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Deaths on the 17th of October in history

Deaths
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17 Oct 2033 Agrippina the Elder, Roman wife of Germanicus (b. 14 BC)
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17 Oct 0532 Boniface II: 1st "German" Pope
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17 Oct 0532 Pope Boniface II
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17 Oct 1312 Jan II: Duke of Brabant / Limburg (charter of Kortenberg)
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17 Oct 1552 Andreas Osiander: Protestant Reformation theologist, dies at 53
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17 Oct 1575 Gaspar Cervantes de Gaeta, Spanish cardinal (b. 1511)
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17 Oct 1586 Philip Sidney, English courtier, poet, and general (b. 1554)
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17 Oct 1587 Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1541)
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17 Oct 1616 John Pitts, English priest and scholar (b. 1560)
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17 Oct 1660 Adrian Scrope, English colonel and politician (b. 1601)
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17 Oct 1673 Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh, English politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1630)
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17 Oct 1702 Walraad the Old: Count / soverign of Nassau-Usingen
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17 Oct 1757 René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (b. 1683)
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17 Oct 1763 Arnold Hoogvliet: Poet (Abraham the patriarch), dies at 76
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17 Oct 1776 Pierre François le Courayer, French-English theologian and author (b. 1681)
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17 Oct 1780 William Cookworthy, English pharmacist and minister (b. 1705)
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17 Oct 1786 Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1723)
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17 Oct 1806 Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian commander and politician, Governor-General of Haiti (b. 1758)
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17 Oct 1825 Peter Winter: Composer, dies at 71
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17 Oct 1836 Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
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17 Oct 1837 Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1778)
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17 Oct 1849 Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
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17 Oct 1868 Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
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17 Oct 1887 Gustav R Kirchhoff: German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63
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17 Oct 1887 Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
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17 Oct 1887 Gustav Kirchoff discoverer of the laws of spectroscopy, dies
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17 Oct 1889 Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
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17 Oct 1890 Prosper Philippe Catherine Sainton: Composer, dies at 77
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17 Oct 1893 Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
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17 Oct 1897 Isidor Dannstrom: Composer, dies at 84
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17 Oct 1904 Nikolai Amani: Composer, dies at 32
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17 Oct 1909 Nicola Spinelli: Composer, dies at 44
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17 Oct 1910 William V Moody: US Poet (Sabine Woman, Great Divide)
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17 Oct 1910 Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
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17 Oct 1917 Maria J "Marie" Bakker: Actress / Wife of Maarten Stranger, dies at 59
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17 Oct 1921 Katherine Griffith: Actress (Pollyanna), dies at 45
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17 Oct 1928 Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
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17 Oct 1931 Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
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17 Oct 1937 J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
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17 Oct 1938 Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
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17 Oct 1944 Pavel Haas: Composer, dies at 45
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17 Oct 1956 Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
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17 Oct 1957 John HA Eman: Founder of Aruban Peoples Party, dies at 70
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17 Oct 1958 Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)
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17 Oct 1958 Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (b. 1876)
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17 Oct 1962 Natalia Goncharova, Russian painter, costume designer, and set designer (b. 1882)
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17 Oct 1963 Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (b. 1865)
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17 Oct 1965 Bart King, American cricketer (b. 1873)
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17 Oct 1966 Soledad Jiminez: Spanish actor (Phantom ofthe Range), dies at 91
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17 Oct 1966 Sidney Hatch, American runner and soldier (b. 1883)
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17 Oct 1966 Wieland Wagner, German director and manager (b. 1917)
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17 Oct 1967 Henry Pu Yi: Last Emperor of China, dies at 61
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17 Oct 1967 Puyi, Chinese emperor (b. 1906)
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17 Oct 1970 Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1921)
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17 Oct 1970 Vola Vale, American actress (b. 1897)
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17 Oct 1970 Quincy Wright, American political scientist and academic (b. 1890)
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17 Oct 1972 Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
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17 Oct 1972 George, Crown Prince of Serbia (b. 1887)
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17 Oct 1972 Billy Williams, American singer (The Charioteers) (b. 1910)
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17 Oct 1973 Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian author and poet (b. 1926)
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17 Oct 1977 Robert C "Cal" Hubbard: US baseball player / umpire, dies at 77
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17 Oct 1978 Giovanni Gronchi, Italian educator, soldier, and politician, 3rd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1887)
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17 Oct 1979 Karel Reiner: Composer, dies at 69
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17 Oct 1979 S. J. Perelman, American author and screenwriter (b. 1904)
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17 Oct 1979 John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (b. 1898)
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17 Oct 1981 David Guion: Composer, dies at 88
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17 Oct 1981 Kannadasan Indian author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1927)
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17 Oct 1981 Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss civil servant and author (b. 1895)
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17 Oct 1981 Lina Tsaldari, Greek politician (b. 1887)
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17 Oct 1982 Peterus van Doorne: Dutch industrialist, dies at 47
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17 Oct 1983 Raymond Aron, French sociologist, political scientist, and philosopher (b. 1905)
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17 Oct 1984 Alberta Hunter: US blues singer / composer, dies at 89
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17 Oct 1987 Abdul Malek Ukil, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
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17 Oct 1990 Ralph Abernathy: Civil rights activist, dies at 64
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17 Oct 1991 J[ames] G Devlin: Actor (No Surrender), dies at 84
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17 Oct 1991 Piet van Est [the Vuurbal]: Bicylist (7x Tour de France)
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17 Oct 1991 Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (b. 1919)
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17 Oct 1992 Ton Hasebos: Cameraman / TV director (Gnome Hasebos)
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17 Oct 1992 Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (b. 1912)
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17 Oct 1992 Orestis Laskos, Greek actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
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17 Oct 1993 Frank J Del Giudice: US industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77
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17 Oct 1993 Helmut Gollwitzer: German Theologist / antifascist, dies at 84
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17 Oct 1993 Wim van Dooren: Theologist / humanist / philosopher
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17 Oct 1993 Criss Oliva, American guitarist and songwriter (Savatage) (b. 1963)
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17 Oct 1994 Augustus John "Gus" Risman: Rugby League Player, dies at 83
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17 Oct 1994 Bernard Caulfield: Judge, dies at 80
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17 Oct 1994 Dmitri Cholodov: Russian journalist, murdered at 27
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17 Oct 1994 Joan Barbara Grigor: Artist, dies at 50
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17 Oct 1994 Rik van Bentum: Painter / Art Director of Paradiso, dies at 57
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17 Oct 1995 Peter Hinchcliff: Historian, dies at 66
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17 Oct 1996 Berthold Goldschmidt: Composer / conductor, dies at 93
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17 Oct 1996 Christopher Acland: Musician, dies at 30
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17 Oct 1996 Chris Acland, English drummer (Lush) (b. 1966)
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17 Oct 1997 Paul Edwin Zimmer: Sci-fi writer, dies of heart attack at 54
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17 Oct 1997 Larry Jennings, American magician and author (b. 1933)
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17 Oct 1998 Joan Hickson, English actress (b. 1906)
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17 Oct 1998 Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (b. 1920)
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17 Oct 1999 Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician and physicist (b. 1915)
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17 Oct 2000 Leo Nomellini, Italian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1924)
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17 Oct 2000 Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1964)
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17 Oct 2001 Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
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17 Oct 2001 Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (b. 1922)
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17 Oct 2001 Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (b. 1926)
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17 Oct 2002 Derek Bell, Irish harpist and composer (The Chieftains) (b. 1935)
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17 Oct 2002 Aileen Riggin, American swimmer and diver (b. 1906)
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17 Oct 2004 Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
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17 Oct 2005 Ba Jin, Chinese author (b. 1904)
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17 Oct 2006 Daniel Emilfork, Chilean-French actor (b. 1924)
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17 Oct 2006 Christopher Glenn, American journalist (b. 1938)
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17 Oct 2007 Joey Bishop, American actor and talk show host (b. 1918)
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17 Oct 2007 Teresa Brewer, American singer (b. 1931)
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17 Oct 2007 Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (b. 1939)
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17 Oct 2008 Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1955)
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17 Oct 2008 Levi Stubbs, American singer and actor (Four Tops) (b. 1936)
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17 Oct 2008 Ben Weider, Canadian businessman, co-founded the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (b. 1923)
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17 Oct 2009 Norma Fox Mazer, American author and educator (b. 1931)
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17 Oct 2009 Vic Mizzy, American composer (b. 1916)
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17 Oct 2011 Carl Lindner, Jr., American businessman (b. 1919)
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17 Oct 2012 Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (b. 1951)
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17 Oct 2012 Émile Allais, French skier (b. 1912)
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17 Oct 2012 Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (b. 1930)
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17 Oct 2012 Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (b. 1922)
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17 Oct 2012 Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
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17 Oct 2013 Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (b. 1926)
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17 Oct 2013 Terry Fogerty, English rugby player and coach (b. 1944)
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17 Oct 2013 Giant George, American dog (b. 2005)
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17 Oct 2013 Arthur Maxwell House, Canadian neurologist and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1926)
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17 Oct 2013 Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company (b. 1928)
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17 Oct 2013 Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (b. 1966)
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17 Oct 2014 Edwards Barham, American farmer and politician (b. 1937)
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17 Oct 2014 Masaru Emoto, Japanese author and activist (b. 1943)
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17 Oct 2014 Leigh Kamman, American radio host (b. 1922)
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17 Oct 2014 Anna Nakagawa, Japanese actress (b. 1965)
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17 Oct 2014 Tom Shaw, American bishop (b. 1945)
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17 Oct 2014 Berndt von Staden, German diplomat, German Ambassador to the United States (b. 1919)
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