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Deaths on the 17th of May in history

Deaths
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17 May 0290 Emperor Wu of Jin, Chinese emperor (b. 236)
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17 May 1050 Guido van Arezzo Italian music theorist, dies
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17 May 1336 Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan (b. 1288)
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17 May 1365 Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1328)
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17 May 1395 Constantine Dragaš, Serbian ruler (b. 1355)
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17 May 1464 Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1427)
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17 May 1510 Alessandro di Botticelli: Painter (Birth of Venus), dies at about 65
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17 May 1510 Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (b. 1445)
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17 May 1521 Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, Welsh politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1478)
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17 May 1536 George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford, English courtier and diplomat, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1504)
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17 May 1536 William Brereton, English courtier (b. 1487)
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17 May 1536 Henry Norris, English courtier (b. 1482)
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17 May 1536 Mark Smeaton, English lute player and dancer (b. 1512)
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17 May 1536 Francis Weston, English courtier (b. 1511)
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17 May 1551 Shin Saimdang, South Korean poet and calligraphist (b. 1504)
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17 May 1575 Matthew Parker, English archbishop and academic (b. 1504)
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17 May 1591 Jost/Jobst/Jodocus Amman Swiss cartoonist/graphic artist, dies at 51
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17 May 1606 Forges Dimitri czar of Russia (1605-06), murdered
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17 May 1626 Joan Pau Pujol, Catalan organist and composer (b. 1570)
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17 May 1643 Giovanni Picchi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1571)
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17 May 1695 Cornelis de Heem painter, dies
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17 May 1727 Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
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17 May 1729 Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675)
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17 May 1765 Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
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17 May 1796 Jacob Wilhelm Lustig composer, dies at 89
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17 May 1797 Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
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17 May 1801 William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
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17 May 1807 John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
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17 May 1809 Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
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17 May 1822 Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)
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17 May 1829 John Jay, American politician and diplomat, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1745)
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17 May 1838 René Caillié, French explorer and author (b. 1799)
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17 May 1838 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French bishop and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1754)
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17 May 1839 Archibald Alison, Scottish priest and author (b. 1757)
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17 May 1840 Niccolo Paganini composer, dies at 57
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17 May 1851 Jean E "Adrian" van Bevervoorde: Journalist (Treason), dies at 31
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17 May 1864 N Hawthorne writer, dies at 59
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17 May 1866 Adolf Bernhard Marx composer, dies at 70
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17 May 1868 Kondō Isami, Japanese commander (b. 1834)
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17 May 1872 Fryderyk Edward Sobolewski composer, dies at 63
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17 May 1875 John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States (b. 1821)
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17 May 1879 Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (b. 1805)
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17 May 1880 Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b. 1826)
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17 May 1883 Lydia Estes Pinklham patent-medicine manufacturer, dies
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17 May 1884 Louis Brassin composer, dies at 43
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17 May 1886 John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
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17 May 1888 Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
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17 May 1889 William Roxby Beverly artist, dies
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17 May 1892 Gy
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17 May 1911 Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
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17 May 1914 Peter Leyten bishop of Breda (1885-1914), dies at 79
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17 May 1916 Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
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17 May 1916 Gervais Bernard Gaston Salvayre composer, dies at 68
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17 May 1917 Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
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17 May 1919 Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)
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17 May 1919 Bohumil Pazdirek composer, dies at 80
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17 May 1920 Maitland Hathorn cricketer (325 runs in 12 Tests South Africa 1901-11), dies
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17 May 1921 Karl Mantzius, Danish actor and director (b. 1860)
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17 May 1926 Lucien Herr French leader (Correspondance entre Schiller), dies
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17 May 1927 Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
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17 May 1930 Herbert David Croly US founder (New Republic), dies at 61
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17 May 1931 Johan [Eliza J] de Master art critic/writer, dies
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17 May 1931 Timothy Cole wood engraver, dies
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17 May 1935 Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)
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17 May 1935 Paul A Dukas French composer/tutor of Messiaen (Vell
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17 May 1936 Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868)
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17 May 1938 Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877)
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17 May 1943 Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864)
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17 May 1943 Montagu Love actor (Wind), dies at 65
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17 May 1945 Jan van Geenen resistance fighter, dies
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17 May 1945 Sasaki Shigetsu Sokei-an founder 1st Zen Institute of America, dies
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17 May 1947 George Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
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17 May 1950 Eduardo Fabini composer, dies at 67
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17 May 1951 William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, Indian-English field marshal (b. 1865)
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17 May 1951 Karl Heinrich David composer, dies at 66
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17 May 1953 Eric De Lamarter composer, dies at 73
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17 May 1955 Alan Fairfax cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies
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17 May 1955 Francesco Balilla Pratella composer, dies at 75
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17 May 1955 Leslie Hylton cricketer (West Indies quickie 1939), hung for murder
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17 May 1957 Shalva Azmayparashvili composer, dies at 54
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17 May 1960 Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884)
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17 May 1961 French of Cauwelaert Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81
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17 May 1961 Henri Gagnon composer, dies at 74
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17 May 1963 John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888)
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17 May 1964 Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895)
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17 May 1964 Otto V Kuusinen President of Karelo-Finnish Soviet Republic (1940-56), dies 82
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17 May 1966 Randolph Turpin, English boxer (b. 1928)
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17 May 1967 John Wesley Work composer, dies at 65
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17 May 1969 Joseph Beran Czechoslovakia, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80
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17 May 1970 Nigel M Balchin: English Author (My Executioner), dies at 61
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17 May 1970 Nigel Martin Balchin English author (My Executioner), dies at 61
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17 May 1973 Alexander J Kropholler Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91
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17 May 1974 Ernest Nash, German-American photographer and scholar (b. 1898)
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17 May 1974 Charles Braswell actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49
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17 May 1977 Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral and pilot (b. 1892)
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17 May 1978 John Selwyn Brooke Selwyn Lloyd speaker of house of commons, dies
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17 May 1980 Gündüz Kılıç, Turkish football player and coach (b. 1918)
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17 May 1980 Joseph M "Joop" L
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17 May 1981 Hugo Freidhofer composer, dies at 80
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17 May 1981 Jeannette Ridlon Piccard 1st US woman free balloon pilot, dies
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17 May 1985 Abe Burrows, American director, composer, and author (b. 1910)
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17 May 1985 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) killed off on Dallas
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17 May 1985 Hugh Burden actor (The House in Nightmare Park), dies at 72
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17 May 1986 Lyudmila Pakhomova, Russian ice dancer (b. 1946)
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17 May 1987 Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, sociologist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
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17 May 1989 Robert Webber actor (Nuts, Assassin, 10), dies at 74
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17 May 1992 Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (b. 1903)
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17 May 1992 George Hurrell Hollywood photographer, dies of cancer at 87
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17 May 1992 Leonardo del Ferro [Keyser] US epic tenor, dies
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17 May 1992 Warren Neal Boxer dies of AIDS at 34
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17 May 1993 Harry Elstr
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17 May 1994 Alain Cuny [Ren
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17 May 1994 Andrew Brown film Producer, dies at 55
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17 May 1994 Donald Keith Falkner singer, dies at 94
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17 May 1994 Willian Noel Moffat architect, dies at 82
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17 May 1995 Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle: Singer, dies at 72
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17 May 1995 Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1912)
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17 May 1995 Nathan "Dambuza" Mdledle singer, dies at 72
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17 May 1996 Scott Brayton, American race car driver (b. 1959)
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17 May 1996 Kevin Gilbert, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1966)
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17 May 1996 Johnny "Guitar" Watson, American singer and guitarist (b. 1935)
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17 May 1996 Rusi Modi cricketer (736 runs 10 post-war Tests for India), dies
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17 May 1996 Scott Evans Brayton racing car driver, dies at 37
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17 May 1996 Willi Daume Olympic organiser, dies at 82
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17 May 1996 Willis Conover broadcaster, dies at 75
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17 May 1997 James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist and academic (b. 1905)
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17 May 1999 Bruce Fairbairn, Canadian trumpet player and producer (b. 1949)
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17 May 1999 Lembit Oll, Estonian chess player (b. 1966)
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17 May 2000 Donald Coggan, English archbishop (b. 1909)
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17 May 2001 Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (b. 1908)
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17 May 2002 Dave Berg, American soldier and cartoonist (b. 1920)
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17 May 2002 László Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1927)
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17 May 2002 Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish poet and composer (b. 1940)
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17 May 2002 Sharon Sheeley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
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17 May 2003 Pop Ivy, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1916)
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17 May 2004 Gunnar Graps, Estonian singer (Magnetic Band and Gunnar Graps Group) (b. 1951)
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17 May 2004 Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (b. 1920)
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17 May 2004 Tony Randall, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)
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17 May 2004 Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician (b. 1943)
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17 May 2004 Vladislav Terzyul, Siberian mountaineer (b. 1953)
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17 May 2005 Frank Gorshin, American actor and singer (b. 1934)
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17 May 2006 Cy Feuer, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1911)
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17 May 2006 Eric Forth, Scottish-English politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons (b. 1944)
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17 May 2006 Nichola Goddard, Papua New Guinean-Canadian captain (b. 1980)
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17 May 2007 Lloyd Alexander, American soldier and author (b. 1924)
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17 May 2007 T. K. Doraiswamy, Indian poet and author (b. 1921)
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17 May 2009 Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist, author, and poet (b. 1920)
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17 May 2009 Jung Seung-hye, South Korean journalist and producer (b. 1965)
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17 May 2010 Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1924)
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17 May 2010 Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (b. 1929)
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17 May 2011 Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1936)
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17 May 2012 Warda Al-Jazairia, French-Lebanese singer (b. 1939)
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17 May 2012 Herbert Breslin, American publicist and manager (b. 1924)
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17 May 2012 Gideon Ezra, Israeli geographer and politician, Israeli Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (b. 1937)
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17 May 2012 Patrick Mafisango, Congolese-Rwandan footballer (b. 1980)
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17 May 2012 Ron Shock, American comedian (b. 1942)
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17 May 2012 Donna Summer, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1948)
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17 May 2013 Philippe Gaumont, French cyclist (b. 1973)
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17 May 2013 Penne Hackforth-Jones, American-Australian actress (b. 1949)
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17 May 2013 Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
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17 May 2013 Peter Schulz, German politician, Mayor of Hamburg (b. 1930)
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17 May 2013 Albert Seedman, American police officer (b. 1918)
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17 May 2013 Ken Venturi, American golfer and sportscaster (b. 1931)
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17 May 2013 Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian general and politician, 42nd President of Argentina (b. 1925)
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17 May 2014 Miss Beazley, American dog of George W. Bush (b. 2004)
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17 May 2014 Gerald Edelman, American biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1929)
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17 May 2014 Clarence Ellis, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
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17 May 2014 C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (b. 1922)
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17 May 2014 Bob Odom, American soldier and politician (b. 1935)
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17 May 2014 Douangchay Phichit, Laotian politician (b. 1944)
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17 May 2014 Thongbanh Sengaphone, Laotian politician (b. 1953)
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17 May 2015 Chinx, American rapper (b. 1983)
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17 May 2015 Claude Carliez, French fencer and stuntman (b. 1925)
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17 May 2015 Margaret Dunning, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1910)
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17 May 2015 Gerald Steadman Smith, Canadian painter and academic (b. 1929)
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