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Deaths on August 17

xxxx : Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at >39
1464 : Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies
1510 : Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded
1510 : Richard Empson, English treasurer, beheaded
1536 : Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies
1553 : Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies
1635 : Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48
1676 : Grimmelshausen, writer, dies
1681 : Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76
1730 : Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61
1731 : Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57
1777 : Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54
1785 : Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies
1786 : Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74
1792 : Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38
1804 : Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies
1850 : Jos‚ Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies
1865 : Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82
1865 : Mosby Munroe Parsons, US Confederate gen-maj, dies in battle
1878 : Richard Upjohn, US architect, died
1880 : Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70
1887 : Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74
1888 : James Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies
1889 : Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42
1893 : Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52[NS=8/29]
1896 : Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident
1898 : Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56
1901 : Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61
1909 : Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78
1914 : James Grierson, British general
1915 : Leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia
1920 : Ray Chapman, hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch, dies
1924 : Pavel S "Paul" Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26
1924 : Tom Kendall, cricketer (14 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies
1927 : Horace Alderman, US, murderer, hanged
1936 : Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Surgery & Foules), dies at 36
1944 : John Trumble, cricketer (brother of Hugh 7 Tests 1885-86), dies
1945 : Gino Marinuzzi, composer, dies at 61
1945 : Pater Bleijs, [Louis], resistance fighter, dies in car accident
1948 : Nico J Polak, Dutch economist, dies at 60
1953 : Johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66
1954 : Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale), dies at 77
1955 : Fernand L‚ger, French painter (Grand Parade), dies
1958 : Florent Schmitt, French composer/critic (Jardin Secret), dies at 87
1961 : Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer, dies at 76
1963 : Richard Barthelmess, actor (Heroes for Sales), dies of cancer at 68
1966 : Archibald Palm, cricketer (Test S Africa v England 1927-28), dies
1966 : Michael Garrison, producer (Crowded Sky), dies after a fall at 43
1969 : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect (November Group), dies at 83
1969 : Philip Blaiberg, after 19 days with artificial heart, dies
1971 : Horace McMahon, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64
1972 : Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76
1972 : Wampilow, writer, dies
1973 : Conrad Aiken, US poet (Pulitzer), dies at 74
1973 : Jean Barraqu‚, French composer, dies at 45
1973 : Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations), commits suicide at 32
1974 : Aldo Palazzeschi, [Giurlani], Italian writer, dies at 89
1974 : Edgar Dearing, actor (Free & Easy, Abraham Lincoln), dies at 81
1975 : Sig Arno, Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80
1975 : Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner (Olympic-gold-56) dies at 48
1976 : Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63
1976 : William Redfield, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop), dies at 48
1979 : Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), diesof cancer at 67
1981 : Robert Russell Bennett, US composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 87
1982 : Barney Phillips, actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies at 68
1982 : Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb
1983 : Ira Gershwin, lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills at 86
1984 : Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks
1987 : Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, dies at 84
1987 : Rudolph Hess, Nazi (46 years in Spandau Prison), commits suicide at 93
1988 : Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday
1988 : Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1978-88), dies at 63
1988 : Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, pres of Pakistan (1978-88), dies in crash at 64
1988 : Victoria Shaw, actress (Alvarez Kelly, Westworld), dies
1990 : Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72
1990 : Roderick Cook, actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58
1991 : Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63
1991 : Leo Geerts, [Marcel van der Linden], Belgian writer/critic, dies
1991 : Mervyn Nelson, director (Some of My Best Friends Are...), dies at 76
1992 : Andr‚ de Villiers, South African, murdered
1992 : Barbara Morgan, photographer (Martha Graham), dies at 92
1992 : Tommy Nutter, fashion designer (bell bottom pants), dies of AIDs at 49
1993 : Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator, dies at 72
1993 : Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator/interpreter, dies at 72
1993 : Robert C Maynard, CEO (Oakland Tribune), dies at 56
1994 : Elias Canetti, buried next to James Joyce
1994 : Joseph Paul Jack Sharkey Zukauskas, boxer, dies at 91
1995 : David Warrilow, actor (Simon, Radio Days, Barton Fink), dies at 60
1995 : Howard Koch, screenwriter, dies at 92
1995 : Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner, dies at 90
1995 : William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician, dies at 76
1996 : Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist, dies at 80

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