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October 17th
148 Notable deaths
Daisuke Oku
Japanese association football player.
Born February 7th, 1976 in Amagasaki.
Died October 17th, 2014 at 38 years old in Miyakojima (traffic collision).
Sergey Kavtaradze
Soviet diplomat (1885-1971).
Born August 15th, 1885 in Kutaisi.
Died October 17th, 1971 at 86 years old in Tbilisi.
Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini
Catholic cardinal (1876-1958).
Born April 3rd, 1876 in Zoppola. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1958 at 82 years old in Rome. [ref]
Alexandr Chvylja
Soviet actor (1905-1976).
Born July 15th, 1905 in Oleksandro-Shultyne.
Died October 17th, 1976 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Rene Simpson
Canadian tennis player.
Born January 14th, 1966 in Sarnia.
Died October 17th, 2013 at 47 years old in Park Ridge (brain cancer). [ref]
Boris Arkadyev
Russian footballer (1899-1986).
Born September 21st, 1899 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 17th, 1986 at 87 years old in Moscow.
Maria Kwaśniewska
Polish athletics competitor.
Born August 15th, 1913 in Łódź.
Died October 17th, 2007 at 94 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Ferdinand Ebner
Austrian philosopher.
Born January 31st, 1882 in Wiener Neustadt. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1931 at 49 years old in Gablitz (tuberculosis). [ref]
Ralph Hill
American runner; athletics competitor.
Born December 26th, 1907 in Klamath Falls.
Died October 17th, 1994 at 86 years old in Klamath Falls.
Ryszard Ronczewski
Polish actor.
Born June 27th, 1930 in Wilno Voivodeship.
Died October 17th, 2020 at 90 years old in Sopot (COVID-19). [ref]
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