, mocedades), dies at 39
1936 Henry B Walthall, American actor (The Birth of a Nation, Klondike), dies at 58
1938 Ranji Hordern, Australian cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 46 wickets, BB 7/90; NSW CA), dies at 55
1939 Eugene Weldman, the last person to be publicly guillotined in France, dies at 31. When asked if he had remorse for his victims he had killed, he replied, “Remorse, what for? I didn’t even know them”
1940 Arthur Harden, English biochemist (Nobel Prize 1929), dies at 74
1941 Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), dies at 78
1942 Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician who was the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec and 5th Chief Justice of Canada, dies at 88
1946 Joe Dawson, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1912), dies at 56

American editor and publisher for Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe, dies at 62

1950 Syed Wazir Ali, Indian cricket batsman (7 Tests; Southern Punjab; Muslims), dies from appendicitis at 46
1951 Carl Vogler, Swiss composer, dies at 77
1951 Vin Coutie, Australian rules footballer, dies at 69
1952 Alberto Williams, Argentine pianist and composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89
1952 Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist and Thelemite occultist, dies at 37
1953 Walter Niemann, German composer, dies at 76
1954 Donato "Danny" Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (The Esquires; Bill Haley & His Comets - "Rock Around The Clock"), died of broken neck suffered falling down a staircase at 33
1956 Bob Sweikert, American racing driver (b. 1926)
1956 Paul Rostock, German doctor (b. 1892)
1957 Dorothy M. Richardson, English novelist (Pilgrimage), dies at 84
1957 Esme Percy, British actor (Murder!, Pygmalion, Old Spanish Custom), dies at 69
1959 Abdul Mouse, Indonesian nationalist foreman/author, dies at about 68
1960 Pierre Reverdy, French poet (Nord-Sud), dies at 70
1961 Jeff Chandler [Ira Grossel], American actor (Broken Arrow), dies as a result of medical malpractice at 42
1963 Alain F B Alanbrooke, 1st viscount of Brookeborough, dies at 79
1963 John Cowper Powys, British writer and critic (Wood & Stone, Wolf Solent), dies at 90
1963 John Whiting, British actor, dramatist and critic (PT Raiders, The Devils, The Good Companions), dies of cancer at 45
1965 Arnold Meijer, Dutch leader of fascist Dutch National & Black Front, dies at 60
1968 José Nasazzi, Uruguayan soccer defender (41 caps; captain FIFA World Cup 1930; CA Bella Vista 322 games), dies at 67
1970 Matthew Henderson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; New Zealand's first-ever Test match 1930), dies at 74
1971 C Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Philadelphia), dies
1973 Luis Van Rooten, Mexican-born, American actor, author and translator (One Man's Family), dies at 66

Brazilian modernist artist, dies at 86

1974 Pamela Britton, American stage and screen actress (D.O.A.; Blondie; My Favorite Martian - "Mrs. Brown"), dies of brain cancer at 51
1974 Rabbe Enckell, Finnish author and poet (Lutad about Brunnen), dies at 71
1974 Yadavendra Singh [Yuvraj of Patiala,], Indian 9th and last ruling Maharaja of Patiala and cricketer (Test for India), dies at 61
1975 Sid Gordon, American baseball player, dies at 57
1978 Cully Richards, actor (Don't Call Me Charlie), dies at 68
1979 Duffy Lewis, American baseball left fielder (World Series 1912, 15, 16; Boston Red Sox), dies at 91
1979 Leverett Saltonstall, American politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (1957-67), dies at 86
1979 Lou Frizzell, American character actor (Summer of '42; Bonanza - "Dusty Rhodes"), dies at 59
1981 Richard O'Connor, British general (b. 1889)
1981 Yitzhak Zuckerman [Itzhak Zuckerman], Jewish resistance hero in World War II and one of the few survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, dies at 65
1981 Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane books), dies at 91
1983 Eelco van Kleffens, Dutch diplomat and politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1939-46; UN Representative, 1946-56), dies at 88
1983 Peter Mennin [Mennini], American composer (Moby Dick; The Cycle), and educator (Juilliard, 1962-83), dies of cancer at 60
1984 Chet Allen, American child actor (Amahl and the Night Visitors), intentionally overdoses at 45
1984 Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet jazz and pop singer ("Let's Smoke"), dies at 78
1984 Swale, Kentucky Derby winner, collapses & dies
1985 Piet De Somer, Belgian rector of University of Louvain, dies at 67
1986 Jozef Keuleers, Belgian worker's union leader, dies at 75
1986 Kate Smith, American singer ("God Bless America"; "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain"), radio star, and NHL Philadelphia Flyers good luck charm, dies of respiratory arrest at 78
1987 Dick Howser, American baseball shortstop (MLB All Star All-Star 1961, 61²; KC A's) and manager (World Series 1977, 78 NY Yankees; KC Royals 1985), dies of brain cancer at 51
1988 Elizabeth Lane, 1st female British supreme court justice, dies at 82
1989 Hy Gardner, American newspaper columnist (New York Herald Tribune, 1951-66), and television panelist, dies at 80
1989 John Matuszak, American NFL defensive end, 1973-82 (Oakland Raiders and 3 other teams), and actor (Caveman; The Goonies), dies of an accidental propoxyphene overdose at 38
1989 Stanley David Griggs, American astronaut (STS 51-D), dies in plane crash at 59 (b. 1939)
1990 Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist and painter (Holland Festival), dies at 79
1990 Palmira Henry, fashion designer, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 44
1991 Leo Koury, American murderer (FBI Most Wanted List - never caught), dies under an assumed name in hospital at 56
1992 Dewey Balfa, American Cajun fiddler and singer, dies at 65
1992 Frederick Exley, American novelist (Fan's Note), dies at 63
1992 Grace Towns Hamilton, American politician (1st African American member of Georgia state legislature), dies at 85
1993 Angus Suttie, English potter and teacher of art ceramics, dies of AIDS at 46
1993 French of Nouhuys, civil servant in Indonesia, dies at 88
1994 Joeri Nagibin, Russian screenwriter (Babje Karstvo), dies at 74
1995 Claire Sterling, American journalist and writer (The Terror Network), dies at 75
1996 Thomas Kuhn, American philosopher of science (paradigm shift), dies at 73
2000 Alex Moir, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (17 Tests, 28 wickets, BB 6/155; Otago), dies at 80
2000 Ismail Mahomed, South African and Namibian Chief Justice, 1st permanent black judge on South African Supreme Court, dies at 68
2001 Donald J. Cram, American biochemist (development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity - Nobel 1987), dies at 82
2001 Thomas Winning, Scottish controversial Roman Catholic Cardinal, dies at 76
2002 Francisco Escudero, Basque composer (Iletta), dies at 89
2002 Fritz Walter, German footballer (1. FC Kaiserslautern) and captain of West Germany, dies at 81
2002 J. Carter Brown, American art director (Washington National Gallery), dies at 67
2002 Willie Davenport, American bobsledder and track athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 1968), dies from a heart attack at 59
2004 Gerry McNeil, Canadian ice hockey player, dies at 78
2004 Jackie Paris, American jazz singer and guitarist ("Skylark"), dies at 79
2004 Sara Lidman, Swedish author (Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi), dies at 80
2005 Henryk Majewski, Polish big band jazz trumpeter (Old Timers), dies at 69
2005 Karl Mueller, American bassist (Soul Asylum - "Runaway Train"), dies of complications from esophageal cancer at 41
2005 Ronald Winans, American gospel singer (Winans), dies at 48
2005 Sam Loeb, comic book writer (b. 1988)
2006 Arthur Franz, American actor (The Caine Mutiny, Invaders From Mars, Young Lions), dies from emphysema and heart disease at 86
2006 Cláudio Besserman Vianna, aka "Bussunda", Brazilian comedian (b. 1962)
2006 Julian Slade, English popular composer (Salad Days), dies at 76
2007 Gianfranco Ferrè, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
2007 Paul Hodder-Williams, British publisher (Hodder & Stoughton), dies at 97
2007 Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (b. 1933)
2008 Cyd Charisse [Tula Finklea], American dancer and actress (Singin' in the Rain), dies at 86
2008 Tsutomu Miyazaki, Japanese serial killer (b. 1962)
2009 Darrell Powers, American World War II veteran of the United States 101st Airborne Division. (b. 1923)
2009 Ralf Dahrendorf, German-born sociologist and politician (b. 1929)
2010 Andy Ripley, English rugby union #8 (24 caps; British Lions 1974), dies from prostate cancer at 62
2010 K. S. Rajah, Singaporean jurist (b. 1930)

African American motorist beaten by Los Angeles police officers, dies in an accidental drowning at 47

2014 John McClure, American Grammy Award-winning classical record producer, dies at 84
2014 Patsy Byrne, English actress, dies at 80
2015 John David Crow, American College Football Hall of Fame back and tight end (Heisman Trophy 1957, Texas A & M; Pro Bowl 1959, 60, 62, 65; St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 79
2015 Ron Clarke, Australian athlete (17 x WRs, 5,000m, 10,000m, 20,000m; 2, 3, 6, 10 miles) and politician (mayor Gold Coast), dies from kidney failure at 78
2015 Suleyman Demirel, Turkish leader, President (1993-2000) and Prime Minister, dies at 90
2016 Prince Be [Attrell Cordes], American rapper (PM Dawn), dies from diabetes complications at 46
2019 Gloria Vanderbilt, American fashion designer, artist, heiress and socialite, dies at 95

Egyptian politician, President of Egypt (2012-13) and leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, collapses and dies at 67 during a court appearance in Cairo

2019 Rolland D. McCune, American theologian, Baptist minister, and writer, dies of pancreatic cancer at 85
2020 Bill Groman, American football wide receiver (All-AFL 1960; AFL C'ship 1960, 61, 64, 65; Houston Oilers, Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills), dies at 83
2020 György Kárpáti, Hungarian water polo player (Olympic gold 1952, 56, 64), dies at 84
2020 Jerry Sturm, American football tackle (AFL All-Star 1964, 66; Denver Broncos, NO Saints), dies from dementia at 83
2020 Paulinho Paiakan, Brazilian indigenous chief (led Kayapó people against Belo Monte dam), dies of COVID-19 at about 65
2020 Robert Buchanan, British archaeologist and founder of Bath University, dies at 90
2020 Willie Thorne, English snooker player (1985 Classic), dies of leukemia at 66
2021 Kenneth Kaunda, 1st President of Zambia (1964-91), dies at 97
2022 Hugh McElhenny, American Pro/College Football HOF halfback (University of Washington; 5 × First-team All-Pro; 6 × Pro Bowl; Minnesota Vikings, SF 49ers), dies at 93
2022 Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor (A Man and A Woman; Z; Amour), dies at 91

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