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Deaths on April 17

1995 : A R A (Anton) Murray, cricketer (289 runs & 11 wkts in 10 Tests), dies
1790 : Benjamin Franklin, US, (Poor Richards Almanac), dies at 84
1986 : Bessie Head, writer, dies
1987 : Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (No woman no cry), dies at 36
1997 : Chaim Herzog, President of Israel (1983-93), dies at 78
1936 : Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck, Dutch PM (1918-23, 29-33), dies
1989 : Charles Lampkin, dies
1630 : Christian I, ruler of Anhalt-Bernburg (battle of White Mt), dies
1863 : Daniel Smith Donelson, Conf gen/cousin of Andrew Jackson, dies at 61
1987 : Dick Shawn, comedian (Producers), dies on stage at 57
1960 : Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash
1837 : Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies
1996 : Eva Jones, poet/novelist, dies at 82
1988 : Eva Novak, actress (Medicine Man), dies of pneumonia at 90
1983 : Felix Pappalardi, rocker (Cream, Mountain), dies
1974 : Frank McGee, Today show host, dies of cancer at 52
1854 : Gottlob Wiedebein, composer, dies at 74
1992 : Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure
1945 : Hannie Schaft, "Girl with red hair," executed
1899 : Hans Balatka, composer, dies at 74
1726 : Henri‰tte Amalia, ruler of Nassau-Dietz, dies at 49
1974 : Herbert Elwell, US composer (Happy Hypocrite), dies at 75
1985 : Ilona Bodden, writer, dies
1945 : Ion Pillat, Romaniams poet/senator (Umbra timpului), dies
1838 : J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71
1944 : J T Hearne, cricketer (took 49 wkts in 12 Tests for England), dies
1991 : Jack Yellen, US poet (Sons o' Fun), dies at 97
1427 : Jan IV, duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies
1976 : Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter, dies at 85
1574 : Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German philologist, dies
1948 : Johan P earl of Limburg Stirum, diplomat, dies at 75
1764 : Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82
1915 : Johannes P Kelly, [Kellij], Dutch actor/operetta writer, dies at 60
1890 : John Barnett, composer, dies at 87
1946 : John Iddon, cricketer (car accident 5 Tests for Eng 1934-35), dies
1679 : John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53
1996 : Jose Luis Lopez Aranguren, philosopher, dies at 86
1711 : Jozef I, [Habsburg], emperor of Germany (1705-11), dies at about 32
1891 : Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77
1962 : Louise Fazenda, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 66
1988 : Louise Nevelson, sculptor, dies of brain tumor at 88
1968 : Margaret Seddon, dies at 95
1977 : Marjorie Gateson, actress (One Man's Family), dies at 86
1983 : Mark W Clark, US general (WW II), dies at 87
1996 : Michele Carew, daughter of baseball great Rod, dies of Leukemia at 18
1995 : Nancy Mayhew Youngman, artist/educator, dies at 88
1948 : Percy Sherwell, cricketer (S Afr captain in 13 Tests 1905-11), dies
1994 : Peter Hacker, US journalist/actor (NBC, Broadcast News), dies at 69
1983 : Peter Potter, DJ (Peter Potter Show, Juke Box Jury), dies at 78
1714 : Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer, dies at 56
1990 : Ralph David Abernathy, US civil rights leader, dies
1971 : Roberto Lupi, composer, dies at 62
1873 : Semyon Stepanovich Gulak-Artemovsky, composer, dies at 60
1970 : Sergei U S Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 92
1993 : Turgut ™zal, president of Turkey (1989-93), dies at 65
1974 : Vinnie Taylor, rocker (Canned Heat), dies of a drug overdose
1945 : Walter Model, German fieldmarshal, commits suicide at 54
1297 : Willem van Afflighem, Flemish poet/abbot St Truiden, dies at about 86
1835 : William Henry Ireland, forger (Shakespearean manuscripts), dies
1272 : Zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59

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