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January 17th
150 Notable deaths
Albert Hourani
British historian.
Born March 31st, 1915 in Manchester. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1993 at 77 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Chung Il-kwon
South korean general, politician (1917-1994).
Born November 21st, 1917 in Ussuriysk.
Died January 17th, 1994 at 76 years old in Honolulu (lymphoma).
Eddie Meduza
Swedish composer and musician working mainly in the rockabilly genre (1948-2002).
Born June 17th, 1948 in Gothenburg.
Died January 17th, 2002 at 53 years old in Växjö.
Grażyna Bacewicz
Polish composer, violinist (1909–1969).
Born February 5th, 1909 in Łódź. [ref]
Died January 17th, 1969 at 59 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Joseph Goldberger
Hungarian-american epidemiologist (1874-1929).
Born July 16th, 1874 in Giraltovce.
Died January 17th, 1929 at 54 years old in Washington, D.C..
Andrei Shkuro
Russian general.
Born January 19th, 1887 in Paschkovskiy.
Died January 17th, 1947 at 59 years old in Moscow (hanging).
Dejan Milojević
Serbian basketball player and coach.
Born April 15th, 1977 in Belgrade.
Died January 17th, 2024 at 46 years old in Salt Lake City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Junior Mance
American musician.
Born October 10th, 1928 in Evanston.
Died January 17th, 2021 at 92 years old in New York City. [ref]
Tom Kilburn
British electrical engineer.
Born August 11th, 1921 in Dewsbury. [ref]
Died January 17th, 2001 at 79 years old in Manchester. [ref]
Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat
Mongolian politician, president of mongolia.
Born January 23rd, 1942 in Zavkhan Province.
Died January 17th, 2025 at 82 years old in Ulaanbaatar. [ref]
Deaths 61 to 70 of 150
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz