October 17th
218 Notable deaths
Amadeo Ortega
Paraguayan footballer.
Born April 19th, 1905 in Villa monica alritmo.
Died October 17th, 1983 at 78 years old
Gyula Szilágyi
Hungarian association football player (1923-2001).
Born January 18th, 1923 in Debrecen.
Died October 17th, 2001 at 78 years old in Budapest.
György Horváth
Hungarian weightlifter (1943–1988).
Born December 21st, 1943 in Budapest.
Died October 17th, 1988 at 44 years old in Budapest.
Emilian Bukov
Soviet writer (1909-1984).
Born August 8th, 1909 in Kiliia.
Died October 17th, 1984 at 75 years old in Chișinău.
William Andre
Modern pentathlete.
Born August 23rd, 1931 in Montclair.
Died October 17th, 2019 at 88 years old [ref]
Orazio Rancati
Italian association football player (1940–2023).
Born March 9th, 1940 in Morbegno.
Died October 17th, 2023 at 83 years old in Sondrio. [ref]
George William Foote
British secularist and journal editor (1850-1915).
Born January 11th, 1850 in Plymouth.
Died October 17th, 1915 at 65 years old
Claude Brodin
French fencer (1934-2014).
Born July 30th, 1934 in Les Andelys.
Died October 17th, 2014 at 80 years old in Les Andelys (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Paulin Lemaire
French gymnast.
Born December 18th, 1882 in Maubeuge. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1932 at 49 years old [ref]
Omero Bonoli
Gymnast (1909–1985).
Born September 17th, 1909 in Ravenna.
Died October 17th, 1985 at 76 years old in Ravenna. [ref]
Heikki Sammallahti
Gymnast (1886-1954).
Born January 20th, 1886 in Pyhäjärvi.
Died October 17th, 1954 at 68 years old in Kokkola.
René-Marie Ehuzu
Beninese university teacher and catholic priest (1944-2012).
Born April 12th, 1944 in Cotonou.
Died October 17th, 2012 at 68 years old in San Giovanni Rotondo.
Konstantin Skryabin
Russian and soviet zoologist (1878-1972).
Born December 7th, 1878 in Saint Petersburg.
Died October 17th, 1972 at 93 years old in Moscow.
Robert Giertsen
Sailor (1894-1978).
Born August 24th, 1894 in Bergen.
Died October 17th, 1978 at 84 years old in Bergen.
Abdel-Halim Mahmoud
Egyptian sufi and sheikh (1910–1978).
Born May 12th, 1910 in Belbis.
Died October 17th, 1978 at 68 years old in Cairo.
Ralph Hill
American runner; athletics competitor (1908–1994).
Born December 26th, 1908 in Klamath Falls.
Died October 17th, 1994 at 85 years old in Klamath Falls.
Peder Møller
Danish gymnast (1891–1984).
Born February 28th, 1897 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1984 at 87 years old [ref]
Elena Cazzulani
Italian writer (1920-2008).
Born December 23rd, 1920 in Lodi. [ref]
Died October 17th, 2005 at 84 years old in Vigevano.
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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