January 17th
178 Notable deaths
Alicia Rio
Pornographic performer (1971-2022).
Born February 16th, 1966 in Mexico City.
Died January 17th, 2022 at 55 years old in California. [ref]
Henry de Groux
Lithographer, painter, sculptor (1866-1930).
Born November 16th, 1866 in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1930 at 63 years old in Marseille. [ref]
Ludwik Silberstein
Polish physicist.
Born May 17th, 1872 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1948 at 75 years old in Rochester. [ref]
François Ponchaud
French missionary.
Born February 8th, 1939 in Sallanches. [ref]
Died January 17th, 2025 at 85 years old in Aix-en-Provence. [ref]
Vicente Álvarez Areces
Politician.
Born August 4th, 1943 in Gijón.
Died January 17th, 2019 at 75 years old in Gijón (cerebral infarction).
Mohamed Rouicha
Moroccan amazigh singer / folk (1950–2012).
Born January 1st, 1950 in Khenifra.
Died January 17th, 2012 at 62 years old in Khenifra. [ref]
Ida Aalberg
Finnish actress (1857–1915).
Born December 4th, 1857 in Leppäkoski.
Died January 17th, 1915 at 57 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Sam Savage
American writer (1940–2019).
Born November 9th, 1940 in Camden.
Died January 17th, 2019 at 78 years old in Madison. [ref]
Agustín Yáñez
Mexican writer and politician.
Born May 4th, 1904 in Guadalajara. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1980 at 75 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Jakob Arjouni
German author, born 1964 (1964–2013).
Born October 8th, 1964 in Frankfurt.
Died January 17th, 2013 at 48 years old in Berlin (cancer, pancreatic cancer).
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Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves. Rabindranath Tagore