October 17th
142 Notable deaths
Jay Livingston
American composer and singer (1915-2001).
Born March 28th, 1915 in McDonald. [ref]
Died October 17th, 2001 at 86 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Alberta Hunter
American blues singer, songwriter, and nurse (1895-1984).
Born April 1st, 1895 in Memphis. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1984 at 89 years old in New York City. [ref]
Cléo de Mérode
French dancer (1875-1966).
Born September 27th, 1875 in 5th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1966 at 91 years old in 8th arrondissement of Paris (dementia). [ref]
S. J. Perelman
American humorist, author, and screenwriter (1904-1979).
Born February 1st, 1904 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1979 at 75 years old in New York City. [ref]
Jean Améry
Austrian-born essayist and holocaust survivor (1912-1978).
Born October 31st, 1912 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1978 at 65 years old in Salzburg (drug overdose).
Tron
German hacker and phreaker.
Born June 8th, 1972 in West Berlin.
Died October 17th, 1998 at 26 years old in Neukölln (hanging).
Ba Jin
Chinese novelist and anarchist activist.
Born November 25th, 1904 in Chengdu. [ref]
Died October 17th, 2005 at 100 years old in Shanghai (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Julian May
American science fiction, fantasy, horror, science and children's writer.
Born July 10th, 1931 in Chicago.
Died October 17th, 2017 at 86 years old in Bellevue. [ref]
Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin
Soviet military commander and marshal of the soviet union (1894-1949).
Born June 16th, 1894 in Yaroslavl.
Died October 17th, 1949 at 55 years old in Moscow (diabetes).
Prince George of Yugoslavia
Serbian prince.
Born August 27th, 1887 in Cetinje.
Died October 17th, 1972 at 85 years old in Belgrade.
Deaths 31 to 40 of 142
There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death: ‘Not today’. Syrio Forel