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Deaths on March 17

1040 : Harold, British King (1035-40), dies
1516 : Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence, dies at 37
1565 : Alexander Alesius, [Aless/Alane], theologist/physician, dies at 64
1588 : Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies
1605 : Pieter Bast, [Bastius], Dutch engraver/cartographer, dies at about 34
1640 : Philip Massinger, dramatist, dies
1649 : Gerardus Johannis Vossius, [Gerrit Vos], Dutch regent, dies at 71
1653 : Johan van Galen, admiral (battle of Livorno), dies in battle at 48
1680 : Fran‡ois Duc de La Rochefoucauld, writer, dies
1704 : Menno baron van Coehoorn, fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at 63
1764 : George Parker, English astronomer, dies
1796 : Pieter Paulus, lawyer/Dutch CEO (National Convention), dies at 41
1801 : Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer, dies at 64
1803 : Candido Jose Ruano, composer, dies at 42
1806 : David Dale, industrialist & philanthropist, dies
1846 : F W Bessel, measured distance to 61 Cygni, dies
1846 : Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), dies at 61
1849 : Willem II Frederik GL, King of Netherlands (1840-49), dies at 56
1853 : Christian Doppler, physicist, dies
1855 : Ramon Carnicer y Batlle, composer, dies at 65
1857 : Adolph Trube, composer, dies at 42
1861 : Petter Conrad Boman, composer, dies at 56
1862 : Fromental Halevy, [Elie Levy], French opera composer, dies at 62
1863 : John Pelham, US Confederate artillery major, dies in battle at 24
1864 : Alexandre Calamo, Swiss painter/etcher/lithographer, dies at 53
1889 : Joseph A Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet, dies at 68
1891 : Napoleon JKP Bonaparte, Fren prince/member Natl Convention, dies at 68
1898 : Blanche Kelso Bruce, (Sen-Miss, 1875-1881), dies at 57, in Washington
1901 : Franz Melde, German physicist (Melde Test), dies at 69
1902 : George William Warren, composer, dies at 73
1906 : Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82
1910 : Joaquin Valverde, composer, dies at 64
1915 : Walter Crane, English painter/cartoonist/illustrator, dies at 69
1927 : James Scott Skinner, composer, dies at 83
1933 : Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies at 48
1941 : Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46
1941 : Isaak Emmanuilovich Babel, Rus writer (Crvena Konjica), executed at 46
1941 : Joachim Schepke, German commandant (U-100), dies in battle
1949 : Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54
1953 : Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73
1954 : Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
1956 : Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61
1959 : Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday
1961 : Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101
1962 : Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82
1963 : William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91
1965 : Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (U of Chic), dies in Calif at 102
1965 : Quentin Reynolds, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI), dies at 62
1966 : Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69
1967 : Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67
1967 : Richard Reeves, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), dies at 54
1970 : Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83
1971 : Ernst Bachmeister, writer, dies
1972 : Manny Martindale, cricketer (10 Tests for WI, 34 wickets), dies
1973 : Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81
1974 : Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72
1974 : Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73
1976 : Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69
1978 : George Dickinson, cricketer (8 wickets in 3 Tests for NZ), dies
1979 : Merv Inverarity, cricketer (father of John WA player 1925-40), dies
1980 : Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (Vrai Visage de la Paix), dies at 68
1982 : Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador
1982 : Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
1982 : Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador
1982 : Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
1985 : Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies
1986 : Hal Buckley, actor (John Quincy-OK Crackerby), dies at 49
1988 : Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies
1989 : Merritt Butrick, actor (Shy People, Wired to Kill), dies of AIDS at 29
1990 : Capucine, actress (Lion, Red Sun, Fellini Satyricon), dies at 55
1990 : Germaine Capucine, actress (Rendez-Vous de Juillet), dies at 57
1990 : Mar¡ Mej¡a, Guatemalian feminist, murdered
1990 : Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
1992 : Charles Rea, British actor (Ipcress File), dies at 69
1992 : George Lovi, US columnist (Sky & Telescope's "Ramblings"), dies
1992 : Grace Stafford Lantz, cartoon voice (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 87
1992 : Jack Arnold, actor/dir (Sid Caeser Special, Emmy 1967), dies at 75
1993 : Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92
1993 : Laadi Flici, Algerian MP, murdered
1993 : Skip Young, actor (Smokey & Hotwire Gang), dies at 62
1994 : Arthur C Jacobs, poet, dies at 57
1994 : Harold Myers, film journalist, dies at 81
1994 : Mai Zetterling, actress (Night is My Future), dies of cancer at 68
1994 : Walter Janka, German writer (Troubles with Truth), dies at 79
1995 : Ahmad Khomeini, youngest son of Iran ayatollah Khomeini, dies at 48
1995 : Donald Baverstock, television Producer, dies at 71
1995 : Marcus Jan Adriani, biologist/director (Weevers' Duin), dies at 56
1995 : Rick Aviles, US comic/actor (Ghost), dies of AIDS
1995 : Ronnie Kray, English gangster (The Firm), dies at 61
1995 : Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
1996 : Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist, dies at 83
1996 : Kenneth Jameson, art educationalist, dies at 83
1996 : Rene Clement, film director, dies at 83
1996 : Thomas Enders, diplomat, dies at 64
1997 : Gail Davis, actress (Annie Oakley), dies at 71

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