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December 17th
176 Notable deaths
Oswald Turnbull
British tennis player.
Born December 20th, 1890 in Highgate.
Died December 17th, 1970 at 79 years old in Whitby.
William Knecht
American rower.
Born March 10th, 1930 in Camden.
Died December 17th, 1992 at 62 years old in Cheltenham Township.
Boris Tokarev
Athletics competitor.
Born May 16th, 1927 in Nevinnomyssk.
Died December 17th, 2002 at 75 years old in Moscow.
Paul Meister
Fencer (1926-2018).
Born January 20th, 1926 in Basel.
Died December 17th, 2018 at 92 years old [ref]
Guillermo Ortiz Camargo
Mexican footballer (1939-2009).
Born June 25th, 1939 in Mexico City.
Died December 17th, 2009 at 70 years old in Mexico City (laryngeal cancer).
Marius Katiliškis
Lithuanian writer.
Born September 15th, 1914 in Gruzdžiai.
Died December 17th, 1980 at 66 years old in Lemont.
Herbert Haresnape
British swimmer, olympic bronze medallist.
Born July 2nd, 1880 in Liverpool.
Died December 17th, 1962 at 82 years old in Birkenhead.
Nelson Chelle
Uruguayan basketball player.
Born May 18th, 1931 in Paysandú.
Died December 17th, 2001 at 70 years old
Janek Wiśniewski
Polish writer (1952-1970).
Born August 3rd, 1952 in Zielona Góra.
Died December 17th, 1970 at 18 years old in Gdańsk.
Smith Streeter
American roque player.
Born July 1st, 1851 in Ontario.
Died December 17th, 1930 at 79 years old in Thawville.
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel