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October 17th
179 Notable deaths
Toshinori Kondo
Japanese trumpeter, music producer (1948-2020).
Born December 15th, 1948 in Imabari.
Died October 17th, 2020 at 71 years old [ref]
Wu Han
Chinese politician (1909-1969).
Born August 11th, 1909 in Zhejiang.
Died October 17th, 1969 at 60 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Ivan Fedyuninsky
Soviet general.
Born July 30th, 1900 in Tyumen.
Died October 17th, 1977 at 77 years old in Moscow.
Gérard Leman
Belgian general (1851–1920).
Born January 8th, 1851 in Liège.
Died October 17th, 1920 at 69 years old in Liège.
Monir Morad
Egyptian actor and musician (1922–1981).
Born January 13th, 1922 in Cairo.
Died October 17th, 1981 at 59 years old in Cairo.
Bernd Meinunger
German songwriter (1944–2025).
Born September 30th, 1944 in Meiningen.
Died October 17th, 2025 at 81 years old in Grünwald. [ref]
Malak Hifni Nasif
Egyptian feminist (1886–1918).
Born December 25th, 1886 in Al-Jamāliyah.
Died October 17th, 1918 at 31 years old in Cairo (1918-1920 flu pandemic).
Micheline Ostermeyer
French athlete and piano concertist (1922–2001).
Born December 23rd, 1922 in Rang-du-Fliers.
Died October 17th, 2001 at 78 years old in Bois-Guillaume.
Anton Hafner
German world war ii fighter pilot.
Born June 2nd, 1918 in Erbach.
Died October 17th, 1944 at 26 years old in Gusev.
Nikolay Slavyanov
Russian inventor (1854-1897).
Born May 5th, 1854 in Nikolskoye.
Died October 17th, 1897 at 43 years old in Perm.
Deaths 91 to 100 of 179
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. Gilda Radner